The San Francisco call., 1898-02-23
and from Honolulu to the Golden Gate.

and from Honolulu to the Golden Gate.
 My friends, gold Is the theme of the day we celebrate. But he i'll interprets the thought and the ideals of our peo- pie who imagines that in this State, or on this day, or in our heart of hearts we do not know that the claim of Cali fornia to the gratitude of the nation can never rest alone on the fact of the material discovery of fifty years ago, or the material production of the years that have followed. This is indeed the Golden State, but, beyond all our golden one billion, three hundred mil lion dollars of the royal metal, beyond our golden grain, our golden oranges, our golden poppies, our golden sunshine and our golden wine, the history of our pioneer fathers and mothers, their struggles and triumphs in frontier life and mining camp contain promise, that here, in the veins of this mighty commonwealth, in the life and soul of this great people, are other treasures, the outcroppings of which we see to- day, the gold of an upright, downright lightning defying intellectual honesty; the gold of sincere and reverent spirituality; the gold of a frank, brave, strong and tender manhood; the gold of an intelligent, loving, loyal, pure and plucyy womanhood. These are the treasures which California will lay at the feet of the nation; these are the virtues which are the lineal descend ants of the courage and the heroism and high endeavor of the gulches and the mines, of those immortal scenes and incidents of the days of '49 that are to be the burden and the theme of the .unsung Iliad of the Sierras and the pines."
 The Cornish wrestling contest for heavy and light weights were next upon the programme and proved most interesting The judges were J. Pol kinhorn and E. s. Van Court, while the referee was George Miehli.g of the Olympic Club. The first contest was between J. w. Jaffaud, 197 pounds. and Fred Webster, 1855 pounds. Jaffaud was an easy winner in the first bout, Webster being in no condition
 The second contest, between James Rodda, 156 pounds, and Charles Has, kins, 160 pounds, was a lively one, and lasted for six bouts. Haskins won. Thomas Whalen, I'll pounds, and Ollie Phillips, 14S pounds, put up a lively four bouts. The contest was won by Whalen. The terms of the wrestling were for two hips and shoulder or two shoulders and a hip to constitute a fall. The other wrestling and rock drilling contests come off to day and tomorrow.
 It was 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon when Governor Budd and staff, accom- panied by Hon. Jacob H. Neff. presi- dent of the California State Miners Association, Mayor Phelan, Colonel E.. A. Denicl1e and s. J. Hendy, entered the Pavilion and took seats upon the band stand. Their entrance was the signal for the formal opening of the miners day exercises and the crowd rapidly gathered around the stand
 President Neff bespoke success for the miners day and paid the fair a high compliment for it's varied exhibit and excellent management. He then introduced Governor Budd, who spoke as follows:
 Fifty years ago when gold was first discovered it started an immigration to. California from the other States of all kinds and classes of people, who sought here not only gold, but a new home. Presto, in a few years Califor- mia became State, and now it is the