The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-07-11
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of the audience, owing to the noise on
the street. He closed with some
Hon. G. S.Ives of st. Peter was in
troduced and responded to the roast,
THE Wives and daughters of the
Pioneers. He spoke of their physical,
mental and moral characteristics 1t
was through their efforts that the
school house followed the prairie
schooner, and the state now has the
best common sshool system in the
United States, also the best normal
schools and university. The daughters
of the pioneers have carried out the
work, and have adopted a system of
self culture through their various
literary clubs that will put them ahead
of their husbands. The wives of the
pironees had difficult task to recon-
struct the men, but they did it. All
honor to the wives and daughters of
the pioneers, may they live long and
prosper, and may the memory of the
days spent on the bosom of the bound
less prairie always remain with them.
~ his Occasion, was the toast
given to q. P. Hall of st. Paul. He
spoke CT the good fellowship shown,
and said that the ladies present did
not object to their ages being known.
This occasion was meeting of people
whose faces were turned toward the
setting sun. Mr.. Hall spoke of the
growth of the state. In 1862 the in
come CT the state government was
1921, eco, and The expenses were
s15U, CO., The taxes PAID by railroads
i'll 1864 were "a, tOU, While last Year
they were neatly 81, 100, OO0, ana the
EXP enses Of the state government were
nearly 5000, eco. Men OF intelligence
and energy, assisted by their wiz es
ard tamilles, nave mace this growth
possible. Every county in the state is
an empire. We OF st. Paul ale ploud
of Mankato, as We CONSIDER 1t an of
spring. We claim most Of the cleoit
ter your grow th, hut give you little.
Your entertainment has been some
thing wonderful
Mr.. Hall reterred 10 some who have
passed away and said that they were
deserving Of credit. Mankato is in
debted TO Gov. swift. thai il was
not destroyed by the Indians as New
Ulm was. he was not a selfseeking
man. Mankato has not seemed the
same since Join G. Wise passed
away. The Newspaper keeps ahead
OF the lailroaG AID OF the people all
the time. Few people app eciate what
COCO Tie LeWspaIels have done. 1he
plogress ct Mankslo has been almost
entlrly due 10 lts LewsLaIe1s Mr..
Hall suggested that Gen. Baker ought
TO get into Lublic. lite. he old not
like 10 see his Ohio ilienos so back
waro. he Was himself tIyipg to set
the N coed example.
Gen. baker declared that he wanted
no mole Inblic lite. He loved his
he ne ana his LCCks He baa had
hCnoTs, ard now be wanted the quiet
1eti1emsnt ct hone. He leterled to-
the three Johns-oohn A.Willaid, John
+. Meaghtr aLd john {. WISE. This
occasion coulc he. closed in no better
way than to plant on their graves the
in mCrtelles Of Remembrance.
Ex-Congressman Mark II. Durnnill
Of Owatonna had arrived during the J
evening and filled the place OF An !
dew L. Dunn of Winnebago City. |
who could not be present. The toast
was, VIXEN. and Where Shall We Meet !
Again. Mr.. Dunnell said that he
had been detained by an accident on
his place or he would have come in
he morning. He was. glad to be here.
n all the towns of the state were
many go7u men ard women who had
oeen sent by kind providence to
juild we'll tor the future He recalled
/ three days stay in .Mankato thirty
i've years ago, when on his way TO
Fairmont. The. bridges were out and
le could get no further. There have
'een men and women in this section
\ no have wrought well. Many of
hese have gone.away. Gov. Marshall
vas the chief executive thirty-seven
ears ago, but now he and all of his
tate otncers are dead. No one can tell
when. We will meet over the river. We
Sil never again all meet on this
ide. 1t was his hoIe that all would
meet each other On the other shore,
mid the bliss of an unbroken heaven. ;
Mr.. Dunnels congratulated the people ,
+ Mankato On their demonstration of
his week. 1t showed energy, intelli- {
ence ana pluck without which sue |
ess could not have been attained.
This closed the program. /