The San Francisco call., 1906-07-05

ciflc Coast He spoke of the children
and the manhood of the city and the
need of courage, devotion and unity of
purpose in rebuilding a greater city.
In closing Father Organ on behalf
of San Francisco thanked the United
States army and navy for the great
assistance rendered during the times
of the great trouble. He then pre-
sented Mayor SchmitZ.
MAYOR READS DECLARATION.
Mayor Schmitz read the Declaration
of independence in a loud, clear voice,
and every ear was strained to catch
the words of the immortal document
as they fell from the lips of the city s
chief magistrate. At the conclusion of
the reading he was loudly cheered. AS
compliment to the Mayor the chill
dren sang San Francisco Forever" to
the tune of the "Boola- -Boola" college
song.
An original poem by Professor
Ebenezer Knowlton, entitled ''Oppor-
tunity," in which was typified the eity's
reconstruction. was read by the author.
Following this the children's chorus
sang My Own United States" At this
juncture William Greer Harrison. pres
ident of the Olympic Club, was crown
ed with a laurel wreath and made a
short and humorous speech to the chill
dren.
DEVOTION INTENSIFIED.
James D. Phelan, orator of the day,
was next presented and was well re-
ceived. He spoke as follows:
The people of San Francisco have
been accustomed to meet on the Fourth
of July to express their loyal \ayotion
to their country. but this year, there ,a ELS is
and we are gathered in this beautiful
park and under these tranquil skies to
express thanksgiying and to stiIS rIej9iee 9ce
in this fair land, possessed with the
courage to renew our labors in itt be-
half, and to rebuild and make better
Californian for his State and the de-
votion of the San Franciscan to his
city have been only intensified by mis-
fortune.
1t is a matter of common observation
that hardships and suffering wed peo-
pie to their native land. Indeed the
fear had been expressed that IN a ie COUP
pampered by luxury and eneryated by
ease, would ultimately lose the virile
qualities of citizenship which make a
here and there of the evils which flow
from uninterrupted prosperity. but the
privations of a few brief months have
already hardened every fiber and soft
Cold in peace and iron in war is
written upon the seal of the city; hap
piness and abu1dance in the piping
in the trying days of war And war
we have had against the forces of ma
ture and the destructive fury OF the
elements; but through II all our people
have risen better and stronger. Thrown
upon their own resources they have
developed self-reliance. Stripped of
the tools of labor they have met the
thence and ingenuity and have demon
strated a recuperative capacity which
Their cheerfulness in distress and un-
daunted courage in the presence of
danger have excited the admiration of
the world.
A great calamity of this kind i'm
parts a philosophy of its own. 1t is a
lesson well worth the learning. The
people now know the insignifcance of
the Individual, the meaning of brother
hood and the uses of democracy. Cast
together, they became the sharers of a
common lot and in the true altrpistic
spirit, unknown in the fierce competi-
tive struggle for personal advantage,
they found a new satisfaction in work
ing for the common veal without re-
gard to race or religion and thinking z
was return to primordial conditions.
when for the time being all rules and
formulas were suspended and when
mo law oppressed, the law OF man was
written on his breast"
LAW OF HUMANITY.
But was 1t not larger and broader
sentiment than mere territorial Sec
tarianism, mere loyalty to State and
extoi On occasions like this: was it
not the spirit of helpfulness, which en-
listed everyone in the service of our
common humanity The appeal was
from humanity and the service was
for humanity. Californians were wont
to live within themselves, but now they
realize that they live upon the crust
of the earth and that no country is
foreign to them; that they are dwellers
on the great round globe which circles
through space, and that the destiny or
mankind interests them quite as much
as local rehabilitation. The awakened
nation, moved by a vast sympathetic
impulse. from every corner of the land
sent its contributions TO relieve the
hardships of our situation, and, without
humbling our pride, stirred our graft
tude and bound us as never before in
bonds of brotherhood.
This is the anniversary year OF the
raising of the flag in California. Sixty
years ago. on July Z, 1915. Commodore
Sloat sailed into the harbor of Mon
unfurled the stars and stripes, and
two days later Captain Montgomery,
in command of the sloop of war Ports
mouth, anchored off San Francisco and
marched with his marines up the strand
to the old plaza, now known as Ports
mouth square in honor of his ship, and
gave Old Glory to the breeze
SAN FRANCISCO OF OLD.
Inc DlIlc lOWH Ol 1cTDd butHd hes
tied in cove and surrounded by an
hmphitheater of hills, soon after to be
rebaptized San Francisco, took up It's
march of progress under the flag with
quickened footsteps, responded to the
clarion cry of "Eurekal" and attained,
In the year of grace 1906, an eviable
position in the contemporaneous his
tory of the world. Vain attempts had
been made to divert her growth. Other
cities had been established on the
shores o, the bay and near the head
waters of navigation, but undaunted
by doubt and undismayed by disaster,
for confiagrations had visited the city
on five different occasions in the early
f1fties, the brave little town recovered
and went on. Wealth had accumulated,
buildings had been erected, manufac-
lures had been encouraged and every
material benefit seemed to dower this
Bride of the Pacific, when again, by
the recent confiagration, her people
were stricken and her progress i'm
peded. Houses have been destroyed,
but others. and possibly better houses,
will be constructed. The essential ele-
ments of a metropolis remain. Trade
and commerce will pass through the
Golden Gate without interruption in
increasing volume. The mountains
will still yield their golden nuggets.
the valleys their fruits and grains the
lofty forests their timber and the deep
recesses of the earth it's oil and the
harnessed mountain streams electric
current for mill and shop. The wealth