The San Francisco call., 1897-02-24

our ranks to fll an important position" !"
John 2. Irish was cheered when he was
announced TO speak on The Cabinet IN
Relation to Politics" He nade happy
| speech, concluding that the Cabinet was
not political position. He rejoiced that
California had citizen as representa-
tive in that position, which is peculiarly
! preventative to the great nations OF the
earth.
! Mayor Pnelan acknowledged the toast
"San Francisco, the Queen City" He felt
| sure, he said, that the futuIe OF San Fran
cisco, in spite OF hard times and adverse
legislation, was absolutely safe and could
not be turned aside from the pathway OF
prosperity. But without the energy, en-
terpr Sc and industry of civilized men,
mere physical qualifications were as
! nothing. Daniel Webster lad said
that California would become an
independent empire, owing to its remote
! situation and Its inherent resources. TINS,
! be thought, was q strange sentiment Tor so
great man, and yet that attitude was
! typical of former generation. It was I'M
fortunately true that this great city had
not received due recognition in view OF
the vast amount of wealth it had contrib
uted to the Federal exchequer IN the past.
1t was only so late as the present week
that their honored citizen, Joseph Nc
kenna. had been called to the councils uf
the Nation, and for this consideration
they were truly thankful. Judge Nc
Kenna, the speaker said, had changed the
slogan from onward 20 upward, il being
no longer posi- bic 10 extend the empire Of
the State any further westward.
Samuel NJ. Shortridge, replying 10 the
toast of "The Army and Navy" said:
Being unmarried, what do l know of
ence OF Hannibal, represented by my
friend, General Barnes, yonder, how
shall l speak of war? Standing
ere in the presence of so many
distinguished men, whose sabers have
flashed on battle-helds, or whose words of
command have echoed over the waters
from the decks of victorious vessels,
feel that of all subjects none could
have been selected about which l know
less, and therefore about which l
am able 10 speak more. Laughter. I
This seems to ME to be an era
of good feeling. The administration of
Monroe has re! urned to US. When l see
here asse bled the Governor of the State,
for whose defeat l spoke so much, travelled
so far, and upon his left-hand there is
Attorney-GeneraI FitZgera Id, and re-
member the engagements in which
| have gone. down before his
trusty sword, l feel that after ell
| am in the house of my friends
For it is the pride and glory of American
citizen shlp-lt IS the pride and glory of
American patriotism-that above the
clouds, the dust of the arena. above the
turmoil of the battlefield, above prejudice
and passion, which warp the judgment
and sometimes chill the sympathies OF the
heart, there is the flag of our coun-
try, which has been held aloft in
victory by the army and navy of the c1un-
try. AppIalse.] And from the revolu-
tionaIy period, from The hour of Wash
ington. from the War of 1872 and the
matchless and immortal victories of jack
son, in the Mexican War and the victories
there, and in the unhappy, the Gireful. the
ever-to be-regretted struggle of 1860, 1881
and onward-ln every place, whether it be
on land or on sea- whether the blood OF
our soldiers has Redeemed the grass OF the
meadow or crimsoned the waves of the
ocean, the army the soldier and the
sailor, each in his place-has been faithful
unto death. And moreover, wherever they
sleep tonight, whether it be in unknown
graves, whether it be In the caverns OF the
sea, we in our hearts and by our lips pay
them the poor tribute of our love and
gratitude.
"By our flag stands the army and the
navy of this Government, and back of the