The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-04
VI A GREAT DAY
THOUSANDS OF GERMANS TaRONG
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
SneIIing-Addressesb by Gov. Lind.
Mayor Kiefer, COngressman Heat
wOIe and Others.
| The first formal celebration of German
| day In Minnesota occurred yesterday.
and the success of the exercises togeth-
er with the immense crowd which par
ticipated in the ceremonies, makes it GER
tam that the day will be celebrated an
nually in the future. A conservative esti-
mate of the number who attended is 49,
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 DESTROYS of
attending. At least 5000 people were
obliged, after waiting for hours, to post
pone the trip, owing to the limited ac-
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
come And they cid come.
The programme announced the exercises
| to commence at o'clock prompt
| it was an hour later before the unif
l, members of the Krieger verein f1c
Paul and Minneapolis arrived or
ground. The companies from the
Cities were reinforced by thirty mel
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 DAMS
bank marched about the park and then
| formed about tho
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
engagements. Secretary Nienstedt. of the
society, introduced President B. w. Roe-
nfsch, who spoke in part as follows
| We are assembled here today on the &C.
| caS1on of this great festival to comment
| crate the founding of the first German
settlement in Pennsylvania in 1858. We DO
| this with unanimity of sentiment which
| Will unquestionably always be one of the
| distinguishing characteristics of the Ger
| man Americans of Minnesota The Cen
trail bund, of which 1 have the honor to
| be president, now numbers among it's
| members something like 10000 loyal 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
| which COMMUNICATIONS have rendered
to the country of their adoption. We be-
| lieve 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-
| ciated in the Declaration of Independence
We oppose, however, and will always
! oppose an alliance with any of the mon
| arches of the world. We do not see the
necessity Ior any such alliance and above
all We will wage war in every legitimate
way against the contamination of the
hopes of those narrow minded persons
! who are seeking to further the cause Of
an alliance with perfidiouS Albion. To
| Communications, who insist on no al
| lance with their own mother country, or
with any other government on earth. it
| seems preposterous proposition that
| Americans should combine in either an
| offensive or defensive manner with those
who shed the blood of the founders of the
| 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.
| my German-American fellow citizens. let
I me extend to you on behalf of the beau
tiful city of st. Paul most hearty well
| come. The. interest that the German
| Americans of Minnesota take in the ami
versary of the Inauguration of German
| 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 1888, on the good
| shin Concord, and who landed at
| Philadelphia in October following:
| Twelve families from Crefeld composed
the pilgrims who left the old country to
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