The Washington herald., 1907-02-06
Vice President Fairbanks Among
These who Respond to TOasts.
Celebration Because of slight HI
ncss-COmmissiOner West Speaks.

as they left the banquet hall at Rau-
scher's. and that was that Cardinal Glib
bons, the virtual head OF the university,
and the rector, Mgr. Dennis O'COn-
nell. We're unable to be present on account
of slight illness. However, the enthu-
siasm and heartiness that followed the
speeches and the pleasure that old school
mates felt at seeing each other again
brought back memories Of college days
that made the evening "a memorable one.
vice President speaks.
Vice President Fairbanks. who was
forced TO leave early. was first called on
by the POSTMASTER, DR.. John Mcguire.
The Vice President said: 1T is a privilege
that I have seldom enjoyed To sit at "A
board with so many clerics, representing
as YOU do the Catholic Church in almost
every section of the country. am deeply
impressed by the fact that you have come
from SO many States 10 pay "a tribute to
the university. You have come from the
vineyards TO the National Capital 10 do
honor to the university which sent YOU
forth into the walks Of God and humanity.
Although I belong to a different church. I.
with most Of my countrymen. have come
10 realize that the Catholic Church is
one Of the potent and enduring agencies
for Righteousness and good.
Churches All Enjoy Progress.
IN my younger DAYS. I knew Of 2
strong antagOnism 10 the Catholic Church.
Every man in those days thought his own
sect was the only proper church. and he
dlstTusted the others. Years have led
me 10 see those differences fade away
and To see all the churches rejoice in
each others progress. / am a trustee
OF the American University. and in look
ing over its assets 1 found one that is
an evidence of the respect and charity
with which churches look upon one an
other on the books of the American
University is the record CT a loan Of Sl0.-
600 TO a Catholic University. Imagine
this transaction between a Methodist and
Catholic institution in the olden days.
Il can only add my prediction 20 that
of thousands of others. that your univer-
sity has a great future And the future
Of our great country depends on such as
-~oSe is the greatest body of
the world, our govern
attest mechanism. as great
ST ideals that have been
II all this government and
are as nothing compared
and influence of the Chris
ice President had concluded
ted from the room by DIT
Naguiv, y---- after he had been cheered
20 the echo by the diners-more than a
hundred priests with sparse scattering
of laymen. who formed an arch of vav-
ing napkins rs he passed from the room.
With the exit of MT. Fairbanks. the ban
quot was resumed until the toastu1 ster
called on the Hon Hannis Taylor. former
Minister to Spain
Mr. Taylor Responds.
Mir. TAYLOR said in part:
An American Catholic should be nroud
OF the relations between church and state.
bee should rejoice I'm the fact that no mat
ter how much church wars with church
no matter how bitterly doctrine opposes
doctrine, every creed stands shoulder to
should for the republic The university
stands like ii feudal castle to protect the
religion and morality Of the republic. and
the American Catholic should likewise be
proud of the university and its aims and
achievements.
The Catholic Church has been pa
triotic church since the DAYS of Carroll
down TO the preaCher-statesman who has
SO lately expressed his sympathy for
France. Has il ever occurred TO YOU as
you review the French situation that ii
IS strange thing that the right Of con
bScatiOn has not been tested IN "a court
Have YOU not thought how quickly that
man would be dragged into an American
court who dared TO touch even the travel
ll nj
French system no such thing is possible.
The minister OF interior issues orders TO
confiscate the dwellings of the Archbishop
of Paris. and they must be obeyed There
IS no law, no court. no tribunal 10 which
he can appeal He must submit 10 the
traditional decree, and there is no redress.
Here i'm America n s the law Of
the land, founded on I cfeUt British
institution that DEGREES not even p
king can touch the pro sub
iect without being taken . court
Here in our own countr. we have the
example OF Arlington before us. A son of
that matchless leader. Robert F. Lee. re-
gained that homestead from the Federal
government after a hard-fought trial.
which brought into play the talents Of
That wonderful jurist Samuel Miller. See
what 1t means 10 live i'm the land of
liberty.
senator Carter Called Upon.
Senator Carter followed Mr.. TAYLOR in
e speech which demonstrated the need of
universities and eulogfzed the work that
is being done at the university. The (
speaker said i'm part: THE primary pur- |
pose of the university is TO become the /
Ereat center of Catholic thought. II must I.
and does furnish the country with wcII- /
equipped. wall-oducated men 90 teach IFS I
doctrine and uplift humanity. The oldest
university in the world has ceased to 1
exist. and the second oldest is the Uni /
veTsity of Paris. These were rocked in I
the cradle OF Catholicity and nurtured bv |
the same faith that lives in the Catholic /
University of to-day. Il stands as the 4
vanguard Of that great army which start /
ed at the Euphrates many centuries ago. /
and il faces the same problem that the 1
institutions faced when they started their
westward march. The University l. = 4
milestone in the march from the En- /
pirates back again 10 the Euphrates.
May the march not perish on the shores /
Of China and Japan"
Commissioner West Speaks.
Commissioner West extended tho greet
mss Of the Capital to the association in
d brief speech which was greeted with
great applause The Commissioner ex-
pressed his wonder, first that De had
been invited to attend the banquet since
he was Neither university graduate nor