The Irish standard., 1909-08-28

Kingdoms today-his Eminence Card;-
nal Logue (applause}. When first
met him l fell in love with him. l do
not know whether, it is reciprocal cr
not. But l have some reason to feel
that it is not love lost 1 met hlm
some fifteen years ago, at the dedica-
ton of the cathedral at Monaghan,
and formed for him then friendship
and an attention which has only in
creased with time, and which came to
it's full fruition when invited him to
come and do us the honor of lending
his august presence and his prestige
to our centennial. .celebra ation-an invi-
tation which he accepted, to my great
qualification. 1 made the request q
year or two before the actuality took
place, and his Eminence's answer was
Characteristic. AS becomes him, he is
cautious. "Well," he said, that Is two
years away, and a great many things
may happen between this and then"
That was very TRUE. However, FORUM
ately, nothing happened to prevent him
fulfilling my desire, and have no doubt
his own kind wishes. You have heard
something of his doings in New York.
There are some things YOU have .lot
heard; and l do not know whether I
should tell you all he did there. Tile
reporters first came in contact with
him on the steamer. before he touched
New York-it happened to be in very
dense fog-and the first question they
asked him was, what do you think of
America" He said, u have not seen
America yet. There has been such IL
fog since morning that can see Moth
ing but the surroundings Of the shit"
From that day the reporters camped
on his trail, as they put it themselves.
He could not go anywhere that the re-
porters were, not after him. And many
of them confessed to me and to the
priests that they never had a subject
to deal with like his Eminence Or one
more delightful. Hetook the reporters
of New York and of the country wher-
ever he went by storm (applause).
AS for the clergy Of New York, there
is no use in saying what they felt
about him. But We. Catholics and
the lay people of New York We're COM
pletely-I don't know what to call it
hypnotized, they say, sometimes. He
did not permit a single one of those
with whom he came in contact to
escape the influence of his personal
magnetism. l will give you an in
stance One of the dinners to him
who is "a leader of what we call the
Four Hundred, the most distinguished
people of New York. There were some
forty-five invited to the dinner. They
were nearly all non Catholics. Some
of the most distinguished people in the
country were there-General Grant,
son of the late General Grant; Gen-
eral Porter, who has been an ambaS-
sador in Paris; Mr.. Choate, who had
just returned from England, where he
was our ambassador; Mr.. Astor, the
representative of one of the leading
families Of New York; Mr.. Vander-
bilt, and men Of that class. They
were all waiting as his Eminence and
myself entered together, and they w ere
all presented to his Eminence. When
the dinner was over, his Eminence
made one of his beautiful speeches.
Every one of the guests came Up
when we rose and insisted upon being
of being recognized by his Eminencc
if they ever met again. That was the
feeling of everyone who came in con-
tact with the Cardinal. I do not know
how to account for it, except it is by
the great soul Of the man. There is
a soul that speaks to the soul, a soul
that conquers soul. That is It. They
saw in him that he was man with
"An eye to guide and a hand to rule,
And calm and kingly head.
And heart from which, like a holy
WE'LL
The souls of his flock are fed"
One can often see through the sur
face what is in the soul Of a man.
That is what our American people
found in his Eminence. 1t is great
pleasure to me to stand here as his
guest once more. to accept of his hos
pitality, to enjoy his charming con-
versation, to- be magnetized by his
marvellous personality, and to spena
a few days in peace and quietness III
his camp on the shores Of Carlingforl
.Lough. Gentlemen, thank you. Your
Eminence, l shall ever bear in grat"-
full remembrance the reception you
have given me here today. trust,