The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-21

He is the Guest OF the Guy anu IS L e1ldereu
Reception and Banquet
Thursday afternoon Lord Mayot
Shanks of Dublin and the Lady Mayor
ess ar ived in Minneapolis as the guests
Of Mayor Eustis who had met them in
Chicago and extended an invitation to
have them visit his municipality before
their departure for Ireland. They were
met at the Milwaukee depot by the Mayor
who had carriage in readiness to con-
vey them to the West Hotel. A platoon
of thirty-three police preceded by a
mounted squad escorted the visitors to
the hotel where they rested for a couple
of hours and arranged their toilet after
their journey on the cars. They then
took drive through the city and OK
pressed their admiration of the beautiful
streets and noble buildings they saw in
the northwestern metropolis. In the
evening large number of prominent
citizens called at the West Hotel to ten
der them welcome, and they we're re-
ceived with cordlality by Lord Mayor
Shanks and his charming lady. Friday
evening public reception was held at
the West Hotel from 8 to 10 o'clock. The
affair was informal and quite large
number of the leading citizens with their
ladies attended and exchanged courtesies
with the distinguished guests. Saturday
night banquet will be given by Mayor
Eustis in honor of the Irish mayor at the
Minneapolis club, and an elaborate pro-
gram is in preparation. Invitations have
been sent out to the prominent citizens
of st. Paul and Minneapolis, among
those invited being Gov. Nelson, Mayor
Wright, of st. Paul, Mayor D'Autremont,
of Duluth. Thomas Lowry, Hon. Chas.
A. Pillsbury and many others. Mayor
Eust:s will preside al the banquet and
officiate as POSTMASTER, for which he is
peculiarly adapted. A synopsis of the
speeches will appear in the next issue OF
The IRISH STANDARD, and it is safe to say
that the Lord Mayor of Dublin will hear
specimens OF American oratory which he
will always remember with pleasure, and
that the banquet in Minneapolis will be
one Of the events which he will think OF
for many day after his return to the
historic city on the Liffey. Lord Mayor
ahanks has the distinction of being the
first Protestant chief magistrate OF Dub
lin who is 10 hearty sympathy with ma
tional aspirations. He is Home Ruler,
out and out, and several months ago 1t
was his pleasing duty to appear In his
robes of Office in the British parliament
to present an address from the citizens
and corporation of Dublin demanding
self government for Ireland. He is there
fore deservedly popular with the over
whelmine majority of his countrymen
both here and at home.
The visit of Mayor Shanks to this conn-
try has given him an opportunity OF o.
serving the American ideas of education,
a subject in which he is greatly inter-
ested. He has expressed astonishment
Mt the educational expenditures OF this
country: the amount in Chicago alone
being three times that Of Dublin. he
believes in training the child's hands and
fingers, as we'll as the brain. and predicts
that in the matter of education, Ireland
vii take long step forward in the next
few years. The compulsory school sys-
tom goes into effect in Ireland January
I. and this, he says, promises to be 8
great Improvement. In speaking OF the
schools of Ireland, recently, he said that
the public and parochial schools we're
separate, and handled somewhat like the
Faribault plan.