St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-12

Win the warmest OF hearts and of hands.
From the North or the South, or the East or
the West
With pleasure we greet one and all;
And we II strive with our parents to honor
each guest,
And make pleasant your stay at St. Paul.
The Ladies' auxiliary. God bless them, are
here;
By their LABOR of love they have made them
selves dear;
We can't praise them enough in our song.
They are bonded together for one common
good;
'Tis to answer sweet charity's call
We feel they're the heart Of the dear brother
hood;
Thrice welcome are they to St. Paul.
Our hills throb with pleasure to see this glad
day,
The waters with joy ebb and flow;
Our stern rocks will soften. ali nature be gay,
And It's but step from here tathe place
Where the greatest of all rivers falls;
1t pauses a moment, with a smile on its face,
just to bow to its friends III ST. Paul.
May God in His wisdom illumine each one
That your labors may be for the best,
And when your works done may His dear
loving SON
Lead you all 10 the home of the blest.
And when you return 10 YOUR peaceful abode
May happiness wait on you all.
ana do not forget when you pray 10 your
To remember your friends at ST. Paul.
From the North or the South, the East or the
West
With pleasure we greet one and all.
And we Il rive with our parents to honor
each guest
And make pleasant your stay at St. Paul
Then another st. Paul girl, Viola
Cannon, pupil of Mrs. Fuller. of Min
neapolis, recited very nicely poem of
welcome written by that famous
brotherhood wit, 'Shandy Mcguire,
known to his intimates only as Pat
Fennell. This hymn of welcome ran as
follows:
We salute you dear friends. Through our
city's wide doors
You have eutered, to feast on the lmitleSs
stores
OF our feelings fraternal. Long moons have
we wrought
Every morning as the sun flashed his stream
And again, when the stars lit the deeps of
the night.
Now at last you are here, and a welcome for
Unsurpassed IN our records you'll find in St,
Paul.
Tbs astounding to gaze on the concourse and
note
That you've come from the hemlsphere's
limits remote;
From the East and the West and the South
and the North,
From all sections and cities and states came
you forth
Every one represents bataltion behind.
A vast army. far-reaching when all are CON-
bined.
AS advance guards of progress they sent YOU
So, all hail to this great representative
throng!
Nor is man, the proud lord of creatio q.
supreme
In his genius: a rival commands his esteem
1t is woman, his sister. his helpmate, his peer
In all laburs of love; by his side she is here.
1t is meet that she is. At the foot of the
cross
She was dear to the Master. You'll suffer nc
loss
From the aid that she gives. On Calvary's
height
She was crowned. and she'll ever do battle
tor right.
You are trained in the battle of experience
long.
against wrong.
You are Taught that Tin Union there's
strength and you know
What it is to stand guard 'gainst mercilesi
foe,
Against selfishness avarice, tyranny. hate,
Against ills of the classes, that menace The
state.
Against infamy, sure to strike nationhool
If the masses prove powerless to parry ths
blow.
Nature never made slaves. All are equal a
birth.
And again. when our bodies are placed II
the earth.
1t is obdurate man wages warfare. The strife
Only ends when the weaksr one yields up hi
life.
Self-defense brings you here, and may wis
dom preside
In your councils to guard you, whatever be
| tide;
May those a4ioms taught in prosperity
Guide your daily discussions. and harmony
Once again we salute you'll We say to you
Welcome women! greeting we give to yor
all
The hospitable gates of progressive St. Pau
Are wide open; You've entered. Our heart
and our doors
Are the same to receive you. The city ii
yours.
Every latch string is out till the gavels de
On your labors. when both your convention
shall end.
+ Mrs. w. A. Murdoch, the grand pres
ident of the &. l. A., was presented by
Mrs. Diamond, who delivered the re.
sponse to the welcome address of Mrs
Hoyt. She said that. in behalf of visit
ing members and delegates, she thanked
the reception committee. and rejoiced il
the hospitality of st. Paul. The proud
est day was yesterday. when she list
ened to the words of praise spoken by
the great men of great state and city