Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-09
ANNIVERSARY FETE
BY NEWARK A. 0. H.
Division No. 7 Holds Banquet,
With Mayor Haussling Among
Guests of Honor.
CLEANLINESS OF CITY
TOLD BY EXECUTIVE
Rev. Frederick c. O'Neil Lauds
Sons of Erin for Accomplish
ments Here and Abroad.

Division No. I. Ancient Order of
Hibernians. celebrted its twenty-tifth
anniversary by a banquet at Achtei-
Stetters last night. Mayor Haussling
and oahtr city officials we're present
Our City" was the subject of an
address by Mayor Haussling. After
paying a number of compliments to
the Irish race, particularly to the Hi
herman order, the mayor detailed the
advancement of Newark in the last
few decades and prophesied that the
city's population would reach 100000
in the near future. The executive
dwelt on the moral cleanliness of the
city and invited anyone to refute his
assertion that Newark is one of the
foremost of the large cities in the
country for decency.
Not a single city official has even
been suspected of crookedness or
grating, the mayor declared. and
pointed to the fact that if such a con-
dition existed the newspapers would
be only too eager to expose the facts.
He explained his reason for advocat-
ing the reclamation of meadow land,
harbor and water front development,
with proper shipping facilities, by
pointing out that these improvements
would one day make Newark one OF
the leading ports in the East.
The mayor was followed by Rev.
Frederick C. O'Neil, rector of the
Blessed Sacrament Church. Like
the other speakers the clergyman
praised the sons of Erin for the prom
inent parts they had played in making
worlds history, but also took occa-
sion to administer mild rebuke for
the Irishman's lack of patriotism in
the past.
The Irish people have done great
deal of good in moulding the world,
he said, "but the Irish national fault
Is tho lack of harmony and unity. For
that reason the Irish people lost the
opportunity of building up the Irish
nation to be one Of the leading nations
of the world.
Instead of standing by one another
in their own country the Irish have
distributd themselves in all parts of
the globe, and every country has Irish
names written down in their histories
as names of men having accomplished
great deeds By being distributed
ever the world in this manner the
Irish people have distributed the
Catholic faith everywhere with good
results.
1.-THE Irish take an important part
in all professions and also are of spe
cial note in the athletic world. Ire
land would have been a great and
prosperous nation if her sons could |
have been whipped in line with he
true feeling of patriotism. While
they are brilliantly valiant under Inc
flags of all nations of the world they |
have brought their own flag to disre- |
pute. but the day might not ne far
distant wher Ireland will begin to |
hA n In
Rev. Father Gilbert, o. S. B., pro-
fessor of English at st. Benedicts |
College, also spoke.
Among those who sent regrets at
not being able to attePd were former
[ nited States Senator James Smith, |
jr., City Counsel James r. Nugent |
Monsignor Whelan, Assemblyman !
Hubert J. Rowe and Congressman !
Eugene F. Kinkead.
Andrew J. Brady, il, chairman OF
the committee on arrar geInents, acted |
as POSTMASTER during the banquet. |
Other speakers were:
Former School Commissioner James |
Taaffe, J. F. Donnelly, president of
the Common Council; Rev. Michael ]. |
White, pastor of st. COLUMBIA |
Church; Rev. Samuel b. Hedges, pas
tor of ST. Bridgets Church, and Board |
of Works Commissioner Charles P. |
Gillen.
Among those present were John ]. !
Gascoyne, State treasurer of the |
order of New Jersey; Charles P. !
Dwell, president of the Hudson |
County division; John J. Finn. vice
president of No. Division, of Hudson |
County: John e. Dunn. president of |
the Morris County division; Dennis |
president of the Union !
County division; Thomas II. Guthrie.
treasurer of the Essex County divi- |
sion. and John r. OGorman, treas
urer of the Hudson County division.