St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-02
RAN DALI AT BIRMINGHAM.
His Arrival in That City Greeted by
Steam Whistles and Guns
Firing.
A Grand Banquet In Preparation for Him by
His Friends Tonight.

| BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. Lion. Samuei
j. Randall and parry arrived here on special
train from Nashville at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning, escorted by j. w. Sloss, president
of the South & North Alabama Railroad COM
pany, and Sloss Furnace company, Col.
Enoch Ensly, President Pratt, of the Cold
Iron company, and several other gentem en-.
AS the train pulled in town the whistles of
the railroad locomotives, furnaces, foundries
and machine shops saluted it with their best
blasts, and the Birmingham artillery fired
number of guns. When the train stopped
and Mr.. Randall appeared, Mayor A.
o. Love stepped upon the platform of the car
andspoke few appropriate words of welcome.
Mr.. Randall replied in short speech, in
which he said he had a great desire to see the
city that ships iron into the district he repre-
sents in congress, and promised no labor of
his should ever be given toward enacting
laws to prevent his people from successfully
competing with any country on the globe in
converting raw material in marketable
comodities. Congressman McAdoo followed
with a pleasing speech, announcing himself
as from state which for over quarter of
century has been faithful to Democratic
principles.
The party were then driven in carriages to
the Florence hotel, which had been decorated
for their entertainment. After about an
hour, in which the party breakfasted. they
left for the Pratt mines six miles from the
city, on 1t special train provided by the Pratt
Coal Iron company on its railroad. About
forty citizens accompanied them. At 8,
after happy introduction by Col. Ensy,
president Of the Pratt pany, Messrs. Ran
dali and McAdoo made short speeches to a
large number of miners, comprising bands
of school chileren with banners and devices
L. w. Johns, mining engineer for the COM
pany, followed welcoming the visitors on be-
half of the worliingmen. The party then
visited the mines. which comprise a shaft,
two slopes and drift. They went into the
shaft and saw the process Of digging coal
upon as thoroughly scientific plan as is oper-
atcd in the world. Mr.. Randall wore in the
mine, instead of his silk hat, felt hat he
had brought with him, and miners lamp at
tached.
The party reached the CITY again at $50
o'clock and spent the afternoon in visiting
places of interest. Mr.. and Mrs. Randall,
assisted by Congressman ELECT John NJ. Mar
tin and Mrs. Martin, and about dozen
ladies of this city and Tuscaloosa
received callers at the Florence hotel. To-
night, at the opening of the reception mem
bers of Jefferson, Democratic and Randall
clubs called in body and presented an ad-
dress, printed on white satin. Mr. Randall
replied appropriately. At O'Clock the visi-
tors went to the theater and saw Carrie
Swain and troupe in the latter half of the
Little ,Jokern
Tomorrow Messrs. Randall and McAdoo
will visit furnaces and iron ore mines within
few miles of the city, on the Louisville,
Nashville IL Birmingham Mineral railroad.
There is every assurance the banquet to-
morrow night at the Florence hotel will be
an event long TO be remembered in social
history of Birmingham. Invitations to it
are very gratefully received, with compli-
ments, among the residents. There will be
seats for Hearty 200 and other places in the
state will furnish good proportion of the
banqueters.
Tie following address, to which Mr.. Ran
dali appropriately responded, was given this
evening at his rooms at the Florence hotel:
son the third day Of July, 1888, a number
Of citizens of Birmin CHAM met for the pur-
pose Of laying the ground work of an orga-
uiZation, the object of which was TO spread
among our people the doctrine OF CONNER
cial as well as political freedom OF the United
States and to encourage the developing
of the varied and valuable resources of our
state. Knowing full well the ability and
courage you display ed, under the crcum-
stances, in the advocacy of this doctrine, we
did ourselves the honor TO assume for our
organization the name Of the Randall Dem
ocratic club. Hence, II is with particular
pleasure, in common with all the citizens OF
our state, that we avail ourselves of the op-
portunity to welcome you TO our midst, and
extend the hand of friendship to one whose
greatest ambition to serve his country well.
Respectfully.
J. /. WATKINS, Chairman,
VIM. A. WALKER,
SAN 6 TunMpsnN