St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-28
country finally and be the great center Of
government and power.

country finally and be the great center of
government and power.
A POSTOFFICE CONDUCTOR.
est. Paul-The heart of railroad COM
MERGE in the great northwest"
Responded to by DR.. David Day. The
best thing he could say to the guests was
to repeat the language of Webster, "She
speaks for HERSELF He, the speaker, had
seen this city grow up from nothing. In
1S49 the frontier was at Dubuque, and all
this country was filed with savages. Now,
within twenty miles of where he stood.
were 800, 900 inhabitants, and the great
wealth of these two cities had all been
earned here at home. We have reason, by
our growth and geographical position, to
feel that we shall eventually fulfill the
prophecy of Gov. Steward, and be
the capital of this government.
The conductor was the man who brought
us all here and to him is due much OF this
work 1t is fashionable to make puhs on
conductors and motherS-in-law. Hereafter
he would stand up for conductors, for this
is the only crowd who have come on here
with their wives and children. If he had
his life to live over again he would himself
be conductor, for he would like their
chance of riding up and down all over the
country and pick out all the beautiful ladies
for wives.
The Glee club then very effectually sang
the knights Farwell."
A MICHIGAN CONDUCTOR.
''Steam-The most potent force in the
civilization of the nineteenth century"
Responded to by Charles III. Wilsey of
Michigan, an old and experienced conduc-
tor. He said he could face danger UNI
flinehingly, but to face this audience was a
much harder thing to do. But conductors
must not shirk duty or disobey an order.
Steam power was the most potent of the
modern inventions. Before Fulton's dis
covery the powers were the horse, wind
and water. Steam not only supplies all
these but myriad of other purposes. Were
it not for it st. Paul would be Mississippi
bluff.
from the Glee club, soft in the Silly
Night"
A DRUG STORE CONDUCTOR.
''The American Granger-As his best
friend we tender him the olive branch"
Responded to by Daniel Noyes. He said
that exactly what the American granger
is big traveller, he did not know. Heis a
speaker had never had trade with one of
his class but that he got the worst end of
it. He would tender the American granger
the olive branch if he would send the olives
to us. Gov. Ramsey says George Wash
ingtOn said to him once that if he were
going to speak and had nothing to say ''to
be brief" He would follow the same adj
vice.
AN OLD DOMINION CONDUCTOR,
s'Our wives and sweethearts, God bless
them. They are the only people known to
US who can conduct a conductor
Responded to by T. J. Lassiter of Nor
folk, Va. He congratulated the people of
st. Paul on their good taste in selecting a
toast-master who would present such a
beautiful sentiment. You could search all
through, from Genesis to Revelations, and
not find SO perfect one. Among these
wives and sweethearts he could assure
young men present there were no
deadheads. Old Virginia had always been
renowned for its generous hospitality, but
he was sorry almost to say he had got to go
home to old Norfolk, especially famed in
this regard, and tell them that St. Paul
takes the cake. Tremendous cheering.
After the Glee club had rendered Aud
Lang Syne, with the audience joining in
the chorus, President Chandler switched off
of regular schedule time and ran wild
train, and the gathering broke up by the
conductors giving three cheers and tiger
each for the city of st. Paul, for its resi-
dent conductors and for the ST. Paul gen.
eral committee.
A little dancing followed the speech
making, after which the conductors boarded
the street cars, which were waiting for
them, and rode down to the train, which
took them to Minneapolis.