Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-23
TCAsTs AND RESPONSES.

The happy selection having been made of
Col R. G. Benton as master of the banquet,
with charming prelude of speech he pro-
ceeded to draw on his resources for their
concoction and they were served course
by course as follows:
The Railway Mail Service mutual bene-
fit association.
This was touchingly responded to by
president of the association, W. A. But
trick, of New Haven, Conn.
Our Hosts.
Capt. J, E. White, of Chicago, superin-
tendent of the sixth division, replied in
the happiest vein.
st. Paul.
DR.. David Day. postmaster of st. Paul,
being called upon, felicitously replied to
the summons, and in a manner showing
that he was perfectly at home at general
delivery"
Minneapolis.
To this sentiment Col. J. ". johnson, of
| that city, made brilliant reply delivering
his well timed remarks at the right sta
tions.
Our Guests.
The stately form of Capt. A. J. Miller,
citation, and beloved by its membership
all over the union, rose from before plate
to which he had done full justice, and ut
tered response in behalf of the brother
hood full of honest fire and tender pathos.
The Postofice Department.
This brought the genial II. G. Dunno, of
st. Louis, to his feet, who frankly &C
knowledged the fact that he was proud of
the privilege.
The Ladies.
Calamity responded to in their behalf
by that courteous Iowaan, W. B. Stewart,
of Dubuque.
The Press.
G. K. Shaw of the Evening Journal, re-
piled in a number one verbal editorial,
which elected much applause.
The Motor.
Col. McCory, the able superintendent
of the Motor line, came down as hand
somelY in reply as he had in hospitality,
and the Association opened the throttle
valve of applause when he put on the
throat brake.
AT MINNEHAHA.
ALI aboard. and the special train soon
glided over the rails into Minneapolis and
there taking their special on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway, halted for
twenty minutes to view the rld-famed
laughing waters of Minnehaha, and thence
by way of Fort Smelling returned again
to st. Paul.
MUTUAL REGARDS.
It is useless for US to endeavor to exc
cute the commission which this pleasant
party of the railway mail service Nhave
charged us to execute, namely, to inform
the citizens of st. Paul and Minneapolis
how intense has been the qualification and
pleasure they have experienced Eat their
hospitable hands, and how thoroughly they
have been delighted with all that
their eyes have seen, their ears have heard,
and their sense captivated, which has been
with all and everything, from the Alpha to
the Omega of their reception and enter
tainment alphabet.
But the pleasure has been very evenly
divided in the instance of last weeks visit,
and the qualification of the visitors and
that of the visited has found an even bal
ance in the scale of satisfaction. st. Paul
feels especially honored by this session of
the railway mail service in its limits, and
while its latch string is always out to its
eastern and,southern cousins, will now pro-
coed to splice fresh strap of welcome for
the railway nail service association on its
outer door.
SPECIAL SESSION.
At O'Clock last evening the association
assembled in special session and
adopted the following reso-
lutions:
Resolced, That we tender our thanks to |
the Hon. o. NJ. Laraway, P. M, T. M. |
Hughes, Asst. P. NJ, and G. J. Bragdon,
Supt. of Mails lat Minneapolis, for their
efforts in arranging for our visit in their J