The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
RULERS ARE GONE
ONLY FOR A YEAR
POEtOIa Festival to Be Annual
Event; City Will Entertain
the Whole World
Spirit of the Occasion Has
Seized and Will Hold All
San FranciscanS

rhe king is dead. Long slive the
king
Today, the carnival is but a.memory
there no longer reign in San Francisco
a king and queen Of revelry, JOY and
happiness: the humdrum OF daily life
has descended once again. but the Por-
tola spirit has come TO stay
Don Gaspar de Portola in the person
oa gallant, courteous. kingly Nicolas
CoVarrubIas may never again ride the
city's streets may never again bow ac-
knowled gment to the plaudits OF a mil
lion subjects; Queen Eergiiia may never
again be the sovereign of loyal. low
ing people: but their memory will be
cherished
Never could ruler. be more kingly nor
queen more gracious than have been
Nicolas and Vergilia during their rule
OF I'VE fast, furious DAYS. Still. they
are but pioneers. Last night they died.
A city sorrows in their passing. yet the
same city rejoices in the thought OF
other reigns still TO come-of the ad-
vent Of other sOvereigns and Of other
festivals. even greater and more mag
nifcent in their conception than this
first one which has drawn the eyes of
the world TO san Francisco and caused
the world to gasp in wonder and ad-
miratiOn.
FESTIVAL CAN NOT DIE
Let Portols week die as an annual
festival? Let such a week of gayety
pass into Oblivion for want OF repeti-
tion? Never, Never so long as San
Francisco remains the proudest city
and the greatest metropolis of the west.
Portola week has come to stay. The
al T.,
cans love It. Whatever may be the ma
ture OF the celebration or whatever
may be the central idea of future festi-
Vals there viii hencefOrth be an Octo-
her week ia every year when San
Francisco viii throw wide its gates
and take its stand as host to the world
"a week when care viii be banished
and when JOY viii satiate Portola
week. as an annual event. is destined TO
become the greatest carnival event
known to any city of the globe.
The present Portola committee and.
in fact, the citizens OF San Francisco,
whom II represents. have given no
thought a yet to details for future fes-
tivals. only one thing has been de-
cided upon Portola week is TO have
its place in the city's calendar with
each succeeding year. Some say il
can't be done-that a repetition is i'm
possible and that an attempt TO con-
tiRue Il would be futile. They are the
same sconers who sneered a week ago
and predicted failure.
WILL COME AGAIN
There is no question as to the con-
tinuance Of the PortoIa festival as an
annual event" said c. c. Moore. who
was San Francisco's minister plenipo-
tertiary to all nations in behalf of the
r-F---. -. .-,,f4
stop II now If we would and we
wouldn't stop it if we could. The past
few days have been a revelation. All
the earth knows US as never before. The
name -POrtOla' has come to stay. II
may be only once in two years or once
in three years that we viii have a car
niVal or a scale equal to the present
but in any event we will have a Portola
carnival every year. We can even Outdo
our first attempt. and that is what we
are looking forward to now. In 1915
we should reach our climax. Let this
be but a stepping stone 10 a festival in
that year commemorating the opening
OF the Panama canal. that viii surpass
in magnihcence anything that any city
Of The world has ever produced. In the
meantime we are going to continue Oul
week Of carnival every year.
Chairman p. T. Clay Of the executive
committee OF the Portola festival com.
mittee said yesterday that detailed
plans as TO the means. manner or
method Of conducting future festivals
had not been determined nor even con-
sidered by the committee. but that TIL,
perpetuity OF the event was settled pos
ftivelv. Whether the present commit
tee viii continue under a permanent or
SANITATION or whether new hands vii
be entrusted with future festivals are
among the things that are yet TO be dis
cussed and decided.
In any event. the Portola festival Il
10 be henceforth a part Of San Fran
cisco's life
The king is dead. Long live thi
king"