St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-18

Pratt and the city council. City Attorney
Skillman, Gen. Jumper, Col. Hoyt and
officers of the local post. The city's
guests were welcomed in appropriate
speeches by Gen. Hammond, on behalf
of the department, President Engle, on
behalf of the city, and Mr.. Skillman
on behalf of the post. The latter spoke
at some length, dwelling eloquently
upon the marches of progress which
made such a scene possible, paying a
high tribute to the private soldier and
extending hearty welcome to Gen.
Rea and staff. The event of the day was
GEN. REA'S ELOQUENT ADDRESS.
AS the last but one of a series made
in the course of his official visits to the
departments of some twenty states, it
was perhaps the best and most eloquent
OF all. Gen. Rea spoke from the heart,
and Ill words which stirred alike the
heart OF veteran and citizen, young or
0ld-differing widely from many adj
dresses of the kind, rich in reminiscence.
glowing with patriotism and manly in
Its every utterance-a speech, in short,
which every true citizen, North or South
could heartily indorSe and feel himself
the better for. Gen Rea was inter-
rupted at intervals by hearty applause,
and at the close of his address received
GENUINE OVATION.
The following Introductory passages
from the speech are of especial interest,
giving, as they do. the speakers esti-
mate of Dakota and the Northwest:
Comrades OF Aberdeen and Dakota,
Ladies and Gentlemen: | know.
l appreciate what has been said today
about the constitution of that great
army of comrades that are scattered
over the prairies of Dakota. They
are gathering wheat; they are LAYING
here the foundations of the grand com
mOnwealth, destined one day to add an
other star to that old banner under
which you fought and for which so
many of your comrades died. Now. /
would agree that this, your city, is one
of the marvels of the nineteenth CEN
tury, but for the fact that over the
whole face of this Northwest there have
been built, by just such people as you,
so many cities whose growth has been
just as substantial as it has been mag
ical, within the last twenty-five wears.
And these cities have been built by the
boys that carried the musket and fought
the battles of the Union. | remember
very we'll when l left my home to come
out to Minnesota thirteen years ago, that
the neighbors thought was going out
in wilderness, and / remember when
had gone back and told themShow, in so
short time, cities OF 5000 to 5000 have
sprung up, and they could not believe
it, for they had never seen anything like
it before. But there was never any,
thing like the growth of a common
wealth out here in the West since the
war, and it has been because they have
been settled by the men who were in
spired by the service and the victories
and the conflict in which they were en-
gagged. The men settled in Minnesota,
Dakota, Kansas, Iowa and Colorado are
the old soldiers of the republic.
AT tine conclusion of Gen. Rea's
speech
JUDGE PALMER WAS CALLED
forward and spoke at some length. Mr..
Dixon, of st. Paul, then entertained the
audience by one of his inimitable mock
renditions of Shakespearean tragedy,
after which Gen. Fish convulsed the
crowd by humorous speech and two
pathetic war tales with very ludi-
crous endings. The speaking closed
with few remarks from Rev. +. M.
Shanafelt, department chaplain. The
day was fittlngly closed by a grand war
concert at the opera house, which was
largely attended. Gen. Rea and staff,
the ladies of the party and visiting vet
Grams united in expressing their appre-
eiation of the eity's generous welcome.