The pulse of San Francisco is quickened and the heart thrilled at American success on the Atlantic seaboard as much as Boston or New York is elated when it triumphs.

Distance is nothing.

It is America from Sandy Hook to the Golden Gate.

The one thing that impresses you here in San Francisco is the intense patriotism of the people, and your own heart is warmed as you see the evidences of loyalty to the flag.

I could not but be touched too at the devotion which the people everywhere displayed to the memory of President McKinley.