St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-13
BANQUET OF The JoBBERs.
The Fifth Annual Meeting Held at The
West Hotel.
A LIST OF THE ATTENDANTS.
There Was No Wine, But the Supper
and the Speeches We're Very
Delightful.

Inc Hull annual Ddilquct VI IiIO -uiiir
neapolis Jobbers' association, held at
the West hotel last evening, was a most
pleasant event, and was attended by
about 100 leading business men OF Min
neapolis and st. Paul. From s O'Clock
until 9 the company was treated to- AM
illustration of the workings OF the
photograph. The instrument was
talked, sang and whistled into. and
responded with all the feeling and dis
tinctness that thirsty man throws into
his voice when asked to step up and
s.take something At O'Clock the
doors of the ladies ordinary, where the
banquet was laid, was thrown open,
and led by w. q. Byron and d. NJ. Gil
more, the company filed in and
were ushered to seats by j. Z. Eliel.
The tables were laid lengthwise or the
room. and were handsomely laid. The
absence of wine glasses was one OF the
conspicuous features, but none OF the
guests appeared at all troubled over 1T.
.Danz's orchestra was just outside the
hall, and the strains of music helped to
make the repast a most enjoyable one
in all respects.
After the guests were all ready to
take their seats }. G. Eliel raped Tor
order, and as soon as this was secured
Rev. Nj. D. Shutter offered a short
prayer. The supper followed, and a
very pleasant one it was. There were
eight courses and each one received due
attention at the hands OF the party.
The gentlemen who occupied seats at
the table were w. G. Byron, j. g.
Eliot, l.. S. Gillette, F. P. Williams. j.
Fl. Shearer. G.. G. Weber, G.. f. Haynes,
w. HI. Brockman, j. B. Cleveland, ID.
PaulIe, Il. A. Wool!ett, j. Cray. George
Ell. Partridge, w. C. johnson, Joe III.
Paris, William Hooker, j. L. Wyman,
T. l.. Johnson, b. c. Aurd. l.. D. Kill
bourne, w. NJ. Manley. M. L. Hallo-
well, William S. Hallowell, j. $. Brad
street, Harry P. Robinson, Frank b.
Semple, w. j. Power, Horace NJ. Hill,
w. II. Lowry. JIG. Elicl, Ii. L. Hauser,
G. G. Van Cleve, Seymour Van Cleve,
John S. Hannah, George s. Fart
lette, of Milwaukee; ii. NJ. Car
penter, Fl. M. Pearce, George
T. Huey, c. A. Baker, M. Elmer,
D. B. jackson, D. H. Murray, ID. L..
Murray, II. W.Wagner. Clay McCauley,
Henry NJ. Knox, J. B. Bassett, Anthony
ter, d. NJ. Gilmore, Rev. David James
Burrell, w. c. Gregg, j. Ross Nichols,
T. B. Janney, James F. Forgan, p. j.
Kennedy, B. +. Nelson, James Chap
man, Joe H. Paris
At the conclusion of the supper, Pres
ident ID. M. Gilmore arose and in a few
well-chosen words explained the objects
of the association, and said that speeches
were now expected, as something had
been dropped in the slot. He called on
j. G. Eliel for few remarks. Mr.. Eliei
opened with a number OF /, ex-
tremely humorous remarks. ? in
which he referred to the temper
of w. q. Byron as red-headed.
He referred to the absence OF wine
from the banquet table and stated that
it had been banished forever from tne
supper tables of the association, as the
members had come to believe that it
was their duty to set a good example to
the young men growing up about them.
In referring to the association Mr..
Eliel designated it as a strictly business
organization. and stated that the asso-
much good. Organization is the lever
which moves the world,o said he, land
to succeed in our undertaking we must
be thoroughly organized and all of one
mind. We must get favorable legisla-
ton and good rates to make our DuSl-
ness a good one, and in the year to come
/ hope that we can make better show
ing than ever"
j. T. Wyman, president of the board
of trade, responded to the toast THE
Board of Trade" The board of trade
HAD no real relation to the jobbers' as
ISOLATION, he said, further than that the
founders of each had once sawed wood
together down in Vermont. Mr.. Wy
man referred to the jobbers in facetiOns
way, and remarked that while j. B..
BaSsett was jObber and member OF
the board of trade, he had made better
success in the lumber business than he
had in running the Hennepin county
delegation. The board of trade was a
live Institution, he said, and had the
courage to express it's honest belief. 1t
had the courage to go ahead and do
what was right in spite of all comment
and criticism. The board has done
much to build up the city, and will con-
tinue to do 50 for many years to come.
There is money in the treasury, and
when that is gone there is plenty more
where that came from. We are endeav-
Oring to save you taxes, and if all indi-
cations are to be believed. we are going
to meet with success in many OF the re-
forms we are undertaking.
The toast CLERGY and Business
was responded to by Rev. Marion D..
Shutter in happy vein. 1t was a prev
alent idea, he said, that ministers
knew nothing outside Of their own
business, when in reality they were
about as well informed men as can be
found in days journey. Gentlemen,
you represent the material interests OF
the Northwest, and the connection be-
f,poor, vo,1r and tho Ofhpr onH
higher interests is not thoroughly un-
derstood by every one. But you are
just as necessary to the comfort of men
as are the interests represented by the
clergymen. Here in the West particu-
larry your interest in religious matters
is felt, and we have much to thank you
for.
H. NJ. Knox, vice president of the Sc
curity bank, responded to the toast,
Blanks and Banking" sit has been a
hard matter to determine the relation
ship between the banks and the job
bers," he said, "but l must say that it
is not a blood relationship in any sense
of the word. 1t is something like the
relationship between two manly
|, friends who have grown up together,
and have found that each one has some
thing which the other one wants. The
lobbers need money in their business, !"
he continued. "and this the banks have.
All that the bankers ask is that the job
bers make good use of the money en-
trusted to them. and see that their
promises are made good when the time
for redemption comes. The whole
thing SINNERS down to character and
so long as man has that he can get
what he wants."
''St. Paul JobDers' was responded to
by j. r. Nicols, of st. Paul. The speak
er was in reminiscent mood, and gave
a laughable account of how Minneap-
oils, OF Brother st. Anthony, inginfancy
was separated from st. Paul. He con
veyed the good wishes of the st. Paul
jobbers to the brother jobbers in Min
neapolis, and said he hoped the Min