The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-10-28
The Celebration,

| 1IcopcCClully yours,
r. S. Brown, M. D.
The Celebration.
The celebration was held in Hi
bernian Halls, corner of Sixth, Sew
enth and Franklin streets.
The halls are considered to be
among the incest Obtainable in the
city, and all three were used on this
occasion. One as a parlor or recep-
ton room, the other as supper room
and the largest as the auditorium for
the exercises and the grand ball. The
halls are all elegantly furnished with
leather upholstered furniture and have
splendid large rugs covering the
J floors. Every effort had been made
to have the people come early, but, as
usual, it was 9 o'clock before the ex-
ercises began. The hall has large
platform about the center of one side,
and seated thereon we're: Governor
A. O. Eberhart, Mayor H. P. Keller,
| w. T. Francis, Esq, Master of Cere-
monies; Father Stephen Theobold, w.
R. Morris, Esq; F. L. McGhee, Esq;
B. S. Smith, Esq, and Editor J. @.
Adams.
BY this time the hall had been COM
fortably filled with what has been con-
coded to have been the SWEETEST and
most representative audience that
ever graced similar occasion among
| u.s.
There were between four and five
hundred present during the evening"
The program, fac smile of which
appears on this page, was carried out
to the letter.
INV t1@ T,,1
Tough Orchestra, Father Theobold Of
fered the invocation, as follows:
Invocation.
O, Almighty and Eternal God, Crea-
tor and Ruler of the Universe, who
desirest that we, Thy creatures,
should honor and invoke Thee, our
merciful and loving Father, in all our
needs and on all occasions. We &C.
knowledge that without Thee we can
do nothing because Thine Almighty
providence governs all and Thine AL
mighty Hand sustains ALL Look down
propitiously, therefore, we beseech
Thee, upon us, Thy servants, gathered
here this night, to perform with one
mind and with one heart and with
one soul work of brotherly love, in
rejoicing with one who rejoices, and
in giving thanks, for Thine innumer-
able mercies and blessings showered
upon him and upon those nearest and
dearest to him. Says the Psalmist
David: "The mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting unto everlasting
upon them that fear him, and His JUS
tice upon children's children unto
such as keep His covenant and are
mindful of His commandments to do
Them"
Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from Thee, o Heavenly Father,
and if Thou hast care for the birds of
the air and the beast of the field, hast
Thou still more care for Thine own
children? 1t u.s. therefore, to acknowl-
edge the guidance of Thy Providen-
tial Hand in directing the efforts of
our brother throughout his Is years
of successful public service in the
cause of good citizenship that We send
up to Thy Throne a chorus of thanks
giving and praise this night; and since
1T is Thy WILL as expressed by the
Apostle Paul, that whether we eat or
drink, or whatsoever else we do we
should do all to Thy glory, we be-
seech Thee to grant us Thy gracious
assistance so to rejoice this night that
our rejoicing may be as it becometh
Thy children, and not rebound to our
shame and discontinue in Thy sight,
We ask this in the name of Thy Son
Jesus Christ, our Mediator, who with
Thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and
reigneth, One God, for ever and ever.
Amen
When w. T. Francis, master of
ceremonies, arose to open the pro-
gram at Editor Adams 25th anniver-
sary celebration he faced an audience
in which the culture and refinement
of the Twin Cities was represented
more largely than, perhaps, upon any
previous occasion. Mr. Francis said
I'VE have gathered tonight to pay a
tribute of respect and affection to a
man who has for twenty-five years
served the interests of our dual COM
munity in a manner that entities him
to all the honor we can pay. The
world admires stick-to-it-iveness and
this admirable quality Editor Adams
possesses in a marked degree. We,
his friends, have gathered here to do
him honor. We have with us tonight
the distinguished chief magistrate of
Minnesota, the Hon. A. o. Eberhart
Some people say that the best thing
in the world is watermelon, unless,
perchance, you have a better one;
many of the people of Minnesota have
said that the best governor Minneso-
ia has ever had was John A. Johnson
and this is true-until we find bet
ter one in Gov. A. O.. Eberhart, who
will now address you"
Governor Eberhart's Address.
Governor Eberhart, after paying
compliment to the well-groomed wom>
en- and men before him, spoke, in part,
as follows:
MIR. Master of Ceremonies, Ladies
and Gentlemen: Your presence here
tonight is a splendid tribute to the
man who for quarter of a century
has served not only the cities of st.
Paul and Minneapolis, not only the
state at large, but has served as we'll
the interests of the entire country;
for THE APPEAL is national in it's
scope. It is beautiful thing to give
our praise for accomplishments dur
ing the life of him who deserves it;
too often we reserve our tributes I'M
til lying cold in death, he can no more
appreciate the flowers we strew upon
his bier. congratulate you upon the
idea of coming together in this way
to celebrate with music and song and
laughter. I believe we would all be
| benefited if Oftener we mingled To-