The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-04
WAS A GREAT DAY
THOUSANDS OF GERMANS THRONG
HARRIS PARK FROM AN
EARLY HOUR
AMERICAN and GERMAN FLAGS
ENTWINED THROUGHOUT THE
PARK SYMBOLIC OF TRUE IN
TERNATIONAL PATRIOTISM
DELEGATIONS FROM ABROAD

|
Throng the Street Car Lines and Re-
| pair to the Animated Scene Of
| Patriotic Exercises Near Fort
sneIlinS-Addresses by Gov. Lind,
| Mayor Kiefer, Congressman Heat
woIe and Others.
Ths hrst formal celebration Of German
| day In Minnesota occurred yesterday.
and the success Of the exercises, togeth-
| er with the immense crowd which par
| tfcipated In the ceremonies, makes 1t GER
tam that the day will be celebrated an
nually In the future. A conservative esti-
mate of the number who attended is 12,-
WV, although the more enthusiastic Of
hcials say there were nearer 10000 people
on the ground. The crowd commenced to
start for Harris park as early as IL
o'clock, and from that hour until o'clock
IN the afternoon the street cars could not
Accommodate these who were desirous of
attending. At least 5000 people were
obliged, after waiting for hours, to post
commodations furnished by the street
railway company. So many were the
complaints on this score that the commit
tee having the affair in charge announced
last evening that next year the celebra-
ton would be held at some point where
adequate facilities could be secured to
reach The grounds.
AN IDEAL DAY
The park was tastefully decorated,
American and German flags predominant
ing, and the day was an ideal one for a
picnic or festival, as the affair was called.
Seibert's band gave a concert, commen-
cling at 10 o'clock, and at that hour there
were over 1000 persons on the grounds.
The limits of the park had been enlarged
for the occasion by the removal of fences
to the north and west and five additional
acres added to accommodate the crowd,
which the committee said was certain to
| ccme And they cid come
The programme announced the exercises
| to commence at 2 o'clock prompt
| 1t was an hour later before the unif
I, members of the Krieger verein frc
| Paul and Minneapolis arrived or
| ground. The companies from the
Cities were reinforced by thirty mei
of the Waseca county organizatio.. ~
the same name, and the appear ance Of
the German veterans was greeted with
! cheers and applause.
| The twenty-seven societies. including
delegations from Saltwater, New Tim, WI
| mona, Shakopee, Carver and the Twin Cit
( les, formed in line and headed by Danz's
| bank marched about the park and then
| formed about the dancing pavilion, which
| had been decorated and was used as a
| platform from which the addresses were
| delivered and the invited guests viewed
| the ceremonies.
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
| On the platform were Gov. Lind, Mayor
kiefer, Congressman Heatwole, Eddy and
Stevens, President B. w. Boenisch. of
| the German-American Central society.
Maj. Gerlach, of the Third U. s. infan-
try Prof. Lugger, DR.. Justus Ohage.
Thomas B. Neuhausen and the twenty
one members of the committee of ar
rangements. Secretary Nienstedt of the
society, introduced President B. w. Roe-
| nisch, who spoke in part as follows:
We are assembled here today on the &C.
caslon OF TINS great festival to commem-
| crate the founding of the first German
settlement in Pennsylvania in 1855 We do
/ this with unaninity of sentiment which
Will unquestionably always be one of the
| distinguishing characteristics of the Ger
| man-Americans of Minnesota. The Cen
| tral bund, of which l have the honor to
| De president, now numbers among it's
| members something like 10000 loval Ger
man-Americans. We honor the memory
| OF the great paladins of GERMANY and we
respect the work that their descendants
have accomplished in the land of the free
| we are not eXacting in our personal
| demands but we do insist with all the
| energy and influence We can bring to
bear on due recognition of the service
winch German-AmericanS have rendered
| to the country of their adoption We be-
| l1eve in freedom of thought, execution of
the laws preservation of good order and
| the maintenance of the republic in accord
! ance with the glorious principles enun-
| clated In the Declaration of Independence
| we oppose, however,, and will always
| arches of the world. We do not see the
necessity for any such alliance, and above
| all We will wage war in every legitimate
way against the consummation of the
| hopes Of those narrow-minded persons
| who are seeking to further the cause Of
| an alliance with perfdious Albion. To
| German-Amer1canS, who insist on no al
| lance with their own mother country, or
with any other government on earth it
| seems a preposterous proposition that
| Americans should combine in either an
| offensive or defensive manner with those
| who shed the blood of the founders of the
! American republic on many a field OF
| battle. We shall always strive to defend
| the honor of the Stars and Stripes and
| to further the cause of American institu-
| tions
TALK BY THE "BURGOMASTER.
At the conclusion or the remarks OF
| President Boenisch the color bearers OF
! the several societies marched to the
front of the massed square and grouped
the colors while the band played and the
audience sang America
Mayor Kiefer was introduced by Presi.
dent Boenisch as the "German-American
burgomaster of ST. Paul" The audience
| cheered Mayor Kiefer enthusiastically
| and the "burgomaster' proceeded to de-
| liver an address in the language of the
Fatherland He said in part:
| From a full heart I thank you for
| this cordial reception. In the first place.
! me extend to you on behalf of the beau
| tiful city of st. Paul a most hearty well
come. The interest that the German
| Americans of Minnesota take in the ami
versary of the inauguration of German
| immigration to the United States is
| demonstrated by the presence of SO many
| thousands here today. We honor today
| above all the memory of that valiant
| band of Germans who sailed away from
England in August, 1853, on the good
| Philadelphia in October following;
| twelve families from Crefeld composed
| the pilgrims who left the old country to
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