Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-14
OMAHA WELCOMES IRELAND
Representative Gathering at a Complimen-
tary Banquet rendered the Archbishop.
SENTIMENTS OF THE GUEST OF HONOR
His Conception of the Duties OF
American Citizenship and the RE-
lntion OF Church and state
enthusiastically Applnudcd.

OF Omaha assembled at the Omaha club
last night to do honor to his grace,
Archbishop Ireland Of st. Paul. 1t was q
spontaneous gathering, in which class and
creed were forgotten, or lost sight of. There
were representatives of all interests of the
city. There were the men who control thu
financial affairs of Omaha. the men whq
manage the commercial institutions of Omaha,
the men whose voices are raised in the pull
pits OF almost every denomination, the men
who are leaders at the bar, all gathered ia
pay homage to the man whose great work
in his chosen church is only surpassed by
his greater work for humanity and good cit.
izsnship.
The club cafe was handsomely arranged and
decorated for the occasion. Across the north
side was the table of honor. at which vera
seated the guests of the evening, Archbishop
Ireland. with General Coppinger and Count
Creighton at his right, and on the left Hon.
John Rush, POSTMASTER of the evening, and
Mayor Bemis. Bishop Scannell and Judge
Woolworth. At the west end OF the table
were Mgr. Nugent and e. E. Bruce. and al
the east DR.. George l.. Miller and t.. A.,
Cudahy. The other table stretched the en-.
tire length of the cafe and communicated the
following gentlemen: Hon. J. e. Boyd. Rev.
}. Pahls, e. w. Nash, Herman Kountze, J.
j. Dickey, General Gown, Rev. T. Walsh,
William f.. Gurley, Henry w. Yates, Il.
Rosewater, John f. Cosd, Dean Gardner,
DIR. A. w. Riley, w. N. Babcock, f. p. Kirk
endsll, Frank e. Moores, Ben b. Wood, p. o.
Reilley, p. c. Heafey, f. J. Ransom, v.
II. Coffman, II. G. Burt, DIR. Allison, r,
w. Patrick. f. J. Hamilton, e.
W. simeral, Rev, F. Glauber, F.
Hamilton, A.. W. De BOrd, Rev. p.
Smyth. Rev. ]. Jennette. ]. A. McShane,
Louis Bradford, ]. e. Wilbur, Judge Irvine.
John S. Knox, Father Colaneri, C. J. Smyth.
w. A. Paxton, DR.. McCrann, D.. w, Mori-
array, DR.. T. j. Kinsler, r. h. McWhorter.
Major j. b. Furay, Father Judge, NJ. Lang
don, T. w. Talliaferro, e. NJ. Bartlett, Vicar
General Choka, ]. p. English, Rev. John
Williams, Henry d. Estabrook, Frank
Murphy, George e. Pritchett. Rev. J. e.
J. T. Cromelien, IL. V. Burnley, f. J. NC
Shane. NJ. X. Murphy, A. T. Rector, G. w.
Wattles, j.. Murphy, Edward Hayden, ]. j..
OConnor, A. J. Love, Clifford Smith, Or.
Hayden, Frank Hanlon, DR.. p. s. Keogh,
John Powers, Father Moriarty, James II.
McShane, X. C. Morehouse, w. j. Clair,
Rev. Julian De Vos. j. II. Willard, T.. j.
Mahoney, p. ]. Byrnes, D.. ]. O'Donohue, T..
j. Burnley, d. l.. Cartan, William Gentle-
man, Rev. G. Lague. Dan Farrell, Dudley
Smith, w, r. Bennett, A.. B. Hudson. George
Kelley. 7. J. Fitzmorris. Hugh Murphy, J..
H. Barrett and Thomas Swift.
RECEIVED INFORMALLY.
~ 3 at u Clib q
and for ar hour or more was rendered an
Informal reception by members Of the club
and their guests. 1t was nearly 8 o'clock
when the guests were finally seated for the
discussion Of the following menu:
Mock Turtle.
Lobster a la Newburg.
Lamb Chops, French Peas, Potato
CIoquetts.
Punch a la Romanie.
Breast of Prairie Chicken.
Lettuce. Celery Mayonaise.
Neapolitan Ice Cream, Assorted Cake,
Cafe Noir.
WELCOMED BY THE MAYOR.
At 1890 o'clock the cigars were lighted ant
POSTMASTER Rush, with a pleasant word Oh
Introduction, presented the first speaker Of
the evening, Hon. George P. Bemis. mayor
who was charged with the pleasant duty OF
welcoming the archbishop to Omaha. Tht
mayor told of the work of eminent Catholic
explorers, who had made the settlement and
progress OF Nebraska possible, and extended
a very cordial greeting to the distinguished
guest.
There was a burst OF applause from all
present as the venerable guest rose to re.
spond. He spoke substantially as follows:
Gentlemen need not say how thankful
! am to this distinguished assembly for thu
honor you do me in permitting me to meet
you and address you. Indeed, l am humili.
ated, in a certain sense, before this body, fol
surely | cannot see what | have been able Il
do that would merit this reception. YOU
give me credit for what l have tried to do
perhaps for what ! should have done. In thii
you do me good, for you hold up before me al
ideal that | will do well to strive to reach
| am delighted to have been able to visit
Omaha. | have never tarried here before
although Of course I have known well q
Omaha. / have known of its rapid growth, oil
its Importance as a commercial city. / knew
of It temporarily in another relation. wal
for a few months the Catholic bishop OF
Omaha, designated to come here and direct IN,
destinies of the church in this diocese, Sc.
lected TO come here after the death of Bishou
O'Gorman, but | was not able to tear away
from my allegiance to Minnesota. have
always had a warm and tender feeling In my
heart for Omaha. / am proud OF your CITY,
proud of the states west Of the Mississippi
river. / believe that In the near future Tho
center of population in this country will bs
in the valleys of the Mississippi and tho
Missouri. At present the country is suffer-
ing from an era OF depression, and / pre-.
sumo Omaha has not escaped the effects OF
it. We TO your north have not, but l am
sure that the present depression Is not from
any local misfortune or backward movement
The last census frightened us some uI
north. Laughter,) We were told that vow
were Increasing in population faster than VIZ
were in st. Paul and Minneapolis. and | want
to assure you that we did the best we could,
Laughter) Whatever / wish to say for thu
future, / do not desire that you go too fi
north in your demands for tribute. Allow W
to keep the Dakotas and Montana and thu
coast, but south Of the line reserved for tho
Twin Cities, l pray Omaha be supreme.
Applause)
LIBERTY AM ITS LESSON.
1T is true that | have been honored and
pleased in the United States in the recog.
milton / have received from my fellow citi.
zens and one reason is that always speak
my country and good citizenship. | have
always dearly loved the republic Of the
United States. In my early days I went
abroad, to France, for a part OF my educa.
tion. | had an opportunity to realize, while
visiting other lands and living under other
governments, how free and happy Ameri4
cans are, and ! returned home stronger IN
my love for the stars and stripes. Applause.l
| returned just as the civil war was breaking
out, and ii was my providential opportunity
to go with the troops as a chaplain. | did
no fighting; my calling did not allow me to
fight, but | witnessed the fighting Of the SOL
diers and learned on the field Of battle, CORY
with the blood Of patriots. how dearly lib
erty is bought, Applause)
II believe that Americans do not valus
their liberty and their institutions, not that
they are not most patriotic, but they have
not compared their good fortunes, their hap
piness and their prosperity with the condi-
tions OF others countries. In no other country
as in America Is the citizen so much a man,
is the citizen so free. ApDlause) In no