The San Francisco call., 1899-09-10
OPEN-HEARTED HOSPITALITY
MARKED The OCCASION
Entertaining Was Done on a Most Elab-
orate Scale by Local ParIorS of
Sons and Daughters.

that part of it which went to bed
at all last night, has not yet been
able to figure out just what It
wakened UP to this morning.
With 10000 Native Sons and score of
brass bands in town to participate In
the States big birthday party, the
well1ln and about everything else with
in reach has been ringing since the
first section of the San Francisco
special got in last night and dumped
1000 enthusiastic metropolitan Natives
loose under the flags. the lights and RED
fire On Pacific avenue.
The arrival Of the San Jose special
and the second San Francisco section
half an hour later lessened the gen
eraI exuberance not one bit. The town
has been agog and aroar ever since,
and if present indications carry 1t will
be until after the Venetian Carnival,
which will close the celebration on
Monday night
Santa Cruz has begun by keeping to
the letter the promises it held out to
the Natives Of the biggest time they
have had in years, and as State Sena-
tor and Past Grand President Tom
Flint Jr of San Juan said to-day in
little oration to a limited audience:
Santa Cruz has uncorked everything
from enthusiasm to condensed milk,
and the boys have succeeded in finding
everything but the milk.
The city has certainly taken no
chance of any blot on its reputation
for great big-hearted hospitality and
the ability to extend it. 1t is the opinion
Of the veterans of the order, and to 1t
they are giving free expression, that al
though the crowd is a few shy Of the
usual number, never were they better
entertained. In winning out the cele-
bration this year Santa Cruz was
doubly honOred. Two of the citizens
Of the city were elected grand of1lcers
Of the order at the last grand parIor-
Frank MattisOn, Assessor of the coun-
~, grand president, and Milton Besse,
Sheriff. grand marshal. To both or
these popular Natives is the success Of
this years celebration of Admission
day largely due.
To-day. although the local parlor Of
Native Daughters has been dispensing
lavish hospitality at n. S. G. w. Hall,
the greater part of the celebration has
been on the street, and the two centers
of il all have been the st. George Hotel
and Pacific Ocean House, where nearly
all of San Francisco's parlors are
Quartered. Bands and parlors and
fractions of parlors have paraded the
streets ever since the opening process
sion of this morning came to an end.
Every headquarters in town has been
visited, revisited, and at the same time
relieved Of it's contents. 1t has been
rackety time, and tonight, when every
parlor in town is keeping open house
and the grand ball is on, there is no
abatement of the general festivity.
There are enough of them here VINO
are active in the body polite to go into
a nominating convention for either
party. and Stanford Parlor of San
francisco would probably have the
casting vote. County Clerk Billy
Deane, its president, got in last night.
as did School Director Ed Head, who
wants TO be Sheriff, and Under Sherlu
Dave Martin. Assessor Washington
Dodge arrived on this mornings tram
and with him came Henry Martin:
Bruce Cornwall and MaxWeIl McMuIe
have quit practicing law for the time
being and Joined the rest of the Stan
ford CLIQUE at the st. George. Mayor
Phelan arrived this morning in time
for the parade, and has been the guest
of Mayor Lamb of this city through the
day. Judge Mogan and Judge Conlan
and Tom Hawkins, who will try to be
Tudee AT the next election, are also
enong the "pollies" who are on deck,
as is Will H. Dick.
past Grand President Frank L.
Coombs and Past Grand Thomas Fllfls
Jr. are the especial charge OF IraIu
President Frank Mattison All the
a-aI3d ofScers of the order are now in
fown and they announce that the
crowd here will be augmented to-mor-
row and Monday by those for whom
the Venetian Carnival of Monday night
IS the main attraction. Alameda Coun-
~ is vociferously represented Dy 1oun-
~ C1arl, Frank Jordan, Assessor Henry
Dalton, A. W. Fielder, Treasurer Of the
county and grand inside sentinel of the
order and Major Waters. The major
IS the ragtime mascot of Athens Par, ;,
lor Oakland's baby organization,
80 for the greater part of the after
noon has been the whole show so far as
the street events are concerned.
Among the crowd from san Jose are
ex-Sheriff c. Y. Bollinger, WiIl Leet'
Emil and Ernest Leon ana Al M6art. M
c., P,Iclrar Rick Pfister and Dave
Bryant are expected to arrive to-mor-
row