Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17


GEN. H Z. sTBLEY's ADDRESS.
GOVERNOR RUtsABD: l am thankful to
yoc governor. TO; the invitation to witness
the ceremony of placing the crowning
stone on the tower of this new ca pitol
| building, which Las risen from the ashes Of
! tie cd structure with marvellous rapidity,
under your wise and energetic supervision.
: was present when the former was COM
| menced in early territorial days. I occupied
| the executive chamber within its walls as
the first governor of the state, and looked
| sadly upon it, as what YVES combustible of
the structure was consumed by the flames.
am reioiced that the venerable pile has
been replaced by far more commodious:
elegant and stately ediice.
In this presence and on this occasion. it
| may not be amiss to revert to some Of the
facts connected with the original location
of the capitol at this point. 1 was the
delegate in congress representing that. por-
ton of the territory Of Wisconsin lying
east of the Mississippi river now embraced
in the state of that name when
admitted into the Union. My chief duty
was to endeavof to procure the passage by
congress of an act for the organization of
Minnesota territory, It was the general
desire OF my not over-numerous constitu-
ency that st. Paul, st. Anthony and Still
water, they being the only villages then in
existence, should be designated, in the or
der mentioned, as the sites for the capitol.
the university, and the penitentiary re-
,ectiveiy. The bill was drawn and intro
duced in the senate by Senator Douglas,
charm IN of the committee on territories,
at my request, as wished the prestige of
its passage by that body. was astounded
to find when the bill was reported back to
the senate by the committee, that Mendoza,
where l resided, had been substituted for
st. Paul, as the capital. I fastened to
Senator Douglas to have the error correc-
ted. | found him not disposed to make
the change. He said he had visited this
region in person, and had fixed on Mendo-
ia, at the confluence of the two rivers, as
the proper place for the capital, and that
he had selected Pilot Knob, which
is commanding elevation back
of Mendoza, for the public buildings.
1t was only after earnest remOnsJ :ance
and entreaty on my part that he, and the
committee, assented to reinstate st. Paul.
The bill was got through both houses with
the efficient aid of Hon. II. M. Rice, Frank
lin Steele and others.
From this lofty tower can be seen the viii
lage which SO narrowly escaped being
made famous, and the stone dwelling
which 1 built in 1867, and which is the
o,-est private residence in this state.
will not deta n you longer with remi-
niscence of the distant past. Coming here
as l did when a mere yOungster In 1884,
when there was not single white settler
in what is now Minnesota and northern
Dakota, 1 have lived to take a more Or
less prominent part IN all the phases
through which Minnesota has passed, to
thank God she has redeemed her injured
financial credit before the woodland to
participate i'll this last act which testifes
to the people of the state that their Off
Gals will soon take possession of a new
and completed capitol building. st. Paul
is grateful to the legislature which
appropriated literally to the object,
to Ex-Governor Pillsbury for his friendly
Offices in her behalf, and TO his excellency,
l.. F. Hubbard, for the energy and de-
termination he has manifested in hasten
ing the completion of the structure. Let
us unite in the hope and expectation that,
whatever legislation may be enacted, or
public business transacted within this
building in the years to come, may tend to
the advancement of our noble state in all
the elements OF moral and material
wealth.
Gen. Sibley's remarks were listened to
with profound attention, and they we're
the more impressive from the fact that
they were delivered amid the reverberating
salvos from Capt. MacCarthy's battery in
honor of the nations flag, one hundred
and fifty feet below.
This closed the formal proceedings and
TIE comparatively small crowd made their
way down to terra Jfrn,d to mingle their
rejoicings with those who had witnessed
the scene from far down below. The
whole ceremony, while modest and un-
destinations, was replete with interest, e.
pecially to a few old settlers who had
witnessed the laying of the corner stone
of the old building from whose ashes the
the new building has arisen.
The admirable and complete addresses
of The first and last governors of the state,
leaves little in the way of history--past,
present and-it may also be said-to come
to be said by way of newspaper comment,
and the GLOBE contents itself with record
ing the facts and leaves the new building
to the generations yet to come.
AN ARIZONA CAVE.
Fast Depths as Yet Observation-Disclosures
of Mineral Wealth.
Tombstone Epitaph.
Col. Gordon, an old time prospector and
very intelligent man, arrived in town
few days ago from the Mule mountains,
where he had been prospecting for several
months past. The colonel is Keen ob
server, and can determine the nature of a
natural curiosity or ledge of mineral
with equal facility. Yesterday he gave an
Epr -ph representative particulars of the
discovery of an extensive cavern near the
foot hills of the Mule mountains, about a
mile and half from Sheldon's ranch. 1t
is ABOUT six hundred yards southwest of
the main trail between here and Bisbee,
and not more than twelve miles from
he latter place, and sixteen from
ere. The cave was accidental
~ discovered by two young men