Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-18
H0N0RS
TAFT N SAINT

are some OF them who are perfect AJaxes
In debate and who say they will oontinus
to debate this question and will stand
against the conservation program as long
as the shoe leather on their shoes win last
What I wan to get ls an act of CON
gress that shall validate all Of the with.
drawals Of land that nave been made and
shall give me power to make such further
Withdrawals as ought TO be made until
congress has determined on the proper dis.
position OF those lands" .a
Opposition Gn Land after.
The president said that he was meeting
opposition both from those who wish an
Immediate disposal OF land and from those
who question the constitutional power Of
the president TO make Withdrawals. Speak.
ing of his withdrawal Of S0oAOOo acres Of
oil land in California, the president CON
tinued: .~a' ,4-
II want congress to make proper rules
with reference to the acquisition OF titieu
TO these lands, and with reference to proS-
peoting over them 10 find out where the
oil was, Now, some. gentlenen-and they
are always the gentlemen with the ionr
purses, who can do that sort Of thing be.
cause they can stand ltigation-are 10.
eating on the oil land, although I have
withdrawn II. The little fellow does moi
do so because he does not want to face
q lawsuit. nt' 7u a-...4- s. r,L,
w are apt 70 get. into litigation with
respect to all lands that has been with
drawn and IL II ts decided tina the with
drawai power does not sxlst you can see
where the embarrassment will be. because
II the power does not exist n the squat
ters have the right to fix the title Of the
land, we viii wax up to find q great deal
Of that land gone, when now, by an act Of
congres we can keep It in the public
domain and relieve ourselves from any
such embarrassment" u'.. .-,
Taft'S Tribute to Patron Saint.
President Taft's address at the banquet
Of the Irish Fellowship club was as fol-
lows:
'Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Irish Fellowship Club: II 10 two years since
! tasted the fin flaw Of your hospital
ity at a luncheon where my stay was only
too short for ms pleasure. When your hon
orable committee visited me, thsreforA /
yielded to the temptation and agreed to
again become your guest when you shold
meet to celebrate the day that nwakes the
heart throbs Of every true son OF ireland.
st. Patrick's day in tho morning I
never quite understood the significance OF
the last three words of the phrase unless
they mean the brightness Of the morning
did not wear until long In the night OF that
day in the spirit OF those who arc loyal TO
the anniversary.
ION such an occasion as this ones mind
turns naturally to the history OF that beau
ta-a 49, nWYGAA q 1911 k.wwrnw En-
land. her face to the west'-And the part
that st. Patrick played in her civilization
and development.
st Patrick was born, probably, on the
bnks OF the Severn, at q town that ne
called B~Annaventa, $50 years after the birth
OF Christ. We was the son Of a Brttish
Celt and Roman citizen named calpurnish,
and his wife, Conoossa. They were Of the
same race as those for whom he lived and
died.
when, during the mutation OF the
Roman empire. protection w withdrawn
from Britain. young Patrick, at the age OF
10 years, was captured by An Irish maraud-
force ana taken 60 ireland, ana there
for. six years in the far western part Of
Connaught served in bondage as q herdS-
man. 81
Escaping from the island on a ship
from Ticklow harbor after the six years
landed in France somewhere near Bor-
deaux and. wandering across the then
desolated face Of Gaul, he reached
Provence, in southern France, n in q
but recently founded on the
Island OF LArinus fovnd refuge in the
%cloister Of st. Honoratus and there became
monk.
After a few years OF monastio. life he
returned to Britain TO visit his home and
friends, and while there he definitely
formed the purpose Of redeeming the island
OF its captivity from paganism and bring
ing It within the Christian church,
st. Patrick introduced into Ireland the
Language. IT became the language
Of the church all over the island and II
a union with Rome that has never
been broken. He laid the foundation Of
the culture and the spread OF education
ana the development OF the liberal arts,
which put Ireland in the forefront Of civil
for q thousand years.
IreIand's History sad One.
"The history thereafter is "a sad one.
HAD the Romans conquered II o. they aid
had tho saxonsi followed. and then
the m so as TO make a homokensous
covering the three isiands Nth the
same history and the same interests and
the same race, we should not have had
the tale Of sorrow. OF injustice. of out
OF poverty, suffering and neglect
I'LL the page OF irish history from
after the Norman conquest OF Eng
TO the early days OF the last cen
fury. I'M
Certainly not untn the nlnsteenth ana
twentieth centuries have governmental
been adopted IN ireland with any
view to lettering the conditions OF the
Irish people. During the centuries pre-