The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-03
YHE DOCTORS TAFPYI!
DR.. Depew Tells the Irish af|
New York Favorable Bits . B
Of History.
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The Delusion Of Statesmen in
All Ages That Bigness III
Was Power.
Grattan, O'Connell, Phillips and
Curran Were All Elo-
quent for Liberty.

quent Tor Liberty.
st. Patrick's day was celebrated in
New York city with the usual banquet
at the Waldorf hotel, given by the
Friendly Sons Of st. Patrick. 1t was
the one hundred and thirteenth ami
versary banquet given by this distiI-
guished body and was marked by the
largest attendance III it's history, in
Guiding men who have gained fame in
almost every branch of the city's trades
and professions. Judge Morgan j.
O'Brien presided. Rev. DIR. J. G. Stafford,
Of Washington, delivered an especially
eloquent address on the principal toast
of the evening, that Of the ''The Day
We Celebrate Among the other
speakers was Chauncey M. Depew,
whose popularity with the society seems
to increase year by year. He spoke upon
the theme of ireland" Mr. Depew
said:
Gentlemen of the st. Patrick's Society
1t is great pleasure to greet you once
more on this festive day, as l. have every
A weekly humorous paper advises me
in it's issue of today to stop talking.
The advice Is not new. l have been re-
ceiying it for thirty years. 1t comes,
however invariably from people who
cannot talk, or If they do nobody will
listen. Certainly such advice has never
been taken by IrishDlen. The influence
Of the Irish at home and abroad has
been and is due to the fact that they
talk more and talk better than any 9TH
er nation. Every man, almost, who has
survived oblivion and is cherished by
Irish patriots and the lovers OF elo5-
quence, owes the fame and the power.
of his name to his ability and brllliancy
upon his feet in the forum, In the SEN
ate or upon the platform.
It has been the deiusion Of statesmen
in all ages that bigness was power. It
that were the case there would not be in
every cline, in every country ana among
people civilized, barbarous and savage
tonight, company of Irishmen cele-
brating the glories Of u little island In
habited by about five millions of people.
China is big, with her four hundred mil
lion, but she is a cipher; Russia Is big,
with her territory almost as large as
the rest Of Europe and her hundred
millions, but her influence is bounded
by the site of her fortresses and the
camps Of her armies. Rome was big,
but Athens, with population and terri
tory about the same as the Greater New
York, dominated her literature, her art
and her Jurisprudence, and today fur
nishes the models in art, literature and
eloquence to the modern world.
The secret Of Immortality and of in-.-
fuence is liberty. The power of Ireland
in the British parliament, the interest
in Ireland among all peoples and the
commanding position of the Irish wher-
ever they settle are because the story
of the Emerald Isle is one long and
ceaseless battle for liberty. It is liberty
which inspires every American to long
for the success Of the Cuban patriot. It
is liberty voiced in Hallecks immortal
Marco Bozzaris" which stirs American
manhood and womanhood for the sue
cess of Greece against the powers Of
Europe. (Applause.)
Grattan, O'Connell, Phillips and Cur
ran have filled the school books with
eloquence and the lessons Of liberty.
Every American boy learns them and is
inspired by them. Irish poetry, Irish
melody, Irish fiction, Irish oratory, all
breathe love of home, and that home
under the flag of freedom. You, gentle
men, are temporarily out of power II,
this city, which You captured and held
and governed so long. But every irish
man that meet tells me that he is rev
turning to power. He says we have had
Yankee reform with Mayor Strong and
Dutch reform with Brother Roosevelt
and German reform with Sheriff Tam
sen and Hebrew reform with Brother
Einstein. Now he says let us have some
up-to-date Irish reform. (Laughter.)
I stopped few days in rural New
England town last summer where sey-Ia
eral abandoned farms had been taken
up by the Irish and made to pay. said
to Mayfower descendant In the vii
lage Of the town: How are politics up
here?' Well he said, we have six
offices in this village-the president Of
tho village, the Justice of the peace, thos
tax collector, the village clerk and two
constables -and they are all filed by
Irishmen.' said, How many Irish yot-'x t-'s
ers have you in the village and he 4
said, Six 4Laughter.)
Well, my friends, may meet you u
full vigor, health and hilarity for 81 as@
quarter Of century to come, as d hAyozs asIeas
for a quarteroi q a5century past 81 ~ oasll q gI
recurring ST. patrick's day. q
getting old yo.l are Nj sEs