The San Francisco call., 1899-08-12

by an accident to the engine at Yolo and
it was nearly two hours late when 1t
reached Benicia.
The train consisted of five sleepers, two
dining cars ard the COmmissary car. II
was in the latter department that the re-
ceLtion committee met their guests ana
bade them welcome to the Golden state.
The formal greeting was between Dr.
Magnus, representing the San francisco
Arions. and President Weinacht OF the
New Workers. The Californians and the
Fasteners met as though they had peen
lifelong acQuaintances, although but few
of them had had the pleasure or knowing
each other personally. Members OF the
reception committee did not stop at
handshake but caressed the visitors and
even imprinted kisses on the cheeks OF
the New Workers.
I'VE have heard much of Californian 5
style of receiving his guest said Prosi-
dent Wenacht, but IN all our travels,
which have extended over both CONT
nents We. have never received such wei
come as this. We feel already as though n
we had been intimately acquainted Win
the San Francisco Arlons ali our lives
and that California was as much our
home as it is theirs.
Songs of the fatherland followed the
greeting and then the Commissary car
rang with the toasts freely offered and
given as. the Arions of the East and the
West drank to each others health.
After these prelInlndrleS the TeCepllOn
committee was ushered through the train
! and made acquainted with every person
on board, including Herman who pre-
| sided over the commissary car, and the
special trainhands and porters, who have
! travelled with the party since it left the
Empire City. By the time the train ar
| rived at Oakland pier JOY was unconfinCi
and the visitors had reached a full ap-
| probation of the nature of Californian
hospitality. Every one of the excursion
| lists wore the emblem of the San Fran
/ cisco rlI1h and member the
! ception committee had been decorated
with the little silver badge of the New
! Workers.
| There were 1872 persons in the party. and
of this number twenty-five are members
| of the singing section, which has made
! the New York Arion Verein famous the
world over. There are a number OF
wealthy and distinguished New Workers
| in the party. President Weinacht is e
member OF the firm of Max Ans &5 Co. a
big wholesale firm. John Rachy is a wine
! importer. W. J. Amend is a wholesale
druggist. John Reisenweber is the pro-
| prietor of one of the largest breweries IT
/ New York. Herr H. II. Won Mellenthin
| the official reporter of the eXcursionists
is the editor of the New York Staats Zeit
ung. The proportion of ladies in the party
The visitors state that this is one Of The
most pleasant of the clubs annual excur
sions, and that nowhere have they beer
treated better or more heartily welcomed
than they have been since they reached
the shores of the Pacific.
This Is Gods own country" said Pres
ident Weiuacht. Il have heard much o1
California, but had no idea it was such E
paradise. Even what little of the scenery
we have had an opportunity to observe
| convinces me that there is no place on the
continent that can equal it. l am very
much afraid that some of our members
will become so infatuated with the Pacific
Coast that they will not want to go back
with us. / know that some of them have
| come here with the intention of making
/ investments if they received a good i'm
preston of the country"