St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04
HIS FAREWELL.
II. p. Halls Sentiments at the
Banquet in His Honor.

! Banquet in His Honor.
The press of advertising matter in the
SUNDAY GLOBE compelled such gen.
eral condensation of matter that the adj
| dress of Harlan p. Hall at the farewell
banquet rendered him was necessarily
omitted. The substance of what he
said was as follows:
There sometimes comes to man an
event in his life when the few letters
! which compose our alphabet prevent
him from forming the words which he
! would like to use to express the Sentl-
mentS which are uppermost III his mind
| feel that such an event has come to
me tonight, and | must ask your indul-
! gence and ask you to place yourselves.
| as nearly as you can, in my position,
and accept from me the tribute that
would like to pay partially to your in-
agination, for feel that language is IN
adequate for me to state my own feel
ings upon this occasion.
If felt that was worthy of all the
| complimentary illusions which have
! been made to me. should fear that /
| had made serious mistake in arrang-
| ing to be tranSplanted to wicked and
| distant city [laughter]; that | should
rather have filed my application to be
| translated to that only land and city
which can even claim to be the peer of
ST.. Paul and Minnesota. Applause.l
1t is nearly thirty years since L came to
| st. Paui-then a small frontier town.
There were but ten miles OF railroad in
the state and but 10000 inhabitants
within our borders. For six months in
the year we were obliged to rely upon
the stage coaches to reach civilization
fItA
six months we relied upon boats, which
were oftentimes obliged to wait upon
sandbars until the heavy dew or
damp fog floated them off
into the channel. [Great laughter
l have lived to see that
ten miles of railroad expand to 5000;
the population of the state to reach over
million and half; the inhabitants of
st. Paul to number more than the entire
state Of Minnesota contained at that
time. Having during all these years
endeavored, with such ability as l pos
sessed to aid in this advancement. l can
exclaim: All of this | saw, and part of
it L was! You can therefore appreciate,
my friends, my feelings, when say to
you that ST. Paul and Minnesota are to
ne flesh OF my flesh and blood Of my
blood. [Applause.] 1t is here that my
first-born lies buried, and it is here that
| expect to find my last earthly resting
place [applauSe], and it is with deeper
emotions than l can express, or than
words will permit me to express, that l
stand before you tonight to say good-by;
at the same time feeling that L shall fire.
quently be among you, and still, not as
before.
| cannot adequately thank you, gen.
tlemen of the various organizations
here represented, not only for the kind
ness of your presence and your senti-
ment, but for this beautiful testimonial,
which | shall carry with me as long as |
live as remembrance Of the good will
and esteem of gentlemen whom l re-
gard as the warmeSt friends that any
man had upon earth. [Applause.]
[ have long since forgiven Capt.
Castle for having allowed me to fail
him as have i'll years past laughter,
consequently | will not be outdone in
his generosity accepting his apology
here this evening. Applause and
laughter.
l can assure you that during the brief
absence when have been engaging in
my new field of labor, | have felt the
value of the friends am about to leave
behind mel find that in city sur
rounded by such multitude of people,
it is simply situation OF deSolation-
there is no heart, no friendship there;
nothing but selfish, hurly-burly greed.
And although L may join i'll that throng
as business necessity, my heart will
be with you in Minnesota. Great ap-
plausp. / shall not seek to make, in my
new field new social acquaintance. |
prefer to carry with me the memory of
my present friends rather than dim the
luster of those | have already secured
by those who come at the eleventh hour.
And [ can assure you, gentlemen, that
nothing will give me greater pleasure
than TO meet you--any or all Of you-aS
often as possible in New York or
Chicago, or wherever | may be; and
hope also that | may frequently be able
to renew friendships by visits to this
community. But wherever l may be
you can count OH it that | shall feel
that Minnesota is my home. | question
whether l shall ever attempt to eXer-
else the right of suffrage outside the
borders of this state. Applause.
do not know what can say, gentle
men, in fact. There come times when
the heart and brain almost stand still,
paralyZed by the affection and friend
ship sh0wered upon man, and feel
that that time is present with me to-
night l do not feel that l can, except
in feeble way, express my sentiments
and feelings upon this occasion. 1t is a
sad occasion to me, and at the same
time | trust beneficial one. But can
assure you that so far as social relations
and immunities are concerned, Mime
sofa is the only place that shall ever
expect to look to for those pleasures
and cOurteSieS.
thank you. gentlemen. one and all,
and thank the absent friends, who l
know are in sympathy with this oc-
casion, many of whom would have been
glad to have been present; and trust
that we may have future meetings and
pleasant ones, and | shall hope to meet
you as often as circumstances will per-
NIT, and you will always find me labor
ing, as have been laboring in the past,
to advance the interests of the frater-
nifty in Minnesota, and in st. Paul espe-
cially. in preference to those of all the
world besides. Applause.