The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-19
CATHOLIC CLUB DINNER.
1oURKE COOK SPEARS ON
"IEssoNs OF THE CAMPIIGN.n

NosDnnrer 10 = n%epubIie whose People
Cas- 60 Through such = Contest as
MThis Was in Such Pence and Order
-His Respects 20 tho A. r. "A.
The second annual dinner OF tho Catholic Club
was given last night in the banquet hall of the
club, 40 West Fifty-nihth street. Justice
Joseph +. Daily, President of the club. presided.
Tho tables. arranged in the shape of q comb.
the head table being the combs back, were
decorated with white and yellow crysapthe-
NUNS. which flowers were worn In tho coat
lapels OF the diners.
About 500 members of tho club and invited
guests sat down to the dinner. 1t was after 10
O'Clock when Justice Daily rose from his seat be-
tween the Hon. w, Bourke Cochran on the
right and John d. Crimmins on the
loft to address tho club. He recalled
events of the last year in which the club
has taken a special interest. He recalled how
the club had been invited to send q representa-
tive to the luncheon given at the Dry Goods
Club In honor of Ii Hung Chang, and he had at
tended that function, considering It his duty to
attend all the lunoheons to which the club
was hidden. He received tho dinner which the
club gave to the Lord Chief Justice of England
during his recent visit to New York, and said
that the Catholic Club seemed to be the only
organization in New York that seemed to think
It worth while to extend hospitality to the dis
tlnRulSneQ VlSltOT. mon JUSTICE DHly luJTO-
duced Mr.. Cochran as the fret speaker. who
responded to the toast, Tho Lessons of the
Campaign"
When Mr.. Cochran arose to speak the diners
jumped up In a body and cheered for several
minutes. When the cheering ceased. MIR.
Cochran began his speech by saying that, al
though he had been honored by membership in
the Catholic Club for some time, that wao the
FIRST time he had ever been inside the building,
and he congratulated himself and his fellow
members on the fact that they have the finest
building of the kind In New York.
"There may he club buildings moro impos-
ing said Mr.. Cochran. there may be build
ings more beautiful in the way of Interior
decorations. but there Is no club In this city
stands for the faith that is built upon a bound
less love. and exists because He who gave up
His life on Calvary gave first the keys of the
" believe that there are good men outside the
and good citizens who have never set foot inside
q temple OF worship. but l say here and now
tbs s SSoa t" of z etTili pTsjess ne believe enl > w thn, pe Is
cause | believe q republican form of government
is the highest civilization. and in the Catholic
Piles of n republic"
Mr.Cockran then paid 4 rsspects to the A. F.
A.. which he spoke Of as that mysterious rgani-
they would make the objects OF their displeasuro
victim. in dead OF night with dagger lifted to
strike the fatal blow. feeling sure that the
stealthiness OF his approach and the darkness
And yet" Continued the speaker. the mem
beers of this organization have the impotence to
express concern that Catholics will take too
great an interest In politics and cut too promi-
cause Catholics are the best citizens that they
do take an active interest in politics They are
ii s:s sPs t of ads Fisnss ef Of the a f rseu BBiiiSp1ss be- s ,hakens
and sensitive for the honor of the republics flag.
Last fhara shall he fpn many mmiUFaDfa in thia
country. The A. P. A. fears that. And only
last night l heard the Governor OF a neighbor-
ton should be stopped. have little sym
pathy with such sentiments. believe
the Immigrants owe to the country. | believe
that every man who comes to these shores and
he consumes. His surplus product forms an
addition TO the capital of the country, and he is
of the country according as he receives protec-
tion and liberty from it's laws.
II have little sympathy for the nervous fear
expressed in some quarters that men who come
hero to labor constitute a menace to the repub-
American ean0 r pISf5 se from e2an for eny e CORN citi2e snc
and certainly those who distrust them most
today. Ny friends. venture to say thai every
one In this hall is either an immigrant or the
descendant Of immigrants H.. / have yet (
IS not a descendent OF an immigrant. Just
where immigration becomes respectaole and
where 1t becomes dangerous has never yet been
defined to the ordinary man..
We have passed through an exciting cleo
ton. Regardless of his opinions. every man
must have been impressed with the sublime
spectacle furnished by the electorate of this
country on Nov. 3. Ever body recognizes the
tremendous Importance of the Issue that was
decided. long the battle o fthe ballots was
waged and the victory come to the one party
and defeat to the other. and yet the contest was
decided without coercion. without a single cam
non being set mp in q public place, without the
enlistment of soldiers. without the swearing in
of a single special policeman.
Some persons were apprehenstve that the
result of the election, whichever way it' went
might endanger the republic. Some expressed
fear that the ignorant would rise and de-
stroy. My friends, it is not the igno-
rant class that Is dangerous. Tho So
cialistS OF Germany are educated men.
The bomb throwers at Chicago were educated
men. / tell you it is not the ignorant who are
dangerous, but the educated, whose education
has been perverted and polluted.
But there can be no danger to q republic,
whose people have been capable OF so majestic
an expression of the popular will. in peace and
in order. Social discomfort there may be at
times, but the disgruntled ones will be-
come patriots and the republic will live.
There need be. no fear, either. from faiths and
croeds. So far as the Catholic Church is con-
cerned. II needs no support from the State. but
the State needs support from the Catholic
Church. The good Catholic must be the loyal
American citizen and the most patriotic of
democratic republican,"
LONG SLAM DINE