The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-30
DO NOT CHEER
PLEA FOR UNION
NORWEGIAN STUDENTS DISAGREE
WITH AMERICANS.
Senator Knute Nelson's Remarks Urg-
ing That Norway and Sweden Re-
main Together Not Endorsed by Visit
ing singers-Grand Farewell Recep-
ton at Odin Club for the Visitors.

MinneapolisAmade a great hit with
with attention and surfeited with
pleasure, they left early this
morning for the north, each one
vowing that nowhere else had they
so thoroly enjoyed themselves as in
Minneapolis. The city as whole, her
people and institutions appealed to
them so strongly from the moment Of
their arrival that they departed with
keen regret.
The Climax Of the festivities arranged
in behalf of the visitors was the banquet
at the Odin club last evening. The hosts,
with the students and other guests,
numbered about $50. From early in the
evening until early in the morning the
visitors and habitant made merry as
only Scandinavians can, and each one
contributed his share toward making
the occasion memorable.
Judge Andreas LELAND represented the
Odin club as toastmaster, and the Sc
lection proved happy one. The for
nal toasts were as follows: .Minneap-
way and our Guests, y Wilhelm Peter
sen; "Norwegian Americans Senator
Knute Nelson; 'Swedish-Americans, -
Dr.. Victor Nilsson; Danish Amer,-
cans,' M. Henningsen. Responses on
DoQalI OF Cue oGuueuCo Woto ii""O NJ
DR.. Heinrich Thomson and Cato Aal or
| Aalesund.
Special features were the singing by
the assembled multitude of set of
verses composed for the occasion by
Wilhelm Petersen, and the reading of
another original poem composed by Gus
taf Wicklund and read by Hjalma1
Nilsson. =. ..
Senator Nelson in his remarks asked
1lyn r
smoke Norwegian cigars and tobacco
and intimated that if they fostered the
native tobacco industry instead of tax
ing it, the country would be the gamer
He also advocated the separation OF the
church from the state and strongly
urged that Norway and Sweden remain
together.
This sentiment was presented by sew
eral speakers and was warmly applaud
ed by all except the students. Many
were plainly disturbed and DR.. Thomson
GREETED that the students could no
agree with their American friends
There was an intimation that, kindly
as the remarks were meant, the speaker
did not fully understand the situation
and the earnestness of the Norwegian
purpose to, once and for all, assert he
standing as a sovereign nation.
The automobile tour planned for yes
terday did not prove as successful a.
had been anticipated, the weather prov
ing serious impediment. Neverthe
less cars were placed at the disposal O.
the students by Winston & Walker
Harry d. Pence, DR.. G. E. DuttOn. &. A
Smith, Swan j. Turnblad, E. j. Phelps
A. w. Benson and E. Winner, and som
of the harder singers made good us
of the machines. After the ride tn
visitors took dinner at the Commercial
club, as guests Of the officers. who wer
represented by President Salisbury an
Wallace G. Nye. The students showe'
their appreciation Of the attention b,
singing the "Star Spangled Banner
and ''Ja, vi Elsker.'
1t had been decided by the committe
on arrangements that there should be
large company at the station to bid tn
students God speed, but when. the stu
dents waved their farewells from tn
train, the only familiar faces in sigh
were those of Mrs. T. Guldbrandsen, tn
. Misses Guldbrandsen, O. M. Oleson o
Fort Dodge, Iowa, Adolf Bydal, Crook
ston, Mimi, and Carl Hansen as tn
; sole representative Of the big commit