Evening star., 1901-03-19
BLOOMS AND TWINlNG VINES
IRELAND's SONS CELEBRATE AMID
PLEASING ENVIRONMENTS.
'The Immortal Memory Of St. Pat
rick"-His Anniversary Observed
Banquet Last Night.

Banquet Last Night.
The banquet hall at Rauscher's was fra
grant with flowers and green with twining
vines and Erin's flags last night when
the Society of Friendly Sons of St. Pat
rick gathered to celebrate the feast day
of their patron saint. Among the speakers
and guests were many men of prominence,
among them Senator Hawley of Connecti-
cut, Corporal Tanner, Dr.. D. ]. Stafford,
Rev. DR.. Shahan of the Catholic Universe
ty, Joseph J. Murphy, Dominic l. Murphy
and Rev. DR.. Rocker of the papal delega-
tion. Each speaker caught up the spirit of
the occasion and aroused the greatest en-
thusasm in his hearers.
Mr. Dominic I. Murphy presided as toast
master and proposed as the first toast of
the evening The Immortal Memory of
st. Patrick 1t was drunk in silence
standing. A reception in the parlors pre-
ceded the banquet. Each guest was pre-
sented with sprig of shamrock, the gift
of Mrs. John T. Callahan. During the
dinner orchestra rendered a patriotic
Irish program and later in the evening the
toasts We're interspersed with songs by
Mr.. l.. E. Cannon, all being appropriate
to the occasion. Mr.. Rene Samson sang
Here's To You, Old Flag" the words and
music of which were composed especially
for the occasion by Michael Seaman of the
State Department
The nrst speaker introduced was Rev.
DR.. Thomas j. Shahan, who responded to
the toast, ireland, the Land of Our Fa-
thers." Irelands history he declared, had
been one of eternal, invincible protest dur
ing eight centuries of subjugation. This
protest, he declared, has played no small
part in history, for it drove the Stuarts
from the throne of England; it helped to
make the American revolution a success; it
loaned million men to France in a hun
fral hnr ,lo
Spain and Austria. DR.. Shahan said the
protest had given cheap bread to the de-
mocracy of England and gained for them
representation in the councils of their ma
tlon. The secret of the constitutionality
of the protest was the Irish sentiment
which preferred to pull the country's foun-
dations from the earth rather than see her
a shire of England.
Ireland's Future.
To Ireland DR.. Shahan paid pretty
tribute and then turned to her future He
declared that the new century has opened
with a temper and language that are
fatal to the hopes of Ireland and stultify
her century-long resistance, if they be &C
cepted by American humanity
1--WE are called upon to do honor" said
he ito the principles of Louis XIV and
Frederick the Great; to accept the abom-
Unable philosophy of accomplished facts
preached with fatal success; to see genu-
Inc morality in the arbitrary use of enor-
nous and irresistible forces; to climb the
Capitol with Caesar and vote him laurels
because he has added to the limits of the
state and crushed out the harmless but
weak autonomies that dared believe in
any just rights of existence and develop
ment along their own natural and inherit
ed, even if inferior, lines of life. We strike
hands across the ocean with the great
despoiler of the world The descendants
of men of 1915 and 1912 adopt the language,
the principles and the purposes of the
worlds greatest pirate nation. In this
frame Of mind lies one of the deadliest
perils for the nationality of Ireland
AT this parting of the ways we are
content to stand in the company of men
Benjamin Harrison; the head Of Yale Uni
versity, President Hadley, and those who
see foreshadowed the return to the west
ern world of a specter that men thought
laid forever
DIR. Shahan concluded by declaring that
Ireland stands today, far as her hope
of national independence is concerned
where she stood when Robert Emmet
mounted the scaffold Twenty millions Of
her sons are scattered the world over, with
only four millions at home. The hope of
liberty is unquenchable in Irish hearts, he
said, but the sentiment of the day in Amer
lea Is most fatal to it's realization.
Abode of Liberty.
ScAhtoi l1dWley RESPONDED TO the toast
THE United States; the Abode of Liberty
and the Home Of Civil and Religious Lib
erty," paying a tribute to the Irish char
acter during the course of his remarks.
The United States, he said is the horne OF
freedom and always will be- 1t is not go
Ing backward. Civil and religious liberty
here are as sacred as ever. Senator Haw-
to add a glorious chapter to her history.
THE theory" he continued, that the
American doctrine. which gives freedom to
all creeds, is a doctrine of no religious sem
tlment Is false. 1t Is impossible to wipe
out the memory of the great names in our
national history, who were great and
sincere in their Christianity as in their pa
triotism. And they have been Catholics
and Purftans and Of all creeds. 1t is not
ecclesiasticism, but a deep national spirit
OF religion which characteriZes the Arueri-
can people. Its inestimable value is recog-
nized by every statesman and every stu
dent of history. 1t is the moral sense OF
the people that sustains the government.
In every great proclamation of our people
there has been an invocation Of the serious
consideration of mankind and the favor OF
Almighty God"
Letters Of regret were here read from
Vice President Roosevelt, John R. Nc
Lean and T. v. Powderly.
Other Toasts.
Mr.. Henry L. West was called upon to
respond to the toast "The Press" and Mr..
Joseph Murphy spoke to the toast THE
Day We Celebrate.
Corporal James Tanner responded to
"'The Brotherhood of Man; Shall 1 Ask the
Brave Soldier Who Fights by My Side If
Our Creeds Agree?" He paid a tribute to
St. Patrick, and in conclusion said:
Il speak as one Of another faith, out L
am grateful for the faith that st. Patrick
gave to the Irish race, and i am grateful
for Ireland's loss, which has given such
sons and SO many of them to my own
country. America is enriched by Ireland's
poverty"
Or. Frederick z. Rocker responded to the
toast "lrishmen In America; Their Est-
mate of the Blessings Of Liberty
The concluding address was delivered by
DR.. Stafford, who spoke on the subject of
the Friendly Sons Of St. Patrick strongly
approving the formation of such a society.
He recalled the work Of the Irish Protes-
tauts for freedom and proposed a health
to Irish Rrotestants. 1t was drunk with
enthusiasm.
Reception Committee.
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