The herald., 1897-09-14

producers and the products will follow
Now you have but one railroad. Tn.
harbor will give you several
I'VE want to bring the Orient and the
Occident closer together.
River and harbor improvements are
an investment on the part of the gov
ernment; they become part of the as
sets Of our great country. They enrich
the country at large, and every individ-
ual who comes in touch with them"
The next speaker was Congressman
Bishop of Michigan, who Joined the 9TH
ers in their praises of California and
made the following practical suggestion:
If some Of the gentlemen who own
1000, 5000 or 10000 acres would cut it up
into small holdings and sell it off to peo-
pie from the East, 1t would be trem md
Gus benefit to your State, for many citi-
zens on small holdings add more than
few on great holdings to the material
prosperity of a State"
L. c. Russell, sergeant-at-arms of the
house of representatives, was the last
guest to speak, and he paid glowing
tribute to the state and people, as each
and every other speaker had done. He
then said:
my office is not to make speeches; but
it is a part of my business to see that
Congressman attend the sessions of
Congress. When the proposition to vote
upon an adequate harbor down at San
Pedro comes up propose to bring all the
members, even from California, to
Washington, and any one who don't vote
for the appropriation won't be paid his
next months salary"
General Forman Of the Chamber of
Commerce said he would not attempt
to reply to all that the gentlemen from
the East had said, but would introduce
Mr.. Gibbon, who knew all about San
Pedro. Mr. Gibbon said:
California never had too small an
opinion of herself, and it would be dan
gerous were more f1attering things said
of her. l have been one of those people
who have suffered from telling the truth
about the State, and 1 thank General
Walker for saying that the half has not
been told. An Eastern banker who was
here in the boom times told me when l
was East that his opinion was still the
same; that ii California had been dis
covered first, the rest of the country
would be a howling wilderness and Cali
lOl lut states.
In conclusion Mr. Gibbon said ad-
dressing the guests especially:
I'VE want to impress upon you that
California is in the Union; and when W
have occasion to knock at Uncle's Sans
door for appropriations we want to get
our share. We want you to feel We be-
long to this Union, are brothers and fell
low-men, and have a right to the old
flag and incidental appropriations
Mr.. Gibbon thanked the speakers or.
behalf Of the people present and tha
crowd broke up into informal groups who
discussed the country, the climate, the
speeches and the punch, which was
server in the directors room under the
watchful eye of the bear.
The party spent the afternoon at San
ia Monica. The various places of inter
est were visited, including the big wharf
at Port Los Angeles. They returned to
the city in the evening and went to din
ner at Illich's.
Congressman Dovenor was seen a his
apartments in the Hotel Van Nuys last
night and asked for his opinion of the
relative merits of the two harbors. This
he declined to give. He explained his
position, however, by saying that as
member of the rivers and harbors CON-
mittee he might be called upon to take
some action in the matter, provided, of
course, that Secretary Alger failed to
act. This statement would seem to indi-
cate that Mr.. Dovenor would not be sur
/, prised to see the San Pedro and Santa
Monica harbor matter brought before
his committee or before cangress
for additional action. He stated,
further, that the party had gained
a large amount of information concern
ing the two places and would in conse-
quence be better qualified to pass juds-
ment. If necessary.
This morning the party go to Red
lands, visiting Smiley Heights, San Ber-
nardino and Riverside. They will re-
main at the latter place over night and
leave the following morning for Ell Paso.