Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-08

Chicago is Their Prophet.
CHICAGO, Dec. G.-The Chicago CONNER
cjal club, an organization composed of the
principal business men of Chicago, gave
their annual banquet this evening at the
Grand Pacific hotel It was an unusually
noteworthy affair, on account of the large
number of distinguished guests from
abroad. Among the number were Gen.
Grant, Hon. John B. Long, Gov. and Hon.
Alex. q. Rice, ex-governors of Massachu-
sets; John W. Chandler, president Boston
board of trade and president of Boston
Commercial club; F. w. Lincoln, ex- mayor
of Boston, and eleven other gentlemen iden-
titled with the commercial club, and
with the commercial interests of Boston.
Also Fl. Wilson Brown, president OF the Gin
| cinnati chamber of commerce; Ezra Willard,
president of the Omaha chamber of COM
merce; H. D. Stannard, Ex-Governor of
Missouri; Alfred Russell, Detroit; Robt.
Donohue, Burlington, Iowa; Hon. j. F. Will
son, Iowa, and many others. Gen. Sheri-
dan, Judge Drummond, E. B. Washburn, I.
B. Blackstone and Col. Fred Grant, from
Chicago, were among the guests. The din
ner began about o'clock and was most
superb in every. appointment and fea-
ture.
President ]. W. Doane was flanked on either
side by Gen. Grant and Gov. Long. he pre-
sided with dignity and his introductions of
speakers were made in felicitous remarks of
good fellowship which gave spirit of warmth
and friendliness to the proceedings, which was
in perfect accord with the occasion.
President Doane in opening the speech maxi
inglwelcomedjthe guests from all sections of the
Union, and especially Gen. Grant, now return
ed to his native State after long period of
travel which had been one continued ovation
lie spoke particularly also of the Boston dele
cation as representative of the great CONNER
cial centre around which this great continent
the globe itself revolves. He proposed the
health of Gen. Grant as one of the members of
that Galena ring whose component parts wer
of such sterling material
GRANTS RESPONSE.
Gen. Grant being called for said: 1.-THE
illusions of your president to myself have been
gratifying on tho whole, and the assurance
that he has held out to me that if would
settle among you that I can receive the unani-
nous vote of the club for its presidency is the
most tempting offer that have had, yet I
have read of numerous places
having been cut out for me before, but
this is the only one that have had any assur-
ance of; and in this ease, even, am somewhat
embarrassed. Ny understanding before COM
ing here this evening was that to become a
member of this club a man had to represent
some industry or other-some one of the great
industries which have made our country SO
great and prosperous-and am at loss to
know where I come in. I do see here one or
two of the ring that has been referred to-that
Galena ring-who I believe have the honor of
being enrolled as members of this club. How
they got in is equally puzzling to me- Gentle
men. / thank Won heartily for he honor vo,,
have done me. not only in this kind offer you
have made to locate me in this honorable and
responsible place. but for the way you have re-
ceived me on the whole. (Vociferous and pro-
longed applause.)
BOSTON RESPONDS.
President Gambler, of Boston, recalled the
previous meetings of those two prominent
commercial lodges and alluded to the magni-
tude of the interests they represent and to the
debt of gratitude which they owe to Gen.
Grant for his protection to those interests.
Mayor Rice, of Boston, eulogized Gen. Grant
as the man who had been honored here to the
full extent of honor which our people can be-
stow upon citizen. As the man who had gone
abroad among all peoples receiving everywhere
marks of friendship and confidence, which he
modestly attributes to the respect in which his
country was held abroad, and who had re-
turned to receive the gratitude of his country
men and to live among them in the place
in which he had taken prominent
and leading part in securing for them, he de-
clared that the bond of the Union would and
should be more closely cemented; that the
States and cities should say and fee! what is
yours is ours, and what is ours is yours. II il
we should boast, and that lies beyond the limits
of imagination. The country will never want
for market, because its production will
scarcely keep pace with the increasing popula-
ton. We are stretching out our arms all over
the globe, annlhilating space by steam and tel
egraph. and in time the people will become
cemented, there will no longer he one exclusive
market, but that nation of the world which has
the greatest skill and enterprise will draw best.
He predicted that in 1900 our population will
be greater than that of Great Britain and
France combined was seventy years ago. There
is no limit to American enterprise. There
is no no room w.. or cause ,, for ; jeal-
away and begin the struggle to carry forward
American influence to q point never before
reached by any nation. The greatness of
nation does not, after all, consist in its re-
sources and its Industries, but in its men, their
character and aspirations. We shall rise above
character and by that alone. (Applause.)
The first toast was:
Our inland and foreign commerce. May our
inland States develop and become equal in
strength to their seaboard sisters.
Gov. Bagley, of Michigan. responded in
speech bristling with humor, and which was
interrupted by constant 0utbursts of applause
and merriment. He said: Mr.. President and
Gentlemen:-I propose to speak as business
man, and as believe you are all business men,
or at least I did believe go when came here,
but I have made uD my mind some of you
are speechmakers, but I am not. The last
speech made was across the lake at St. Joe.
1t was political speech. undertook to per-
suade the people of St. Joe that there was but
one party in the land and that it could be
trusted, and that was the Republican patty.
because happened to be Republican myself,
and the audience began slowly to disappear.
They kept going as kept going on talking.
and finally two men who sat on the front seat
got up to 60, the last two in the house. got
down from the platform and took Que of them
by the collar and said to him: II shall not let
you go until you promise me you will vote the
Republican ticket" wanted to make con-
vert, and he said he would promise me any
thing if only would let him Co. and he went
said to him, Glow about this other man that
sits with you" WELL" said he. 'that don't
make any difference, he is desf and dumb ana
couldn't hear" So you see I don't make
speeches in that sense, bu can't tell how glad
i am as business man to meet
with the business men of Chicago on this very
suspicious occasion. l am glad to meet our
old Michigan man, Gen. Grant daughter.
find wherever go there are Michigan men.
remember the general very we'll, when he was
stationed in Detroit, in the Fourth infantry. I
haven't any doubt he learned great deal of
the art of war in that city. So I see in Chi
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