The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-07-21
THE sDIroR1AI. ExrURsIoN


another as fine transcontinental line
as the Canadian Pacific railway; there
may be elsewhere as broad and fertile
acres and as magnificent, sublime and
awe-inspiring scenery as thattraversed
by this splendid railway system; but 1t
would be difficult task to so convince
any member of the recent Minnesota
State Editorial Association excursion
to the coast. From beginning to end
tae trip was constant revelation, till
We felt as though we were helpless TO
assimilate one-half of what we saw
and any attempt at description must pc
feeble and unsatisfactory at best.
AS some of the HERALD readers may
perhaps already know, this trip was
taken at the invitation of the Canadian
Pacific railway company and the
Canadian government. For months
previous w. J. White, press agent OF
the Dominion government, had been
working in conjunction with Messrs.
Hall, Whitney and Mitchell, executive
committee of the State Editorial Asso-
citation, on the details of the trip, the
longest in time consumed and distance
travelled ever taken by the Associa-
ton.
The party gathered at st. Paul on
Thursday afternoon, July 7th, where
they we're supplied with sleeping car
tickets, coupon tickets for meals,
badges, etc. The detail with which
the long journey was outlined in the
itinerary furnished gave us some in
sight into the careful preparation
made for our comfort and entertain
ment, but we were not prepared for the
succession of ovations, hearty well
comes and royal banquets with which
our progress through Canada was
greeted.
We left St. Paul in four Pullman
sleeping cars at 1880 O'Clock Thursd ay
evening via the Northern Pacific rail
way, arriving in Winnipeg at 1:3O P.
m. on Friday with no accident aside
from slight delay at Grafton where
two ladies got off the train to see the
town and were not missed until we
were mile on our way. This lesson
was taken to heart by all of the party
aud no one else was left throughout
the trip, all scrambling on the train
| with commendable alacrity at the cry
| of "All Aboard!".
After bounteous lunch at the Man
itoba Hotel in Winnipeg, during which
the band in the adjoining lobby played
such nation al airs as Hail Columbia, "
.'Star Spangled Banner yankee
DOODLE" ETC., we were entertained by
an exhibition drill of the city fire de-
partment which impelled us to con-
graduate the people of Winnipeg on
their splendid protection from the fire
fiend. We then boarded the special
Srain of street cars for a ride about
the city, going tothe fair grounds and
numerous parks. To reach one OF
these we crossed the Assiniboine river
on a pontoon bridge-a novel exper-
isnce to many members of the party.
| Winnipeg is handsome city, built
argely of superior brick and stone al
Tie function Of the Red and Assini
)oine rivers. 1t was formerly known
Us Fort Garry aud the street cars
stopped long enough to enable. TIT
Kodak tends to get a snap shot OF tn
.rumbling ruins OF the old fort. Will
its electric lights, electric street rail
ways, hospitals, Touring mills ant
magnificent public and private build
lilgs it is indeed q city to be proud OF
We we're particularly struck with tn
magnificent width of streets, which i
likewise characteristic of the othe
titles visited in Manitoba.
At 10 o'clock we sat down in tn
pavilion of Edison Park to rOya
banquet rendered by the mayor an
e citizens, where we listened to eloquen
addresses by his honor, the mayo
and other prominent Winnipeg gentle
q men. with creditable responses B.
e Messrs. Langum, Hall, Mitchell, Be-
den and others from Minnesota. Th
good feeling evinced by the handsom
badges engraved with the British en-
!; sign, presented to one representatlv
p of each news paper by the Wester
Can ida Press Association was accer
: tualed by the warmth OF the Welcom
n extended at this Winnipeg banquet
It The dominant note of this and ever
! other similar occasion throughout th
/ sntire trip was the "Anglo-Saxon Al
liance''-not annexation of Canad
lie United States but friendly a
fliance between the great English speal
2 ing nations OF the world-Gres
. Britain anu the United States. Ihei
/. IS nOtJthe slightest desire for politlci
= annexation to this country on the pa
:, of Canadians, III 1ugh they entertai
e war1ncst sentimant toward the Ui
ell States, being as kesnly Interested
Y our war with spain and as anxious Il
! he triumph oil OR armies as Amer
s,..4.I !, ts.ss. . nd iu.3aad they hay