Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-31

Catholics.
The beautiful American flag present
ed by Mr.. Lawrence Ray, was raised
at the st. Marys Catholic school, OF the
Eighth ward, yesterday afternoon with
impressive ceremonies. 1t was one OF
the most notable occurrences OF the
numerous patriotic celebrations that
have taken place in this vicinity Tor
some time.
Preceding the flag raising, a street
parade. formed OF Parke, Mullen and
Benwood divisions of the A. o. H., the
st. Alphonsus Society, the Polish oocl-
etv of the st. Marys church, Catnedral
High school cadets and Meisters band,
marched from the Cathedral High
school on Fourteenth street 10 the
ST. Marys school, where it arrived
shortly before three O'Clock. The par
AIDE presented an imposing appearance,
an attractive feature being the splen-
did showing made by the Cathedral
High school cadets.
Thomas Killen was marshal, end
Joseph Ennis, Daniel Gaughan and
a representative of the Polish society
were aides.
The exercises took place on the front
stems of the ST. Marys church, corner
Wood and Thirty-sixth streets.
Meister's band occupied a prom
inent position in the street and inter-
spersed the programme by playing
stirring National airs. After Star
Spangled Banner" had been played by
the band. an address was made by
the Right Rev. Bishop P. j. Donahue.
The address of the Bishop was an elo-
ouent, able tribute to the loyalty Oh
American Catholics to our country ana
it's institutions. The Bishops remarks
were frequently punctured by enthusl-
astic applause. IT.
The following is a synopsis OF his
speech: ,n,,
Fellow Citizens:--I regret that n, many y
pressing duties and many cares nave III
INV case, precluded the possibility OF
preparing any set speech for TINS lhte Isv !,
ing and most suspicious occasion Wels
to consult my own s 10 ff be- Excused from
addressing YOU But there are SeVerdL
reasons which forbid me to peg your
ego 70 be here to-day. Well, my word,
my good faith is about all I've got IN TINS
world, and l must keep it as long as
can stand upon my Ieet anu iaiae one ~ .
whom it would grieve me mucn 70 us
appoint-your jealous and sel1-sacrlIcliS
pastor, Rev. John Mullen. your soggafta
aroon, one of the best and most oeVoteu
priests in this diocese, honored ana mos5
deservedly SO, wherever his name aha
his virtues are known. When | promises
him / virtually promised you, his beloved
flock. l believe there Is lurking some
where deep down in your hearts susplc,
ion that am disposed to neglect you ano
to center all my affections on the Sooo
people up town. I am here to-day to as
sure you that this is a mistake.
l am missionary bishop, or in palmer
and square miles OF territory, mostly
mountains. which if fiattened out into a
plain, would be sixty thousand sa !am e
for an individual of my build, to climb the
said mountains, and to penetrate the
countless valleys and reach the far-ofi
the work completely done, 1t would tak e
time and eternity, too. So you Eighth
warders must be considerate and lenient,
for l beg you to believe that my heart Is
often with you when my body is far
away. These, my friends, are some OF
the motives compelling my presence, but
there is yet another which overrides and
dominates all these--ny own ardent wish
to assist on Decoration Day in this year
of grace 1885, in the midst of war with a
foreign nation, at raising our country $
starry emblem over a Catholic school,
erected by the zeal of your pastor and the
self-denial and generosity of you, his peo-
pie in this parish of the immaculate Con-
ception
If l rightly understand the significance
of this ceremony, we raise this flag this
day to testify our loyalty to the glorious
Republic, in the light of whose majesty
and strength we repose. We raise this
flag to honor the memory of those VINO,
in the last struggle, bled and died that
this Republic might. live. We raise this
flag to honor those who have answered the
trumpet call to battle against a foreign
foe who, not through territorial greed
or lust of conquest or of blood, have nobly
taken up the cause of justice; who are
willing to go hungry that the hungry may
be fed: willing to face hardshps inered-
ible that the oppressed may lift their eyes
to heaven in the majesty of manhood and
freedom, yea, willing to bleed and to die
that the sacred cause of liberty may live
on in this hemisphere untarnished and I'M
trammeled.
In the effete monarchies of Europe
there may be slaves. There the myriads
may be crushed under the iron heel of a
Gar or the satin slipper of Queen Vie
toria, Empress of India. There the hun
CRY may ask in vain for bread: there the
avenues of fame and power may be block
ed to the poor and the lowly, no matter