The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-27
FLOUR CITY'S MAYOR
RECEIVES AN HONOR
J.C. Haynes Elected President
of Minnesota Society Sons
of American Revolution


Mayor ]. c. Haynes, of Minneapolis,
was honored by the Minnesota Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution
by election as president of the society
last night at the annual meeting of the
society, held at the rooms of the Com
mercial club.
The annual meeting and the banquet
that followed were attended by fifty
five members of the society, and mem
bers said that it was the largest meet
ing in the seciety's history. Resolu-
tions of respect were adopted at a
meeting of the executive committee,
which preceded the formal meeting of
the society, to the late Judge r. R.
Nelson, Gen. John B. Sanborn and
George B. Palmes, members who died
within the year.
A letter of regret at her inability to
be present was read from Mrs. Rachel
j. Albright, of Fort Madison, Iowa.
year ago, Mrs. Albright, at the age of
ninety-one years and seven months,
made handsome silk flag for the So
ciety. In expressing her appreciation
of an invitation to attend the '04 BAN
quet, she explains that she can walk
about home only by the aid of long
staff and never goes out of doors ex-
cept in rolling chair.
Il have been greatly blessed in hav-
ing the sight of my eyes and the use OF
my hands spared to- me-" Mrs. ALL
bright wrote the society. The letter is
a model of neatness in -penmanship, de-
spite the fact that the writer is nearing
her ninety-third year.
Mayor Haynes Speaks
In assuming the chair, Mayor Haynes
spoke eloauently on the unity of the
Twin Cities and prophecied that the
future would witness a unity in iev-
erything save possibly municipal gov
erTment
William B. Dean, the retiring presi-
dent, responded to toast and declared
that the United States was a world
power long before the day of Dewey
at Manila bay or Roosevelt at San
Juan, and he recited early incidents of
national greatness.
Patriotic toasts were responded to by
Ell Terrence, of Minneapolis, who spoke
on Practical Patriotism" Winfield
Scott Hammond, of ST. Paul, on Com
mon Sense Patriotism" and Bishop H.
Schriber, of st. Paul, who spoke on
Opportunity
The officers elect are. President,
James c.. Haynes, Minneapolis; vice
presidents, Francis Marion Crosby
Hastings, and Jesse A. Gregg, ST. Paul;
honorary vice presidents, Walter H.
Sanborn, ST. Paul; Loren w. Collins,
st. Cloud; Calvin L.. Brown, Morris;
James o. Pierce, Minneapolis, and Col.
William Colville, Duluth; secretary, Dr.
Reginald B. Leach, ST. Paul; assistant
secretary, Charles H. Bronson, ST.
Paul; treasurer, Edward r. Sanborn
Jr, ST. Paul; registrar, Charles Stees,
st. Paul; historian, Rev. Edward c..
Mitchell. ST. Paul; chaplain, Rev.
Paul.
The following were chosen as the
board of managers for the new year:
Board of Managers
Frank L. Randall, ST. Cloud; David
L. Kingsbury, st. Paul; Robert D.
Cone, Minneapolis; Henry r. Wells,
Preston; James P. Gribben, ST. Paul;
Wilbur F. Decker, Minneapolis; A. T.
Stebbins, Rochester; Arthur NJ. Wick
wire, St. Paul; John H. Riheldaffer,
Minneapolis; Winfield Scott Hammond,
st. James; DR.. Oscar H. Hail. st. Paul;
Louis P. Chute, Minneapolis; Charles
Keith, Princeton; Bishop H. Schriber.
St. Paul. Virgil B. Seward, Marshall;
William c. Masterman, saltwater;
Prof. Henry c. Emm, Faribault; Je
rome w. Wheeler, Red Wing.
The following were elected to men,
bership: Judge Frank Thomas Wilson,
saltwater; George William Dulany Jr.,
Minneapolis; Henry Freeman Barker,
Cambridge; Maj. Charles William Tay-
lor, U. S. A.; Courteney Thomas Glass,
Luverne, Mimi. Harry Kimball, Oel-
vein, Iowa.
Out of town members of the Mime
sofa Society Sons of the American
Revolution present at the banquet last
night were: S. G. L. Roberts, Robert
Gavender, Fred A. Hodges and G. Y.
Breckenridge, Pine City; Charles
Keith, Princeton; Harry Kimball, Oel-
vein, Iowa; II. R. Wells, Preston; F.
M. Crosby, Hastings; L. w. Collins,
st. Cloud; c. w. Clark, South st. Paul.