Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-04

| urlous ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS abQ ulbtluS utSueu
guests from many lands hastens along,
, let
| The jewellers IN the vale and IN the rocks,
| Shout to each otheT, and the mountain tops
From distant mountains catch the flying joy.
| MAYoR AMEs.
! Mayor Ames responded to the toast of
| 'Minneapolis,' as follows:
President Willard and Gentlemen of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Excursion
, Party:
l have two reasons for feeling proud of
| the opportunity hsre afforded me for re-
| spending to the toast, ''The City of Mime
| apolis,"
LIST. The people of that city, by calling
| me twice to the Office of Mayor, have hon
| ored me.
End. Minneapolis has been ny home
for thirty one years and have seen her
build up from four claim shanties to her
present majestic proportions with popu-
lation of a hundred thousand people.
Our city's growth has been marvellous.
| and N this age OF progress she stands as
one OF the wonders of the nineteenth CEN
tury.
Her situation at the Fails Of St. Anthony
gives the power OF that once mighty cata-
ract into her hands. Labor, pluck and
capital have subdued and made obedlent
| this great power. It now propels our
mills and workshops in which by the aid
| of skilled artisans we prepare the products
of the vast Northwest for eastern and Eu-
ropean markets.
Cotton was once king of this country.
Now it is wheat that rules and Ainneapo-
lis grinds twenty-aeven thousand barrels
of -four out of it every day. One of our
guests while passing through our milling
district the other day told the whole story
in four words when he exclaimed. sits an
immense beehive
Minneapolis has developed so rapidly
from village to metropolitan city that
we have not as yet been able to entirely
free ourselves from some of our former
ways. The generation that is coming for
ward with jostling ambitions will soon
overwhelm us with tidal wave
of progress wherein local strife and petty
personal ambitions will be swallowed up.
The dawn of that period approaches with
the completion of The Northern Pacific
railroad and the advent of Mr.. Willard.
The great Willard artery will soon COM
mence to beat with flow of blood which
will give life to the hitherto partially par
alyzed northern portion of our country,
and Minneapolis and st. Paul will share
and share alike the results of this won
derful achievement. There will be wealth
enough rolled into our laps to satisfy all,
and then the local iealousies now
existing, will be known no more forever.
Reason will soon regain her throne, and
then all will realize that the interests of
st. Paul and Minneapolis are Identical
that which benefits one necessarily benefits
the other. Minneapolis greets Mr..
Willard and his distinguished guests
with a sincere and cordial well
come. I courteously extend to all of
you, on behalf of the people of our city,
an invitation to call again and look US
over more leisurely when you return from
the Pacific coast.
Mayor O'Brien, allow ne to thank you
and the city of st. Paul for the courtesy
you have shown the city OF Minneapolis by
inviting its mayor, city council, and prom
inent citizens to seats at this banquet.
James j. Hill, in responding to the toast,
''The Railroad System of Minnesota re-
ferred in complimentary terms to many Of
the old settlers of Minnesota who were in
the heyday of their manhood before be
was born, and said it would have been more
fitting to call upon some of them to re-
spond. He spoke OF the time when he
,, first came to Minnesota when there was
not mile of railroad in the state, and
| compared it to the present time, when
there are over 1000 miles of railroad, or a
mile to every $50 inhabitants. He alluded
only briefly to the part the railroads had
borne in the development of the country.
Owing to the necessary departure Of Hon.
| Carl Schurz there was no response to the toast
| of the press
DR.. Ames' reception was the most enthusiast
| tic of the evening, and it was several minutes
after the announcement of his name before he
could be heard.
1t is just to say that the table service
was abominable, especially toward the
close, when the walters became decidedly
hilarious on the wine presented for the
guests. After the close of the banquet
several rows occurred among the knights
of the napkin, and it required the services
of the chief clerk and half a dozen of his
assistants to restore order. In the course
of the melees several of them received
broken heads and severe bruises.
Immediately after the conclusion OF
the banquet the Willard party left III four
sections for the West.
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