The San Francisco call., 1899-04-13

on the nations gateway ready to well
come the commerce of the Far East"
In introducing Mayor Phelan to respond
to the toast, San Francisco Mr.. Sbar-
boro painted a dream of the cityS future
greatness, which included free salt water
baths in every household. The Mayor,
after aVowing that his thunder had been
appropriated, continued:
The chairman has announced the mu-
nicipal programme. He forgot but ono
thing In addition to the salt water baths
We are going to have an ordinance pro-
viding for compulsory bathing. He re-
minds me of another time when dis
unguiShed gentleman, Sir Thomas More,
made such municipal programme and
published his researches under the title
of Utopia You will recall his fate. He
was beheaded."
The remainder of the Mayors remarks
We're devoted to the grand opportunity
within the grasp of this city and State
given by the acquisition of the Philippines
and ne took occasion to say that as a
San Franciscan he felt that the views of
Thomas Jefferson concerning the acquis-
ton of outlying territory were not fitted
for these times.
Senator Perkins responded to the toast.
Our Country and during the course of
his remarks he took occasion TO say that
he. too. could see the great future before
this city and State and the manufacture
erS and producers. He gloried in the
achievements of the Oregon and other
warships turned out on this coast, and
then he paid tribute TO c. P Hunting
ton. In it he said that the Southern Pa
cific magnate had done more for the State
than any other six men in it.
The toastmaster called upon Mr.. Hunt
ington TO say something about railroads.
and the aged railrOader acQuieSced.
Il am not one of the scholarly men of
the. country. / am not in literature, or
high art. l have been saving wood for
seventy years. feel myself honored in
being here tonight l don't know as l
could say anything except that Mr.. Per-
kins, my friend, has. said something in
a Of Galf fnr tla 3ref fyaa 7
believe. As he says, you people in San
Francisco have done great things. You
ran an opposition steamer line to Panama
a the cost of few hundred thousand
dollars and made millions You should do
it some more. There are many things for
Californians to do, and the little things
are the ones to do. 1 am always doing
something.
Il am not afraid that the star-spangled
banner will be torn down by any nation.
The great American system will stand. We
have gone to Manila. I'm glad we have.
And we have a position in the world we
must maintain. Some said We should not
have gone TO the tropics, but we did so
there, and II we can go on raising those
people up we will be doing good thing"
William Sproule. freight traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific Company, spoke
of the Railroads Relations 20 Com
merce' and achieved the distinction of
having made the speech of the evening.
The relations of the railroads with COM
merce. he said, were satisfactory, not
WltnStanQlnS the TACT tnat one might De
induced by reading the papers that run
down everything to think otherwise. The
railroads, he continued, seemed to him to
be the poor relations of commerce. He
told some pertinent stories to illustrate
his remarks and brought forth much
laughter.
J. c. Stubbs. third ce-president of the
Southern Pacific followed. Other re-
sponses were made by Henry ]. Crocker,
Dr. ]. NJ. Williamson. Horace Davis, F.
W. Dohrmann, Thomas J. Welsh, Chief
Sullivan of the Fire Department, Captain
Nelson. Mr.. Wheeler Julian Sonntag. w.
H. Mills, E. A. Denicke and ]. A. Filcher.
The guests present were:
Among the guests and members present
were the following gentlemen: Mayor
Phelan, Senator George c. Perkins. julius
Kahn, William Sproule. c. p Hunt
ington, William F. Herrin, ]. c. Stubbs,
A. D. Sheppard, J. A. Filcher T. c. Coo
gan. F. W. Dohrmann, ]: Richard Freud
Captain Nelson, TREY L. Ford. z. A
Denicke. A. c. Rulofson, z. c. Williams
Julian Sonntag. Chief Dennis Sullivan. w
B. Curtis f. p. Heald, DR.. j. VI. William
son. n. P. Chapman. W. r. Wheeler
Thomas P. Smith, William H Mills
Henry ]. Crocker, R. p. Schwerin, E.
Scott, E. T. Allen, Thomas Alton, NJ