St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-21

Judge Flandrau. who was unavoidably alb
sent, announced the first of a list of six
toastS. This was The City of st. Paul, re-
sponded TO by Hon. Edmund Rice.
MAYOR RICE,
without formal words of welcome. re-
quested the visitors to receive the courtesies
of the citizens of ST. Paul He heartily eX-
tended to them the freedom and protection
OF the city. The city, he said, presented
landscapes, enterprise, gowth. intellect
and moral standing which no other city
excelled. 1t claimed to represent the agri-
cultural interests-the enterprise of the
country now extending to the Rocky noun
tains, and ii was proud Of its possession.
In quarter of a century the city had grown
to population of Ill, 900. If they looked
at its school houses, churches. princely
mercantile houses, and other evidences of
growth and prosperity, the visitors would
see what would do credit TO any city
in the world. Then look at its
railroads stretching out in all directions
nearly 10000 miles. he alluded 10 the
Minnesota d Northwestern railroad as a
st. Paul enterprise. because il was pro-
posed and consumated through the efforts
of st. Paul man. He pointed to the nu-
merous fiourishing cities which cover the
state, and dwelt with pride on the twin
cities. His remarks were enthusiastically
received and closed with loud applause.
SENATOR SWEENEY.
Our Visitors From Iowa, Separated for
Political Commerce, Their Interests and
Ours are One, was the second toast.
Senator Sweeney said. in response, sepa-
rated as the two states are, as stated in the
toast, for political purposes. Minnesota and
Iowa are identical in interests. Within
his recollections he came to pro-
tect the twin cities from the Indians
of the West. Now, people are flying hither
with their families not for protection but
to find homes. There are now two cities
| built up with population of a quarter of
million. Here has been built up a city
which in itself was pride to the West
and Iowa and Minnesota were indeed one
people. The sons of Minnesota and Iowa
had marched together side by side and shed
their blood on many bloody field. The
people of Iowa were glad that this state
has builded up such cities. that she
stretched her hand down TO Iowa and babe
its people welcome. [Cheers. To-day,
Chicago had rival in St Paul for her pat
ronage. Cheers. lie but voiced the SEN
timentS OF, the eXcursionists when he said they
were gratiied for what they received and
he knew that every one was mashed on ST.
Paul. lCheers. ST. Paul to-day, like ST.
Paul of old, promised well for the stOmach's
sake. The visitors from Iowa would never
forget how they had been received and he
hoped their visit would rebound to the
profit of the st. Paul jobbers, as it had to
the pleasure of the visitors. Cheers.
d. r. MOVES
was called on to respond to the next toast.
which read as follows: The Basin of the
| ITnnnr Miccicsirar,f Sha ,.F
| tinent. He thought that was large amount
of toast for small amount of time. A few
years ago it would have required much
nerve TO say the upper Mississippi was the
center of the continent. But the world has
seen what the valley of the upper Missis-
| Sippi could do. Ii has seen
how it could raise wheat. it had
seen its men and what galaxy of states
| bordeTed its banks. de used 10 think be-
fore coming West that things were exag-
| gerated here. but when he came he saw his
mistake. He did not believe ANYTHING was
exaggerated, and to oblige a neighbor lac
would even believe the census was not ex-
aggerated. Laughter and loud applause
Although that were hard thing TO do.
Continued laughter. If they had the
heart OF the continent in their keeping they
had trust. Let them then regard the
trust, and let the heart of the country be
| true.
c. 7. BENEDICT
| responded to the next toast. Ii was: Our
Visitors from Southern Minnesota; Ye
| Were so Near and vet so Far.
Some eighteen years ago he said he dis
covered a sign in Rochester which said
''seventy-five miles to st. Paul" 1t took
| five hours to come, and he used to wonder
how far il was TO ST. Paul. To-day lie
realized they could reach here in less than
| five hours weary travel
Thirty years ago the first settlement was
made in Olmsted county. IL is the temple
in the modern Jerusalem. He had been
told that a strata of lime rock underlies
Olmsted county which will drive ND wheat
so strongly that not even weeds can grow.
That is the place TO live. If man wants
stock weather let him go 10 Olmsted county.
The merchants of Rochester have been
taking tons of merchandise from different
places abroad. Everything came from
abroad, largely from Chicago. A little out
of the way from st. Paul, they got to send
ing to Chicago. They are now reaching to
ST. Paul, and when a man now comes this
way il has got to be an old saying there
goes more brains TO St. Paul" This city
had heretofore been having skim milk. but
the cream. was down TO the South. Would
| they now 60 for the cream. They would
find ready hand 10 grasp theirs. Cheers. I
| 1t would change the sentiment from so
near and yet so far to $50 far and vet SO
near" Cheers.
A. b. sTIcRSEY.
THE Minnesota and Northwestern rail-
way, hitherto the missing link, best be
the tie which binds" In rising TO respond
Mr.. A. b. Stickney was received with pro-
longed applause. He said he was stunned
when be got the toast. 1t said the miss
ing link. He always thought the missing
link was the connecting tie between man
and monkey. Uaughter). The question
was which was the man and which was the
monkey. More laughter.) He had little 10
say about the road. They had a pretty
good road and a pretty poor track; that
was all to be said. To the merchants OF
Iowa and Southern Minnesota he said. il
they wanted their business to increase, they
should purchase their goods and
sell their produce in 81. Paul.
If they wanted to get the universe by the
tail they wanted 10 come to ST. Paul and
that over the Minnesota IL Northwestern
railway. (ApplauSe.)
W. Is. DEAN.
The last toast was The Business Center
Of the Northwest. responded to by w. b.
Dean. Mr.. Dean extended a most cordial
and hearty welcome TO the gentlemen pres
ent. He did il more so because they looked
on the people of Iowa and Southern Min
nesota as those who had stayed the worship
of false gods. They had wandered off 10
Chicago instead of ST. Paul, their modern
Jerusalem. He anXiously and heartily
wanted them TO embrace the opportunity
now offered to supply themselves with
goods from this civ He pointed TO the