St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-15
JUDGE OTIS ADDRESS.
What the Distinguished Jurist
Said ut Philadelphia.


Here is the address in full de-
livered by Judge Otis at the launch
ing of the st. Paul in Philadelphia
April 10:
The duty thrust upon me of re-
spending on behalf Of your invited
guests is a delightfully."- difficult task.
1 find myself placed at a serious
disadvantage with the gentleman
who responds for far-away st. Paul,
for the response he was to make
some two weeks ago froze up with
the tallow and, like our cherished
namesake, didn't go off. 1t took an
occasion like this to thaw it out and
send it off radiant and red hot
The gentleman for whom 1 have
been hastily substituted also had
response frozen up in like manner
and put away in the cooler. I'm
fortunately for you he is not here,
and l cannot get access to the cool
er, so that his eloquent words so
prepared for your delight will never
flow.
have stated that my duty was a
delightfully."- difficult one. The
guests now here in person, and those
who have been here and are still
SO here in spirit, have been so de-
ligntfully received and royalty en-
tertained that it seems impossible
to find words which will aptly ex-
press their pleasure and gratifca-
ton.
The tie that binds the City of
Brotherly Love and our Sanity city
together has always been a strong
one. Indeed, to not a few of us, to
come here has been like coming
back to our fatherland, for in our
city and state your city and state
are largely and worthily represented
1t may surprise you to learn how
closely our relationships, friend
ships and business interests are
united. AS 1 walked along the
streets of our own city on the day
started hitherWard 1 met a genial
gray-haired and well-preseryed old
gentleman, and said to him: Gov
ernor, yon must go to the launch
ing with u.s." L wish he had WELD
ed to our desires and were here. for
that gentleman was Alexander
ramsey, in the forties member
OF congress from the keystone
/ state; afterWard and in 40 the first
|. territorial governor of Minnesota: ::
In the sixties its great war governor:
later Its United States senator for
two terms, and ending his honora-
ole public career as secretary of
war. BY his honorable name and
record we may well claim kinship
TO you, let alone the fact that not
a few of our number now here are
natives of your city and state
we will not forget that our do
| mestic hearths are warmed and o,ou,
with fuel brought from the bowels of
your state; that it is your capital
which is opening our mines of untold
ore plddlng fair to rival both in quan-
tlty and quality your own great min
eiai resources. and drawing to us
your factories and your people.
AS you are practically at the navi-
gable head of this great river, so we
| are the nav1gable head of the Father
of Waters, and from both flow forth
eNAA icNiiei.o Jul IdllOllS S wealth Of
| agricultural and manufactured prod
ucets, while the great. unsalted inland
| seas which bathe our eastern shores
carry to and from our borders a
| greater annual tonnage than that
! which passes through the great Suez
I canal.
Let me suggest to these famous
shlpbuilders and to this great navi-
US are vast undevelopedq fields to which
they may well direct their tireless en-
| ergles-come, and we will receive Won
as heartily and Hospitality as you have
| received us.
The tie that bound this beautiful
steamer ST. Paul to its philadelphia
shores was a strong one, to unloose
/ which long baffied the skill and in
Senulty of her famous builders, but
| the tie that binds the people of the
! city which bears her name to the peo-
pie or this great city and it's environs
| cannot be unloosed, but shall ever
| grow stronger and stronger bv rea-
| son OF our community of interests.
Ladies and gentlemen, the olnens
which have attended the launching of
this great ship have been indeed all
oPiOAOOo-ei oIic IeIildIHeQ SleaQf0St IN
her ways and required all the me-
chan1cal appliances and skill of mod
ern times to move her, so shall she
! plow the main with an even keel, un-
! disturbed by the elements which may
rage about her. "a thing of beauty
| is joy forever" and all things have
| conspired to make this joyous event.
We have beautiful ship, gracefully
| christened by her beautiful bride, at
tended by beautiful bridesmaids and
named after and in honor of the
most beautiful city of the world.
We shall never forget the grace, dig
nifty and royal hospitality of our re-
ception at your hands. Come and see
us, and however much we may lack
| in grace and dignity, which comes only
with age, you will not find us wanting
in point of hospitality.