St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-15
VIEWS OF WILLARD.
The Financier Entertained by
the Twin City CONNER
cial Club.
He Proposed a Large Electric
Plant for Each Of the
Twin Cities.
The Northern Pacific Will
Spend Sixty Millions in
Five Years.
A Very Notable Gathering Of
Representative Twin
City Men.

"There are six gentlemen seated at
the head table whose wealth aggregates
near one hundred millions."
The remark was made at the banquet
given by the Twin City Commercial
club last evening in the Hotel Ryan, at
which Henry Willard was the invited
guest. Who were the gentlemen? You
know them well. W. r. Mer-
riam, ex-Gov. Alexander Ramsey,
Thomas Lowry, ex-Gov. John 5.
Pillsbury, Archbishop Ireland and G.
A. Pillsbury. If these gentle men rep
resented so much capital, what must be
the sum possessed by the 240 membsrs
and friends of the Twin City CONNER
cial club who had been gathered togeth-
er in the dining hall OF the Hotel
Ryan? The gathering was the most rep
resentative of the Twin Cities
that has ever yet been got
together. Capitalists, manufacturers.
merchants and professional men-they
were all there, the pick of two cities,
representing total population of AGO.
00O. The gathering was as unique as
the occasion which had called it forth
the honoring of man who has done
perhaps more than any other one man
to build up and develop the
great Northwest, upon the pros
peritv of which so largely depends
that of the cities of Minneapolis and St.
Paul. 1t was, therefore, fitting that the
best representative men of the two
Municipalities should turn out in force
to honor Henry Willard. But there was
another reason calling for such demon
stration. There has been a growing
feeling for union of the two cities
among its prominent business men, and
hints had been freely thrown out that
Mr.. Wizards visit to st. Paul would
materially
Hasten the Desired End.
HIS refusal to announce his plans
until last nights banquet created con-
siderable curiosity to know what they
really were-hence the attendance was
considerably beyond what was actually
catered for. Covers were laid for 225
and 240 gentlemen were present. There
had been no special attempt at decOrat-
ing the tables, but as the company filed
from the corridors into the dining hall
Seibert's orchestra struck up spark
ling march, and up to the time speech
making began selections, chiefly of
operate music, were played.
The president of the club Cd. A.
MopforD presided, with the guest of
<i,1
his right, and Gov. w. r. Merriam on
head table, Thomas Lowry. President
r. F. Oakes,, Judge X. r. Nelson, Pres
ident Northrup, George Thompson Ito
tine chairman's right, eX-Gov. John s.
Pillsbury, Fred DriScoll, James Nc
Naught. DIR. Neil, DR.. Christie. eX-GOv.
Alex Ramsey and Archbishop ireland.
There were three tables reaching the
entire length of the hall, and at these
there were the following gentlemen:
The Guests.
st. Paul-Mayor Smith, A. b. Stickney, II.
j. Horn, Col. W. B. Dend, G. T. Schurmeier,
A. H. Lindeke, j. w. Lusk, Rev. Samuel
G. Smith, G. l.. Farwell. A. NJ. Peabody, l.. X.
helm, Capt George H. Motfett, Fl. P. Hall, J.
s. Prince, j. H. Burwell. j. P. Gribben, T. C.
Field, Lewis Baker, j. A. WheeloCk, K C.
jefferson, G. S. Blake, s. E. Brace, H. o. Hall,
F. A. Seymour, r. j. Knox. ". F. Phelps,
c. E. Marvin, L. X. Merrill, D. d. Merrill Jr.,
Leedom sharp, n. c. Thrall. George H. Finn.
E. j. Cattell, +. f. Wilde, W. S. Morton, Fred
Driscoll Jr., Maj. ii. D. Freeman. 7; ). A., s.
NJ. Cary, Maj; Bates, o. S: A. DR. G. C. Will
Jams 9. "; Gopley; Am Ambrose Tighe, M HE II; F.
Frank Keogh, Col; E; F F. Drake.
Naught D. r. Noyes, P. r. Kavanagh,
Col. Rockwell, U. S. A.; W. Dawson Jr., J.
NJ. Davis; F: A. Schulze, F; ". Lindeke, s.
c. Haskell, NJ. j. Costello, B. F. Nelson, F. B.
Montfort, John Summers, 7. c. Field. W. II.
Sanborn, G. Nichols, S. E. Brace. j. @.
Adams, w. Foulke. E. A. Cammick. o. c..
Merriman, s. III. Thompson, z. jefferson, E.
G. Rogers, 7. Cochran Jr., B. Beaupre, ". s.
A: Judge H. W. Cory, Judge Kelly. Gebhard
Bohn. i. R. Finch, W. NJ Bushnell, F. Dris-
coll, Morgan Brooks A. H. Lindeke, j ohm A.
Seeger and W. j. Dwyer.
Thorpe, S. A. Harris, G. A. Pillsbury. q H.
Pratt, ]. f. R. Foss,. C. A. Pillsbury. Fred G.
C. d. Dunwoodie, D. D. Mcmillan, /. G.
Seeley, S. =. Small, G. j. Martin, S. E. Olson,
A. J. Blethen, G; Mitchell, Anthony Kelly,
Loren Fletcher. G. Nj. Loring. A. T.
Rand, O. V. Tousley. L. w. Campbell,
Dr. Albert Shaw, George A. Bracket,
j. H. Coolidge, c. A. j. Marsh. J. B. Thorpe,
J. R. Thorpe, J. r; Corrigan. ". N. Regain,
c. j. Martin, P. Fl. Peavy, W. W. Folwell,
Frank Eustis. G. E. Mclean, J. E. Bradley,
H. L. Moore, 5. E. Olson, W. C. Edgar, G. A.
Smith, II. B. Frey, W. T. Abbott. Lieut..
Woodruff, U. s. A; F. A. Chamberlain, W.
". Rich, Judge Hicks Hicks G. Il. Pratt Pratt. F.. B.
A. Mitchell. G.. G.. Andrews, II. B. Beard.
G. A .Pillsbury, P. d. Mcmillan, r. B. Casey,
o. T. SWEET. j. D. Ankeny, V. M. Smith, L.
W. Campbell. S. T. Mcknight G. II. Maxey.
y. F; Hawley, A, B; Nettleton, Fred =. Sny-
Judge Lochren. F. f. Wilde. E. johnson. A.
W. Hastings, c. B. ThurstoH, G. Fl. Chad
bourn. c. P. Lowell, D. NJ. Dyer, j. P. Eustis,
F. P. Wright, G: Williams. J. T. Moore. Frauk
G. E. Maxwell, Judge Young and Stanley
Kitchell.
From Abroad-Howard Morris, of Milwau-
kee; Jared Benson, of Anoka; G.Tileston, of
st. Cloud; W. s. Pattee, Of NOrthfield; Al
lowstone Park: II. Il. Kreeland. of New
York; Judge Searles of st. Cloud; q. J.
Norris of Milwaukee,; A. G. Foster, of Ia
coma; julius Meyer, of New York, an en-
gineer representing Mr.. Willard.
The banquet consisted of ten courses,
and was heartily enjoyed by all. 1t was
after 9 o'clock before President Mon
IOrG cdlleu lOr OTutT. 1uo SeHtlcil6H
Immediately drew back their chairs,
and regaling themselves with a cigar
sat leisurely facing the head table.
President Monfort did not trouble them
with long speech. He referred to his
first visit to the Northwest i'm 1854
brought out the great advance made
since then. ingeniously bringing out the
developments that were made by tine
construction of railroads and the combi-
nation of capital. Having deftly shown
what could be accomplished by the
financier, he introduced the guest Of
the club, Henry Willard. That high ex-
pectations were centered in what Mr..