Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-09

and state, frequently interrupted by
applause he gave a heart to heart talk.
"Heart to Heart"
"The men needed to hold up the fab
ric of society and to insure it's wellbe-
fare, must be men of clean hearts, hon
or, decency, uprightness and Of truth"
said the bishop, after prefacing the
main body of his speech with humorous
remarks
1--WE have country to be proud Of.
We are proud of it. We have church
to be proud of. We are proud Of it.
We apologize to no man for our belief.
We ask no favor, but we demand every
right. We seek no rights which we are
not willing to concede to others, even if
our concessions means fight.
I'VE are Catholics and Americans. We
are not here by tolerance. We came
here first Manhood is demanded from
us on two principles, that Of the church
and that of the state. That which
stands for both is character. AS knights,
place for us and nowhere more than in
| this republic.
"Never before has there been such
need for men who will stand for the
| rights of God and of man. Columbus
was not an adventurer, but discov-
erer under the providence of God, who
believed and lived accordingly and who
never doubted. The same lies before
you. There is work to be done; you
are the men to do it.
This Is an age of Indifference to re-
ligion and of boastfulness and scoffing.
The age demands men of faith and of
virtue-men who love their homes and
who are willing to make sacrifices in
order to preserve them; a belief in the
country and it's future.
"There is a need of men Of manliness,
of womanhood; of men who will build
homes and of women who will take
care of them"
Until 10 o'clock the banquet was stag.
Promptly at that hour the balconies
were thrown open and were immed-
lately filled by the women. If they
were not permitted to be upon the floor
of the banquet hall, the homage they
received made up for the denial of seats
at the tables.
AS the balcony doors were opened,
the orchestra struck up Just One Girl"
and while the women bent over the bal
cony railing to smile greetings, the BAN
queters of one accord arose from their
seats to fiutter 500 handkerchiefs and
give vociferous cheer, heard into
the street.
Placed high above the heads Of those
at the table of honor and from back
ground of papal color interviewer with
those of the national emblem, the like
ness Of Pope Plus x looked kindly
down upon the assemblage as If to give
it his blessing.
The banquet was to have started
promptly at $3.50 o'clock. 1t was 8
o'clock when, preceded by the church
dignitaries and officers of the order,
the members of the order filed into the
banquet room to the strains of "Illi-
nois" by the orchestra and took their
places,
Ten minutes later, preceded by
Joseph Scott, Supreme Knight Edward
L.. Hearn entered the hall and passed
to his place upon the platform Then
the banqueters rising from their seats
added cheers to their handclapping.
Many times the scene of banquets,
where the decorator was left free to
carry out his best efforts, Turnverein
hall in the hands of Decorator George
Mathews was given simple beauty
and effectiveness never before attained.
The great room was mass of colors,
In which the yellow and white of many
draperies, with the national ensign,
were interviewer with an abundance OF
coreopsis, Bermuda lilies and the trail
ing green of many vines.
From the center of the room and
hung beneath a circle of United States
flags, was a mission bell illuminated in
the papal colors. From 1t to the four
corners trailing smilax was caught up
in baskets of ferns, from which many
electric bulbs peeped forth with golden
radiance.
The balcony uprights were hid from