St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-07


GUS because to him the art of kicking is
by no means lost art ;important because
no guest knows quite SO well
as he how to express his satisfaction
with fair treatment; he is conspicuous
hnally because when through some mis-
deal he finds himSelfin village church,
he looks as if he realized that he had
been Steered against a brace game he is
important then because he is frequently
the only man in the house who, when
the collection is taken up, chips in as if
he had cold thousand in his inside
pocket and was prepared to bet 'em to a
standstill should they give him provoca-
ton. Among all professions that of the
commercial traveller is, by its chief char
acterlstic, raised into pre-eminence; the
preacher with his prayers, the lawyer
with his lies, the doctor with his doses
retire into the oblivion of inSignificancy
before the dazzling SplendOr, the i'm
preSSive pOnderOSity, the transcepdent
incomparability of the gall of the COM
mercial traveller.
The distingue and utterly irresistible
hotel clerk, who all the ladies say is
perfectly lovely, bows in tacit admis-
sion of the innate knighthood of the
commercial traveller.
10 the rural merchant our traveller
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tional gazetteer, is considered undis-
puted authority in law, politics. love
and religion; in fact, he is a perambu
lating cyclopedia of events past and
present, to his customers, and at times
when to him it seems eXpedient he
essays the roll of aStrolOger and, giving
rein to the Pegasus of his Imagination,
he horoscopes startling advances in the
near future in the commercial value of
the goods he is endeav0ring to unload.
The well-knOwn reputation of our tray
eler for Sagacity serves to protect him
from the assaults and Vaccinations of
some of the deadlieSt enemies of society:
the confidence man marks him down
and passes by on the other side, while
that inhuman creature who vacillateS
to and fro Ell the train, vending indi-
geSdbleS and nerve-Shattering litera-
ture to the unSalted, disturbs not
his medltationS. No class of society
is more susceptible to the tender pas
sion" than are commercial travellers. At
times they seem to fall about us like
leaves in wintry weather" Time, how
ever, is the essence of the drummer's
contract at love-making, and, as IS fire.
quently the case with his dinner, he
must bolt it or go hungry. wild
cheerS.I
IF our traveller be married man he
commands the respect of his neighhors,
and the love of his wife and babies is
his. If he be single he stands way up
in CO in the regard of his best girl,
while he is considered lawful target
for the smiles and Establishments of
rural beauty. IA voice-"Jack, you're
dandy."l
SIN conclusion, i hope that every men,
Der of the fraternity here present will
so conduct himself as to gain and merit
the confidence and respect of his en-
ployerS. and by uprightness of de-
meanOr Twin golden opinions from all
sorts of people," that When his last trip
has been made, his last earthly account
adjusted by the square of virtue and
honor; when the mist that rises over
the verge of life has wrapped him in its
folds ind he has turned his face, radi-
ant T}.h hopeful longing, toward the
eternal holiday, he may need no further
passport into the realms of the beyond
than the blush of mOdeSty-So char
acteristic of and so unerringIy proclaim
ing the commercial traveller"
James +. Jordan next responded in
behalf of st. Paul, and created great
deal of enthusiasm by his expressions
of cordially and good feeling. He as
Sured Mayor AmeS that the support of
ran for vice president OF any other
office, and this had the effect of calling
the mayor out for another speech, in
which he said that it was the same spirit
of llberality and enterprise diScernible
in the faces before him that had made
the Twin Cities the great commercial
center of the Northwest The wither-
ing hand of the fanatic had not
yet placed its grasp on the throat
of the prosperity OF Minneapo-
lis, and to. this fact he at
tributed her miraculous growth. The
mayor also responded in behalf Of the
proprietors of the Windsor, Messrs.
Hopes & Gorham, for whom three
cheers were given. VIC. .Corbett then
offered the suggestion that those pres
ent should form permanent CONNER
cial club of Minneapolis for the purpose
of giving an annual banquet at the
Windsor by way of showing their ap-
probation of the hospitality of its pro-
prietorS, which was unanimously
adopted. This closed the festivities of
one of the most pleasurable events
of the kind in the history of the city.
Among those present were: A. 4.
Ames, q. n. Butler, L. Allen, Harvey
Gus Gordon. Charles B. Clark, H. P.
Gilbert, William c. Corbett, W. J. By
ron, w. S. Stockdaie, Ben J. West, Fred
c. Gley, J. F. Jordan. W. j. Hif1in,
Frank Lothman, C. E. Marsh, w. Haley,
George Duryea, S. H. Bell, James Mae
Intosh, C.. j. Smith, A. A. Barth,
A. II. Member, Ii. Thompson.
Howard J. Young. G. d. Nash,
Frank II. Frear, E. Webster, B. B. Full
lerton, J. L. Barry, Frank A. Watson,
o. p. Dutton, E. W. Greenfield, Cyrus
Beall, Il. R. Wall, E. G. Bonniweli, 81.
H. A. Murphy, G. L. De Laittre, J. P.
Brewer Anchor, d. H. Gallager, c. F.
Baker, c. W. Russell, A. c. Crieg, c. NJ.
Merrill, S. A. Dearborn, w. f. Chad
wick, III. j. Sieberman, F. 3. Merrill, J.
r. Fitch, f. E. Stocking, ii. S. Kindred
marck, Harvey AFFORD, d. B. Burnett,
E. E. Carr. F. V. Clayton, S. w. School
der, A. K. Erwin, c. w. Stair, T. P. Hop