The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-20


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Tho Commercial club inaugurated its
| winter season of social events last even
ing at the club rooms Under most auspic-
| ious circumstances. Very nearly 2OO mem
bers and friends sat down to banquet.
which was followed by n season of
| speech making, and ginterspread with a
| number of unique musical features, con-
| trfbuted by Messrs. Barrett and Wolff
| and W. j. Tomkips.
| The gathering INCLUDED many prominent
business men, city officials and profess
sional men. The tables were arranged in
rectangular form tni'the main reception
rooms, within the square was another
| smaller tier of tables all well decorated
! with cut flowers, and around the walls
| Of the room were hung national colors.
| A toothsome menu was served by the
| clubs caterer promptly at Z o'clock, and
| during the repast national and popular
| airs were given by the musicians.
Several numbers were given by a quar-
tette consisting of j. Warren Turner,
Frank Rosenthal, Miss Celeste LIE Febgre
Poghlan and Mrs Jane Huntington Yale.
Lucius Anderson gave a violin number.
Those present were: g
J. H Bidleman, w. L. Manson. H. s.
II. Edwards. Arthur w. Lyman, Sam E.
| Fullerton, A. D. Brown, w. H. Williams,
]. T. Schusler, J. S. Mackey, P. J. Schaub,
George Knoc dsl9 Il. Nesbltt, Duluth;
Charles L. sommers. ]. r. Fleming. Dr..
4. M. Lufkin, Brock Beckswifh1, M. VI J.
9Ne Msr E A. 99yerpeek W. p dlyn W
Brown John o. Lee, William Ruff. Y. q.
Gilman, Meylert Bruner.. F. T. Whitney,
G. 2; Bean. Georgeso Somerst Edmund DIN a11
lin ii. Grlggs, w: Lohrbauer, W SiWard,
Smit, H. E. w. Schuette, p. F. Polk, Z.
w. Anderson, Edward c.. Krahner, VIII
Henry G. Casper, Levi I: Jones, ]: +.
| Griemann, Oscar Hallam. Frank A. Stew
ert, s. ", Vanderwarker, Harry J. Hum
EEFast Arnold; j. pf 3. Morgan, e 3; Jones
e. L. Horst. J. E. siqveland Louis 4Isuc B.
Rosepberger e. E. H & Kg,, g. 5. Her1 "
Shade, H. P. Hail, A. K. Pruden, Condo
Hamlin. w. R. Johnson, q: w. Bazille,
" r. Davidson M B. H. sehfiber a 4; b b
M Mr5ca d aGbs c, e Be ehh Ao 5
Elder, J.. w. Shepard, 3. s.. Chittenden,
win M Wilson. G. B. Gedney, Grier M.
Orr, James M. Lawson, Henry c. James.
q. E. Mcdonald a. w. Perry, 3. W.
Nsha e. as e5dRsqser 6 ams 9ns e. e.
3. Holland, Horace H, Mann. E. Lovejoy,
| WV Allen, Philip Reade, Frederick Har-
rison, Jesse A. Gregg, w. ]. Torkins, ].
Fullerton, j. j. McCardy, DR.. John Kelly,
Ell s. Warner, George Lennon, B. NJ.
Wheeler, E. B. Kirk, F. III. Sabin, B. A.
Kirk. iii bs
| Toastmaster HIP. HAL was obscured
| from view at the front table by speech
! two feet high, which was ordered printed
at his own expense. He explained in open
! ing that the entertainment committee, OF
which Mr.. Edward tFeldhauser was chair
man, would, during the balance Of the
season. give an entertainment every Sat
| urday, to be known as Club night" He
| toasted the new year, and announced that
| all speeches would be limited to five min
! utes. He further stated that any one
! overStepp.ng the limit would be so notified
by the chestnut bell. Several gongs
called him to order and he gave way to
| President A. K. Pruden.
! few sky rockets were sent up from
| the orators table before the speaker could
| proceed with his address. Mr. Pruden be-
| lieved the American people were bound
to. reach the right conclusion under all
circumstances, and he thought this senti-
| ment found personiflcation in the labors
| of the Commercial club for the upbulding
| Of commercial and industrial St. Paul
| When he contemplated the capacity for
| beneficial influence of the club. he was
/ filled with awe. He spoke briefly Of the
clubs relation to the business interests
I Of the city. The social side, as emphasized
by the gathering, was not to be lost
sight of, and he predicted success for fu-
| ture events of that character.
| Chairman Feldhauser was introduced as
| the man who had elevated the musical
| taste of the city. He explained briefly
| the plans of the entertainment committee.
| A letter of regret was read from Mayor
Kiefer.
Brock Beckwith supplemented his reci-
tation of Markham's 1.-The Man With the
Eoe,' with an explanation Of the authors
inspiration.
Rev. A. B. Meldrum, pastor of the Cen
trail PRESBYTERIAN church, in his remarks
stated that he thought when asked by the
postmaster to dispense little. nonsense
that he had been taken by mistake 10Y
member of the town council or the
state legislature, rather than a minister
| of the gospel, He responded happily.
He was glad to be in a company of ex-
pansionists, not In any political or par
| tisan sense. but in all that related to the
commercial interests of the city
Col. Philip Reade, U. S. A., told several
very interesting stories of incidents in
Cuba during the Spanish-American war.
w. J. Tompkins gave several unique
| selections on curious looking instruments
| and told several character stories, which
! kept the company IN continual iduShlor
for fifteen minutes.
| Condo Hanlin spoke for five minutes In
q somewhat more sober vein. He assert
ed that the 'Man With the Hoe" had no
place in this country inzthis century. the
poem, with all it's rhythmic beauty, was
entitled to a prominent place In ntefa>
! t11re. but in no way represented the civil
lization and advancement of the day. The
farmers who fought for liberty over
hundred years ago, and those fighting
for liberty today, were not of the type
| of 1.-THE Man With the Hoe. -
H. P Hall introduced j. j. -McCardy
| as from Kentucky, where every man was
either running for office or running Tor
his life. He believed that Mr.. McCardy
must have also rum, or ne Woulo not nave
| been able to be present
/ The watchdog Of the treasury smiled,
| and after an exchange of courtesieSoTith
the postmaster, pronounced the st. Paul
| CITY charter the best in the United States.
/ at have believed in following the law.
A poor charter written by Beelzebub, We'll
/ administered, Is better than good char
ter written by the Anger Gaprlel ana
noorly administered. During eight years
orr taxes have been reduced rs per cent,
and. in spite of shrinkage In valuation
of 80 per cent. Our interest account Is
$3.50 a day less today than in 1892.
There is no city that gets out It's finan-
cial statement within two or three
! months of the close Of the fiscal year
with the exception Of st. Paul. Within
two weeks after the first Of the year our
statement was printed. Our credit is
as good, if not better than any Western
city. We recently sold 100000 worth Of
| short time city bonds at per cent.