St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-15

or the day. presided. The hymn "FOr-
estry'' was sung, and then E. NJ johnson.
acting mayor, was introduced. In short
address Mr.. johnson congratulated the
FOreSters on the size of their order, the
gains which had been made in numbers
and Oh the glorious record of the Forest
erS both in this country and in England,
in which country he had found that, up
to few years ago. s., 100000 had been
paid out in beneficiaries. With few
words on their objects and aims, Mr.
Johnson closed, to be followed by Hon.
=. M. McMurtry, of Chicago, who has
held some of the highest Offices in the
order and who is now secretary OF
the grand court of the order. Mr..
McMurty was rapturously received. He
made humorous reference to the cen
SuS trouble, and was applauded again.
He then mentioned the separation of
the order from the parent order in
England. which occurred one year ago
to morrow. "Despite this separation"
continued Mr.. McMurty, "there IS in
the heart of every American Forester
world of love for the parent order.
Nov | see by the banne on
some OF your wagons tonight that
you in Minneapolis have increased
in numbers from s to 1000 in eight
years. | congratulate you. Have you
ever noticed how like a river are our
the mighty ocean and its influence?
These benevolent societies are. then.
necessary to man, as are the tributaries
to the river. They make him broader
and better. All fraternal societies are
our brothers. To them we say that we
mean to put our order into the front
rank. think / may say. too. that our
order is the pioneer in this work of be-
nevolence and charity. There is another
thing which we do. We take in the lit
tie fellows, the "kids," and bring them
up on the principles of beneyolence. L
won't say that we are the first to en-
brace the ladies-we all like to do that
but am glad that we have opened
door, which never should have been
closed, and have brought the ladies into
these circles. l am glad that they
have turned out tonight with
August in every year, hope that we
will continue to gather and celebrate
our birth. l hope you will continue
your work until this great state is as
productive of Foresters as it is of -four.
/ thank you again. When you can'tget
any one else to come and speak to you
Just wire "Mac."
With that Mr.. McMurtry sat down,
and was given ''three times three"
Our own William Henry Eustis
came next, and nobly he threw
himself into the effort of making
speech. Mr.. Eustis, at starting. hoped
that every Forestry was, like his friend
Dr. Shutter. prepared for the census.
Then he read from manuscript his
speech, which opened by pay
All 10 IN ci0
age and wealth of the order.
"Your society," said the speaker,
"has survived Kingdoms and empires.
1t has seen tyrannlcal governments sue
cumb to the progress of constitutional
liberties. Foresters have been wherever
noble deeds have been performed. Now,
in every land where ForeSterS dwell.
man is free in lungs and limbs. Your
order has followed the British flag in
its work of colonization, and now it is
represented in every cline. Within
six generations wherever the light of
civilization has shone, or where noble
deeds have been performed, there have
been found the puissant arm and the
honest heart of Forester. What man
ner of man is Forester? You have no
illustriouS ancestors. Your education
is of the hand and heart rather than the
UIdIu. Ii ClGlSI uluSb NC ~ 10
better that it be the scientific brain
than the benevolent hand"
Mr.. EuStiS here airily threw In a
glowing panegyricl on the mutual in
surance system which prevails in these
benevolent societies, they guaranteeing
that no man may suffer great loss by
inf1icting upon many small deprlva-
ton. He closed with word of admon-
ition to the order: THE order was
made for the people; not the people for
the order. Man is greater than cOnstl-
tuition and bylaws"
DR.. E. r. Perkins, of Excelsior, came
next. He declined to speak much,as he
was outstanding his energy for the fat
mans race to-day, promising that he
would be promineet feature OF the
picnic. The exercises closed with the
closing ode of the ForeSters. To-day
the Foresters will enjoy picnic at Min
netonka and grand jolliication over
the independence of the order which
was achieved one year ago to-day
by separation from the English author
ity. The picnic will be at Excelsior,
DR.. Perkins home. and the rOtund ply
stefan has promised all his friends that
he will win the fat mans race, since he
will be contesting on his own ground.
A special train will leave the st. Louis
depot at in the morning, to return in
the evening. leaving Excelsior at 1890.
| The tickets, however. are good On all
regular st. Louis trains.