St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-03

regular toaStS of the evening had been
disposed of, and he saw that Mayor
Wright was present. He was gentle
man who had been complimented and
criticised, but he was desirouS that the
mayor should show his honest face. AT
this point the POSTMASTER discovered
that Ii. P. Hall was present,
to respond to the toast on Jour-
naIlsm." instead Of Judge Flan-
drau. who was ill at home. He then
called upon Mr.. hall to respond. Mr..
Hall said to the chairman that Mayor
Wright was entitled to the floor, and the
mayor arose and was greeted with much
applause. He said he must ask the
audience to excuse him as he was not
down on the bills. and after telling all
amusing anecdote, illustrating his posi-
tion, ne stated that as Mr.. Hall had
been repeatedly calling upon him TO re-
sign, he would resign his right to make
a speech in favor of Mr.. Hall. This
sally brought down the house with the
greatest applause of the evening. 1t
was some minutes before the applause
sufficiently subsided for Mr.. Kelly to
introduce MIR. Hall, who sat beside the
mayor, to respond to the toast as
signed to Judge Flandrau on
JOURNALISM.
Mr.. Hall said this was the second
banquet he and Mayor Wright had con-
Quoted this week, and both times the
mayor had spoken before him. He had
had a story to deliver at the other ban
quet, but the mayor had anticipated him
by telling it himself, and he had in
tended to give it on this occasion. but,
unfortunately, Mr.. Seabury had antici-
pated him by telling the same story, and
now he did not know who the story be-
longed to. He did not think the chair
man needed to apologize for overlook
ing him. for substitutes usually ran
away and did not amount to much.
After explaining to the audience some of
t le functions of Journalism" he stated
that he felt a delicacy in continuing in
that strain in the presence of Dr.Smith,
as Journalism" so surpassed the pro-
tession of his friend that it was hardly
courteous to depict 1t in all its glories.
If Judge Flandrau had been pre- sen
he would have told an excellent story
on himself, and OH being called upon
late in the day to act as his substitute he
had sent to the judge and asked per-
mission to present the story, which he
read as follows:
JUDGE FLANDRAU AS REPUBLICAN
EDITOR.
l take 1t for granted that most of you
are aware of my iron-clad Democra acy
My title to that is very clear; one of my
fellow Journalists and contemporaries,
the Pioneer Press of this city, one did
me the honor to say that so firm was my
conviction that everything that was
Democratic was right, that whenever l
heard the name of the party mentioned,
made the sign # the cross" The fig
ure Of speech was not all an eXaggera-
tion.
will tell you how it all happened.
Once, about quarter of century ago,
was living in the West, in what is now
the capital of the state of Nevada
Carson City. There was a newspaper
published there called the Carson Daily
Appeal. 1t was the most virulent Re-
publican sheet l ever read, and was
edited by very bright young fellow,
whose name l now forget (such is
fame). The plant belonged to a
friend of mine. One morning he rushed
into my Office and said: Judge,
my editor has deserted me and gone to
California, and l will be ruined if / can't
get some one to edit my paper until 1
can supply his place. You must help
me out" Heavens" exclaimed, .sme
edit Republican paper. Why. am no
more fit for it than I am to be pope of
Rome. tits impossible" He We per-
sistent. l was fond of :. joke. / said i:
"lf you WILL sSrroar you will never give