The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-04-01
and tens of, thousands of students

and universities of Ireland. A time
when she became known as the home
and the mother of Saints, Sages and
Doctors" THE home of philosophers
scholars and statesmen" AS history
relates Saint Patrick found ireland
universally pagan and left her uni
versally Christian" A complete intel
lectual and moral conquest made easy
and natural by the warm heart and
bright mind of the Celt, and that is
why his name and day has been cele.
brated with so much enthusiasm, ven.
GRAFTON and love through more than
fourteen centuries of time, and that is
why it is being celebrated today
| There is no other such example in
history of whole nation being con.
verted by the work OF one man.
AS soon as Ireland was converted
she became the great instructress of
the nations. Saint Patrick's own city
of Armagh, as history relates again,
was devided into three parts: the
town proper, the Cathedral Close and
the Latin Quarter, or home of the for,
eign students" 1t was the same in
Bangor, in Clonard, in Clonmacnotse
and in Mayo, and in hundred other
sainted and historic places where the
round towers and elegant churches
still remain silent but eloquent wit
nesses of the glory of Ireland's first
Christianity"
A people who are brave, generous
and grateful are always pa
triotic and celebrate the mem
DRY of their great men and the
great events in their country's history
in BETTING manner, and so it is i'm
possible for the Celtic mind and heart
to be unmoved on this anniversary
gathering of the Clans. 1t is day for
oratory, defamation and song, and we
sincerely hope and trust that even in
our own day we may have the oppor-
tunity of comparing the modern with
the ancient political glory of>Ireland.
For justice will reign sometime. Dis
appointment and delays may battle
and discourage but they cannot defeat
the ordained order. The intellectual
warrior clad in the armor OF light can
not be overcome by the powers of
darkness. A nation battling for free
dom and for right cannot always be
olltdone by injustice and iniquity. BY
Il simple law of physics we know that
when pebble is thrown in the water
it communicates Il motion from drop
to drop, from ripple to ripple and from
wave TO wave until the small vibra-
lions travel the whole ocean and the
Tiny WaVelets break and die ON the
distant unseen shores; and so we
may be assured that the wave Of dem
ocratic equality generated in the
political sea over a century ago by
the foundation of the American Re-
public will go on careering down the
ages gathering it's strength from
every cline and extending it's influ-
ence to every land until the swollen
tide shall break on the distant shores
of eternity.
In paying a filial tribute to the land
where our race was Graded and it's
highest achievements won, we are not
unmindful of that other land which
afforded our early forefathers an
asylum and a home. Our cherished
love for Ireland and her saints and
heroes detracts naught from our devo-
ton to the American union. There is
no inconsistency between the affection
ate remembrance OF a mother and the
loving devotion to wife No antag-
anism created in this country between
the celebrations on the 18th of March
and the 18th of July. We would be
false to every impulse OF humanity
did We not hold in grateful remem-
brance the fields whose acres were
moistened by the sweat of our fathers
i'll their prime and view with tender
affection the cottages where our
mothers lived and loved while the
roses We're still blooming in their
cheeks and before the frost of time
had "silvered the setting of their
temples
Mr.. Toastmaster: 1t is not only a
pleasure, but a duty, a privilege and
an honor as we'll, to tittingly celebrate
the 18th of March: The birthday of
one who did SO much not only for his
chosen people, but for the enlighten-
ment and betterment of humanity:
st. Patrick's Day is:
THE Day We Celebrated"
Sig. Arturo Salvini set the audience
wild with his magnificent singing. He
was called back again and again. Lit
tie Miss Florence Considine excited
the greatest enthusiasm by recita-
ton which showed her to be possessed
of great natural ability. She was
heartily encored and gave a humorous
sketch which was equally we'll re-
ceived Mr.. Joseph Blethen spoke on
The Press" with humor and original
iy. Judge j. ]. McCafferty delivered
an address on "Ireland's Orators and
Authors 1t was a learned speech,
tracing the genius of the race from
jonathan Swift to John Boyle O'Reilly
and w. BOurke Cochran. The speech