Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-10
VAST THRONG
OBSERVESDAY
SAN BERNARDINo PACKED WITH
cELEBRAToRs
ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA is
REPRESENTED
Parade cheered by Thousands-Flap-
Jacks Tossed from Pioneer Float.
Many Daughters In the
~ Procession
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State were essentially ulIIerent irom tnose
attending the admission of the others, and
the corditions existent prior to that event
have never. and probably never will be,
paralleled in the history of the world.
Indeed, one of the prime motives for
the celebration of the anniversary OF Ad-
mission day is to engender and foster
fine appreciation and reverential regard
for the days and deeds. the men and mem
ories the tolls and the triumphs of the
period preceding that event.
Assume Pioneers Burdens
"And SO II is that upon each recurring
9th Of September the pioneers, VINO, alas'
are gradually passing to the great peyond,
and their descendants, the sturdy native
sons and daughters, who, 1t is to pc
heped. will worthily assume their burdens,
and all the good and loyal citizens ana
residents of California, take pleasure ana
pride In celebrating In fitting manner the
admission Of this imperial western domain
into the sisterhood of states.
"And that to my mind, can be done IN
no more appropriate way than by recall
ing the lights and shades Of vanishing
past and contrasting them with prosper
Gus present and still more promising fu-
ture
"The act of congress admitting Califor-
mia as a sovereign state OF the Union was
passed on the 9th of September, 1850, and
no more fitting commentary on the pro-
gress of modern times could be made tnan
by stating that the news Of that moment
Gus event was not received in San Fran
cisco until the 18th day of October.
Civilization Leaps Gap
"Just think of 1t and realize the Isolated
situation of this new civilization. which
had practically leaped gap of 1000 miles
in our countrys westward progress
although the swiftest means at hand
were employed, about forty days were re-
uuired to convey the glad tidings to It's
chief beneficiaries.
To-day the news would have peen
flashed across the continent in the twink
ling of an eye; and, without going INTO
particulars, that alone Is striking exam
pie of the conditions then existing con-
trasted with those of the present.
mot only that, but for about year
prior to the admission of California It's
political and civil status, viewed from
legal standpoint, was novel and peculiar.
.'From the time of the REIMBURSEMENT
of military authority, which occurred
shortly after the close of the Mexican
war, the government of this area of land
(it cannot be called state or territory
for no territorial government had ever
been organized,) was practically by con-
sent and was self-instituted.
In Hands of the People
..r4------r.4at- -esai.s.- saominally but actually
In the hands of the people, and had not
been officially recognized by the sovereign
authority at Washington, though wisely
not interfered with And the fact that
this area was well governed during that
period, that constitution was framed
which stood as the organic law of the
state for thirty years. that good laws were
passed and observed, many of which are
vet on our statute books-all of this Is
proof positive of the wisdom. sagacity
and far-sightedness of the early California
pioneer.
'And we'll may we ask, Why not? Why
not, indeed?
''The sturdy argonauts, winnowed out
by relentless fate. who survived the
hardships of the trackless plain, the burp-
ing desert, the chilling SHOWS, the tangled
forest and the untrod wilderness, were
true representatives in the broadest sense
of that American spirit of progress In its
Irresistible westward course, checked only
at that time by the shores of the placid
Pacific; and here they founded COM
monwealth at the western gateway of the
greatest nation on earth, opening wide its
portals to the commerce of the world, that
will stand for all time as a monument to
their IOTIlLuue POioONStSfSS'
Tolls and Privations
''The tolls and privations of the early
California pioneer are matters of record
and history and it is not for me on this
occasion to more than refer to them; but
they are beautiful, inspiring, encouraging,
lesson teaching truths. and they lose none
of their beauty or inspiration by being
over and over referred to and remembered.
$50 say again, all honor to the pi-
oneers who found upon this western
shore the sleeping beauty--California
who touched with magic wand of Anglo
Saxon energy the slumbering form,
awoke to consciousness and sent the life
blood surging through her arteries
"The history of California may be
broadly divided into three great epochs:
First that of the Franciscan monks, the
Mexican padres, who with kindly, loving
patience instilled in savage breast of abb
origine religions soothing balm, insuring
to this chosen land it's future destiny.
Days of Gentle Padres
"In those peaceful days the gentle
padres ruled the land; the then known
tillable areas were divided into vast
MEXICAN grants surrounding the mis-
sjons extending up and down the great
or mart of the coast line. The period of
the grazing and the vine; the slumbering,
restful period.
T..Then almost coincident with the Gre
alton of the state and the advent Of the
Anglo-Saxon race. came the golden age.
when veins of quartz and richly laden
sands plentifully yielded forth their bars
and nuggets and dust of the precious
yellow metal, supplying the Golfers of the
entire nation, in time of direst need and
lowest ebb of credit.
"And it is not out of place at this time
to state that the acquisition of Califor-
MIA. with its golden resources, at that
particular time and the peculiar condi-
tions attending it's admission into the
Union. when the halls of congress echoed
with naught but wordy strife, and the
SUBSEQUENT attitude of California when
the crisis came and the very integrity
Of the nation was threatened-I repeat,
that chain of events inseparably inter-
woven with the golden epoch in the his
tory of our state. has been regarded by
eminent historians and political econo-
rnists as the savior of the nation.
ssThat was indeed the golden age, the
age of sacrifice and romance, the age Of
privation and plenty, the age with which
these pioneers and their associates have