The record-union., 1899-08-27
NATIVE SONS VICTORIOUS.
Insist Upon the Recognition of the
Governor in the Parade.
(Evening Posi-. August 26th.l

/ (Evening Post August 26th.)
| Governor Gage will participate in to-
nights procession. Not only will he
parade, but he will ride in a carriage.
and conveyances will also be furnished
the members of his military staff.
! This change in the program of the
nights celebration was made this
morning, and thus ends an unpleasant
| incident which threatened to stand as
black mark in the history of the
! home coming of the California volun-
/ teers
| In the original plans for this even
ing's celebration it was agreed by the
committee which has the arrangements
l in charge that there should be as few
carriages as possible in the parade, and
it was finally suggested that <vehicles
Should only be permitted for the use of
ladies of the Red Cross Society and
wounded and sick soldiers.
1t then occurred that Governor Gage
might desire to ride, and the possibility
of his so inclining provoked a long dis
cussion among the members of the COM
mittee, which instructed Grand Marshal
Pistolesi to communicate to Governor
Gage the wishes of the committee that
he and his staff appear in the parade
mounted.
In response, the Governor, through
his Adjutant- General, informed the
committee that he would be unable to
parade mounted with his staff, as it
would be impossible to secure the nee
essary and suitable horses for himself
and staff.
Then followed Grand Marshal Pisto-
| lesis reply to the Chief Executive.
which has been the foundation of the
present unpleasant relations between
the Governor and the parade commit
/ tee. This order read as follows:
"SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81, $780,
To His Excellency, Henry T. Gage,
Governor of the State of California
Dear Sir: In response to yours dated
Aug. IS, 1899, L will respectfully state
that I have this Dist day of August.
1899, issued an order that the Governor
of the State of California and his staff
participate in the parade mounted and
that no carriages are to be provided
for any Federal. State or municipal
officials.
Should you conclude to parade
mounted, your position in line will be
left entirely to you. Yours respectfully.
IL. G. PISTOLESI, Grand Marshal"
Plainly interpreted, this meant that if
the Governor did not parade mounted
he need not parade at all.
| The affair has caused wide comment
throughout the State and brought to
the Governor the sympathy of thou
sands, including even political oppon-
ents, but more particularly the men,
bers of the Order of Native Sons, who,
as Grand Secretary Lunstedt said to-
day, regarded the action of the Grand
Marshal as discourtesy to the chief
officer of the State of California.
AS a result of this general feeling,
which has been very noticeable in the
city during the past few days, the
grand officers of the Native Sons took
the matter up officially, and yesterday
afternoon a committee composed of
Grand President Frank Mattison,
Grand Secretary Henry Lunstedt, Lew
is f. Byington, Grand Orator; James p.
Dockery, Marshal of the Native Sons
division in to-nights parade, and c. NJ
Post called at the Palace Hotel to in
form the Governor that the order was
in no way involved in the unpleasant
affair Unfortunately, the Governor
was not in, so, after waiting several
hours, the committee departed.
In the meantime, these gentlemen had
called on Grand Marshal Pistolesi. and
informed him that they represented the
sentiment throughout the order that a
discourtesy had been shown Governor
Gage They stated that the Native
Sons were doing everything possible to
make the celebration a success; that
they purposed to parade in large num-
bers tonight and that it was the de-
sire of them that the Governor be given
a proper place in the procession and if
necessary that he and his staff be fur
nished carriages.
They asked for an immediate answer
Grand Marshal Pistolesi thereupon
communicated by telephone to the pa
rade committee, and in a few moments
he returned to the Native Sons COM
mittee and stated that the Citizens
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