The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-22
ANACONDA.
Fathers Callahan and Phelan Make
st. Patrick's Day Addresses.


st. Patrick's Day Addresses.
Anaconda, March 1S.-One of the
most successful celebrations ever held
n Anaconda took place yesterday III
! honor of the anniversary of the birth
| CT Saint Patrick, the patron saint of
| Ireland
The celebration was conducted by
! divisions Nos. and of the Ancient
| Order of Hibernians in this city. The
| exercises began at $50 in the morning
when the parade was formed in front
of A. Q. II. hail with about 500 men
in line the members of the Irish So
Cieties of this city. wearing the re-
gala Of their orders. with the Eiber-
Man band in the lead and the stars
and stripes and the green and gold
1uttering in the breeze marched to
Saint Pauls church. where high mass
was celebrated.
Reverend Father Callahan was pres
Cnt from Butte to conduct the service.
and he delivered most scholarly and
eloquent address. His subject was in
keeping with the occasion. He spoke
Of the coming of Saint Patrick to the
Emerald isle. the work he had ac
conplished and the steadfastness with
which Irishmen in every cline had
kept the faith.
At the completion of the service the
parade again formed in front of the
church, and to the stirring strains OF
popular Irish airs marched through the
principal streets of the city, disband
ing at A. o. H. hall at noon.
But the principal feature of the day
was the literary and musical pro-
gramme at A. o. H. hall in the even
ing. Certainly not for many months
has there been so many people assem-
bIed together as on this occasion. The
han was literally packed with people
until there was room for no more. and
many who sought admittance were
turned away.
The programme was excellent and
was admirably carried out. Nearly eV-
cry number received an encore, and 1t
was nearly midnight before the meet
ing broke up. and as many as those
who cared to indulge in dancing re-
haired tc Turner hall and continued
The festivities for a number of hours
later.
Of the many excellent features on the
programme it is needless to speak eX-
cent to say that they were uniformly
good and were enthusiastically ap-
plauded. nj.
The address of Reverend Father Pie
Ian IF Deer Lodge was 2, splendid ora
fOTlC3l effort. anu M A''e't N.''-
terrupted with expressions Oh approval
from his audience.
..Wbatever the future may have IN
etora for Ireland" said the speaker,
..eba viii keep unStained in tho falth
- stint patrick" Father Phelan then
reviewed tho history of religious perse-
a,,tio,, in ireland He told OF how her
temples of learning and worship ha'l
been torn down and plundered' nov
education and religious freedom had
been denied for many centuries, ,l IoM
The capacious Eng iishman ilad ioupeN
"a ;,,1noverished. the living and des-
anu anu, Ia Ia the graves of the. dead But
IN enite of all this persecution ana
,-a,dalisrn the Irish race had reluseu
20 ,.slfI,n1ish the faith of their fathers.
~ ..,r.,.n york of Saint Patrick is the
,,.oader IF the world" SAID he, ana the
re1igion he taught is as pure To-Day dS
it was 1.400 years ago. -. of r,.a1an7
+, e,aal,fng OF the position Oh lFeldNu
today Father Fhelan sald II Nas NJ
,l,,a Ia the cowardice OF her SONS. II ISL
mon have left the simprinis anu 10 80
nrints of their bravery in eNsi go o,,.
They have never been dc 49,, Nod has
l,dico on any field. irish ploou ndS
go Z e,.aal1- shed on American soil anu
~, .batever cline Irishmen nave peei,
~ " - have never been Ioulu
',.ao+;ng Tho speaker then triuInp n nj
". docIsred that England, with an he5
=. .s.' oI nerfidv and persecution, llau
never ~ el, c Conquered Ireland ana never
" tn address closed with the Iesc nU5e
that some day the scattered ue .;Sa mn
ants of the Irish race woulu e,aodorn
end demand Of England the
of their mother country. r, no and
The speech was maste tui ljs+eners
LII, MA love Of their native land and with
" " , desire to avenge her wrongs OF many
ca,,t,,ries