The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-05-27

greater than I, and he is over men,
and 1 his follower. We are all fol-
lowers. We are all leaders, we are
ony going on together And this
mighty cry, eye are one,' is the key
And just as. sure as we let that spirit
grow among us just SO surely will we
grow in material worth.
The one thing that brought success
in recent case which | tried was the
fact that every man in this commun-
ity was interested in its outcome.
Those Of you who colud not attend
the trial talked it on the street and at
your business, while the good women
stayed at home and prayed over it,
and that's what made success.
If have been successful during the
years that I have lived here it is be-
cause of my eagerness to seize the op-
portunitis that presented themselves.
All of our successes make to our good.
Let me call your attention to a very
small thing. The other day a man
came to my office and said, Mr.. Nc
Ghee, l want to say to you that you
have the best set of your people in St,
Paul of anywhere I have been. That
man was the head waiter at the St.
Paul Hotel and he knows what he is
talking about. He said they .eive.
better service than white walters and
that they work together and help
each other, a thing, that white walters
won't do That they they are better
than white girls, as they steal every
thing from each other. This man has
been a waiter all his life and I be-
lieve he knows what he is talking
about. And this can be said of our
people in ST. Paul in all walks of life.
Right here now are men that are en-
gagged in all occupations of life.
You ask me what I would have. My
answer is, "Men and brothers, I would
have nothing more than your conf
dence in me and my confidence and
faith in you" And now when you
20 to your home and I to mine We
shall take to our home that faith, that
trust, that. good spirit, that inspiring
good spirit and inspiring good faith
and inspiring determination and plant
it there too, for would it not be
failure if we only had these things
am surely glad to tell you that
when l get home there will be little
girl waiting to hear what you did.
For she sent this message: Fred, tell
the men how much 1 appreciate what
they are doing for YOU And how
splendid it will be, and how happy it
will be to tell that little girl the good
things you have said, and how happy
it will make her heart to know those
good things, and l bring you the greet
ings of my wife,
] am sure that when the time shall
come that / shall be no more, when
that time will come that life is DER,
happy will be the thought of tonight.
And now that I know your thoughts
about me realize the responsibility
which rests up on me. realize what
a mistake in every life would be; I
realize what fall it would be if l,
also, should fall. And SO I ask your
aid, your help and your prayers, en-
courage me when am right and tell
me of my faults; tell me when / am
wrong. Help me on everything you
can, for in all that shall strive to do
! shall ask not for treasure, but for
this | would strive when the lips now
speaking are laid in the grave, that
my brothers will gather themselves as
you gathered tonight and say, s.He
lived; tried to be right; tried to help
the race, and trying to be right, and
trying to help the race he died. Then
will need no monument; then | will
need no flowers, for / will have built I,
in your hearts and memorys a monu- T
ment more lasting than any monument
in gold or in bronze; in brass or inj
stone could be, to have you tell your
children, even as you have told me,
that my life was worth it's living and I
my day has been spent in the service (
of others as well as myself And you
need bring no flowers then, for I will
be gone. The flowers want as / lay
IN deaths bed are these words: .Thati
deserved well of my fellowman.
One Of the happiest incidents in con-
1ect1on with the dinner was the bring
ng together of Mr.. McGhee and Mr..
". I. Francis, who have been cat outs +
or some time. They shook hands
cordially and renewed the friendship
II old amid the applause of all the
guests present
After the close of Mr.. McGhee re-
'onse he arose and referred to the OBJ
oortunity which was afforded to the
people of Minnesota in connection
With the candidacy of Mr.. w. II. Fan
lis as minister to Haiti.
a motion prevailed and the toast
master appointed as a committee
dessrs. Geo. w. Wills, Rev. a. II.