The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-06-14
The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Honored
Members of French Mission
at Festive Board.
The Archbishop Favored the Erection in
Washington Of Statue to
an Irish Soldier.

The banquet given to the delegates
who represented the French govern
mcnt at the ,nvciliny of the Hocl,nm-
beau statue. by the Friendly Sons Of
ST. Patrick, ut Dclnlnnico's, New York,
WAS one to be long remembered by all
present thercat The New York Trih-
lllc says of it:
"rhc sympathy which has always
existed between France ana Ireland
found full expression. Their flags
were intcrtwincd; representatives OF
both lands sang each others songs,
and all the speeches rang with Il hcnrti-
ness and Spontamcity that was inlec
tiOuS
'rIr room where the company gath
cred WAS tlrapcd and fcslonncd. ElngS
of America, France and ireland cOv-
cred the walls; trailing hands Of Snli-
lax illuminated by dull yellow incan-
descent lights lent radiance; broad
strcamcrs of tricoIor Hinl green blended
in Il pleasing way. The lamps Of tile
feast were topped with gay Ribbons.
ON all sides were patriotic rmblrms.
The music was inspiring, and the
toasts were of Il sort that brought out
to the fullest sympathy the fraternity
of the peoples represented ana the
| higher thought of the brotherhood of
man"
FlagS were also supplied TO each Of
the dncrs-iags of ireland, France
and this natioll--nnd toward the latter
part Of the dinner, when the orchestra
played "rhe Marsrllnise' and ''Thc
Star SMnglcd Mlnncr," the sons arose
ana cheered ana waved their stream
crs for many minutes. In this demon
strntiOn General l5rugcre, Archbishop
Ireland, Vice Admiral Fournicr, Mayor
Seth Low and others of the guests Of
honor joined with hcarincss.
And then they sang ",rhc AIarscil-
laisc," sang it every chance they got,
and they had several. Printed copies
had been distributed with the "Sar
SpamgIcd Hanncr' nnd the hymn of
France on the same card.
They sang other Irish and American
patriotic songs. The FrcncIlIncn en-
tered Thoroughly into the spirit of the
nsscmblagc, mngling freely with the
diners in the body of the hall, and
cheering enthusiastically ut the speech
cs and the music.
Justice james A. O'Gornnn was the
t0aStInnstcr. The guests Of honor sat
with him at a table raised upon a dais.
The other diners sat at long tables
closely parallel, in the conventional
manner Of most bnnqucts. 10 tile right
of Justice OGOrnHn was Ambassador
Jules Cnmbon, upon whose right WAS
Admiral Fournicr. General Brugcrc
sat at the left Of the chairman, his aide
interpreting the speeches as they wcr'.
delivered, to the generals evident ell
joymcnt.
In addition to the members of the
ItOclhmbcau party among those pres
cnt at the dinner were: Colonel Theo-
,lorc A. Bingham, u. S. A.; B0urkG
Cochran, Justice Fitzgerald, Rear Ad.
miral I'nrkcr General Horace Porter
Mayor Low Bishop James McGolricls
of Duluth, Horace White, John A. Nc.
Call, Justice Kcogh, Justice O'I'ricn
Thomas Il. Gilroy, Charles F. Dayton
Justice Stcckler, Henry LOwcntlal
Perry Belmont, William McAdoo
Daniel Il. McMallon, Charles II. Muir.
ply, Father LavclIc, Philip Rhine
lander.
\ telegram was received from Prcsi
dent Roosevelt, regretting his inability
to be present. The two great speeches
on the occasion were made by Arch
bishop Ireland and Bourke Cochran.
The Iattcr was introduced as America's IS
greatest living orator His subject was
"France and Ireland" When he arose
all the guests arose and chccrcd him.
The orchestra played '"Thc Wearing Of
the Green" and everybody chcered all
the more Mr.. Cochran said he was
Il sick man. but lie would have risen
from his dcatllbed to be present on
that occasion.