The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-22
SHE SAT UP YESTERDAY
Return Trip to Washington
 May Be Begl1 saturday
The Presidert Yesterday Reviewed the School Ch,l~.~ F San Fran cisco an Il de q speech
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San Fra, -., ba. The conval- essence of Ms rK,u 7 is very rapid, and she |. Is.t 4.- ng her normal strength. s5hs &7. e to sit up to- day and r-an the s ITS. So marked is her irnpro .una,Nt ,aa. it is very prob- ably the P.aaGsnuai party Will start for Washirr,ya 1.e&r Saturday. Ii no untowal ~.v..u4a4 9 ts should occur, it is thou-g-r hat N s. Mckinley will he able k, a4art journey by that time.
 Presi aIr' H >tray today reviewed nearly -D.0,' scita,. children of this city, Botk -s nf Van Ness Avenue from Ja ftJt ]. arket Streets were lined v-- .t .D D; and enthusiastic childI az sident and members of hi a1 Dcal officials in car riage from Jackson to Marke. the avenue to Jack son. The Presloe,It was the recipient of a continuous ovation. Almost every child had been provided with good sized American flag and their voices and flags were worked in union. Each little girl wore white, and most of them had red sashes. Thousands of young sters had gathered large boquets, which they threw at the Preisdent as he passed.
 President Mckinley rode with his hat in his hand, lowing and waving from right to left, smiling continuously and receiving the ovation with evident pride and happiness.
 Half way between California and Sacramento Streets the Presidents car riage and the other c0nveyances came to a standstill.
 Speech, speech" rang out along the avenue and the children swarrned about by the thousands. The President spoke briefly, saying in part:
 T desire in single moment to ex- press the pleasure which has been giv- en to me to meet the 45,000 school chil- dren of this city. It has given me an introduction into the countless homes of your great city and has permitted me to witness the sunshine which this vast number of young people, bring to the firesides of the city. I know of no richer possession than great scholar ship, no nobler ambition than to ob- tain 1t. We cannot all be great schol- ars. but we can all have good scholar ship. I want to assure you, young peo- pie, that there is nothing so essential to your easy advancement and success in after life as a good education.
 If tnoge of us wno nave oattied in the rivalries and contentious of busy world could go back to our youth and school days, we would embrace cheer fully our neglected opportunities, and pursue them with industry and delight. If the testimony of the active men of San Francisco and of the country could be taken, it would be uniform in the declaration of the endorsements up- der which they have suffered from scanty mental training in youth.
 Nothing has given me more pleas ure in my long trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific than the scene which we have witnessed here this morning every child waving the flag of our faith and our hope and every little heart filled with love of country. (Great applause.) What an army for liberty and Union and civilization! Why we have in the public schools of the United States four-fold more chill dren than there were people when this government was founded; and all of them proud of their country and ell of them revering its institutions, and all of them meaning that when the time comes for them to take the :es- pousibilities of administration they will be prepared to do their duty ana mass along this free government with notwithstanding virtue. intelligence and patriotism. Enthusiastic applause.) thank you and wish for all of you the realization of every worthy ambition" (Great applause.)
 After reviewing the school children, President Mckinley and party drove to the Presidio. General Shafter and members of his staff were on hand to welcome the commander-in-chief, and he was escorted about the grounds and shown the camps where thousands of volunteers going to and coming from the Philippines have been quartered, as we'll as the camps of the regulars.