St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-18

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Grand Marshal Corrigan.
Plummer Post Drum Corps.
Hibernan Rifles.
First Regiment Band.
ST. Paul and AnOka HlbernianS.
Sidwelrs Band.
| Divisions Nos 1. 2, and 4, Ancient Order
Hibernians. it
Dudley p. Chase Drum Corps.
Catholic Temperance Societies.
Miller d Thyles Band.
Irish American Club.
Father Mathew Society
Clergy and Invited Guests in Carriages.
The sight was indeed an imposing one
as the magnificent procession started,
each man marching with head erect,
proud to do honor to the patron saint of
every true-hearted son of the Emerald
Isle. The line of march was up Wash
and over the bridge; up Central
avenue to University avenue; up
University avenue to the church
| of st. Anthony of Padua,
Here as many as could enter the church
attended mass, celebrated by Rev.
Father O'Reily. After the service the
line of march was taken up cross
Plymouth avenue bridge to Washing
ton avenue; down Washington avenue
to Hennepin, and from there to the city
hall. Here pleasing address was
| made by Grand Marshal COrrigan, fol-
lowed by speech from Mayor AnieS.i
Then the procession moved up Nicol1et
avenue to Seventh street; down Seventh
ington; up Washington to Hennebin'
avenue, and from there to the West
hotel, where dinner was served to some
700 men, all wearing the green regatta.
There were several hundred who could
not be seated at the West, SO they were
taken directly to the Windsor house.,
where'a sumptuous dinner was served
Here several speeches were made and a
general good time had. 'ss. % 80
At THE BANQUET s.s{9 &;
The programme at the West opened
| with ''CoHe Back3to Erin" by SidweA,ss,
| band. The toasts followed.J. r. Cofrf-s
gan acting as POSTMASTER. The first
| toast was 'sIreland, ":aresponded toby.
touching poem, ''Our Hearts Are With
Our Own" and won sathunders of
applause. j. j. McHale responded
to the toast, "The Irish Amer
| icans.' American history would be
far different, he said, had not
| Irish blood figured in some of the great
battles Of the world. The Irish were
always Oh the side of the right and al >
ways would be. One-half of Washing
toms generals were Irish or Irish
Americans. Irishmen, in halls of learn
ing and on the battle fields, have always
I left good records. We need not go be-;
| yOnd our own state to find men who
have made famous their names, for
there is Bishop John Ireland and !gna-
thus DonneIiy. Our IriSh-Americans
have been weighed in the balance and
not found wanting. We will continue
| to be true to this nation until the end Of
| time.
Judge j. B. Quinn responded to the;
toast 1.-THE Day We Celebrate" We
are not here, he said, to celebrate the
| death of st. Patrick, because he was an;
| Irishman, for the reason that he was not
an Irishman. But we. are here to cele-
brate the good works he did in Ireland.
st. Patrick brought the true Christian
religion to the green island, and why
should we not celebrate this day, the
day upon which he left this earth. st.
| Patrick taught us law and order, and
consequently you cannot find an anar
| chiSt among us to-day.
| 1.-THE Accent Order of Hibernians in
Minnesota" was responded to by Michael
Mogan. The speaker gave a graphic
| and complete history of the order in this
state, and paid high tribute to the
men who were instrumental in bring
| ing the society to the front. The story
! of how men of prominence had sland-.
cred the organization when it was first
| started was given at some length. Our
| mission is to help those who were left
behind in the old country. There are
| to-day some eighteen or twenty counties
| organized in the state, and we hope for
more to follow. / never want to see
| one organ cation used for political pur-
nd
Rev. Father Kenney responded to the
toast "Pope Leo the Kill" in all able
and pleasing manner. ''Our Irish Ora
tors" was responded to by w. II. DOna-
hue" Ireland" said he, "has been ex-
tremely fortunate in having had band
of good orators, who have gone forth
and enlisted the sympathy of nearly
the whole world"
s'Our Sister City" was responded to
by ]. II. Downey, of st. Paul, in a neat
and pleasing speech, in which he told of
the difficulty the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, Of st. Paul. had in getting
fully organized. He thanked the 40.
I'll. of Minneapolis for the kind treat
and hoped the opportunity would soon.
arise for returning the compliment. :,
W. S. Baylee, state secretary, re-
sponded to the toast. "The Standing of
the Order in the State of Minnesota
The standing was good, he said. Twen-
ty-nine counties were organized, repre-
Senting grand total of 3,541 members
in the state. There are over 1, 100 men,
beers in the life insurance department of
our order. Short speeches by John Nc
Gowan and L. P. Dwyer closed the aft
erno0n at the West hotel.
At the close Of the dinner here the st.
Paul delegation formed in line, and,
headed by Marshal j. H. Downey,
marched to the Milwaukee, where they
took the train for home. Owing to the
unavoidable absence of several gentle
men who had been selected to respond
to toaSts the programme at the West was
shortened considerably, and Grand Mar
shall COrrigan acted as toast master i'll
stead of Hon. Matthew Walsh. The
Minneapolis men, at the conclusion of
the dinner, marched to WINDOWS hall,
where they disbanded.
SOCIETY CELEBRATIONS.
| The various societies celebrated the
| day by giving literary and dramatic en-
tertainments at the several halls in the
evening. At the Peoples theater in the
| afternoon "For HonOr's Sake" a stir
| ring Irish drama, was given by the Cru
Saders' Dramatic club, and grand Sue
| cess it was. Each player did his or her
| best. and that their efforts were appre-
eiated was evinced by frequent applause
| from the denSely-cIOwded house. Be-
tween the acts Rev. Father O'Gorman
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