The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-20

Officers Are Elected and TOasts
Drunk to the Absent Members,
Many of Whom Are Fighting for
Their Country in the FIeld-Min-
nesOta Society Ranks Sixth I'm
Point of Membership.
First of all the banquets served in the
new dining room of the Minnesota club,
and fittingly glorious, was the annual
feast of the general court OF the Society
Of Colonial Wars for the state of Minne-
| sofa, last evening.
officers were elected for the coming
year as follows:
Governor. Charles P Noyes; deputy
governor, George II. Daggett; lieutenant
| q. White; treasurer, Robert I. Harrington;
| register, Dr. j. w Chamberlin; historian,
J Jacob Stone; genealogist T: ~ ;Jaynes
! Rev: E. c. Mitchell; surgeon DR.. Charles
D. Smith; gentlemen of the council, John
| Townsend, w; p, Trowbridge, Stephen
| Townsend, James n Skinner, L. S. Cush-
| ing, r.. II. Cutler, w f. Myers; commit
tee on historical documents, Jacob Stone,
| ardson, E. w. Peet.
The members present were:
| DIT e. j. Abbott, ]. Quincy Adams A
6 6, andersen A I,7.2I, Capt E. c. Bowen, E. H
berlin, s.; c. Cook, Homer P. Clark, Jus
| tice l.. ". Collins, Kenneth Clark E. H
Cutler, Frederick M Catlin, George H.
Fleld, l. {. Field, F. l.. Greenleaf DR.. c.
l.. Greene, Ri. Rev. M N Gilbert, Ruk-
ard Hurd, Joseph NJ. Hawks, Emerson
son, F. N. Jaynes w P. Jewett. William
! H. nghtner, Rev E. c. Mitchell. DR..
John j. Mclean Ie, ", F. Myers, G. P: Noyes,
Rev. Dudley W. Rhodes, 4. ]. Rust, Je,
! cob Stone. j. c. Stewart, DR.. Charles E
Smith T6ht r. j. H. Skinner George G. sduires,
6. White, H. E. Whitney, E. F. Wells.
James f. Wade, Lieut.. j. p. Wade, F. w.
woodward and George B. Young.
The guests of the evening were
Col. Edward Hunter. u S. A; Cant.
J0hn Mcclellan, Fifth cavalry, u S. A.
William B. Dean, Samuel r. Thayer,
former minister to the Netherlands: Rev.
J, D. Paxton, Chief Justice Charles M.
Start, Col. Philip Reade, U. S. A., and
! Charles S. Mellen.
Secretary White, in his report, reviewed
the work of the society during the past
year. Death claimed three members,
mares EDWIN Mayo, Delos Abram Mon
fort and Charles A. Pillsbury. The total
membership is now 112 Societies of
! Colonial Wars have been orsanized In
| tWenty-six states, the Minnesota society
ranking sixth in point of numbers He
SAID: SO far as distinguished service is
! concerned, we challenge comparison with
any society. Maj. Gen James f. Wade
! ana Maj. Gen. John r. Brooke, whose
! services are 80 conspicuous as to need no
special mention, are both members of our
| society, and no state court in the United
! states can furnish their superiors" Al
lentlon was called to gallant service in
/ the late war on the part of Maj William
/ r tucker, Maj. Clinton b Sears, Capt.
! andrew 6. c. Quay, Capt. Fayette w.
Roe. Capt ". E. Amy, Lieut. ]. p.
| Wade, who was first to hoist the Amer
lean flag over MORO castle: Commander
Ed. ii. Gheen ara Mai Charles H. Whip-
| pie. Whe " as present at the capture of
! Manila -
The toast, The Great Swamp Fight, -
| was responded to by Jacob Stone. W II
! Lghtner responded to the toast, "Teutonic
! influences in Colonial Times" Said he.
| investigation has led me to believe that
we DO not fully appreciate all Of the eIe-
ments which make this nation. 1t is com
| posed chiefly OF two elements, and all
other elements enter into it in so minor
degree that they may be diregarded.
| These two elements are the Anglo-Sa xon
and the Teutonic The Anglo-Saxon ia
! but a part of the Teutonic. It is kin
| dred branch. When l say Teutonic
mean not merely German; 1 mean those
| Kindred Germanic nationalities the
Dutch the German, the Swiss and the
| SWede; and If you will make an fnyesti-
/ cation Of the statistics it will show that
| w or % per cent Of the population that
occupied this land before the Revolution
! and after the Revolution consisted of
those two elements, and they are in eoual
! proportion Providence seemed to guide
the development Of this country. 1t was
eXpored and settled when the situation in
| Europe was unique. Our settlements
from 1917 to the time OF the Revolution
| covered mainly a period in Europe when
| religious sentiment and religious perse-
| cutton were the cause of the most de-
| structive wars that modern times have
| seen, and which drove to this country not
| the surplus population, but perhaps the
best population In Europe 1t is not
| claimed that the Germans settled this
country or dominated it; 1t is merely sug-
gested that the Germans had an influence
which perhaps has not been fully appre-
ciated They were the most learned ma
| ton In Europe The first printer that
! ever landed IN the United States was a
German. 1t was nautical instruments
| devised and invented by the Germans
that enabled the early navigators to
reach these shores. A remarkable fea-
| ture of the German settlements In this
With the English system. They adopted
the English language, the English Itera.
ture and generally the English religion
If this nation is TO have a great future
| 1t will be owing to the fact that It is
the successor OF the Germanic nation rep
resented by Germany, Holland England
Switzerland and perhaps Sweden"
Rev. James D. Paxton. Of House of
Hope Presbyterian church, responded to
the toast, "E Pluribus Unum." He was
glad that this nation IS not wholly Teu-
tonic, not wholly Dutch, not wholly
English II am glad we have q mixture
1t has proved decidedly good expert
ment. 1t has been one Of the problems OF
the economists from the very beginning
how all these varying elements were tC
be combined together into ore har-
monious whole. And when the man WHO
invented the motto of our republic. ''F
PlUribus Onum, l think it was chiefly
with the nope and not with any certainty
that the motto would prove applicable t.
all times Certainly if he could have
foreseen the future foreseen the time
when foreigners would come to our
shores million strong every wear. an
sure that his discretion would have LED
him to turn to another Latin word foy
our motto. But we look back upon
history now we can see that he CHOSE
well, that the motto was applicable We
have been unit. And now at this
vantage point between the past and tbs