The Indianapolis journal., 1903-05-13

Great Event I'm Honor of the Visiting
Church Dtcnitaries.

Great Event I'm Honor of the Visiting
Church Dignitaries.
With all the dignity that clings to them
like their priestly garb the Catholic clergy
that met at the Columbia Club banquet yes
terday noon were jolly gentlemen. They
demonstrated before the afternoon was over
that few know better how to indulge in the
amenities OF life than themselves. The ban
quet and reception in honor of his Emf
nence and the visiting dignitaries will be
remembered as a charming social function
by every one that attended. Singing. laugh
ing. cheering at frequent intervals happy
in courtly unrestraint, the guests enjoy ed
to the full the feast.
Before the banquet Bishop Chatard the
cardinal. and Archbishops Elder. Quigley.
Farley and others held impromptu recep-
tions. Hundreds of the visitors came to the
jubilarian and again expressed to him their
pleasure in being able to participate in his
jubilee Again and again he was assured
of the affection Of Catholics. not only of the
diocese of indianapolis. but of the whole
country.
Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge were
| with the dignitaries, and 10 them were pre-
sented many of the ecclesastics from other
States. Father Chartrand, Father Gavisk.
Bishop ODonaghue and others Of the local
clergy introduced the senators and acted as
| informal masters of ceremonies.
The banquet was to have begun at
o'clock, but ii was half an hour later when
| the cardinal. the archbishops, the bishops
and the other ecclesiastics took their places
| at the tables of honor. The tables were ar
ranged irregularly on account of the i'm
mense number that were present. There
were at least four hundred of the clergy
| from this and other States, and the big din
ing room was crowded to the limit of its
capacity.
ter At his table were Cardinal Gibbons,
| Bishop Chatard, Archbishop Elder, Arch
bishop Quigley, Archbishop Farley Arch
| bishop Riordan Bishop Mcdonnell of Brook
| lyn. Bishops McQuaid. McCloskey. Burke.
| Jannsen, Foley, Macs, Horstmann. o. Don
| aghue, Muldoon, Cotter, Mueller. Alerding.
| Barrett Monsignor O'Connell of Washing
| ton, ID. c., Bishop Oca of San Luis Potosi,
| Mex, Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge
and others. Cardinal Gibbons was robed in
let barettum, Bishop Chatard IAN and Arch
bishop Elder were garbed in purple, with
purple baretta. The other digntaries were
of their rank being purple cravats and the
| episcopal rings.
| SPEECH OF HIS EMINENCE.
An unusual feature of the banquet was
that the addresses were made during it's
course instead Of following the completion
| of the dinner. After the first course
| Father Chartrand, the toastmaster, intro
duced his Eminence, James Cardinal Glib
bons, archbishop of Baltimore who made
some remarks appropriate to the occasion.
His Eminence did not deliver a set speech,
but gracefully eulogized the jubilarian,
complimented the senator's and devoted the
| rest OF the time to eloquent generalities.
Cardinal Gibbons is charming talker,
a master of words. handling them as one
who knows their uses. He was forcefu,,
interesting and witty. He said:
when received an invitation to attend
the silver jubilee Of Bishop Chatard 1 was
preparing for the St. Louis trip to the
dedication Of the exposition. At the time
| / though / would be unable to come here
but after further consideration 1 reflected
that the hardships Of travel are not nearly
SO bad as pressure on my conscience from
doing a bad thing.
II have been bound to the bishop in ties
| more intimate and personal than most /
think. We were born In the same city and
in the same year. We were babes in the
same parish and were baptized in the same
| cathedral In the course of time the bishop
studied for the medical profession and our
ways for a time parted slightly His
family for long time had been connected
with that profession. Fifty years ago his
grandfather was noted physician. I re-
member very distinctly that during a seri-
GUS illness l was attended with great bene-
mt to myself by the bishops father But
later on the bishop found that ii was bet
ter to save souls than to heal bodies and
he came to the church.
In the church we all know what he has
done. His life in Rome mas not been for
| gotten by any means. He is still remem-
bered lovingly there as rector of the Amer
| lean College. i think some of the older
bishops can recall his hospitality to them
in SO and 20. L know of only three who
are at the table here that enojyed his hos
Ptahty In those days The bishop of
| Rochester, the bishop of Louisville and my
self.
1T is very gratifying to me to be able
to bear fatigue in order to honor him.
| am very glad to see so many of the bish-
ops and clergy here. We are all bound to
him by sacred ties of duty and love. / am
particularly glad also: to see the American
| Monsignor O'Connell. They are hard to kill
these rectors. they will not die easily Like
those who drink of a certain spring in
Rome. they seem to receive longevity
II am pleased to see the laity so we'll
represented by the two senator's from In
diana. We ali know that Indiana and In
| dianapolis have been conspicuous for great
citizens. There was Turpie Hendricks and
Harrison, who. think. cannot be sur
sat in the presidential chair.
II have known the senior senator at many
social functions in Washington and L have
the most pleasant remembranees of my ac-
quaintance with him. The junior senator
met to-day for the first time and l can
assure him IL was a privilege / enjoyed
very much There Is much presidential
tables may yet look back and remember
with some qualification that we banqueted
| with a President Of the United States
81 am very glad to be here with Bishop
Chatard and L hope that he may survive
many years in full health and happiness
to adorn this diocese. / thank you''
The cardinals address was interrupted
constantly with applause and bursts of