New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-18
FRIENDLY sons DINNER
M4YOR'S SCHOOL PLEA.
DR.. Rainsford Pleads for P"rer Poll
tics-McAdOO on Police.


/ Murphy. himself the Rev. DR.. Rainsford made
! a strong appeal for purity in politics. He point
! ed the moral directly to each member Of the so
/ ciety as a brother Irishman. 1t had been said
/ that the Irish were a race great in traditional
love Of purity and Justice il had also been said
that everything in this land. particularly in pol
/ itics where the Irish-American played a large
part. could be had for money. Let the Sons Of
St Patrick follow his example, urged the rector.
and fight the serpent OF corruption as earnestly
/ as DID She saint fight the traditional serpent Of
/ the bog. Chase every boodler from the land.
/ urged he, be he politician wealthy man. And
/ by their cheers they apparently promised.
Not less earnest a message bore Mayor Nc
CleIlau. the guest 81 honor. plea for help
/ 70 fulfil an ante-election promise was the bur
I den OF his speech. There was not room for the
! school children. he said. unless there could be
/ erected temporary Accommodations. The small
/ parks must be utilized. He had had introduced
! a bin giving him that privilege for time but
! there was opposition from good motives but
mistaken Would not the people help him 10
educate the children? asked the Mayor.
II was the largest dinner the Sons have ever
given The largest hall Of Demonic9s was
filed. and there was held an overflow meeting
,,nsrajrs More than five hundred were present.
Green OF course, was the predominant loile'
green leaves green candle shades, green haSS'
t,vined with the Stars and Stripes ana pisI'c''io
tees &. Patrick. placid In his frame looked
ont over the presidents head. smiling sereheS
as he noted the assemblage before him. For
Their. we're gathered men Of all the political az
citations while wealth. creed and station maue
no difference in the seating.
Al the table with the president, Justice Fltz-
reral5 were Mayor Mcclellan. the Rev NJ r
Falon. OF Buffalo; Senator Edward w. Car
mack. Controller circuit. the Rev. Dr. William
< Ra!nsfo-d John + oRrten. Justice - o''I-
nan Norris Patterson Ferris. George G. De
Witt. Robert L. Harrison, Police Commissioner
William McAdoo. Patrick J. Harmon. Justice
Va, r-,7r+ Justice NJ J O'Rrien. Edward p
Neanv. Samuel Sloan. David S Mcclure Iheo-
5ora NJ Ranta and Charles G. Burke.
A,,onr the other guests We're Charles F.
ATurrbv. who smiled seldom; Corporation Coun-
sci peIauy DIT. Thomas Darlington Hea'Nh
Commissioner: Borough President Ahearn,
George f. Best Bridge Commissioner DIT. Jo-
serh d. Bryant. John Proctor Clarke. John r.
Covan. j. Sergeant Cram. John u 'rmInilS'
ir. Fire chief Croker. Justice Vernon NJ. Davis.
Alfred N. Downes sheriff Erlanger Dock Com
missioner Featherson. Justice Gndersleeve J.
Henry HaeEe,ty. Fire Comm.ssioner Hayes
Police Captain Isutry. Justice LeventritL
Thomas G.. McAvoy. Deputy Police Commis-
sioue~: Inspector McClusly, Robert T. McGusty,
Commissioner Oakley. EX-pistrict Attorney
Eugene A. phHbiu. Recorder Con. Hugh Slevin
o. Fourteenth-st: President NTeelaud, of the
Metropolitan Street Railway. ". j. WiIrus and
Commissioner Woodbury..
FATHER FALLON'S SPEECH.
Justice Fitzgerald. president Of the society
acted as toastmaster. CompImenting the guests
and the speakers. he said:
For me ag.o71 imo We Ssg5me d, s G Geg j y59
s. q i =
society may be slid 20 De coeSisJen, Win the Re
public Tho nrst President the immortal George
WashiHstga. was O. guest ~ our baard and tte
4 4;-i 9 ia- Lf.e1i l,sii'5s ,n' - "5 'ii"
our devotion % th- principles which the Cau,,!-
lacked DO our dgty. ana proudly point 20 % I'.t
Of names on Famea tAlsiIigus rolls which wi.
~ The celtic raee have performed their duty to The
since last March 10 the English have seen the
error of the 'renwell4u movement We co.grtt-
growth of the Industrial movement. We consratu-
late them on inc growth % movement for the res
toiaiion ~ The Gaelic HnEl1ase' ana look forward
There must Foe concessions, however greater than
far t6a British Ministry TO- saw whether We shall
watch and make common cause with the enemies
Of Great Britain. and make the island sepuichro
for the remnant of race centuries could not
We welcome here. tonight our Mayor. Of whom
"a party. DE acts as the Mayor OF a city.
he then read "a telegram from President
Roosevelt wishing that the Friendly Sons Of st.
Patrick might have a most enjoyable evening"
which WAS greeted with cheers
Then Father N. F. Fallou, OF Buffalo. was in
PRODUCED. The Day We Celebrate" was his
topic. To the Irish innate sense of bravery and
justice he attributed Irelands glorious history
and stil more glorious future in prospect
Said he:
Around tho reveIed name Of St Patrick there
IN The history OF ireland. The intellectual leader
ship was with Italy IN the fourteenth and fifteenth
now. No one viii seriously dispute that I'm ne
sIzth. seventh and eighth centuries Ireland was
tho Intellectual beacon light OF Europe And this
position a direct and Immediate consequences
OF the Iabors OF ST. Patrick CONFIDENT with the
Establishment and spread Of Christianity. schools
ncr OF the island. and 20 Them hocked thousands
q students from al quarters of Europe. The most
magh, Bangor, Kildare. Clonard, LAsmore. Glenda-
lough and Clonmacnolse. and they were attended
~ from one tlousthd 10 seven thousand students
The courses Of study We're exceedingly severe. Be
l<iun and Greek, the logic ~ Aristotle, the works
OF The Fathers OF the church, the mathematics
and physics Of that day. music and poetry
=, ana ~ ~ not lhe least glory OF our IRISH race
that these Irish schools the very first example
ever known. Not only We're the lessons free. but
the students were supplied with free books, board
and lodging. Princes and people We'd with each
other IN the generous endowment OF education and
IN noble rivalry as TO what district should pos
distinguished scholars.
This marvellous Intellectual development which
could be Imprisoned by the waves that washed
ahip ana sanctity crossed the seas into Great
Britain. Gaul and Germany. and everywhere they
founded schools and monasteries. In less than
three hundred years they held monasteries
IN Belgium. thirteen in Scotland. thirty-one in Ger
these centuries that Ireland laid every other nation