The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-25
HONORED BY H|BERN|ANS,
Rev. D. 0. Crowley Is Given a
Glowing Testimonial by
the Order
Pioneer Hall Thronged With Friends
Of the Popular Priest Last
Night.

A reception was rendered Hast eve ming
by the Ancient Order of Hibernians to
Rev. D. 0. Crowley, chaplain of the order,
il Pioneer Hall. 1t was intended as a
welcome to the popular priest on his re-
turn from Europe.
The assent lage included the member
ship of the various divisions of the order
in this City, and among the invited guests
were State President Higgins of San Jose,
State Secretary Mccarthy of Oakland and
State Treasurer Mathew Crow of Menlo,
Colonel John O'Byrne, DR.. Connolly and
many other prominent Irishmen.
The details of the undertaking had been
arranged by q committee comprising repre-
sentatives of the various local divisions OF
the order, differed by Captain Jerome
Deasy, chairman; ]. ]. Moran, secretary,
and Mr.. Coughlan, treasurer. Father
Crowley, as the guest of the evening, was
introduced by Chairman Deasy, who spoke
earnestly of his labors for the welfare OF
the members, to whom he had long en-
deared himself. AT the conclusion of the
chairmans remarks, the secretary, J. j.
Moran, read the foil owing address, which
was in four-page album, richly bound in
morocco and embellished with a gold
monogram:
Dear Father Crowley: The Ancient Order oil
Hibernians of San Francisco greet you upon
your return from the Old World, with a well
come alike profound and fervid. To give you
this greeting the officers and members of our
order have come together in this general as
semblage. We greet you as our reverend chap
lain, who has labored so Zealously and effect
lively in the past, and to whose counsel and
example we are chiefly indebted for the new
life and energy that have been infused into our
order. We embrace this opportunity to tender
to you q formal expression of our love for you
| as a man and our reverence for you as our
spiritual director.
Your mission as our chaplain has been fruit
full Of great results, not only in enlarging the
original membership of our order, but in CIV
ing 1t the impress of your own character by
intoxicating the need of elevating each other
by living up to the motto: Friendship, Unity
and True Christian Charity"
To link the philosophy of this motto to our
everyday duties of life has been to you labor
of love, thus deepening our generation for
holy church and broadening our affections for
this great Republic, whose exaltation and pros
perity is second only to our love of God.
We are aware that during your trip abroad
you travelled extensively in the dear old land
where the cowslip and hawthorn send up
their perfume to high heaven; where the
music of the mountain rill murmurs in unison
is onr heartfelt desire that in the tid1ngs which
you bring from her-our motherland, "Green
Erin"-we may find renewed warrant for the
hope that the day of her deliverance is not far
distant, and that, in answering loyalty to the
principles for which during centuries She has
so heroically suffered, she may assume once
again her rightful place among the nations.
Trusting, Dear Father Crowley, that 1t will
give you pleasure to receive the mute but liv-
ing souvenir in which these utterances of ours
are inscribed, we are faithfully and respect
fully yours, the officers and Members of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Father Crowley responded, and in the
course of his remarks said: 81 like the
name Hibernian because it has been al.
ways associated with noble deeds and
generous actions. The name is associated
with the infancy of this Republic.
1.-The Hibernian Society of Philadelphia
was organized by Matthew Carey, the
friend Of Washington, when the country
needed loyal support. The history of the
order is one of loyalty and devotion to the
Republic.
Nor were its members found wanting
in more recent days when the integrity of
the Union was imperiled. At Hibernia
Hall, New York, it was that many of the
chief officers and hundreds of the rank
aud file OF the Hibernians responded to
the call of President Lincoln.
1.-THE brave Colonel Michael Corcoran,
then under arrest and awaiting court
martial for refusing 10 parade his regi-
ment in honor of the Prince of Wales, was
prominent Hibernian.
1.-The militia of the Empire State was
called out and Corcoran marched from
New York at the head of the gallant Sixty