St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
A Representative Gathering
Of the City's Business Men
Celebrate the Day
By a Banquet and Reception,
Where the Chambers
Growth Was Told.
Able Speeches by the Men
Who Have Helped Build
the City.


twenty-first birthday yesterday, and the
event was celebrated with banquet
last night. He was named, years ago,
1.-The Chamber of CONNER ce," and on
reaching his majority there was nothing
in sight that OvertOpped him in stature or
that had a record more spOtleSS or a
muscle better knOtted and anxious for
things ahead. The birthday celebra-
ton was all that could have been de-
sired. There was wine there III mod
crate quantities, for the committee in
charge of the birthday celebra-
ton, in spite of the pro-
tests, failed to meet after the
meeting Monday. But if it had any
effect on the stalwart giant whose birth
day was being celebrated, it did not
show itself in any unseemly conduct.
The combined bone and sinew of St.
Paurs business interests celebrated
the anniversary event. A solid
body of men, of which one
would form another idea by see
ing them, than would be had from
reading the reports of the weekly
meetings on Monday morning. In
listening to the speeches and looking at
tiiO OlIC lOoO OIoAU VI lhO
little things that use up the sOciety's
time and pens and ink, and saw
only great body of men, eager
and anxious to build a city.
For the men were there who
laid the city's corner block
and who have spent quarter of cen
tury in piling in brick and mortar with
all the other material that make the St.
Paul of to-day. 1t was a representative
gathering of the SANITY City'S business
men.
THE RECEPTION.
The Ryan hotel parlOrS have witnessed
many notable receptions, but none so
representative of the solid business in
terests of st. Paul as that rendered last
evening by the presidents and eX-preSi-
dents of the chamber of commerce on
the occasion of the twenty-frst ami
versary of its organization. 1t was a
very unoStentatiOus affair and wholly
devoid of ceremony. A casual observer
would scarcely believe that the groups
of men chatting together here and there
represented among them an aggregate
capital of over S50,OO0,OO0. Business
and professional men mingled together
i'll happy fellowship. Merchants shook
hands with preachers, bankers with
doctors, lawyers with editors, politicians
with brokers.
Those receiving were Gen. FL. FL. Sib-
ley, Russell Blakely, Gen. j. B. San
born, Gov. Alexander Ramsey, d. w.
IngersOll, Peter Berkey, Ansel Open
helm, and Russell r. Dorr ranged in
line in parlOr A. Secretary Talmadge,
of the chamber, introduced the guests
as they came up, and fully $50 paid
their respects to the distinguished and
honorable gentlemen. Regardless of
the fact that wine was to grace the feS-
tive boards, Bishop Ireland, his face
beaming with smiling good nature, ar
rived about $3.50 and was cordially
greeted by all.
1t was about O'Clock when the doors
of the dining room were opened and the
solid battalion marched to assault the
tables. President Russell Blakely and
Gen. John B. Sanborn, his immediate
predecessor, heralded the phalanx.
Gen. Sibley and Judge Flandrau fol-
lowed, and next in line were Bishop
Ireland and eX-GOv. Alexander Ram
Sey. The rest of the party coupled up
as it came convenient. and while the
orchestra played the line went down
the center of the dining room. Its
walls were not decorated, and it was re-
marked as the pioneers walked up the
aisle between the square white tables
that it was fitting that they were not.
No fancy pieces adorned the tables, and
this, too, was not an omission. The
tables were fOrT, arranged three up and
down the room with the head table in
its usual position. The following gen.
tleplen took seats at the tables:
j. B. Hawley, A. NJ. Peabody, D. w.
IngersOll, A. G. Rice, III. A. Castle, w.
w. Braden, E. t. Sumwalt, G. A.
Moore, James King, f. F. Drake, j. j.
McCardy, A. K. Pruden, w. III. How
ard, j. B. Sanborn, Lewis Baker, Judge
Chandler, E. w. Winter, George Z.
Skinner, j. T. Mcmillan. A. ii. HOrnsby,
j. S. Ludden, A. Kalman, II. j. Horn,
J. FL. Davidson, G. E. Rittenhouse, j.
B; Cook, Judge Cory, R. B. Wheeler.
Phillip Reilley, W. NJ. Bushnell,
A. G; Postlethwaite, A. Sc;heffer,
J. j. Watson, George Thompson, F.
Driscoll. Jr.,-Horuick, j. j. Cochran,
Rev. John Ireland. w. A. Van Slyke,
Judge Egan, M. Lyons. A. M. Lawton,
George Ramsey, Mr.. Denagur, |. E.
Atherton, John Matheis, II. ii. Sibley,
Gen. Averill, E. A. Chittenden, A. B.
Ovitt, John G.. Hinkel, George Palmes,
G. S. Rogers, w. l.. Perkins, Joseph
Mickey, r. A. Lanpher, r. r. Dorr, E.
V. Smalley, j. W. Blabon, T. Rear
don, John Espy, George B.
Woodward, G. B. Lawrence,
Raymond Dupuy, E. A. Milham, -
McKibbin, Thomas Lowry, DIR. Murphy,
r. Blakely. E. w. Durant, E. M. Hal
lowell, Oliver Baker, M. e. Vinton, S.
L. Haskell, 81. K. Taylor, Fred Richter,
Mr.. De Can, E. j. Hodgson, T. l.. Schur-
meier, L. w. Rundlett, w. B. Dean, X.
S. Wiley, G. w. Griggs, A. Fink, l..
Warner, Mr.. Rank, j. p. Gribben,
W. j. Dyer, A. L. Tallmadge, c.
A. McNeale, George II. Moffet,
ID. d. Merrill, r. NJ. Newport, Capt.
Berkey, w. II. Lightner, A. III. Wilder,
P. II. Kavanagh, Gen. Andrews, G. HI.
Bigelow, j. G. Quinby, III. S. Crippen,
George w. Hill, E. E. Scribner, John
Dowian, B. Beaupre, Robert Seeger, l..
K. Stone, G. G. Franklin, J. j. Cullen,
q. H. Houlton, Adam Decker, Edward
q. Turner, J. NJ. Barker, A. G. Rice,
William Lindeke, W. P. Murray,
Gen. Bishop, Thomas Cochran, Jr., d.
r. Noyes, Dr.. Day, Mr.. Crulman,
James Middleton, E. &. Handy, III. A.
Schultz, A. Oppenheim, William Daw-
son, Mayor Smith, William Dawson,
Jr., Mr.. Wymot, Mr.. Howard, c. D.
Kerr, Mr.. Lindeke, George r. Finch, E.
A. Young. Mr.. Dexter, f. Driscoll E.
NJ. Peet, M. Hall, 81. F. Stevens.
f. e. Bryant, E. Mannheimer,
G. E. Dlckerman, Charles Baker, f. w.
Anderson, Phil Abbott, E. G. Rogers, G.
ID. O'Brlen, Baker Collins, r. A. Kirk,