The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-03
TIE RtNGs OF MtNNEsort.
Profanc TonI that had more Wickedness
tuIi than In it's bare PROXIMITY.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 2g-The great event of
current history heieabouts is banquet which
wa given last evening 10y the Chamber of Com
mcree Of this city to the Governor elect OF Min
nesota, the Hon. John :. pills0ury, and to the
Board OF Trade Of MINNEAPOLIS. Of which Mr..
pillsbury is member. The significant feature
Of the occasion was that all " the many speak
ers declared Themselves in favor Of a policy
looking to a future union Of the two citios
under one charter. our Governor to be Is like
President Grant In being unable to make
speech but exhibits greater wisdom than the
President In not attempting II. Other tnan the
principal guest, the most observed and at times
the most Conspicuous person at the feast was
Congressman Bill King Of Pacific Mail notoriety.
William responded to one of the regular
toasts Of tho evening, and was cheered when he
rose The toast to which he responded is nty
named by local paper The Profane Toast"
1t reads as follows:
our Delegation in Congress In order that the greet
waters ~ the Mississippi vt Minneapolis may be b'0
dam. the Appropriation must DC ddiH 'ig
There was more wickcdness about this than
IT. profanity. For the sake OF securing further
appropriations for a concrete wall which Is
being built by Government engineers to protect
the water power at MINNEAPOLIS, the gentlemen
interested ia the property and business do
pendent upon the water power publicly honor
Bill King, whom nine-tenths Of them would
privately acknowledge to be y disgrace to the
State, as he is to Congress. Indeed, this was the
inducement which led many to vote for him,
notwithstanding his sOiied reputation. Bill Ia
such good fellow, they SAID, and knows all the
ways of Congress; he's the man to get more APP
| proprations for us; without him we could not
have obtained the first donation from Congress
| toward saving the water power from destruc-
| tion. 10 the remonstrance that his influence
| was destroyed by the Pacific Mail exposure. they
| answered that that would make no difference
| there were too many members Of Congress In
the same boat with Bill for him to be upset 10y
| them.
ono incident Of the evening was loud re-
Spouse u That's SOL from king, when one Of
! the speaker. remarked. II doesn't pay to be
! modest This sally was greeted with hearty,
! good natuted laugh 10y those who saw its point.
| IL WA. rumored here some time ago that
| lawyer ~ this city had been appointed by Secrc-
| ttfy Chandler to inquire into and report upon
tho operitiu of the Pine Land Ring Of Minnc-
| sofia. and also A. To- the use and Manufacture of
| SIOUX and Chip3ewt iaud scrip. The report has
since been contradicted On authority Of Senator
There would he no difficulty Ia producing EVIL.
! dcuce enough to show that land Office atdlr> in
term u VINO - iu'u, l't, o. ,nc LeEls atuic'
which meets next week (Nr brown, Of wash
ingtun county B, sWorc before the bouncly Pine
L1ui committee 81 year ~ ~ 70 Us hhoS .else
Of tie mHuncr IN which the best timber offered
for sale at the Duluth and y Cloud land ohces
was secured Tor the Ring HIS eXpl m ftton was
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