St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-17
From the st. Paul Chamber
of Commerce and Mime
apolis Board Of Trade.
Just How Intimate the Union
Shall Be Is Not OFF,
eially Stated,
But All Are in Favor Of Action
for Mutual Protection
of Interests.
Views Of Men Who Helped
Make the Cities What
They Are.

st. Paul and Minneapolis are, at
least, betrothed. 1t was remarkable
ceremony at which able men and pio-
neerS of both cities Officiated yesterday
afternoon in the chamber of commerce.
1t was very enthusiastic. There was a
spontaneous unanimity of opinion eX-
pressed in favor of the marriage of the
two cities, but some thought it little
too early yet to tie the knot of corporate
and municipal union. So far as the
business interests of the two cities are
concerned, they are united forever COM
mercially and industrially. The VOW
of betrOthal was contained in the reso-
luton offered by ID. r. Noyes and
adopted without dissenting voice:
Resolved, That in the sense of this meet
ing the union of the two cities is desirable
and We hereby pledge ourselves TO take such
steps as may seem wise and prudent TO pro-
mote the end desired.
The two cities were represented as
follows:
Minneapolis: Ex-Gov. John S. Pills
bury, Judge Isaac Atwater, II. B.
Walker, p. ID. Mcmillan. B. F. Nelson,
Nelson Williams, Capt. o. c. Merriman,
Leander Gorton, J. \. Mind, II. G. o.
Morrison, w. Z. Steele, Clay MacCau-
ley.
st. Paul: Ex-senator II. NJ. Rice. ex-
GOV. Alex Ramsey, Bishop Ireland,
Col. D. \. Robertson, E. V. Smalley,
Gen. John T. Averill, j. w. McClung,
W. p. Murray, DIR. David Day, Gen. j.
w. Bishop, w. NJ. Bushnell, f. S. Nor
ton. H. F. Stevens. Peter Berkey, II.
A. Castle, j. d. Ludden, p. L. Kavan-
agh, ID, Il. NOyeS, a. S. Tallmadge,
d. d. Merrill.
Old settlers like r. c. Wiley. Math
Koch and NJ. \. Kellogg were on hand
as witnesses to the ceremony. Those
who should have been present but
were prevented from attending owing
TO unforeseen circumstances were: a.
j. Blethen, George A. Bracket, j. B.
Bassett. John De Laittre, S. c. Gale,
Anthony Kelly, Dorilus Morrison, w. =.
ID. Washbnrn, j. L. Wyman and
Thomas Lowry, of Minneapolis. and
William Lee, ID. w. IngersOll, Ansel
Oppenhein, Judge c. E. Flandrau,
W. 5. Norton and one or two others of
st. Paul.
PRELIMINARY TALKS.
J. W. McClung called the gathering
together with the following breezy re-
marks: 1--WE have met to confer to-
anu
the common dangers OF these two cities,
We have not met to unite the two cities
under one name or one government.
The union of the cities is a matter of
the future, to come naturally by the
logic Of events, and by evolution. What
we need now Is to recognize this fact,
and by wise and mutual counsels and
actions to shape that future and make
the most of it.
"Twenty-five years of strife and
rivalry have simply served tC harden
Our muscles and de-. el0p our energies.
I'VE have proved that we are able to
give and to take any amount of punish
ment, and at every new round to come
up smiling.
I'VE have been unable to conquer
each other; we now want to make sure
that no one shall conquer US.
Neither city has been able to win the
champions belt, and it is well it is so,
for the future will show that no such
belt could go around our waists, unless
1t was large enough to reach from North
and South st. Paul 10 Fridley's farm.
I'VE only desire by this conference to
telegraph to the world that these two
cities are to be One-nOt married now.
but betrothed and awaiting the consent
of all our relatives most deeply inter-
future and prepare for it. What those
common interests and common dangers
of both cities are is for US to find out i'm
this conference and provide for. AS
president of this conference, / desire to
nominate gentleman. whose heart has
always been large enough to take in both
cities, and who has always received
the most liberal evidences of respect
and affection of both cities. | nominate
Hon. Isaac AtWater as president of this
conference. He is one of the oldest cit
iZens of the ancient city of st. Anthony,
who has already been largely instru-
mental in uniting two cities at the falls
st. Anthony and Minneapolis. Will
Judge Atwater please come forward and
take the chair?"
THE JUDGE CAME FORWARD.
Judge Atwater'S name was met with
considerable enthusiasm. Taking the
chair he said: ut is insufficient for me
10 state that [ most sincerely thank YOU
for the distinguished honor that YOU
have put upon me, and the compliment
of presiding over body of Representa-.
tive men of st. Paul and Minneap-
oils, especially when 1 stand
in the presence of men who have served
this state much abler than could ever
hope to do, and at whose feet could
hope to sit. The men who have laid
the foundations of two great cities, who
have upheld the interests of two great
giants-they are here before you to-day
and the purpose of this gathering OF
worthy representatives of the two great
cities, is to take steps toward a union
but it is graceful thing that st. Pau
should recognize her sister up the river
"For thirty years, more or less, we
have pursued our different paths in the
= building up of the respective cities
and the result is without a parable
in the world. Within radius of tel
miles, within few years, you have
seen a city of 100000 inhabitants arise
1t has been apparent to every thinking
man that the destiny Of these two cities
could not be otherwise than one, and &
remarkable thing is my early recolec
tion of 1861. There sits the man (Sen
ator ID. NJ. Rice who, in the gathering
that year. in the old American hotel, il
his speech to US, made this promise
OF course we thought then that the
man was crazy [laughterl, but he seem: