The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
Reception IsTendered at Com
mercial Club to Members
of the Legislature and
State Oficials-Gov. Van
SAINT, Speaker Babcock,
Rev. Samuel G. Smith De-
liver Addresses.

community and of the city as capital of
the state was extended to the state Of
ficers and members of the legislature.
Every necessary preparation for the
| affair had been carefully carried out to
the minutest detail, but all semblance
of formality was suppressed and good
fellowship and hospitality ruled su-
preme.
1t was a stag" party in the sense
that there were no women present.
but not to the extent that any portion
| of the programme or proceedings could
have been offensive to any woman;
and while dignity and decorum prevail
| ed, there was no lack of fun.
The spacious rooms OF the club were
| tastefully decorated for the occasion
with palms and potted plants, but these
| decorations were SO placed as not to be
| in the way and the rooms were gener-
ously furnished with chairs. There was
| no mass formation or team work of
any kind on the part of the reception
| committee, which was made up of rep
resentatives from all of the CONNER
cial bodies of the city, but each mem
Der of the committee eXerted himself
| individually to make the guests feel at
| home and to promote their comfort
From 10 o'clock refreshments were
served throughout the evening and thus
| there was no waiting or croWding at
| the tables.
Addresses Were Humorous.
The early part of the evening was
! devoted to formal exercises but the
addresses were all brief and chiefly in.
humorous vein, and there was nothing
of stiffness about even this portion of
~ 20 mn N011
! dresses came a vaudeville programme
| which ran until nearly midnight, and
| during its progress the entertainment
| assumed very much the appearance of
a smoke social.
The reception committee was made
| up as follows:
For the Commercial Club-Theodore F.
! Smith, president; E. S. Durment, vice
president; w. P. Jewett, vice president;
bolt: H II BigeioW, G. B. Bowiby. - H. "A a.
BIodgett. S. o. Brooks, John Cau1feId. ].
w l.. Corning. Oliver Crosby. A. A Doc
little 1T III a. b, b FarweIl l. G. Hoffman, G.
Kelly, E. A. Konantz, J. Harry Lewis. J.
J. McCardy, c. D. Maclaren, L. L. May,
p Pr, a; Murphy T George %og G P4wsr A. K
For the Jobbers' Union-T O. Walther,
Gregg Gre Charles L. somers; Alfred schef-
! jackson. c. ]. McConville, c. D. Mac
| l IalIa D; B. Finch, John Wilkinson and
| =, For the G1hamber of Commerce-John
Cc sTsd w DR. P E. App Hl}yso John
D. Monfort, Q. L. Taylor.
For. the Northwestern Manufacturers
Asso Gt W Norman. John May
Henry Kellar, Fred Perkins, F. q Ed,
ridge. w. T. Rich, c. J. Williams.
President Theodore F. Smith, of the
Commercial club, after briefly welcom-
| ing the company in the name of that
body, introduced Rev. S. G. Smith,
upon whom in the absence of Mayor
Robert A. Smith, devolved the chief
address of welcome.
Smiths Figure on the Programme.
| DIR. Smith spoke of the predominance
of the name Of Smith on the part of
the programme devoted to the exer-
cises OF welcome, and said he believed
! that might account for the absence of
the mayor.
He cordially greeted the Servants
| of the people, saying that. according
to the Bible, it was not customary for
| servants to be asked to refresh them
| selves in the presence of their mas
ters, but the order of things had
changed since the Bible was written.
Further he said:
You have been welcomed to our
-
coined you as prolific source of
news. But we have been watching Won
| ana now, that we have decided Won are
| gong TO make good, we want to wei.
come you to our hearts. We fire.
| quently hear of the necessity of a ref
| erehqum IN our form of government,
put L think we have a very effective
referendum in our newspapers. The
| newspapers are the great voice of thA
| people, and, While we sometimes feel
that they criticise US when we do not
deserve 1t or fail to give US due credit
| power. S's'-
One thing in our form of govern
| ment which [ feel we have not proner-
| ~ appreciated is the sovereientv of
| states. 1t is in that respect that orr
! government is absolutely UNIQUE. and
that we are the best governed country
| IN the world is due to the fact that
we have forty-five sovereign states
| each with its own government and its
| own institutions, setting an example to
| the others.
Tribute to Minnesota.
Among these states there is none
| that IS deserving of more credit or
| more honor than Minnesota. The great
ness OF this state is not alone in what
mas been accomplished in the last half
century In the cultivation and Develop
| VI ILLS "iISlL SOIL. Inc state of
| minnesota has institutions of educa
tlon, justice and mercy unevcelled on.
tnls continent, and her achievement in
culture as we'll as development of phy-
| seal resources may well be enulated
by any of the other states.
| ReVleWing our history we find that
there has been no serious betravaJ ~
trust and no blot on the history of our
commonwealth, so in spite of those
CRITICISMS which may be made from
tl1ne TO time [ says we are safe in the
hands OF our legislators. The great
| ness OF our state or any state de-
| pends not so much upon its resources
as upon it's men.
Again L say welcome to St Paul
10 the Commercial club and to the con-
hdence of our people,
Gov. Van SAINT Speaks.
Gov. Van SAINT said he was glad to
speak again before the Commercial
club and to look once more into the
faces OF the members of the legislature.
he mad spoken before the club ten
years ago, when St Paul wanted a
new state capitol, and had been an
plauded heartily, although his sneecb
| was very short, for he had proclaimed
himself to be capitol" fellow. He did
not expect to make such a hit on this
occasion because, so far as he knew
st. Paul did not want anything at this
| ume. He spoke of the remarkabIe
growth of the state of Minnesota since
sS ri r on every