St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-03
But the Hardy Pioneers Who
Laid the States Solid
Foundation.
Annual Gathering of the Old
Settlers Association Of
Minnesota.
The Chamber Of Commerce
Attacks Fiereely Sunday
Dissertation.
Chairman Merrill Assumes
All Responsibility for a
Slight.

The hardy piOneers-tho who 10
Gated here before the dignity of state
hood had been conferred upon Mime
sofa, and who have been intimately
identified with the development. growth
Id prosperity of the commonwealth
held their thirtieth annual reunion yes
terday. The members of the Old Set
tiers Association Of Minnesota came
here in the bloom of youth and the ex-
ubeIant vigOr of young manhood, and
they have grown gray and patriarchal
in the multifarious pursuits of life
since their hopeful advent here.
Once year they greet each other
and spend one day out of each 365 in
reviewing friendships and recounting
"reminiscences of events-thrllllng, pa.
thetic OF humorOus-0f the SOS, and
down long line of scenes and incl
dents from the heroic past to the COM
monplace present. 1t is no eXaggera-
ton to say that of all the holidays none
is so completely enjoyed and none SO
longingly looked forward to as these
annual occurrences. To be eligible to
membership one must have located in
this state Oh OF before Jan. l, 1850.
The business session of the associa-
ton was held, and very appropriately.
too, in the rooms of the state historical
society in the capitol yesterday morn
ing. The roster at the last previous
meeting showed a membership of sew
enty, but since that date nine have
bowed obedience to the silent slayer and
passed to their reward above. The list
originally contained some 400 names.
The demise of the following, with the
date of death, was announced yester-
day:
Jacob Fisher, Saltwater April 10, 1899.
Robert Kennedy st. Paul, June q, 1899.
Edmund Rice, st. Paul, June /, 1889.
Peter Hopkins, st. Paul, Nov. 10, 1889.
H. A Jackman, Saltwater. Sept. IL, 1899.
John Bush, st. Peter, November, 1889.
Constantine Robert, St. Paul, November,
1889.
Charles E. Leonard, St. Paul. Feb. 10, 800.
John W North, California, March l, 1890.
President w. P. Murray was absent,
and Col. John III. Stevens was called to
the chair temporarily. DIR. Murphy, the
treasurer, hum0rousiy announced that
all bills had been paid, and that there
had not been dollar left. After the
election of Isaac N. Goodhue, brother of
James M. Goodhue, the first editor in
the territory. and Daniel Cameron,
officers were elected Tor the ensuing
year, as follows: President, A. l.. Lar
penteur; first vice president, E. W..
Durant; second vice president, Daniel
Roh1er; recording secretary, c. D..
Elicit; corresponding secretary. j. F..
Stevens; treasurer, j. II. Murphy; ex-
ecutive committee, j. II. Stevens, w.
P. Murray, j. D. Ludden, r. Blakeley,
s. P. Folsom; member of obituary COM
mittee five years, w. r. Marshall.
This Is a list of those who were pres
ent:
Alexander Ramsey. j. H. Murphy, David
Black, a. L. Larpenteur. John Atkinson,
Daniel Rohrer, S. p. Folsom, Charles D. Ell
felt, John II. Stevens, Oliver Parsons, q. a.
Tuttle, j. d. Ludden, W. Fl. c. Folsom b. f..
Irvine, Daniel Cameron, Joseph Guion.
Nathan Myrick, II. l.. Moss, John Rogers, D..
A. j. Baker, s. A. Thompson, W. g. Harris
horn George L. Becker r. Blakeley,C. v P.
Lull, Arson Northrup. A.. Ford, W. H..
Tinker, Isaac N. Goodhue, Thomas Rams
den, Fred Olivia. Lorenzo Hoyt, Marshall
rison, H. r. Gibbs, E. Y. Shelley, B. W. Brun-
son.
At 2 o'clock the members gathered in
the ordinary at the Merchants hotel,
where an elaborate banquet was par
taken. In the after-dinner talk Isaac
n. Goodhue took the initiative. 1t was
replete with interesting anecdotes of a
reminiscent nature, and he emphasized
particularly upon the anomalous occur
rences of st. Paul in provincial times.
President Larpenteur followed in a
happy vein, and then came Secretary
Elicit, DR.. David Day. Gov. Ramsey.
Murphy, w. Ell. C. Folsom, OF Taylor's
Falls. and Col. J. III. Stevens. Some of
the addresses sparkled with humor, and
the question raised, "Why are we still
living and why have we done so well?"
was answered on the theory, ut is be-
cause we have been truly good and vir-
tuOuS."