The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
SPEECH TO LOYAL LEGION
The President Completes His
 Program in San Francisco.
Chief Executive Continues to Dwell on the Harmony of the Sections and the Sovereignty of the
 the People.

Mckinley has completed his program in this city, having met every organi- zation included in the original schedule and Mrs. McKinley's health has so far improved that the President and his party will begin the return journey to the natie nal capital at 10 .. m. to- morrow. The Presidents public eunc- tions 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 Ameri- can Revolution and the Loyal Legion, in honor of the President and a review of the school children of Oakland by the President.
 The President Speaks.
 In his resopnsc to the greetings of the Sons and Daughters of the AmerlA can Revolution and members of the Loyal Legion. the President said:
 If salute with reverence and affec- ton this chapter which was the origin and beginning of that now most memorable organization known as the sons of the American Revolution. (Ap- plause.) It was here that the first order of this great association was es- tabllshed. 1t has spread all over the country and is doing magnificent work. not only in preserving the historic relics ard caring for the historic Bat t.e-grounds, but is teaching to our chil- 'iren the history of the sacrifices of the American revolution. This association Sl Ts..s<. today are descendants of those who established this free government and with them to give me welcome are representatives of the men who pre- served 1t in the awful clash of battle from '6i to 'e5. Tiiis association anfi the loyal legion links the names of Washington and Llnooln insenarabls together Great names they are in American history, the lustre-iights of their days, the sacrificial giants who cleaved the darkness assunder and beaconed us where we are.
 A Glorious Heritage. &
 And what glorious heritage we have, a government resting upon the will and judgment and conscience Of all the people-a government that de- velops human efforts and energy and noble purpose as we believe better than any government on earth. There is nothing like it anywhere. q nation of "a, ,O00, ,O00 people stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific with posses sions now far into the Pacific and all under the control. not of one man, not of Congress, but of the will of the sovereign people. (Applause.)
 What this government is, Is precise ly what the people make it, and one historic fact that l love to recall is that the only speech George Washing ton made as President of the Constitu- tional Convention. presiding over its deliberations, was in favor of a propo- sition to increase the power of the peo- pie. And the statesmanship that will continue to recognize the people in the affairs of government, the administra- ton 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 campan- ions of the Loyal Legion. those with whom I kept step more than thirty years ago. And the spirit of '61 was the spirit of '76. (Applause.) And the spirit that led our people at the be- ginning of our recent war to volunteer to the number of 250.000 with million more behind them wanting to enter the service; the spirit that weAt to Cuba and freed that oppressed people, and Q Porto Rico and to the Philippines, is but the reproduction of the spirit of '76 and '61. (Applause.)
 Let us keep that spirit alive in these associations today and as they pass away let the little children's or ganization that you have carry on the great work you have commenced. |" (Great applauSe.)