The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-18
IRISH WIT AT THE BANQUET.
Gen. Ryan, Governor Mount and 9th
ers Among the Speakers.

The old saying, IAN Irishman for wit,
was fully exemplified at the banquet given
by the Friendly Sens of St. Patrick at the
Bates House last night The guests were
a little late in sitting down at the tables,
but when all were seated there was spirit
of cameraderie prevalent that made every
one feel entirely at home. The tables were
BEAUTIFULLY decorated with cut flowers con-
sisting Of carnations, roses, tulips, cycla-
men, hyacinths and daisies, and at the end
of the banqueting room, and back of the
main table, was design in electric lights
which read: "Cead mile failthe GA thou
sand welcomes.'O There were 100 guests at
the three tables. At the first table were
seated the POSTMASTER, FRANKIE Burke, ex-
United States district attorney; Governor
Mount, Andrew M. Sweeney and prominent
members of the Friendly Sons of St Pat
rick
The banquet was introduced by a few
well-chosen remarks of welcome by Mr.
Sweeney, president Of the order. At the
close of his talk, Mr.. Sweeney introduced
Bishop Chatard, who made very happy
general talk, in which he INDUCED in some
agreeable "reminiscences. At the close Of
Bishop Chatard's address, Toastmaster
Burke introduced Gen. Michael Ryan, of
Cincinnati. O., who was received with an
ovation. In the course of his response to
the toast 1.-THE Day We Celebrate" Gen.
Ryan made some patriotic allusion to the
Willingness of American-born Irishmen to
respond to their country'S call for assist
ance in a war with Spain or any other for
eign country, which ELECTED prolonged ap-
plause. The next toast was responded to
by Rev. Dennis McCabe, of this city. His
topic was Church and Country" In the
course of his remarks the speaker paid
glowing tribute to the Catholic Church.
dual ir1cu with jn1Il oThQ q
good she has accomplished in this country
in the way of instilling patriotic sentiments
in the breasts Of her votaries.
GOVERNOR MOUNTS TOAST.
The next speaker was Gov. James A.
Mount, who responded to the toast, THE
State Of Indiana as follows:
Solomon displayed true wisdom and re-
vealed q knowledge of the conditions most
conducive to human happiness and highest
good when he said: Give me neither riches
lionaires neither does it hide it's face in
shame from the poverty and distress which
is born Of conditions where milionaries
abound. Indiana Is comparatively free from
these undesirable extremes. No State is
surrounded with conditions tending more to
concord and good will than ours. We have
capital and labor, producers and consumers,
factories and farms, fourishing cities and
fertile fields side by side. We have freight
and learners, publishers and readers, all
daily learning the lesson of the mutual de-
pendeEce and becoming more closely united
in bonds of good will. Indiana moves stead
lily to the front in intellectual progress, also
in industrial and agricultural pursuits, in
mechanical and mining interests. Agrlcul-
tural products amounting to $250,000 900 for
the year 1897 is an encomium upon the farm
ers of our State. During the past ten years
the percentage of increase in manufactures
We are sending not only food from our
State to remote parts of the world, but we
are also sending from our factories car
DlcVCleS. blows, tiles.
rasps, tin plate, plate glass, etc. .
For years / have been interested in the
struggles of the Emerald Isle. The de-
pressed conditions of the industries and of
agriculture in Ireland led recently to the or
ganization of q committee of her most noted
men. The Hon. Horace Plunkett,. M. p,
chairman. After a most searching in
vestigation of the agricultural conditions Of
Europe and learning the improvements that
had attended agricultural education, in
August, 1885, the committee submitted q re-
port to the Right Hon. Gerald W: Balfour,
M. p, chief secretary to the lord lieutenant
of Ireland. ] beg to give in brief their find
ings and make the application. The report
concludes as follows:
:" For the middle and upper classes of
ireland. speaking broadly. there are only
three professions. A man has to make of
his son either lawyer, doctor or clergy
man. The idea of treating as professions
the callings of commerce, agriculture and
manufactures, and of providing them with
here. Yet these three great professions
stand at the head of the material interests
or every country. IneY represent It's pro-
ductive forces. while the Others whatever
their value otherwise, do not. They call
for as wide and complex variety of knowl
edge as any other profession; every branch
of science is contributory to agriculture and
manufactures. Our system of higher edu-
cation in Ireland ought TO aim in the future
at raising these professions to their true
place, and show our middle classes that
there are ether professional careers for their
sons besides those to which they have hith-
erto confined their ambitions
This able committee recommended the
teaching in the schools the science of agri-
culture, manufacture and commerce. They
report that Great Britain's theory of higher
education for the classes, with correspond
ing neglect for the masses, has resulted in
disaster to Ireland. This conclusion may
well be applied to Indiana For our highest
good and greatest development we must ac-
cord to agriculture and manufacture their
appropriate places among the sciences.
From these sources come our sinews of
wealth and power. We have too long ex-
tolled the learned professions and neglected
the needed sciences. Give to the sun
bathed and sea-girt Emerald Isle home rule
thus exalting her industries and broadening
the possibilities of her common people. and
ireland will again rejoice in happy homes
and smiling plenty. Place agriculture and
manufacture among the sciences and give to
the common people of our State the neces-
sary training TO ut them to elevate these