The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-23

I. now take pleasure in introducing
to you D. A Lindley, who has been
chosen as the one best fitted to make
the presentation speech.
THE FLAG PRESENTED.
Mr.. Lindley then stepped forward,
and in a clear, sharp voice that reach
ed every man in the battalion, said:
Major Rice and men of the battalion:
We are here to show our appreciation
Of the honor that has been conferred
upon our Sacramento battery by max
ing it the color guard.
Captain Cooke, officers and men Of
the battery, we are here to see to it
that you can bear with you to foreign
lands colors which will remind you Of
your home; Of the people who above all
others Will appreciate, applaud and re-
member the brave deeds you will do
under this flag whenever and wherever
there may be opportunity to do. We
wish you to remember that you are
Sacramentans, and as fitted as any to
embrace the opportunity which may
present itself but once, but which, pre-
senting itself, will enable you to demon
strate that you are equal to the occa-
sion and able to do all anybody can do
able to be men of the hour
Should you accomplish wonders it
will not be the first time that men from
Sacramento have led where others
would be proud to follow
There is something in the air or in
the environment of Sacramento which
causes genius to take deep root, to de-
- cry
enough to support and maintain any
superstructure. All it needs is the
room to expand and yet still cling to
Sacramento
Perhaps our older citizens were in
ured to overcoming difficulties in their
early struggles with the forces of ma
ture in the form Of fire and floods. Be
that as it may, there have gone out
from Sacramento men who have be-
come giants of enterprise in developing
this vast country in the various aye
nues Of farming. mining and transpor-
tation. Perhaps I should not omit their
influence on the regulation Of mind as
well as matter.
We have sent out Haggin and Tevis
to lead in farming and mining. The
prince of financfers, D. 0. Mills, laid the
foundation of his success in Sacramento
and still clings to that foundation. So
do they all for that matter. The pride
of our judiciary is our beloved fellow
citizen, Chief Justice Beatty. One Of
the greatest institutions for the devel-
opment of the mind was founded by
our old feIlow-citizen, Leland Stanford,
whose effort will hardly be eclipsed by
any individual in this generation, I'M
less by the we'll directed assistance of
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to our own State
University. With Stanford there went
out quartet of railroad builders, of
whom one, C. P. Huntington, stands
without a peer in the whole State; aye,
in the whole United States, and this in
railroading means the whole world. A
poet has said:
The lives of all great men remind US
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind US
Footprints on the sands of time.
What the men we have mentioned
have done with the forces of nature
shows us that it is within the power of
a Sacramentan to demonstrate to the
world what genius and pluck can do in
utilizing any forces when placed under
the control of Americans.
With the bounties of nature still I'M
developed in this country, we are con-
tent with America alone. We are
Americans satisfied with America. We
are not for conquest but for peace.
Whenever our army and navy can
cause the rest of the world to appre-
ciate our power our peace will be as
sured Our first step, Dewey's victory
in the Philippines, was a long stride in
this direction.
We are sending you to join Dewey
and his messengers Of peace. But you
are not to be the proverbial messen-
gers. the gentle doves, but rather the
fierce American eagles, who will tear
with talons the warlike Spaniards and
bring peace to Cuba, peace to the Phil