Stevens County tribune., 1879-08-14

Sunday Telegraph.
Chas. L. Davis and wife, Red Wing Argus.
E. g. Doolittle, Pierce county (Wis.) Herald.
f. Driscoll, st. Paul Pioneer Press.
A. N. Dare, Elk River Star.
]. W. Emery and wife, Pennington Press.
F. 81. Ertel, st. Paul Hotel Reporter.
Ed. A. Fisher, Wright county Times.
W. A. Foland Swift County Advocate.
E. G. Fellows, Lanesboro Journal.
Il. Gillette, Hastings New E.a.
!. Gutzwiler, Delano Eagle.
W. w. Hartley, Brainerd Tribune.
A. M. Hutchinson, Pine Island News.
81. P. Hall and wife, st. Paul Globe.
B. B. Herbert. Red Wing Advance.
Henry Kinds and wife, Shakopee Argus.
Cliff. F. Hall, Glencoe Register.
o. K. JONES' Lake City Leader.
Alex. Johnston, st. Paul Dispatch.
Soren Listoe, Fergus Falls journal.
Henry A. Lawrence, Dundas News.
Frank Matchett Scott County Advocate.
A. w. McKinstry and wife, Faribault Re-
| publican.
Hans Mattson and wife, Minneapolis Stats
| Tidning.
James 8. Mills Hastings New Era.
G. R. Morse, River Falls Journal.
W. 1. Martin and wife, st. Paul GLOBE.
r. G. Mitchell, Duluth Tribune.
T. M. Newson and daughter. Fire side Com
| panion.
ID. 4. Newton, Minnesota Farmer
E. r. Otis, St. Paul Dispatch.
E. Peterson, Litchfeld Independent.
D. Pickit, Sibly County Independent.
II. P. Robie, Rush City Post.
j. ID. Reeves, Hastings Gazette.
William B. Reed and wife, Prior Lake Times.
Ed. A. Stevens and wife, Hennepin County
Mirror.
J. a. Sheets Todd County Argus.
+. G. Stowe, Wykoff Dollar Weekly.
L. 8. Storey and wife, Sauk Center Herald.
l. @. Stearns, Zumbrota Independent.
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W. r. Todd, Lyon County News
s. 8. Taylor and wife, saltwater Messen ger.
A. De Lacy Wood, Breckinridge Free Press.
W. s. Woodbridge, Duluth News.
Chas. L. Davis, of the Red Wipg Argus, was
chosen president, and A. De Lacy Wood, of
the Breckenridge Free Press, secretary
address of Welcome
After doing ample justice to the supper, Mr..
Davis called the guests to order and introduced
the veteran editor, Major T. NJ. Newson, who
made the following address of welcome:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: In
| 1854, twenty-five years, or quarter of a CEN
tury ago, there were seven editors in the Tei.
ritory, now State of Minnesota, viz: John P.
Owens, of the Ninnesotian, David Olmstead, of
the Democrat, EarleS Goodrich, of the Pioneer,
myself, of the Times, Mr.. Ludwig, of Ger
man paper, Judge Atwater, of the St. Anthony
ErpreSs, and John Holland, of the Shakopee
Argus. Of these, three are dead; four are liv-
ing. Then Saint Paul had a population of
about 600; Minnesota not to exceed SO, 600.
Now there are about $50 editors in the State;
st. Paul has $4,000 people, and the Common
wealth 100000. At the time speak of, there
was no Minneapolis. st. Anthony was
on the north, and Itasca-now with
one house-the next biggest city. Shakopee
loomed up in the Minnesota valley as the lead
ing city, while st. Peter was plain; Mankato
and Winona were in swaddling clothes; Fari-
bault was dream; st. Cloud existed in the
brain of George F. Brott, while Saltwater was
laying claims to the third large city in this,
| their almost unknown Northwest. Great have
been the changes and rapid has been the march
of civilization in the past quarter of a century.
Minneapolis has grown to rival the capital
city. Mankato Winona, Red Wing, Saltwater
st. Cloud, Rochester and other places are loom
| ing up into metropolitan life, counting their
| 10, 600 and Il, 1000 population. Minnesota has
grown from an Importing people of the neces-
saries of life to an exporting people o: millions
of bushels of wheat, and still the march of des-
| tiny is onward.
i came from the little State of
Connecticut, where I was educated
in the year 1853. Connecticut, you
know, is, or was, noted for its wooden nutmegs
and wooden oats, and sometimes think, since
l have been in the West for its wooden men.
Now had never been outside of the limits of
this little State, and to me it was big institu-
tion; but fate pressed me beyond its narrow
limits, and took passage in the cars on the
broad guage of the Erie road, and the almost
boundless country which the vision swept, sent
my heart humping and humping inside of its
easement. / arrived at Buffal +; took passage
on the Michigan Southern road for Chicago;
drank in the grand and glorious praries; walked
the streets of the growing city; and every min
ute Connecticut grew smaller; my heart grew
larger and larger, and if it were possible to
| realize that an editor had a soul, mine must
have become elevated in the immensity of
country, which, for the FIRST time, met my
| vision. There were no railroads then, beyond
Rockford, Illinois. SO we staged it across to the
Mississippi river to Dubuque, took passage on
the steamer Nominee. and as we rounded the
bend in the river and caught glimpse of st.
Paul the buttons burst from my coat and my
heart expanded into full conception of this
great we stern country. Then, we tender-feet
or pilgrims, climbed the hills to see where the
sun went down, for surely thought we must
be at the end of the world; but beyond was a
vast plain. Years afterwards we travelled this
plain l 600 miles northwest from St. Paul, and
marked the point where must arise western
empire to sway the destinies of this great re-
pulic.
Now. as understand it. this excursion of these
editors, from these great wheat plains, is not
so muC0 1TOIlC as au OcCaS1Ou OF EXPANSION
They come to see the immensity of our own
State-tO mark the rapid development of our
cities-to catch the inspiration of the hundred
railroad trains which come and go at the bid
ding of genius and capital-to enlarge the vis-
i"n-to crowd down prejudice and permit mag
nanimity to guide their pens in what they may
have to gay after these scenes have faded from
material view. To know, TO realize, one must
see. To see, one must travel. IF Connecticut
to me once was large, it is fly speck now on the
great map of the continent; and if some of you
imagine you have seen it ALL take down the
blinds; open the door of your intellect; let in
the sunlight of reason and sense and intelle-
gence, and so expand that you may not only
burst all the buttons from your clothes, but
split even the soles-of your shoes.
The press of this city, the proprietors of this
magnificent hotel. the railroad companies, the
lake scenes, the grand unsalted sea which holds
the golden key of commerce, all extend to You
hearty, a sincere, generous welcome, for,
remember,
mo pent mp Utica contracts our powers,
The whole boundless continent In aurs.'
ToAsTs OF THE EVENING.
The following toasts and responses were then
given:
.The Pioneer Editors-where are they?"
Response by Col. e. A. Calkins, of the Milwau'
kee Sunday Telegraph, and formerly of the
st. Paul Pioneer.
"The Newspaper Press" Response by James
s. Mills, of the Hastings New Era.
'Our Wheat elds-May they give us an
abundahce of bread and butter" was the toast
next in order, and Miss May Mewson respond
ed.
1.-THE 81. Paul q Sioux City Railrord." Re