Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-20

reach st. Paul and the only means by which
our early citizens could reach commercial
place st. Paul and Minnesota are indebted to
the enterprise of the business men of Miiwau-
kee and Wisconsin. He could not forbear
mentioning in this connection the name of a
citizen of Milwaukee who had labored indie
fatigably to extend the railroad system center
ing in that city through the uttermost parts Of
Minnesota, and to whose efforts more
than those of any other one man does
Minnesota now owes her railroad system. He
alluded to Daniel L. Wells, Jr. a man who had
labored in Congress and out of Congress to
perfect and encourage the building of means
Of access to our towns and our cities. To him
was due, in great measure, the rapid devel-
opn1ent of our State. To the railroads gener-
ally that have been built and fostered by Mil
waukee business men, Minnesota can now ac-
credit her pre-eminence among all the States of
the Union as the greatest wheat producing
commonwealth OF the world. These were some
of the reasons why the merchants of Milwau-
kee and the merchants Of st. Paul should be
on terms Of brotherly intimacy. He was glad
to extend to the gentlemen before him, on be-
half Of the city Of st. Paul, and the whole
State of Minnesota, hearty, though some
what tardy welcome with the assurance that
all our citizens were glad to meet them, to
improve the acquaintance already existing, to
form fresh social and business friendships,
and to strengthen in every way the feeling of
brotherly love that does and should continue to
unite the two States and the two cities. Again
bidding the guests cordial welcome to St.
Paul, Gov. Marshall retired amid hearty APP
plause.
John r. Goodrich, president OF the Mer
chants association, responded, and proceeded
to remark that on his last visit to St. Paul. ten
years ago, he considered himself young man,
but had been surprised to learn from the GLOBE
of the morning that he had been getting old; in
e e c.AIa
large family, consisting of one hundred and
twenty-three business men from Milwaukee.
He was proud of his family, however, but the
weight of years and his consequent physical
incapacity must be his excuse for calling upon
the Hon. Geo. W. Allen to respond to the very
generous welcome of ex-Gov. Marshall.
MIR. Goodrich retired amid laughter, when
of La Crossev' A burst Of laughter recalled
him to his senses, when he proceeded to re-
mark that he had been dreaming all day. He
had been dazed by the magnifcence of the
country through which he had passed during
the past two days that his ideas Of latitude and
longitude had become decidedly confused. He
did not know why he had been called upon to
respond to the welcome of the merchants of St..
Paul, extended through Gov. Marshall, unless it
was because of desire on the part Of the COM
mittee to hear from all the bald-headed men
first He didn't know how it was with Gov.
not his fault-he had been born bald. Great
| laughter. If the reception the merchants of
| Milwaukee had received here was insufficient
because of want of notice of their coming, he
wondered what it would have been if the citi-
zens of st. Paul had received the timely notice
they desired. AS for himself-and he thought
he could speak for the entire party-he had
| never received more generous, hospitable,
open-hearted reception in the course of his life.
| 1t this was the result of coming upon the city
unawares, he would be in favor Of coming il
they came again, iaacogaito. Ever since the ar
rival of the party they had met with the kind
liest reception. The hearts. the homes and the
were loaded with attentions which made them
feel perfectly at home-as if they were in the
| midst Of lifelong friends instead of compare.
tive strangers. His best wish for the mer
chants of st. Paul was that they would meet as
cordial a reception from the residents Of Mil
the merchants of Milwaukee had re-
ceived from them. As to the rela
tions that should subsist between the
| two cities, Mr.. Allen agreed fully with the re
marks of Gov. Marshall. The interests of St
Paul and Milwaukee were common. Boil
were on the grand highway Of commerce, from
| the far west to the seaboard; both were en-
gagged in gathering up the products of the sol
and forwarding them to feed the millions OF
| the world; both were great marts where center
| ed a large and growing trade. He was prouc
to say that the most friendly relations had sub
sisted between the two cities in the past, anc
| that those relations might continue and in
crease he sincerely desired.
| That the business men of St. Paul were act
i've, energetic, aliberal, and enterprising was
evidenced on every hand. The palatial resid
| ences that everywhere met the eye, the sub
stantial, magnificent business blocks that linec
the streets, attested a hattering degree of pros
perity and testified to iberal-hearted popu
| latlOn, and these impressions were heightened
by personal contract with the people, The
| future of st. Paul was grand one. Surround
ed by a country of rare productiveness she was
bound to become the great central mart for the
distribution of the cereal products of a vast
empire. Her location was beautiful beyouc
compare, her railroad system vast and far
that the visit Of the Milwaukee
merchants would succeed in cementing thu
friendship that already existed, and in still
further extending the circle of their acquain
lance. Again thanking the citizens for thei
kind reception, Mr.. Allen took his seat amid
| round of generous applause.
The band struck up an air, and the compan,
rested. Hon. H. L. Palmer, president of tn,
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company
was called upon and responded briefly. H,
could not imagine why he should be called upo1
to address the merchants of st. Paul on behal
OF the merchants of Milwaukee unless it wal
because he was not a merchant. Laughter.
He was but an outsider-a guest of the guests
OF the city Of st. Paul. and on behalf of tn,
outsiders of the excursion he would respond
He could honestly say that he had been more
than gratifed- been overburdened-witl
the generous hospitality extended to the party
by the citizens Of st. Paul. Their houses and
their homes had been thrown open, and they
were everywhere received with courtesy that
was more than their due. He spoke for every
man of the party when he declared that the
courtesies they had received could he excellec
by the people Of no city on the continent, anc
he could assure the people of st. Paul that these
courtesies had been extended to men who knew
how to appreciate and would appreciate them.
He like Gov. Marshall, could see no reason
why the people of st. Paul and Milwaukee
should not be acquainted, and why that &C
quaintance should not prove to their mutua
advantage. Though Wisconsin was the parent
State, both States were yet young, their re-
sources as yet undeveloped. Their interests
OF the railroads into fellowship that should
be enduring. The development of one State
would aid in the development of the other.
Ihere was one enterprise in which the people
OF st. Paul and Milwaukee were equally in
terested-an enterprise that had Just been de-
teated for the present by a set of poll
t1cl 1.i at Washington: One thing the people
and the sooner they understood it the better,
and that was that no one gigantic railroad
monopoly would be permitted to control the
entire traffic between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. Great applause. The people of St.
Paul and Milwaukee and Of the States of Min
nesota and Wisconsin need and MUST HAVE the
Northern Pacific railroad. 1t is the business of
Wisconsin and Minnesota to see that your city
and our city are placed on direct line of COM
munlcation by rail with the Pacific coast, Ire
newed applause], and whoever interferes with
our interests must be made to feel the weight
OF our displeasure We must be more closely