The Irish standard., 1901-01-12
I. r. Kelliher,
Z. w. McGoey,
]. J. Kennedy,
Alfred Mcdonald.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
The Installation of Officers Of Hennepin
Council.

The Installation of Officers Of Hennepin
Council.
Last Thursday evening the second
installation of officers OF Hennepln
Council, knights of Columbus, took
place at their hall on Nicollet avenue
with great pomp and ceremony. The
outgoing grand knight, L. Il. Cootey,
was the recipient Of an elegant clock
of antique design as a slight token Of
the esteem in which he is held by his
brother knights for official courtesy
and the dignity and efficiency with
which he discharged his duties during
the past eighteen months.
Thomas L. Newlove, one Of the char
ter members of the order, and the
official stenographer Of the municipal
court, made the presentation adj
dress and spoke substantially as fol
lows:
When Isabella Of CASTLE prolnul-
gated the decree for Genoa's valiant
son to go forth and seek the undis-
covered hemisphere of this terrestrial
globe, little did she dream that her
edict would be crowned with success.
or that this self-same noble knight
was to be in truth and i'll fact the
actual precursor of vast and mighty
order of Christians, yet unborn, des-
tined to live throughout future cen
turtles. Columbus faithfully and scru-
pulously performed the duties assigned
by this venerable sovereign; and while
his soul has passed to it's eternal re-
pose, his spirit still lives and will
be ever active in all ages to come.
Nineteen years ago at New Haven,
Conn.,, the mustard seed was planted
and began to grow, and had grown to
such an enormous extent at the close
of the nineteenth century that the
order of the Knights of Columbus
numbered some sixty thousand men,
bers, and is yet a lively actually. AS
matter Of fact, the order cannot be-
gin to supply the demand for councils
called for by almost every state of
the union. 1t is my firm belief that
within the next ten years it will num-
Der quarter million Of the noblest
sons Of Holy Church.
Just think of it-siXty thousand
knights! What a grand army COM
posed of picked men from the bosom
of the 'church-men not ashamed to
bow their heads or bend their knees
at the very mention Of the holy name
of Jesus, each loved and being loved
by the other.
The good done by this order will
surely live on forever; and the high
and lofty ones of the states and of
the nation itself will be compelled
sooner or later to seriously reckon
with the men composing the great Or
der of the knights Of Columbus.
There are some here tonight who
we'll remember the little band of
would-be knights, gathered night after
night in yonder hall on Third street.
for the purpose of discussing the best
ways and means to permanently es-
tablish branch of the grand order
of the knights of Columbus in this
fair city. / have in mind one meet
ing at which the visiting st. Paul
brethren outnumbered the Minneap-
oils contingent two to one, Brother
O'Brien being present on that occa-
sion. also recall the fact how Bro
Their p. J. Kennedy, having stolen a
march upon us and being given "the
goat to ride" by the St. Paul council,
ecstatically dubbed with enthusiasm
over being a Knight of Columbus, and,
may add, he is even in worse con-
dition now than he was at that par
ticular time.
Well, we were finally organized and
| ready for business, with Thomas E.
| Cootey at the helm. Within the short
space of eighteen months one hun
dred and twenty of Gods noblemen
have entered the ranks, with many
others, as yet unqualified, knocking
| at the portals for admittance into
these sacred precincts. What a mag
nificent showing for our retiring Grand
Knight to deliberate upon and with
which to ease his conscience during
leisure moments of the future. The
tree is well and steadfastly grounded,
with gigantic proportions towering as
a mighty oak over the vast domain of
this great metropolis, on the summit
of which is emblazoned in golden let
tiers the everlasting motto: "None but
true and faithful Christians snai1 per,
meate the sublimity of these sacred
halls"
Brother Cootey, it has befallen my
extreme pleasure and agreeable duty,
in the name of each and every mem
Der of this council, to present our first
Grand Knight this token of esteem
and high appreciation of your fidelity
to the trust imposed upon you during
the two years last past, in the hope
that you may live long to enjoy it, al.
ways remembering it's echoing vibra-
lions "Tempus fugit, memento mori,''
and wishing you very happy and
| prosperous new century.