The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12
THE PRESIDENT'SDA DAY
oprSsED CALIFORNIA AND Me-
VADA G. A. II. MEN.
VI MAKES THEM FEEL HAPPY
Urn JEWEL OF FREEDOM For
FAMILY OF NATIONS.

.x 4pplauded When He Told of
confederate Veterans and G. A. n.
psrodInK Together-The President
Also spoke ut Monterey, the Cnpi-
california Members of Party
,,.tted National Park in After
noon.
De,mont Cal, May 1.-THE President
Nd his party to-day enjoyed a compare
,csl, ouiet day. They came here for two
days rest to prepare for the programme
,.id out for them next week at San
Francisco. The President and Mrs. Nc
Kf7rsy spent the major portion of the
5ay in their rooms at the hotel This
afternoon. Immediately after luncheon,
.,e marty was driven over to Monterey,
two miles from the hotel and the Presi-
6en- made a brief speech. The entire
ronulation of this historic old town, the
,aoital of the republic of California,
turned out to welcome him and there was
the usual prolific display of flowers. The
s,eaking took place at the point where
bear nag, lHG SldlludIu VI lH6 TepuD-
Tc mas first raised in California.
The party then continued their journey
~ Pacific Grove, a small neighboring
+oo,r where the annual encampment of
.bA Department of California and Nevada
Grand Army of the Republic is being held,
and where the President met his old com
rades He was introduced to them by
George NJ. Mott, department commander
of California and although he addressed
them at first in light vein, he was visi-
bly moved as he proceeded, and spoke of
the perils and sacrifices they had en-
dured together.
President Talks to Veterans.
In his speech at Pacific Grove the Pres
ident said:
The nation you served so well owes
YOU debt of gratitude which it can never
repay You saved the jewel of freedom
for the family of nations. You preserved
with your sword and your sacrifices the
freest government on earth. The South
went 10 war rather than that the Union
should live The North engaged in the
war rather than to see the Union perish.
(App. ause). And you triumphed. We con-
slider less, great and appalling as it was,
what the war cost us in life and treasure
than we see what the war brought us in
liberty, equality and opportunity. Amer
leans never surrender, but to Americans.
The men who yielded after four and a
half years of struggle, who were blood of
our blood, finally yielded to their own
fellow citizens and we are to-day nation
reunited
Il have passed within the last ten days
ever the track of many of the battleields
on which you fought. 1 have been greeted
by the men against whom you fought.
have seen the beautiful sight beautiful
to every lover of his country of the MEM
bers of the G. A. r. waking arm in arm
with the Confederate veterans, great APP
plause) carrying the American flag and
giving welcome, and each vieing with the
other in the warmth of their welcome, to
the President of the United States, and
each demonstrating in friendly rivalry his
devotion to the government and to the
flag that shelters us all
Mrs. Mckinley IndispOsed.
1t had been the intention of the Presi-
dent to take the famous seventeen-mile
drive along the ocean front afterward, but
Mrs Mckinley was indisposed and it was
decided to return to the hotel. The men,
bers Of the cabinet, however, enjoyed the
long drive through the vast park of 10000
acres
1t is a natural park, filed with ancient
moss grown cypress and live oaks, and
abounds in game of all kinds. Along the
coast the party saw a herd of seals on
the rocks and Secretary Hitchcock called
the attention of the party to a whale,
about sixty feet long, spouting off shore
about a third of a mile. On the return
"trip a big rose tree in Monterey was
pointed out by the guide as the growth of
a little bush, which it is said Gen. W. 7.
Sherman and his Spanish sweetheart had
planted there years ago, when he was
lieutenant serving in the department of
the Pacific. This evening after dinner the
President held an informal reception in
the hotel parlors, at which the guests of
the hotel were present. Tomorrow the
party will rest here quietly
The President and Mrs. Mckinley prob
ably will attend church in Monterey.