The record-union., 1899-02-23


land where the orange tree grows,
fruits are of gold, where perpetual
beauty smiles from the azure above
this is the State of California
1T has been truly said we have not
the opportunities for culture that are to
be found in the East, with her colleges,
universities, libraries and art galleries
that have been welding an influence
upon the mind for generations; but we
are still in our swaddling clothes. With
Stanford and the University of Califor-
mia reaching out and demanding the
brightest and richest minds from every
quarter to lead US in the way, together
with the Hopkins Institute of Art and
the Croker Art School, if you please,
striving to hold up before US the truest
of Art-these form no mean nucleus
to draw to us the highest and best in
the future which awaits us, a power
that will be felt and recognized.
For all eyes are turned upon Califor-
MIA to-day-not because the President
has given her the recognition never be-
fore received by appointing Joseph Nc
Kenna Chief Justice of the Supreme
bench; not because our brave boys are
offering up their lives in the torrid
jungleS Of Manila-but because of our
position at the gateway of the Orient.
With the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands and the spoils of war, the Phil
ippines, with the laying of the sub
marine cable, the completion Of the Mic
araguan Canal, with our fruits in every
market, with our varied activities, our
boundless resources, who can measure
the volume of trade that will pour in
upon US or see with the eye of destiny
the limit of our greatness?
There may be rocks and shoals in
the track of our ship of State, but these
are not for woman to meet; but there
is work for u.s. whether Californians
by nativity or adoption, that, uplifting
and spiritualizing the race, see to the
introduction of that magic leaven, so,
no matter through what nights or
depths we may pass, we will know God
is with VS."
Mrs. Belshaw, with the kindest feel
ings toward Sacramento ladies, spoke
as follows:
1T is with pleasure that I accept this
opportunity to give expression to the
:
mento and her people Under the
shadow of the Capitol, that stately edi-
flee dedicated to the majesty of the
sovereign people of this State, whose
walls are sacred to the memory of the
men who made California, let us proph-
ecy that Sacramento will be a great
city. We visitors take pride in shar-
ing with you her glories You have
SI1tt
whose shelter gave rest and security
to the women of long ago. You have
a mighty river, destined under a new
national impulse to become an import
ant factor in the commerce Of the
world; and a beautiful valley, rich in
varied fruit and wonderful in fertility
of soil. You have that ancient spell
of greatness which comes from the
hushed graves of pioneer men and wo-
men, from the inspiration of whose
voices there has been the building of
a State and of Capital In the early
days of California, when the stories of
her wealth, half told, led the founders
of this great commonwealth to ieave
the comforts and pleasures of the At
lantic seaboard and seek their fortunes
in the unknown lands of the Sierras,
Sacramento was the haven where the
weary pioneers could rest and refresh
themselves after the trials and hard
ships of a long and dangerous journey.
Here in your valley, on the banks of
your river, was the origin of that hos
pitality for which Californian's are ia
nous. And we are impressed with the
truth that the festivities of California's
Capital in '99 have been the result of
kindly instinct and generosity, such as
we shall love to remember when the
visions of gayety shall have passed
away. AS the closing days of the Leg
islature draw near, we will depart these
scenes with the memory of each effort
to give US pleasure, and out of the
mirror of the mind will come the
picture of Sacramento, a most hos
pitable city, and the likenesses of the
noble women who make it so''
Mrs A ]. Johnston followed, in
happy address, entitled THE Day"
She said:
Madam Toastmistress and Ladies:
On the 18th day of the last month of
this last year of the nineteenth CEN
fury it will have been 100 years since
all that was mortal of our nations
foremost hero was quietly laid to rest
at his own loved home at Mount Yer
non And ever since that time poets
and historians have We'd with each
other in recounting his virtues. If 1t
were only American writer's that loved
to sing his praises, we might feel that
perhaps his virtues had been over.
rated But as it is, all the world has
delighted to do him honor.
AN English writer of his own time
says this: He clearly and unchallange
ably stands out as the purest great
man in universal history And yet
another English authority tells us that:
To George Washington alone, in mod
ern times, has it been given to accom-
plish a wonderful revolution, and yet
remains to all future time the theme
of a peoples gratitude and an example
of virtuous and beneficent power Was
ever such praise wrung from unwill-
ing adversary? A halo surrounds the
name of Washington, and for NE to
attempt to add aught to that illustrious
memory would be like trying to paint
the lily or to throw a perfume on the
violet
But while l can add nothing to the
luster of his great name, l can lay at
his feet loving tribute of grateful
affection to the memory of the man
who exemplified in his life for the ben
eft of the sons of America the fact
that a man may achieve greatness.
while at the same time in his daily
walk of life he heeds the time-honored
admonition:
This. above all. to thine own self be true.
And it must follow. as the night the day.
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
And SO long as Americas proud
banner shall wave, so long may the