The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-08
KNIGHTS ENJOY
FINE BANQUET
Salt Lake Council X. of c. Cele-
brates Its Tenth An
niyersary.
MOVEMENT STARTED FOR
MAGNIFICENT NEW HOME
Addresses Filled With Wit and
EIOquence: Three Hundred
in Attendance.

\ Three hundred members of the Salt
Lake council OF the Knights OF Columbus
and their friends last night celebrated the
tenth anniversary of the Institution oil
the council with an elaborate banquet at
the Hotel Utah, The occasion not only
marked an epoch In the history OF the
order In Salt Lake and In Utah but was was
| conspicuous from the fact that IL was
| the first formal banquet given al Salt
| Lakes beautiful new hotel.
Brilliant addresses by prominent mem
bers of the order followed the serving
Of tho banquet One Of the features was
the Inauguration by the speakers OF The
movement 10 build In Salt Lake a beau-
iiful homo for the Knights OF Columbus:
Assurance was given that the movement
wo,Ild be well received and that before
another anniversary of the order INC
work on the now home would he well
under way, If not actually completed
The plans for the new building, as out
lined by the speakers. contemplate a
beautiful new structure centrally loca,co
that will house the lodgerooms and offices
OF the knights of Columbus, large BAN
quot hail. a ballroom, lounging and recep.
ton rooms. library. reading room, billiard
rooms and a complete gymnasium
cafe In connection Is also contemplated:
The new home is to be for the use OF
the members Of The order ana their
friends and is also for the use OF young
Catholic boys who desire the advantages
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Banquet Brilliant Affair.
In appointments. in decorations. ii,
service IN minute detail and In general
ensemble the banquet was the final word
In elegance. in the first banquet at the
beautiful new hotel the management
excellence and elegance that will be hard
10 surpass The management or the no.
tel did itself proud in the banquet and
the knights OF Columbus expressed great
Nafr aJtfI a n N
should have the distinction Of providing
the first gathering of the kind in the new
hotel
The plans for the banquet were largely
the Salt Lake council, and to him be-
longs The greater part OF the credit for
che success OF the gathering. The sug-
gcstion was made al the banquet that
The celebra ton of the anniversary Of the
institution Of the council be made the oc-
casion for an annual banquet. Former
Senator Thomas Kearns suggested that
the. occasion he made monthly. AS re-
suit II is probable that a monthly lunch
con will be enjoyed by the council. while
every year an elaborate banquet VIII
mark ihe celebration OF the anniversary;
II possible, the next annual BANQUET oi
the order will he served In d beautuul
new home OF the order,
Grand Knight w. II. Leary Was the
wit and inspiring eloquence werc features
of the introduction of the speakers. Mr.
Leary was presented by j. r. Fapnine'
chancellor Of Salt Lake council. In In
the FIRST grand knight OF Salt Lake ronn-
ell. having bcen elected 10 that position
on September {. 1901, Mr. Leary calied
attention 10 the progress OF the knights
of Columbus since the institution OF the
council and attributed this growth large
Iy 10 the efforts of the veteran members.
of whom DIR. Hughes was one.
Looking Into the Future.
DIR. Hughes responded to the toast
Looking Forward He reminded the
members OF the knights OF Columbus OF
the struggle to institute the council in
Salt Lake. Ten years ago. he said. there
were but thirty-scven members OF the
knights OF Columbus In the state OF Utah,
council No e02 Now there are councils
Of the order In Ogden. Park City and
Eureka. in addition to the council In Salt
Lake. all prosperous and fourisnlng. as
well as councils In Idaho and Nevada.
all direct outgrowths Of the order In Salt
Lake.
But DIR. Hughes did not confine himself
to the past, Looking TO the future. he
Of 100000 population. salt Lake council
with membership OF 1000. with large
and beautiful home. splendidly appointed
and equipped with every conyenlence ana ana
order and their friends. He looked with
pride toward the past and viewed with
confidence the future. He pointed TO the
duty of the knights of Columbus to the
city. the state and the nation and their
duty to the Roman Catholic church. of
which they are members. With the spirit
OF those who Instituted the council still
pcrmeatlng the membership. Or. Hughes
felt that his view Of the future was not
too optimistic, He felt sure that his
prophecy OF the growth Of the order and
the results which would be attained five
years hence would be a true one
y9aar%iT,,1 Nav, uopo
S. Abbot Maginnls of Ogden. state
Columbus. spoke to the tonst "a New
Home Though from Ogden, Mr., Magln
mis- said he was particularly enthusiastic
about the movement TO build q home for
the knights OF Columbus. He spoke en-
Enthusiastically OF the beautiful, new Hotel
Utah. which he characterized as the
finest in all the world. and declared that
It was with great pride that he noted
tho fact that Joseph Geoghegan. one OF
the men, who planned and constructed the
magnificent hotel was member OF Salt
Lake council OF the knights OF Columbus
Mr.. Maginnis spoke of a recent eastern
trip he had taken incident 10 the ma
tional convention OF the knights of CO.
lumbus held this year in Detroit. He
cities OF the United States on that trip
and had visited all Of their beautiful
hotels. but none WAS comparable to the
beautiful Hotel Utah. On the same trip
OF various councils OF the knights OF CO.
umbus- and bc declared that when he
made an eastern trip next year he hoped
that he might have the same feeling
concerning them. In comparison to Salt
Lakes new knights OF Columbus horne
that nc had this summer concerning the
beautiful hotels of other cities In com
parison with the Hotel Utah
Duty of Catholic Citizen,
"a Duty or the Catholic Citizen" was
eloauently outlined by John J. Harvey.
grand state lecturer OF the Knights of
Columbus. Mr.. Harvey spoke of the al
lcGiancc and love OF country 20 prominent
In the life M every Catholic citizen of
America, and spoke Of the duties of citi-
zenship which mist appeal with peculiar
force 10 the members OF the Enichts OF
Columbus and The opponents OF the
The divorce evil Mr.. Harvey character
lied as a psstilence, which was attacking
the social foundations OF the nation and
which was forming a dire threat TO DOS
terity. The strict marriage laws OF tho
church. he said formed only partial
protection To the Catholic citizen Tho
lax marriage and divorce laws on the
civil statute books left no one free from
the poisonous Influence that must arIae
from. lax morality Every Catholic citi-
zen. the speaker declared. should work
and labor for stricter and more uniform