The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
IN Honor CT ST. PATRICK
Plans for a More General 0bsery-
anee of March IL.
A Movement to Form an OrSnpiza
ton of Irish-americnns to Perpct-
inmates mt Banquet - DIR. staff
ford's Tribute to the Sons of Erin.

St. Patrick's Day will be more generally
observed hereafter in Washington if the
plans laid by upward of sixty prominent
IrishAmericans, who gathered at the ban
quet board last night at Rauschers, are
carried ont.
Inspired by the recent prominence given
the Irish question as it affects the rela-
tons between Ireland and England,
movement has been quietly inaugurated
by a number of leading sons of the
Emerald Isle in this city to form a aociety
composed of Irish-Americans and their de-
scendants to aid and foster the spirit of
Irish liberty. This movement had its
elimination at the banquet last night,
when an organization similar to a body in
New York known as the Friendly Sons of
st. Patrick was formed. The organization
proposes to take an active part in further
ing st. Patrick's Day celebrations here
and will hold banquet on each succeed
ing anniversary.
Irish virtue. Irish justice. Irish valor,
and, above all. the Irishman's unquench-
able love of liberty. were the themes OF
eloquent toasts last night by prominent
speakers. The enthusiasm aroused was
Irish. too. Though it was the expressed
intention of the POSTMASTER in arrang-
ing the toasts to suppress political dis
cussion, references to the questions con-
fronting both this country and England
crept in.
The banquet hall was tastefully dec
GRATED to suit the character of the occasion.
Irish and American flags were dTapped
upon the walls. The shamrock was every
where. The tables were arranged in the
form of a horseshoe. in the centre OF which
was a huge harp. bound in ivy, laurel, and
shamrock. the present of John r. Mclean.
On the tables were arranged punches of
green, in which the shamrock predomi-
mated.
Dominic l. Murphy, the chairman of the
committee in charge, was the POSTMASTER,
and In a brief address said: The luke
warmness OF Irish American citizens of the
National Capital in observing St. Patrick's
Day has long been a repIoach to our city.
For years we have allowed it to pass WITH
out some social gathering. II will be diff
ferent, ] promise you in the future. Let
us all, Catholic and Protestant. Repub an
and Democrat, gather on the anniversary #
our patron saint and bury all differences
Rev. DR.. Stafford responded to the toast,
ireland" and in eloquent terms described
the power. sufferings, and migration. of
the Irish people. He said: THE occasion
recalls to my mind a picture of people
peculiarly gifted. who were the teachers of
Europe and England. 10 whose shores came
the youth of foreign lands to be educated
free by Irishmen. How quickly the pic
ture changes. They. a defenceless race,
become the object of persecution, of eX-
termination: their country is wrested from
them; their traditions have been rampled
upon; they have been ground in the dirt.
yet they have not been conquered. Through
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personality which is recognized the world
ever They have been Just in spite of op-
preston. and have recognized authority
thnugh harshly used Robbed at home they
have become power abroad. As an
American ] love any man who furthers
American glory; a Catholic. l will fall
at the feet of a man who forwards the
Church: as an freshman | will follow any
man who restores my country
In referring to the attitude Of the Ad-
ministration toward Great Britain. DR..
Stafford said: we no longer have by
phenated Americans OF the old kind; We
no longer have Irish-Americans. German
Americans. French-Americans. and Ital-
ian Americans. Everything is now Anglo
Saxon American. We should not adopt a
policy because England wants it
With reference TO the Queens attitude
toward the Irish. he said: The Queen
today has ordered the playing of Irish
airs at Windsor Castle; the Irish are al
lowed to wear the national flower; all Lon
don is decorated with it. What more
does ireland WANT They are allowed to
wear the shamrock and die in South Az
RIGA Wha. more can suffering people
wish for?''
America was the theme assigned to
former United States Senator Roach of
South Dakota. He started by saying that
he complained Of a restriction of his time.
for how could he reply to a toast on the
United States Il ne could not expand? Il
suppose" he continued, 1t is because
shall tax your patience. No? Then how
about % per cent, or sey, 10 Der cent?
Should do so would only be following a
recent notable example" This was the
only way in which he express I'd hi. els
with the policy of tie Admin
istration.
Mr. Roach expressed himself as opposed
to expansion. Lately" said he. we have
had Lew INTERPRETATION of the funGa
mental principle CT our Government that
the just right to govern rests upon the
consent of the governed. which implies that
The right is based upon the consent OF
Part of The eoverr ed. There are some Ct
us who are no doubt old-fashioned enough
10 bciie-e that our forefathers meant Just
have made In dealing with these new ques-
tions in statecraft in our expansion policy,
feel sure that. the sober second thought
Of the people will lead to q right solution of
them"
John J. Dolan, in a. forceful address on
the theme. The Day We Celebrate" said:
"Irlshmen all over the world are celebrat-
ing today. We Irishmen enjoying FRI edom
send greetings TO our down trodden breth
rem in the land OF our nativity. To-day we
send greetings 10 the Irishmen who are
yaliantly striving with the Beers for lib
erty in South Africa nor should We forget
those Of US who are fighting Britaiu's bat
ties for her, for from the dust of Boer and
Britain is springing the laurel CT Irish
valor'
The Fatherland" was the subject of a
toast by Charles Davies. Joseph J. MIR
phey, recounted the part of Women in
Irish Poetry" and II. L. West responded
TO a toast, The Press"
The committee in charge consisted OF
Dcminick l. Murphy. Chairman: Edward
a. Moseby. Vice Chairman. and Patrick
Henry O'Farreli. Secretary. Others pres
ent were James X. Fitzgibbon. Donatus
O'Brian, John F. Scsnlon, Charles Davies,
and c. 7. Bride.
Corbin's Private Secretary,
Adjutant General Corbin has selected
Walter II. Allensworth. of Ohio, as his
uriyate SECRETARY n snpreaI NrflI;a,.,