St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
The BUSINESS union.
Two Hundred Members Enjoy
a Good Lunch and Splen-
did Speeches.
Election of Officers for the
New Presbyterian Hospi-
tai Association.
Markham Pleads Not Guilty,
and Will Be Tried in
June.
Cuioido in tho Lock Mad
A Suicide in the Lockup--Mad
Exposition Directors
City Hall News.

The business mems lunch at the
. Guaranty Loan last night was success
full affair, in every meaning of the word.
Over 200 gentlemen were present. The
lunch, or more properly the banquet,
was substantial one. the menu having
been patterned after the business men
themselves. The affair began at $3.50,
and at S o'clock when the edibles had
been put away and the cigars passed
around, the toast master, f. j. Phelps,
called the banQueterS to order and in
augurated a session of speechmaklng,
by reading off a column of statistics,
showing the growth and development of
the union, AMI the many enterprises
brought to the city through IFS medium.
During the evening the Masonic quar-
tette rendered number of well-selected
songs, in an effective manner.
The Speech Makers.
Mr.. Phelps gave 4 short review OF the
work of the organization from the tune
of its inception in the fall of 1889. Its
success had surpassed all expectations,
and now, in the fourth year OF It's Ire,
$50 names were enrolled on the member
ship lists. 1t was expected that the III
come for 1893 would aggregate about
$1,000. The beuch.s To the city had
been many. Over :I,6l1.000 had been
brought in from The outside and over
5000 people indirectly ciir.Oyed. Many
of the Institutions established through
the medium of the union had given the
city worldwide advertisement.
In Introducing Judge Lochren as the
next speaker, Mr.. Phelps said that in
one way he was one of the most famous
men in the country, from the fact that
the office of commissioner of pensions
sought him out. and because every
member of the legislature voted his ap-
prevail of him for the national position.
Judge Lochren spoke feeliDgly of bis
long residence in Minneapolis, and the
many friends and acquaintances he had
formed during the period. He lauded
the city and its business men, stating
that the wealth and prosperity of Mime
apoliS was for the greater part due to
their untiring zeal and energy. They
had built up monument that was the
wonder of the universe.
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vigorously when he arose and spoke on
the subject nearest his heart-the car
nival of sports. His discourse began
with a dissertation on the sO-called
"booms'' of the Flour city, and how
thew came about. In the days of old.
! when Col. Bill Kings fairs were the adj
! miratiOn of the Western country, the
citizens of the city girded their lOinS
! and determined TO bring their beautiful
! home before the world. Horace Greeley
! started the ball rolling. and from the
! time of his famous"Y Young man, go
| West and grow up with the country"
| everything mad been smooth and fair
| sailing. Among the men who bad more
than any others TO do with the
| development of Minneapolis and the
| Northwest was J. J.Hill. Mr.. Bracket
! proposed a toast TO the celebrated rail-
way magnate. The entire gathering
rose and drank a glass of water to his
health and prosperity. The speaker
! delivered himself of a very interesting
and picturesque review of the various
events that marked eraS in the history
| of the city, the exposition, harvest feS-
! tival and national Republican cOnven-
ton. The sport carnival which will
bring so many people TO the city prom
ises to be, according TO Mr.. Bracket,
| the greatest and only affair of the kind
ever attempted. There will be sixty
DAYS of sports. Rome, with its three
weeks athletic carnival, and Barnum,
with his world of curiositieS, will be
clearly outdone. Every known sport i'll
the amateur line will be on the pro-
gramme. Contracts have been made
with the athletic teams of the crack
Eastern colleges, and even Oxford has
] OH itc will IN Of
| a place on the programme rather than
90 to Chicago. Mr.. Bracket remarked
that he hoped every business man in
the city would put his shoulder to the
wheel and his hands in his pockets, for
the united effort of all would be needed
to make the carnival a success.
Charles w. johnson, who SiUce his re-
turn from Washington has been placed
in charge of the musical part of the car
niVal, was called upon to tell the assem-
blage OF the music. He scared off, how
ever into "reminiscences. and referred to
Nero and other men of ancient tunes.
He also read character poem. and al
the conclusion stated he would gladly
give to the carnival association all his
liability, knowledge aud strength"
William Donaldson remarked that lie
was proud to be member of the union
|
not 1000 members. There is not man
in Minneapolis. he said. who is not
benefited by the union. no matter
whether he carries bod or is at the
head of one of the big mills. There was
no doubt of the good wrought by tile
union. The results so far attained were
magnificent.
DR.. Leonard said that an increased
growth of the city meant an increase OF
business and general prosperity. The
union was accomplishing this. and ht
did not see why the membership wa!
not larger, nor why it should not in
crease. Judge j. o. Pierce was of til,
opinion that when the advantages anC
results to be attained by belonging Il
the union became fully known to thu
business men of the city, they would al
be glad TO subscribe their names to The
membership rolls. Several othe
speeches of the same nature were made
and then then the affair wound up will
a song by the quartette.