Show fLOWERS FOR NflINLEY Californians Simply Overwhelm the Chief j Magistrate WithBeautiful Blossoms i 0 > at Every Stopping Place 1 0 0 No Abatement a of the Enthusiasm Which Has Attended the Presidents i Presi-dents Progress Since He Entered the Golden State Carriages j in Which He Ride Lined With Flowers While the Streets Over J Which He Passed Were Paved With Them 0 I San Luis Obispo Cal Way 10Th route of the Presidents train northward north-ward from Los Angeles today lay through the Santa Clara valley nestling nest-ling under fogswathed mountains to the ccast where It ran for hours along the edge of cliffs overhanging the Pact ocean At every stopping place today thoro was 0 flhwer show rivaling In beauty the floral parade which the President witnessed yesterday yester-day at Los Angeles At Ventura and Santa Barbara the President was I simply overwhelmed with Rowels The carriages in which he rode were lined with them and the streets over which he passed were paved with them NO ABATEMENT OF ENTHUSIASM There was no abatement today of the enthusiasm which has attended the Presidents progress since he entered California As he approaches his destination at San Francisco the pro gramme at the different stops are more enjoyable and less fatiguing A drive through the city was in each case the principal feature at the places where he stopped today The President Presi-dent was very much Interested in the old Spanish missions filled with historic his-toric relics which ho visited both at Ventura and at Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo was the last stop of the day I was reached at 7 oclock thin evening In time for a drive through the town i TWO DAYS AT DEL MONTE I After crossing the mountain range the train will drop down to Del Monte on the Bay of Monterey where tho I party will remain tomorrow and Sunday The programme tomorrow will include a visit to the national encampment en-campment during theafternoon Sunday Sun-day will he given up to rest At Santa Barbara President Mc KInlcy made tho principal address of the day After expressing his gratitude grati-tude for the reception accorded him and commenting on thc cosmopolitan character of the assembly the President Presi-dent said I MOVED INTO THE PACIFIC My FellowCitizens What a splendid splen-did civilization comes out of the old States and from tho old nationalities that are represented today the best civilization In the world 3 civilization based upon liberty upon equality upon pelfsovernment n civilization that leads wherever it goes whether here or in the dlst teas t-eas and Avherevior this < civilization goes it carries the ark of freedom Our liberty our freedom our scnso of Justice arc not extinguished in any ustce globe or land and here facing I clmo Pacific I am reminded that this ark of liberty has moved out into this great ocean Referring to the Spanish war ho continued As the utt W J 0 0 jve ore in the Philippines and wedo not mean to come away antI we mean to give to these distant peoples what we gave to California mom than fifty years ago the blessings of security and liberty ii BUT HE SAW KINLEY An unusual Incident occurred during the Presidents stay at San Barbara The residence or the chief of the fire I brigade caught fire The fire chief who was on the street awaiting tho coming of the President was informed that his house was In flames Let it bum he replied tr will wait and see the President I can build another house bnt I may never have another opportunity to see the President of the United States and ho stoically remained re-mained while his house burned to tho ground i saw the President I said he when Informed that his house was < hoUe In ruins I I saved tho lot anyway 0CAUGHT IN A CROWD The > PresIdential party stopped one hour at San Luis Obispo It was almost al-most dark when the train arrived The President and party were driven to the Ramona hotel where the President spoko briefly from the veranda After 1 he had concluded the crowd surged up the steps In n vain endeavor to get near him and there was almost n panic for f a moment With some difficulty tho President was extricated through a I window Into the parlor and thence to I a rear exit where ho got his carriage to the train Several of the party had narrow escapes from severe Injury Replying t Re-plying to the address of welcome by tho Mayor of San Luis Obispo President McKinley said in part PRESIDENTS RESPONSE l The ambition of every American Is for the wellbelug1 of his country for he knows If all goes well with his I country all Is likely to go well with him In a country like ours resting a it does upon the Judgment of the people fi peo-ple our Government and Us administration j i adminis-tration our laws and our courts are j i tralon make them r very much what the people Good citizenship Is Indispensable to t good government Bad citizenship win f govetment always induce bad government But jf so long as the American homo continues contin-ues to be tho foundation of purity and i school American virtue so long as tho Is supported by the American people i we will have good citizenship and in turn good government We are proud of our army and ofl < our navy and yet that Is not our chief pride Our chief pride Is not in tha arts 6f war but In the peaceful pursuits 1 pur-suits aJts of civil life to reach Its highest dt j velopment Our victories must be Ju tho arts in the sciences in manufac it Lure andln agriculture and learning 1C 1 we would really make a great and progressive pro-gressive and enduring Nation Our Notion I No-tion now Is marching along these lines thanks to tho virtue and intelligence 1t Amerj ui pcpp1e I I 0 |