St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-08
The Distinguished Irishman
Received Royalty and
Banqueted.
An Eloquent Response to the
Customary Address Of
Welcome.
Bright Talks By Ignatius Dom
nelly, c. D. O'Brien and
Others.


and his travelling companion, DIR, John
u. Young. of the Boston City hospital.
arrived in st. Paul yesterday morning
over the Milwaukee, and were met at
the Union depot by representatives of
the lrish-American club. The reception
committee awaiting the party at the
Ryan was composed of Mayor Smith,
c. A. McCauley, Judge j. j.
Egan, Tom Prendergast, Il. Il. O'Con-
nor, James King, p. nj. Hennes-
sey, and Dennis Ryan. The welcome
Mr.. O'Reilly received was rig one.
An address was delivered by Mayor
Smith for the committee, in which he
voiced the pleasure it gave the people
of st. Paul to welcome so renowned
guest. Subsequently Mr.. O'Reilly was
conducted about the city, visits being
paid to the most prominent buildings.
He expressed great surprise at the
wonderful advancement OF the West
as evidenced in the busy city
in which he found himself. The after
noon was spent by the visitors in shak
ING hands and c0nversing with the
many friends of Mr.. O'Reilly IN st.
the Ryan until dinner time arrived.
Tomorrow evening Mr.. O'Reilly will
lecture at the Peoples church on 'The
lriShmen of the Last Century" He will
lecture in Minneapolis OH Sunday even
ing on .'lrish Poetry and Music" He
will 20 from Minneapolis to Fargo, and
thence To Tacoma.
A COMPLEMENTARY BANQUET
was rendered Mr.. O'Reilly last evening
at the Ryan hotel. There were present
about 100 gentlemen. mostly Irish
Americans and members OF the Irish
American club. The dinner was mas !
terpiece of culinary ingenuity, consist
ing entirely of fish of various
kinds, disguised in various WAYS
by the art of the chef. 1t
was a distinguished-look assembly.
To the right of the guest of the even
Smalley. Ell. 2. Hall, Dennis Ryan and
James King. On the left were Mayor
Smith, ID. w. LAWYER and DIR. Young
(hir. O'Reiiiy's travelling companion).
Among the other guests were: p. L.
Kayanagh, Mr.. LAWYER, j. ID. O'Brien,
/. V. ID. Heard. John C.. Hanley, j. &.
Donnelly, Dr. Stone, j. +. Fitzpatrick.
&. ID. O'Brien. S. B. Woolworth, ID. Sui
Ivan, Gale, 7. V. Dryer, NJ. Campbell,
John DOwlan, j. j. Egan. Capt. Bean,
John w. Twohy, John TwOhy, Michael
Mullane. George OlReilly, JIG. HUrrigan,
A. d. Mcleod, Thomas Reilly, j. G.
Tlerney, Patrick Egdn, William Gun
nincham, Patrick Kegher, Thomas
Manning, John Caufeld, p. NJ.
HennesSey, John Kerwin. M. j. Don
nelly, b. A. Cox, Francis Agnew,
William III. Donohue, Minneapolis;
Michael Prendergast, Con Crowley, DR..
Ancker, Frank Keogh. John Rogers Jr.,
lnsank Rnuarc EhO,noo II Rrodu lr
Pencil, G. Ii. Smith, j. A. Gilman, j.
G. Prendergast, G. j. Mccarthy,
Judge Morrison, John II. Brode,
rick, Mr.. Mclaughlin, DR.. Calvin,
Thomas Davis, James Cleary. Patrick
Butler. Jerry Kennedy, Il. Il. O'Connor.
Terrence Kenny, L. A. Prendergast,
John Campbell. j. nj. Redding. l.. |.
Casserly. Hon. T. ID. O'Brien presided,
and after the serious business of diSpOS-
ing of a Lenten dinner had been accom-
plished. introduced Mr.. O'Reilly in a
neat little address eulOgistic of the deeds
and words of the poet and orator. Mr..
O'Reilly in w
RISING TO RESPOND
said he could find no words adequate to
express the thanks he would return,
the gratitude he felt, for such recep-
ton as had been accorded him in st.
Paul. He would remember it all his
life as a most pleasant experience. one
of the most pleasant he had ever under
gone. He thanked Mr.. OBrien for the
generosity of the sentiments expressed
in his introduction, and also the emf
nent men who had hOnOred him by their
presence about the fab es. He
scarcely knew how to express his
pleasure at this and the other
sights he had seen since coming 10 st.
Paul. The further he went west the
more convinced he became that the
whole face of the American continent
was ablaZe with civilization, and the
refnements of civilized life were found
upon every quarter of it, Your West, |
gentlemen, is what the Orient was to the |
old world. Your city must, from the very
nature of things, be- one of the greatest |
cities of the world. You have the |
mountains, the valleys. the rivers. the |
mines-silver and gold have you in |
abundance. In the East we depend for |
our prosperity on the skill Of our work |
men-we take nothing from the earth. |
In few years you Of the West here |
have done the fabulous. In brief |
space have arisen at your bidding cities |
that are to-day the wonder of the whole |
world. 1t must always be the pride
and pleasure Of the American that he |
is of a nation such as century |
ago no man ever dreamed of or imag-
ined. |, myself, am filled with new |
pride as an Irlsh-American; nay |
more, as an lrishman born,
that | can here claim with |
The West, | may say. is a
proof of the power, the energy, and the
greatness of the Irish-American people.
Whatever hope the dear old country
has for the future, comes, gentlemen,
from you-you Iri Sh-Americans. She
depends on you to give her back her
one time pride and position, pride
and rank among the nations Of earth
which she hopes again to see. | need |
not tell you, gentlemen, of the natural
advantages of the mother country. She |
has mineral wealth, water power, every
quality in fact which goes to make a
nation rich. AS 1 look about me to-
night. upon you gentlemen Of the West,
L realize the power
you WELD, a power that shall
ish class that is responsible for poor
Ireland's condition to-day to let 90 their
hold Of her, and give her people
chance to make old Ireland shine
among the nations of the EARTH"
At the conclusion of Mr.. O'Reilly'S |
address and at frequent intervals dur
ing its progress there was great APP
plause, and as the speaker sat down he
must have felt that he had touched the
harp with the proper expression and
feeling.
HON. IGNATIUs DoNNELIY
was next introduced, and in the course
of his remarks said that he supposed
Mr.. 0'Reilly had enjoyed the banquet.
but he ventured to assert that there was
a time when Mr.. O'Reilly would have
enjoyed even q portion Of such ban
quet infinitely more. That was the time
when in an open boat he was adrift
ON the Pacific ocean making his |
escape from a British prison.
England's folly has been Americas OPP
pOrtunity. She drove from their native
shore a people who have been instru-
mental in making America the greatest
country on earth to-day. We may say
OF injustice as the poet did of sin, THE
hilt of this sword is the sharpeSt, and
cuts through the hand that yields it,"
The freshmen OF America are proving
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