The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-11
SHANE LESLIE Is WELCOMED
BIG RECEPTION To APOSTLE
or IRISH MOVEMENT.
Archbishop Farley Prcsidcs at Carnegie
IIaii Meeting Organized by Gaelic
League Bourke COCHRAN Pays Trib-
ute 70 t.ucst-AcOrn OF Copyrights.

Archbishop Farley prcsfdcs at carnegie
IIaIi Meeting Organized by Gaelic
Ieague--Bourke Cochran Pays TrIb-
ute TO Guest Acorn OF Copyrights.
His Eminence Cardinal Designate John
NJ Farley sat on the platform Of Carnegie
Hall last night in the red robes of his
archiepiscopal office and he nodded his
head and smiled when Shane Leslie. the
newest apostle Of the Gaelic movement
to this country. told how venerated
saint OF ancient Ireland had once by his
indiscretions caused the first copyright
law to he formulated. The story as be
told it runs likes this:
A saint, who was before his transa-
ton holy monk and great lover OF
manuscripts, visited st. Finan. who had
in his possession manuscript both
beautiful and rare. The visiting saint
coveted the manuscript. and as the
speaker explained. with cupidity not
usual in saints, he started in to copy
the text of the manuscript while St
Finan slept.
But 81. Finan had one saving eye open
even in his sleep and saw the copying that
was being done Whereupon he went
straightway TO an Irish lawyer the case
was carried TO the King and the King de-
creed that since the calf always followed
the COW so the calf manuscript should not
be separated from the cow book and the
COPY which the indiscreet saint had made
was the property of st. Finan.
Cardinal Designate Farley was pre-.
siding over a meeting organized under
81 g Iualt. ~
Ireland, which was 10 welcome TO thi:
! country this Shane Leslie, Of whom Bourk'
! Cochran said in advance that though ht
was born of English stock the land thai
bred him had made him an lrishman anc
a champion of the cause of Irish nation
ality. With the delegate for the honor
of the Cardinals College upon the plat
form sat Mgrs. Lavelle and Brann. Johr
ID. Crmmins. Matthew =. Breen. Patrick
J. Conway. Jeremiah Iawlor. Gen. Jane,
r. O'Beirne. j. I. e. Clarke, George T
Gillespie. Patrick Gallagher. Col. Loui,
-. Conley, Thomas NJ. Mulry, William
Lyons and John Jerome Rooney. Justice
Martin j keogh was chairman OF the meet
ing and II was he who made the intro
duction to the audience Of the former
Archbishop Of the diocese Of New York.
This was the first public appearance
that Archbishop Farley had made since
word came from Rome that he was to
be elevated To the highest councils Of the
Church. His appearance upon the sta &c
brought all the great audience chamber
To its feet and the cheers continued
until the full measure of respect and
veneration had been paid. The Cardinal
designate said nothing during the course
Of the evening, but he was an appreciative
listener, both TO the weird Irish airs that
Miss Rita O'Donohoe rendered on the
violin and To the oratory Of Mr.. Cochran
and the apostle Of the Gaelic movement
After Mr. Cochran had occupied fifteen
fulsome minutes telling who the speaker
of the evening was Mr.. Leslie arose to
preface his speech with the statement
that the audience was in the position
of Elijah the prophet who when he was
on the mountain heard first the rushing
whirlwind and then the still, small voice.
His was 10 be the still small voice. Then
| Mr.. Leslie launched upon the exposition
of the antiquity and the beauties Of the
Gaelic language and literature. He said
that il was little wonder that Irish law
yers were preeminent at the bar. for in the
seventh century the code Of Irish law
distinguished in rendering damages to a
man stung 10y bee whether the sting
had drawn blood or was only a plain
sting.
1T is safe to say" was one Of his aphor-
isms. that If the laws have to be broken
in Ireland we always do SO with the finest
motives Of Justice