St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-22
RICE HONORED.
The Lieutenant Governor of the
State Is Banqueted at the Mer-


State Is Banqueted at the Mer.
chants.
Lieut.. Gov. Rice was last evening
rendered banquet by the senators of
Minnesota. The compliment was we'll
deserved. No official has endeared
himself to the people of the state more
than Gov. Rice. His urbanity, uni
versal courtesy and fair-lnindedness
have surrounded him with host of
friends, and his broad capacity and
parliamentary knowledge have made
him an ideal president of the
senate. The members OF that
body were DESTROYS of substantially
expressing their appreciation of his
great services, not only to themselves
but the state at large, and the wish was
last evening conSummated in an elegant
banquet at the Merchants hotel. An
informal reception preceded the ban
quet, and those who gathered about the
corridors, chatted OF took part in the
musical frivolities of the hour were:
Lieut. Gov Rice. Hon. J. n. c. Chapman,
Hon. A. G. Anderson, Hon. c. B. Buckman,
Hon. II. Burkhart, Hon. f. A. Child,
Hon. ID. M. GIough, Hon. c. Crandall,
Hon. F. A. Day, Hon: E. w. Durant,
Hon. Hon. +. T. HAYDEN, Hon G.' II. E. Hoard ai,
Hon. G. S. Ives, Hon. T. Johnson, Hon. o. o.
Lende, Hon. E. NJ Pope, Hon. A. Scheffer.
Hon. A. d. Truax, Hon. W. G. Ward, Hon.
E. n. Dodge, A; L. Cutter, A. swanstrom,
A. II. Bertram, Hon. NJ. Johnson, Hon. II.
Keller Hon. P. Nelson. Hon. B. Sampson,
Hon. j. S. Shields. Hon. o. Wallwark, Hon.
G. W. Wood, Elder Gray, B. w. Day, W. c.
Whiteman, Clark Chambers.
The arrangements for the banquet
were under the supervision of Senator
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evening was the presentation by his
daughters. Miss Martha Scheffer and
Miss lima Scheffer, two daintily dressed
little ladies, OF understanding bou-
quet of roses to Gov. Rice and Senator
Chapman, the father of the senate.
The banquet commenced at 8 o'clock.
Lieut.. Gov. Rice was supported on the
right by Senators Schefrer, Ives, Dodge
and Chapman; on the left by SEN
ators Durant, Ward, Finseth and
Clough. The other gen tlemen
sat at tables running parallel
from the cross table. The viands were
excellent, and served in style reflect
ing credit upon the establishment. AS
little formaifty as possible was intro
duced INTO the proceedings, and toward
Senator Scheffer set forth the object of
the banquet i'm a few well-rounded SEN
fences. He said:
We are met to show, in slight de-
gree, our appreciation of the sterling
virtues of our presiding officer. Zap
plause and cries of good Like the
princess of the realm. we being the
house of lords, it is not our privilege to
choose our own spouse, but for pOlit-
ical reasons he is placed in charge of
us whenever we assemble, and, it is,
therefore, all the more remarkable
and to the credit of the guest
of the evening when he satisfies, as he
does, one and all as our presiding Off
Ger. We wish this evening to prove to
him in few words. and by our actions
what we think of him. We have
watched you, not only as presiding
officer, but we have watched you and
photographed you in our minds as
man to know and to love. We are met
to honor the best parliamentarian that
the state of MINES eta has ever had, as
an officer the faireSt-miDded man that
has ever used that chair, the friend of
each aud every one of you, Lieut.. Coy.
Rice. Loud appiauSel.
The duty of proposing sour Presid-
ing Officer was left to Senator Durant,
who performed it in his usual graceful,
felicitous style. His concluding re-
marks were:
Il say without fear of contradiction
no senator has questioned his ruling.
Whatever has been the decision, it has
been aequiesced in with faith estab-
lished in the belief that they are ever
right and just. Gentlemen, let us drink