Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-04
CLUB Dimes ARCHBISHOP
Ksane is HOnored by Prominent Citizens
Of Omaha.
PRAISES WESTERN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
Says In Ages to Come Men VIII Honor
Pioneers who solved Hard Prob
lens ana Caused Race
20 Progress.
PRAISES WESTERN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT

One Of the most pleasant functions ever
held at the Omaha club was the compli-
mentary dinner given last night TO Arch
bishop Keane OF Dubuque by a number OF
citizens. The dinner was served at s, and
at $3.50 the addresses began.
@. ]. smyth acted as and in
his opening remarks paid tribute to the
high character, great work and powerful
influence Of the guest Of honor. He told Of
the meeting OF all religions at Chicago,
where the archbishop represented the
Roman Catholic church. and OF the address
he delivered in the Omaha cathedral, upon
which occasion the auditors were so
charmed with his eloquence and power that,
forgetting the sacred place, they burst into
applause.
He closed by Introducing Bishop scannell,
who. responding to the toast, Welcome to
Our Guest" said In part:
We hear a great deal about selfshness
and the an-PSTvading commercial. spirit Of
the day, and much Is said In justice. Men
might certainly be wiser and broader In
their sympathies and have higher aims, but
on the other hand, they could be narrower
and more selfish. l believe the type. OF
manhood today is much higher than often
before.
American men make money magnifcently
they spend II magniticently, If not always
wisely; they are not misers and that is a
good thing. This is an indication of a step
In the right direction. Another evidence
of improvement is that we are beginning
TO estimate a man by what he is and not
by the accident of birth. When a man sue
ceeds in bringing out the best that Is In
him no one asks who was his grandfather.
We honor men for what they have done
and are able to do. 1t is not material re-
sources that make a nation great or happy,
these are but means to an end; but 1T is
men and women that make a nation. There
lore, II Is, that l am delighted tonight to
see manifest the spirit which honors men
who have shown themselves to be men.
1t is that spirit which has brought you
here tonight to honor a man known
throughout the country, a man of warm
heart who is doing his best to promote
the welfare of his
Keane Makes Reply.
The next speaker was Archbishop Keane,
who responded to a toast in his honor. He
said in part:
l am glad 1t was my privilege to rep
resent Mother Church in that convention
where men of all beliefs met to protest
against all forms of disbelief, and / also
thank the m for referring to my
address at the cathedral, where men were
80 impressed with the justice of the cause
advocated that they burst into applause
who made this meeting for having us all
practice what / preached that day. ! have
l began to talk, and think my dinner
agrees with me as well as the dinner
agrees with those who wash the food down
with whisky and beer.
l look back to those days with pleasure.
At that time that | was here l was repre-
senting something which was a national
dea-the Catholic University of America.
Catholic-the grand old church of the ages;
university-the greatest of schools; Amer
ica-where God has given to humanity the
chance for its highest development. The
three IDEAS n together and complement
ported me from the Atlantic coast and gave
me work on the banks OF the Mississippi.
Initted to again come to Omaha and to
look still further west and see-what a
country, what opportunities, 1t does me
good to meet men here tonight who tell
took III days to travel from here to Mon,
tana; but there were men here brave
enough to do 1t. and that is what has
made this country.
gagged men are. Ttake the old world no
man can be broad-gauged there. There
, nre e TNs onedr by Sya s tSe traditions Of cen.
turtles. On the eastern coast we come
close to the old wCrld-we have many old
stretch and feel that the mind and the
heart have horizons without limit.
Man Always Evolves.
This puts me in mind Of something
read some time ago-"some men think
that man is evolved from the ape or from
an animal Of some other kind" We know
5SSay and She the saI eisp mastery and I'd ii6s h f6s@i i f0f
the intelligence which, Is in them. We see
what the horse the dog and the elephant
been no evolution in them. The dog wants
a bone and a place to sleep-the horse a
place to sleep and his food. A man may
be hung out on the western prairies with
the wolves and Indians. He makes Il dug
out and lives something like the wolves
and Indians by which he is surrounded
Neighbors come and a village Is bull
around the dugout. The village grows to q
town, the town to a city. TIL pioneei
becomes the mayor.
As the town grows the, man expands. II,
10 not content with the hole in the ground
He lives in the best house. soon he want,
a school; then a high school; then a col
iege; then a university, a tneater, al
opera house. a club. scientific lectures. II,
develops his tastes. He climbs to th'
hilltop of all that cultivates and refines
then looks still higher and asks whenc'
comes the perception of the good. thu
beautiful and the true. Where does 1t al
come from? From the mountain top h,
looks up and says: " My God, Thou ar
my beginning and my end. Why will PEG
Pile forgetT'
Ny friends, Is that not common sense
Have you not gone through that here
What will this country show In tn,
twenty-hrst century. looking down an
patting the twentieth century on the head
saying: you did we'll"
was thinking Of these things this morn