Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-05-18
AT THE ROSE CARNIVAL.
Fresldent and Party In the Land of Fruit
and Flowers-A Boquet as Big
Ra . Church,

49, "''"l'P''"'Vu Io-ud9' Inc pIesl-
dents presence in San Jose for an
hour this afternoon took the edge off
the disappointment here, where the
rose carnival was being held in his
honor and where the floral display
surpassed anything ever before seen
in this part of the country.
After leaving Delmonte this morn
ing the cabinet carried out the itin-
erary as originally planned, stopping
at Pajaro and Santa Cruz, and visit
ing the big trees in the San Lorenzo
valley; but they had no heart to put
into the festivities in the absence of
their chief and the keen regret of the
people was written on their countc-
nances.
Many expressions of kindly sympa-
thy for Mrs. Mckinley were heard at
each stopping place. At Santa Cruz,
Secretary of State Hay was the rep
resentative of the president in the ad-
dress Of welcome made by the mayor.
The presidents presence here barely
saved the day. He ran down from San
Francisco in his special car, arriving
here just as the cabinet train pulled
into the city from the south. But he
only remained for the formal exer-
ciscs. At $3.50, when they were CON
cluded, he left Immediately for San
Francisco.
At st. James square, opposite the
courthouse, handsomely-decora
stand had been erected, and here the
formal exercises took place. The
president responded as follows to the
mayors address of welcome.
Mr. Mayor, My Fellow Citizens-W
have had many warm and generous greet
inSs as we jCurneycd from the Potomac
| to the Pacific slope, but none have been
more interesting nor generous and more
memorable than the one which the peo-
pie of Santa Clara county and Of San
Jose accord us to-day LGreat applause
! observe that ! face not only this null
titude of Americans, but ] face the head
quarters of thousand Ohioans, who,
| with my other fellow citizens give this
welcome. We are all proud of our states,
and we'll we may hc. whether we come
| nun lltt HNIul OF VIE lHtI we come from
the south. We are proud of our birth
place and OF our state citizenship; but
above all we rejoice IN the great nation,
the elcry OF its achievements, in the nag
which represents liberty and law and the
constitution of the nation that shelters
us all. Applause
We have seen everything in California;
we have eaten Of your fruits and your
nsnes; We have tasted the perfumes Of
your flowers; we have visited the ancient
/ churches "a n p
liEiOn was llrst raised and whose chimes
have sounded through centuries their mos
sage of hope and beuedCtlOn; we have
heard the dashng waves Of your ocean;
we have felt the sunshine-and we have
been tanned somewhat by its rays llaugI'
terl-but we have pli the time felt the
warm touch Of your hearts. We saw At
Redlands the other day that they
sprinkled their streets with OIL and we
discovered the next day they bored for
II at Los Angeles and got It, Laughter
We nave met your peOple-your brave
men and NOmen-We have met the
pioneers, which builded and founded the
state; we have met all conditions of peO-
pie, and wherever We have gone we
have seen smiling. happy and con
tented faces, and have heard the
cheers Of school children from one end
of this state to the other. Here / am
greeted in this, the first capitol under
your constitutional constitution that ded-
icated the territory of California to lib
erty ard the Cnior forever lgreat ap-
nlauscl-Whosc pc0ple asked and were i'd
mitted into the Union of states and re-
CCived the protection of the federal con
stitution and from that period until now
the people OF California have been Loyal
TO the government and to its every IN
terest lGreat applause.l
| In peace or war you have been faithful
We live, my fellow-CitlZens, under a con
stitution that was made by four millions
of people, and yet IT has proved quite
| Il. Of
pie. Applause It has embraced within
it every national duty and purpose, ana
has never stood in the way of our deNel'
Opmert and expansion. That instrument
seems almost to be inspired to carry tor
ward the holy mission OF liberty II seems
not to have been made alone for those
who framed 1t and their successors, but
for all ages and all mankind. That IN
strumcnt stands to-day almost as 1t lett
| the hands of Its trainers. Few amend
ments have been added and those have
only been to enlarge the priceless bless
lngs Of liberty and free government to lht
people and no amendment can ever be
| made to the constitution of this country
creign power Of the people. lGreat ap'
plause We have lived under 1t Tor
hundred and twenty tive years, in storm
and IN sunshine; in war within and WIN
out; amidst passions ard tumult, ana NJ
ter a century and a quarter that grell
instrument stands unsullied by single
lapse of principle, lApplause,l
To us. my fellow citizens, young am
old the preservation of that constitution
is committed, 1t Is sacred instrument
and II Is sacred trust given TO us TO SEE
to it that It is preserved in all It's virtue
and yigor tC be passed along TO the gen
erations yet to- come Glorious cohssltu
t!on, glorious Union, glorious nag. SeV
eptyfi millions of people stand togeth1
as they never before stCoi to defend tEeu
all Enthusiastic applause.l
) Immediately in the rear of th'
stand was the big bouquet, of which
so much has been heard. It was 81
feet iu circumference, and stood IL
its frame 2j feet high. The stem wa'
n telegraph pole sunk in the ground
1t was composed of cut flowers OF eN
cry variety that blooms, The idea o
presenting this immense floral offer
ing to Mrs. Mckinley originated Witl
the ladies' of San Jose, and the pre-
septation was made to the presiden
by Mrs. j. o. Smith, who expressed
tender words of regret for Mrs. Nc
Kinley's illness and hopes for he
quick recovery.
The members of the cabinet TOO
the long drive through the orchard
of the Santa Clara valley which hat
p been planned for the president, visit
ing on the way the Jesuit college a
Santa Clara and the University of tn
Pacific. Great preparations had bee
made along the route to receive tn
! president, and disappointment at no
seeing him was very keen.
rt,o yorthxycstern Aground,