Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-19

GNlNU, NV 0MOGA Ley AOOAs
received the most courteous treatment. II
you, gentlemen of the legislature
| I desire to express my deep gratitude
and especially to those VIII,
have so nObly sustained the measures whicl
have saved the honor of our prosperous state
and those who have felt it their duty to carr,
posing this measure. shall always remem
ber with pleasure the very courteous ant
| friendly treatment which l have always re
ceived at your hands.
Ishall, at the expiration of my term of office
return to again engage in the manufacture O
flour on the banks of the Mississippi in TIN
nelghboring city, where, as well as at m!
home near by, gentlemen, shall always bt
pleased to meet each and all OF you. will nov
homes and friends.
OTHER SPEECHES.
At the end of the governors remarks, Sen
ator Adams, of Dakota, proposed three cheers
for the governor with manhood and
pluck enough to stand up and contend fol-
what he thought right, without any ref
erence to his own personal interests or popu
larity. The unanimity and heartiness with
| which the cheers were given, ought to be es
pecially gratifying to the governor.
Gen. Sibley then called upon Lieut.. Gov
Gilman to speak in behalf of the senate, in
doing which Mr. Gilman spoke feelingly Of
his relations to the members collectively
and individually, paid high
state, particularly eyidencing the labors
of Gen. Sibley and Gov. Ramsey; expressed
his satisfaction at the settlement of the old
bond question, though not exactly what he
would have liked gave warm credit to Mayor
Rice for his great work in inaugurating the
railroad system of Minnesota, by and through
which the state had made such rapid develop
ment; complimented the city of St. Paul upon
its high commercial standing, in which
connection with which hepaid a high COM
pliment to P. II. Kelly, Esq. as a merchant
proud, and closed with prediction that in
the life of the present generation Minnesota
would take rank among the greatest and fore
most states in the Union.
Gen. Sibley then, remarking that Speaker
letcher was absent, sick, called upon Hon.
Thomas Wilson, of Winona, to respond for
the house of representatives. The call was
greeted with round after round of applause.
Mr.. Wilson responding, said he had not ex-
pected to be called upon for any remarks, es-
pecially after the turn the speaking had taken.
AS everybody kucW uc ODpO6GOs 10
the best Of his ability, the boud
settlement which had been so much laaded.
He had opposed it from honest motives. It
was not usual for corpse to speak at his
own funeral, but the corpse was generally
present. So it was with him, but he would utter
no discordant note. The battle had been fought
and decided SO far as the representatives of the
people could say, and no wise man, no patriotic
man, would do or say naything to cast sus-
picion upon the legality or business of that
act. For himself he would say, the fight was
ended. For the present executive (GOv. Pills.
bury) though as far apart as the poles on this
question, he had the highest respect, believ-
ing, yes, knowing, he had acted fearlessly
and from honest motives. The city of st.
Paul, he said, had always a warm place
in his heart. 1t had been his second
home for years. Its citizens were warm
hearted, enterprising and honest, and it al
ways gave him pleasure to do anything to ad-
vance its interests. Mr.. Wilson's remarks
were most enthusiastically applauded.
The next speaker called out by Gen. Sibley
was Mayor Rice, who responded in a very
happy strain. He had been intimately ac-
quainted with the members of the legislature
from 1861 to the present time, and
he desired to hear testimony to
their faithful endeavors, through
all the trying and troubulous times which had
encountered in that interim to advance and
build up the state. Mr.. Rice then indulged
in some amusing references to his position
as mayor of the city, and closed by extending
his blessing to the company assembled, ac-
Q0mpanying his words with an appropriate
gesticulation, which literally brought down
the assemblage, the applause being long drawn
out and most enthusiastic.
Gen. Sibley then called upon Col. Hicks to
speak for Minneapolis, to which the colonel
responded in most happy manner. He COM
menced by alluding, in pleasant way. to the
rivalry between the two cities, and closed
with reminiscence of his first visit to St.
Paul, when it was a mere hamlet, and
illustrated its present standing in the state by
citing as an example, (which will be appre-
ciated by every old soldier) the jealously of the
other companies in q regiment to the color
company, until after battle, when all We're
glad to join in praiae. So it was with st.
Paul. 1t was the color company of the state,
and no matter what little jealousies might ex-
ist, the people of the entire state were, and
had reason to be proud of her.
Gen. Sibley then called upon ex-Gov. Berlah
Magoffin, of Kentucky, who had first visited
that time to the present, had been warm and
trne friend of the state. Gov. Magoffin in his
remarks paid a warm tribute to the present
members of the legislature for the manner in
which they had performed all their duties, land
especially for the honor they had conferred
upon the state and themselves in settling the
bond question. At the conclusion of his re-
marks, three hearty cheers were given for
Kentucky and the speaker.
The next speaker introduced was Senator
Adams, the gentleman representing Dakota
county, OF which he was resident for twenty
five years. Senator Adams in his response a.
luded to the fact of his efforts in 1857
to remove the capital from st. Paul to st.
Peter, but, like the prodgal son, lie had re-
turned, and wanted to be forgiven. In con.
cluding he alluded to the services of Gen. Sib.
ley in behalf of the state, in which the state
had lncurreda debt it could never pay. Next
to him was the present Governor, (PilIsbury),
during whose administration, and
largely through whose efforts the state had
been placed in an honored financial position
before the world.
Representative Rice, '::Wild" Rice, of the
raging Watonwan, the next speaker, who
made enc of his particularly humorous
speeches any attempt to report which at
this late hour would do injustice.
Tt was full of extremely happy hits
and was greeted with round upon round of
applause.
Next. Hon. Alex. Ramsey was called out,
who commenced by q happy allusion to his
the different legislatures, an acquaintance.that
developed into so warm friendship, that after
an absence of afew years In Washington as
their representative in congress. they SO de-
sired his presence at home they had relieved
him from his office, fact that accounted for
his presence among them on this occasion.
He then went in and sketched the rapid
growth and development of Minnesota, a
condition of affairs nowhere else possible than
under the American system of government.
Ex-Gov. w. r. Marshall was called, and af-
ter claiming that he was the original Jacob
who suggested to the legislature the propriety
butte to Gov. Pillsbury for his persistence in
urging settlement, and to the present legis-
lature for consummating it.
Hon. A. c. Dunn, of Faribault county, was
gratifed at the settlement of the vexed ques-
ton of the railroad bonds; but one matter for