Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
GREEN THE LYCOLOR.
Irish Day Properly Celebrated
in Washington.
PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES
ST. PATRICK's MEMORY TOASTED
AND PRAISED.
Exercises by Hibernian Shamrock Club
PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES
Exercises by Hibernian Shamrock Club
and Religious Organizations
What Was Done.

St Patrick's Day has come and gone.
The year 1853 brought an innovation IN
that it did not rain and snow and blow
but instead presented balmy spring at
mosphere that was pleasing to man and
beast in many places the, good old pa
tron saint of Ireland was toasted and his
memory revered in music and song. Every
Irish organization in the city celebrated
the day in one manner or another
AT the fifth annual banquet of the Sham
rock Club of the District of Columbia, held
at Carroll Institute Hall last evening there
was a distinguished gathering of Irish
Americans. fellow-ctizcns of common
land Patriotism, eloquence and flights of
z oratCly followed delectable menu the
whole being interspersed with songs by
well-known vocalsts- 1t was an occasion
of jol-ity such as only gathering of this
nature knows and at every opportunity
cheers broke forth for the speaker whose
eloquencc was raised in honor of the
patron saint of the Emerald Isle.
The hall Yves crowded. more than two
hundred persons enjoying the evening. The
program was as follows. the only deviation
being in the address set down for Mr.. Muir
ply, who had gone to New York to attend
the dinner of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick. at which the President or the
United States was the guest of honor:
Prayer, Rev. ]. \. Hinch; address of well
come by the president. Mr.. f. f. Buckley;
address by the toast master, Mr.. Michael
J. Keane; address. The Day We Cele-
brate,'' Rev. Timothy O'Rourke. song, Mr..
Thos. F. McNulty. Baltimore, Md; address,
''The President of the United States Mr..
John NJ. Thurston address, The Irish
American as Statesman and Soldier" Maj.
Holmes Conrad; address, America as a
Nation" Mr.. Hilary a. Herbert; song, Mr..
William Hart address. THE Capitol of the
Nation" Mr.. Barry Bulkeley: song. Mr..
Thos F; McNulty; address, The p ezs,'
Mr.. D. l. Murphy; song, God Save Ire
land" Prof. NJ. Dowd
Granted Dispensation.
Following the prayer and the address of
welcome. Rev. Father Hinch announced
that through the special instrursntality of
DR.. Stafford, the cardinal had granted a
dispensation to all Roman Catholics pres
ent. and they might go ahead and eat all
the meat they could get.
Mr.. NJ. j. keane in formally opening the
evening, said that they were gathered to do
honor to ST Patrick and the motherland,
that 1t was not only religious gathering.
but national one-it was IRISH. Fifteen
hundred years ago he said, st. Patrick had
landed on the shores of Ireland, bringing
with him the doctrine of Christianity, and
Ireland had been a Christian people ever
since. That light of the great saint" lie
said, Wi shine until all the lights of the
world go out, and we and our kindred will
CeleDTdte HIS n1lut u!lJll the emu Oh tiTlc,
for We thank God we are Celts, not SIX
ons." He then called. upon Rev. Father
Timothy O Rourke to respond to the toast,
1.-THE day we celebrate"
Father O'Rourke began by telling them
story of preacher who, during his sermon,
cried out, Where is the scapegoat? in i'm
passioned tones. sailor had wandered in
at the moment, and, after the cry had been
raised by the preacher several times, the
tar arose and said: well, if this show
can't go on without n scapegoat I'll be the
scapegoat." The speaker then said: There
Is in the heart of every human being the
desire to cherish the memory of Industrious
men, and there is no name more illustrious
than that of Patricuis, the patron of the
Shamrock Isle. We celebrating the
memory of a man who brought to US the
knowledge of an Infinite Being. and with 1t
the priceless gift of faith. The lesson I
wish you to learn is that the time will
come when another ST. Patrick will arise
and come to this land of ours, the grand
est in the world. and he will come to the
grandest city in the world, Washington.
and we will then have unity among all men.
Have energy. have perseverance. have cour-
age, and you will conquer everything"
Senator Thurston's Address.
Former Senator Thurston said that he
felt like Congregationalist in a Presby.
terrain church and related a story typical
OF the remark which brought forth cheers
and applause from the audience. He then
INDUCED in one of his speeches in which
patriotism rose to the highest pitch and
said that he was there because he was an
American and he wished to express the ap-
probation of the American people for
w3at the Irish people have done for this
great American republic.
MY great-grandfather.' he said, left
Ireland 40 years ago and came to Amer
lea because of the rights of men. You are
here tonight because you are Roman Cath
olics; / am here because l am a Protestant
and / wish to pay my respects to that
mother church which carried the Gospel to
man through all the Dark Ages. You car
ried the cross into all the countries of the
world and its course can be traced by the
bloody trail of her victorious sodiery
The President of the United States is the
highest office in the world. 1t is sanction
ed by no divine right, but by the will of
free, mighty and a progressive people.
The President of the United States has
greater powers than any sovereign in the
world because he is backed by the con-
fdence of the people themselves. No SOW
ereign can rule for long unless he rules
by the will of the people. President Roose-
welt has been accused of being quick on
the trigger. He was quick on the trigger
when he sent warships to Turkey, but the
sultan trembled on his unstable throne
he was quick on the trigger when he de-
manded the release of Perdicaris but Raj
souli gave up his captive; he was quick on
the trigger when he recognized the repub-
lie of Panama, but that act gave to us
the control of the commerce of the world
Every act of our President is the act of
the people who make up this magnificent
country. But we are only on the thresh-
old of our greatness and many of us will
live to see that not much longer under a
crown or upon throne can a government
exist on the face of Gods green earth"
MI. Herbert's Remarks.
Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary Of the Navy
2 during the Cleveland administration out
lined the history OF the United States from
Its infancy and showed that in every i'm
portant era there had been the strong hand
\ OF an freshman somewhere In the plan and
its fruition. He called forth great applause
by his references to John Mitchell, who said
of the British government that he thought
that General Jackson lIad done away with
the British government, and that II no
longer existed. He closed by saying that
this country was one country, with one
destiny and one future. and in its every
move forward there would ever be an Irish
man as an active participant In the grand
work.
Mr. Barry Buckley said that as loong as
he had the name of Barry he proposed to
be an Irishman and that there could never
be a true assemblage of Irishmen In this
country unless there was interviewer the
harp of Erin with the stars and stripes OF
fraedOm.