Daily globe., 1883-08-25

council had determined that such hospi-
talities as should be rendered to
Mr.. Willard and his guests
should be of strictly public
character, inaugurated and conducted by
the municipality in its official character as
the representatives. of the public, and that
private assistance of pecuniary charac-
ter from either your citizens or our own
could not be accepted; such has been our
answer to the different commercial associa-
| tions of this city, and our citizens who have
| also generously rendered their private aid
and which effers we have with equal graft
tude declined. We are not as yet
| in receipt of any communication
from your municipal authorities relative
to the subject matter hereof, nor are we
advised of their wishes in this regard. l
have taken the liberty Of addressing to
| your honorable mayor and official
| communication on this subject and upon
receipt of his response shall take the
further liberty of communicating its con-
tents to you. We sincerely trust that such
| action shall be taken by your public
authorities as will evidence a due recog-
milton of the approaching event which is
of such vast Importance to both our cities
and the state at large. Very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant, G. d. O'BR1EN,
Mayor of st. Paul.
To this the following reply was sent by
Aid. Geo. A. Pillsbury, acting mayor of
Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Aug. 23.-Hon. G.
| D. O'Brien, Mayor of st. Paul: Mayor
Ames is out of town, but is expected here
hourly. VIII communicate with you on
| his return. GEO. A. PILLsBURY.
On yesterday morning Mayor OBrien
received another communication dated
on the evening Of the 23d. It read as fol-
| lows:
|. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23.-Hon. q. D.
O'Brien, Mayor of st. Paul: In the absence
of Mayor Ames 1 have to say in reply to
your suggestion, that the city council of
Minneapolis have already joined the com
mercial bodies of the city in arranging for
| the celebration of the event referred to,
and the whole matter is now in the hands
of the committee of arrangements.
GEORGE A. PILLsBURY, Acting Mayor.
The peculiar wrinkle at this stage of the
proceedings was, that while the last tele-
gram was given to the papers for publica-
| tion, the one written an hour before was
suppressed.
Having returned from his hunting ex-
cursion on Thursday night, Mayor Ames
tumbled to the little game of three old cat
that had been going on during his absence,
and on reading Mayor O'Brien's message
he sent the following characteristic reply {:
Minneapolis, Aug. 23, 1888. Hon. G. D.
O'Brien, Mayor st. Paul:-Have just re-
turned from three days chicken hunt.
st. Paul and Minneapolis are mutually
concerned in the grand event of the open
ing of the Northern Pacific railroad. Our
citizens desire through their city council
to do honor to Mr.. Willard and his party,
and will join st. Paul and her municipal
authorities in so doing. There has been
some monkey work going on since l have
been gone. We will meet you and your
| authorities at time and place you may
designate, and everything can be amicably
settled. During the present term there is
no gang running the city. The people
will respond when properly called upon.
Let by goneebe by cones, and let the two
great cities of the northwest go hand in
had, as they will if properly handled.
A. A. AMEs.
In response to this Mayor O'Brien on
yesterday wrote courteous letter to
Mayor Ames explaining the situation and
inviting further correspondence. It was
as follows:
ST. PAUL, Aug. "a.
Hon. A. A. Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis.
Dear Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your communication
of the 23d inst. in response to mine of the
same date. Our executive committee of
the common council will assemble at any
time you may indicate for conference with
any committee of your common council
which you may appoint; that you may be
advised of the entire action of
our authorities in this matter relative to
your city, take the liberty of enclosing
to you my letter of the 23d inst. addressed
to w. D. Washburn, who as chairman of
certain committee of your chamber of
commerce and board of trade, has lately
been in communication with our authori-
ties concerning the subject matter
of this correspondence; await
ing your further convenience
and that of your common council, have
the honor TO remain your obedient SER
want. G. D. O'BRIEN,
Mayor, st. Paul.
A companion letter was also sent yes
terday to Mr. Washburn, as matter of
good faith. 1t is hereto subjoined:
ST. PAUL, Aug. 24.-Hon. W. D. Wash
purn, chairman joint committee board of
trade and chamber of commerce, Mime
apolis, Mimi: Sir: [ have the honor to
inform you that am to-day in receipt of
communication from Hon. A. A. Ames,
mayor of Minneapolis, to the
effect that your municipal authorities
are about to take speedy and efficient &C.
| ton in the matter of the entertainment of
the Northern Pacific party. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
G. D. O'BR1EN,
Mayor of st. Paul.
In closing, the article would not be COM
plete without reference to the monkey and
poll parrot communication of Mayor
Ames which appeared. in tie GLOBE
yesterday morning, and which comes
down on certain of the Minneapolis men
like thousand of bricks. Yesterday that
city was in fever of excitement over the
strange turn affairs had taken, and there
is liable to be great commotion among
the animals yet.
RECEIVING THE GUESTS.
The following letter explains the ar