The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-30
SPOKANE, WASH.
Newsy Letter from the Northwest.

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lreland's patron saint at a dinner il
Hotel Spokane the evening OF Marcl
10. Il. Dempsie was POSTMASTER ant
presented each speaker with witt,
; toreword Former United States Sen
ator George Turner of Spokane wa
the first speaker, who, in the course o
brilliant address, revered the mem
ory of St. Patrick, saying, in closing:
Through st. Patrick the Irish peO
PIE We're serving God 400 years before
christianity extended to their neigh
bors across the Irish sea. A civil. lit.
erary and commercial life of their owl
ttourshed before they We're destroyed
bu, the ndividualism of the Irishmar
cannot be destroyed Tyranny has ex.
lied him. but he has enriched every
country on the face of the globe by his
wit and force Also his literary at
tatnments have been known in every
land Distant nations have benefited
by Irish courage, and some day the
lrishman will carry his nation forward
and build up the arts and sciences for
ireland to stand first among all ma
tious Of the globe. Every nation is
us pray that it will come soon. And
when it comes, let two great nations
celebrate-the American republic and
the Irish republic.
Graham B. Dennis, in responding to
the toast America, Our AGopted
| Country" traced in picturesque Ian
I guage the early history of the Irish
people, and logically portrayed their
| characteristics in religion, literature.
art and war, laying particular empha-
| sis to their social and political
strength. He spoke of the American
Irishmen and assurance of their man
l--
adopted country; the transplanting
from land to land, and in retrospection.
where and whence they came. whither
they are tending, and their impress
upon civilization by their self-devotion
and self-sacrifice; the affinity of the
Irish character for mental, especially
for religious, culture and learning, and
the debt Of the AnglO-Sax to the
Irish for the Christian religion and al
together for letters: the final thral-
dom of the English, ana in the struggle
for Independence and coupled with il,
the immortality of Burke. Grattan.
Curran and O'Ccnnell, ably supported
by Gladstone during his life, and at
this day fostered by James Bryce.
The speaker theI told of America.
the adopted country. of it's dreamers
who dreamed dreams of liberty: the
transplanting of the Trishman to
American soil; the America of centuries
ago and the America of, today: the
Irishman in his loyalty to American
citizenship-faithful to American insti-
tutions ana its traditions. He also
paid tribute to Washington, Lincoln
and Grant TO their character and man
hood, portraying them as among the
bright and shining lights in the con-
stellation of great men of past ages
and country buildings examples for
present and coming generations to imi-
tate. He closed with tribute and
toast to Theodore Roosevelt, as presi-
dent of the United States
z. ]. Connor spoke of the Ubiquitous
Irishman, saying: =" Ubiquitous means
everywhere, at all places at one and
thealme time. God is everywhere.
God is ubiquitous. So is the Irishman
Therefore God is with the Irish We
admire His judgment in the selection of
His friends. May our heavenly king |
dom and His fulfil our expectations and |
our hopes.
Responding to tie toast, "The La
dies E. E. O'Connors told that in no |
and no cline has the influence I
Of woman. shedding the rays of her
beauty, her virtues, her love, her
truth, her chastity and honor and love
JL IlSIlI U6eH stronger or more potent
than in that green isle across the seas
and in the Irish race, and Irelands !
sweet singers have sung the praises of |
in songs that will live forever.
Other speakers We're Professor j. A.
Tormey, superintendent of city
n. w. Durham, editor of The
Spokesman Review, Spokane; Alonzo
VI. MurDhey, J. j. Browne, Samuel
Glasgow. John Roche, Mayor F. L.
Daggett, F. P. Hogan, P. F. Quinn, e.
F. Cartier Van Dissel, NJ. NJ. Cowley
and Joseph Mccarthy. Music was fur
lished By the Elks' quartette Miss Lu-
,ile Palmer and Mrs. G. w. Manning,
he last named singing The Isle That's
Crowned With Shamrocks."
The Spokane society of the Ancient
Order Of Hibernians celebrated St.
day in Elks' temple, where
Rev. Patrick J. O'Reilly, S. j., of
college was the principal
peaker. taking for his subject The
Early struggles of Ireland" P. B.
[eaney presided. Father O'Reilly dwelt
It length on the career of Daniel
rConnel. of whom he spoke as thu
-rpatest of all Ireland's great mer
nd one who had achieved the most fc
lis native land. having done more than
nv other for the civil and religious
iberty of ireland. A panegyric on ST
Patrick was delivered by Rev. P. ].
S. j., of the faculty of Con
aga college.