The age-herald., 1901-05-25
THE PRESIDENT STARTSH HOME TODAY Mrs. Mckinley is Now Able to
 Stand the Trip
TWO PUBLIC RECEPTIONS
President Mckinley Addressed the Sons and Daughters of the Ameri- ican Revolution and Members
 of the Loyal Legion.

San Francisco May -4.-President Me- Kinley has completed his programme in this city, having met every organization included in the original schedule, and McKinleys health has so far improved that the President and his party will be- gin the return journey to the national capital at 10 a. m. tomorrow
 The Presidents public functions today included reception at the Scott residence to the members of the foreign consular representatives of this city. a reception at the Palace Hotel by the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution and the Loyal Legion in honor Of the President and a review of the school children of Oakland by the President.
 Tn his response to the greetings of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution and members of the Loyal Legion the President said:
 'T salute with reverence and affection this chapter which was the origin and be- ginning of that now most memorable or ganization known as the Sons of the American Revolution. (Applause.) It was here that the first order of this great as- sociation was established. It has spread all over the country and Is doing mag nificent work not only in preserving the historic relics and caring for the historic battlegrounds, but is teaching to our chill dren the history of the sacrifices of the American revolution. This association links the past with the present. Here to- day are descendants of those who estab- lished this free goyernmnt and with them to give me welcome are representatives of the men who preserved 1t in the awful clash of battle from '61 to '65. This as- sociation and the Loyal Legion link the names of Washington and Lincoln insep- arably together. Great names they are in American history, the lustre lights Of their days, the sacrifical giants who cleaved the darkness asunder and bea- coned us where we are.
 And what glorious heritage we have, a government resting upon the will and judgment and conscience of all the peo- ple 4 government that develops human effort and energy and noble purpose as we believe better than any government on earth There Is nothing like 1t any where, a nation of 75, 900 people stretching from the Atlantic to the Pa cific with possessions now far into the Pacific and all under the control not of one man, not of Congress, but of the will of sovereign people. (Applause)
 
 what the people make 1t, and one histor- l ic fact that I love to recall Is that the 1 only speech George Washington made as l President of the constitutional conven- l tion presiding over it's deliberations, was in favor of proposition to increase the power of the people. And the statesman ship that will continue to recognize the people in the affairs of government. the administration that will keep close to the people, the law-maker that will consult the wisdom and the judgment of the peo- pie will constitute the statesmanship of the future which will give security for all time to this government of ours.
 .I am so glad to meet my companions of the Loyal Legion, those with whom kept step more than thirty years ago. And the spirit of 's1 was the spirit of ,76 (Applause). And the spirit that led our people at the beginning of our re- cent war to volunteer to the number of 250.000 with a million moe behind them wanting to enter the service, the spirit that went to Cuba and freed that op- pressed people, and to Porto Rico and to the Philippines, is but the reproduction of the spirit of '76 and '61, (Applause).
 Let us keen that spirit alive in these associations today and as they pass away let the little citizens organize that they may carry on the great work you have commenced"