The Irish standard., 1905-09-02

The annual meeting of the Hibernian
Society of Sydney, Australia, was the
occasion of a demonstration for the
Irish cause. William Redmond, M. p,
and brother of the Irish parliamentary
leader, was then in Sydney and ad-
dressed the meeting. 1t was also the
occasion of patriotic address by Car
dinai Moran, which was as follows:
Allow me to congratulate you on
persevering in that great work of re-
ligion in which you are engaged; for
I cannot but bear in mind that in the
very forefront of your undertakings
you bear the banner of religion, and
hence it is I do not hesitate to say
that the members of your society and
the members of similar societies that
flourish amongst us, are crusaders in
every noble cause, and in the noblest
cause of faith and piety, of charity,
and of education, and wherever there
is grand and noble field to contest
in these great enterprises, we are sure
to find in the foremost ranks those
t, devoted members of your society, ana,
as I have said, cognate friendly So
.cfeties. .....
The only country in Christendom to-
day which has no divorce court, never
has had divorce court, and knows
nothing of it, is Ireland (applause).
And next to Ireland, would say comes
Canada, where Irish influence abounds.
During the interval in which six cases
. of divorce have been presented in Can
ada, in the very same time sixty thou
sand cases were presented in the
courts of the United States. That
speaks volumes for the triumphs of
religion by which we have to remedy
these great evils have set before you.
But canont dwell too long on those
subjects, although they would be SO
.!congenial to me.
The celebration of st. Patrick's day
this year has been the most general
tnat has been known for years, and
never has there been such genuine en-
-thusiasm as was manifested every
where on the celebration of this years
festival. In Canada It was, perhaps,
the first time that the whole French
population joined with their Celtic
brothers from Ireland in wear
ing "our own immortal green. /"
And in the United States it
was nothing new to celebrate
but it has been confessed everywhere
that at no time was the enthusiasm
30 great, and never was the celebra-
1don SO general throughout the United
States as on the last occasion. In
some of the states the legislatures ad.
..journed in honor of the feast. But,
perhaps, the greatest honor of all was
that the president of the United States,
the first time for a hundred years,
i1onored by his presence the banquet
of the Friendly Sons of st. Patrick on
st. Patrick's day in New York Zap
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leading newspapers in that city de-
.clared that If an intelligent visitor
came among them he would fain con-
ciude that St. Patrick was the Apostle
of the United States.
And certainly SO far as President
Roosevelt is concerned, he would have
Joined in an enthusiastic manner to
welcome St. Patrick to renew his apos-
tolate there. will read few ex-
tracts from the speech of the presi-
dent; they are words that are worthy
of being preserved, and coming from
the president of the United States,
they must have that weight which his
position alone can give to them. He
said:
-In every walk of life men of Irish
blood have stood, and now stand, pre-.
eminent as statesmen, and as soldiers,
on the bench, at the bar, and in busi-
ness, throughout the states. The peo-
PIE who have come to this country
from Ireland have contributed to the
stock of our common citizenship quail
ties which are essential to the welfare