Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-14
4 SOCIAL REUNION.

Pleasant Supper Party Given Last Evening
by Hon. G. G. Hartley to His Legislative
Observation-Disclosures and Speeches.
One of those pleasant little events in
the career of a legislator, where the dignity,
duties and cares of the position are tenn
porarily laid aside, to assume the ever agree
able role of entertainer of ones friends,
came off at the Metropolitan last evening,
when Hon. G. G. Hartley, representative
from Grow Wing county, gave q. reception
to between sixty and seventy of his legis-
lative and other friends, the greater NUN
Der being composed of his associates in
the lower house of the legislature.
Mr.Hartley was sat home" to his friends
in the parlor of the Metropolitan from 8
D. M, and with the aid of Mr.. Charles
johnson, secretary of the senate, as master
of ceremonies, sundry bottles of dry
Mum, choice Havanas, whist, euchre, pitch
gossip, story telling, ETC., the time passed
quickIHuntil after IL p. NJ, when the scene
was transferred to the dining room, whore
a choice repast was served.
After full justice had been
done to the menu, Charley John
son, as master of ceremonies,
proposed the toast
sour Host-May he live long and pros
per-"
And called upon Representative Hicks TO
respond, which the gallant colonel did in
his usual happy style, referring briefly to
his first visit to Brainerd nine years ago
when most of the site of
the present thriving young
city was covered by pine for ests,
jocuIarly alluded to the famed Fifth dis
trict congressional contest, and closed with
a most complimentary allusion to Mr..
Hartley, in which a seat in the
national congress from the district which
he assisted in bringing into such promi-
nence in the politics of the state was hap
PLY coupled.
In acknowledging the compliment of
the toast and response Mr.. Hartley most
heartily expressed his thanks for the cor
diality with which he had been received
by his associates of the legislature
in his representative capacity, and
also his qualification for the
many warm personal friendships formed,to
which such happy expression had been
given in the present gathering. Very
briefly Mr.. Hartly alluded to the rapid de-
velopment of the Northwest, due in great
measure to the railroads which had been
the forerunner of the settler, and advised
great caution in matters of legislation af
fecting their interests, and through them
the people.
Then followed other toasts in rapid sue
cession and each being most happily re-
sponded to, as follows:
E'The Governor of Minnesota" H. A. Castle.
''The Senate of Minnesota, Senator Buck
man.
''The House." Capt. Collins.
''Our New U. S. Senator" Mr.. Conrad Got
zian.
''The Fifth District, Hon. C. f. Kindred.
Southern Minnesota Hon. Clark ThOmp-
son.
"a Good Pair to Draw to: the twin cities of
St. Paul and Minneapolis. - Mr.. 7. H. Board
man.
'''The Father of the House, Mr.. Alex
Moore.
''The Press" J. Newton Mind.
Brief and pointed remarks were also
made by Charley johnson and Representa-
tives Rahilly, Hill, Thay-
err, Gregory, Grimshaw and
Frank, the pleasant proceedings occupy
ing the time until II midnight, when, with
three cheers, the table was vacated and a
return made to the parlor, where, after a
short time passed in social converse, good
byes were said, and one of the very pleas
ATTEST receptions of the session was
brought to an end.
1t has been proven possible to beat the
gentlemen from Brainerd in congress
signal contest, but when it comes down to
an exhibition of true hospitality, where
the guest is imperceptibly made to feel
that he, rather than the host,
is the one sustaining the favor, they always
occupy front place. In the language of
the toast master, enlarged in its scope
somewhat, "May they live long and pros
per-