The Irish standard., 1913-02-01
Citizens of St. Paul, Irrespective
of Greed, Contribute Magnifi-
cient Sum
Presentation Made in Presence
of Church Dignitaries and
Leading Citizens.
In Acceptance Speech, Archbishop
Predicts Building May be
Finished in 1915.

A gift of 100000, Of :hich $4,000
was in cash and the remainder i'll
pledges, was presented to Archbishop
John Ireland by group Of the citi-
zens of st. Paul last Saturday night.
The presentation was made at the
Archbishop's home, 977 Portland ave-
nue., in the presence of his old time
friend, Bishop James McGolrick OF,
Duluth, Auxiliary Bishop j. j. Law
Ter and a group Of the leading busi-
ness men and clergy of the city.
The purse was presented by Paul
Doty, chairman of the gift commit
tee, in the presence of group of fifty
of the donors. The money is to be
expended on the construction of the,
dome of the new cathedral In pre-
senting the magnificent sum to the
Archbishop, Mr.. Doty said 1t was the
voluntary. offering of the citizens of
st. Paul who, without regard to creed.
felt that they could find no better
way to testify to the esteem. in which
they held the character of the vener-
able prelate who has spent fifty of
the best years Of his life laboring
among them.
Tribute Of Esteem.
'hfs fsafsalinss is more than q trib-
ute OF esteem" said Nj. Doty II pre-
senting the purse, FOR it involves a
spontaneous desire OF the citizens of
st. Paul to show their affection to
you for whose character they have
the highest regard. 1t is an inspira:-.
tion for men in all walks OF life in
these times of religious unres. to look
10 men like you. AS ]. P. Morgan said
in testifying before the congress
sional committee not long ago, the
power Of character is greater than the
power of wealth. Although the DON
ors of this purse represent many diff
ferent crecds, we are not unmindful
of the beautiful cathedral that now
crowns the brow of ST. Anthony hill,
q worthy companion of the State
Capitol. We want Il small share in
this the completion of this structure
one stone, we may say-tha:t we may
call our own. 1t is for that purpose
that we give you this purse OF $780,
900 in cash and pledges donated by
the people Of st. Paul, irrespective OF
creed as a free-wll offeriHg."
II accepting the gift, Archbishop
Ireland spared no effort to indicate
the pleasure he felt ir generous kind
ness of his fellow citizens, both for
the testimonial Of love for him as a
fellow worker and because it means
Another step in the realization of his
dream for the completion of the new
cathedral.
Arehbishop's Response.
Il would be hard-hearted. indeed, it,
were not deeply affected by this
beautiful testimonial" said the Arch
bishop. I'm accepting it, want to
say that the most pleasing part Of it
all is that it comes as a. voluntary Of
fering prompted by regard for me.
II am an old citizen CT st Paul. I
came here in 1852 and for more thai,
a half century I have labcred among
you. My first thought when the
cathedral idea was broached, was
that the new edif1ce should be worthy
of the city Of st. Paul. The gift of
the site to us on the part <'f the city
in the world. l know of no location,
with the possible exception Of Mont
h1artre il Paris, that is more beauti-
full, and that only because the city is
larger. In E. L. Masqueray we have
the best church architect in the
United States man with the inspir-
alton Of an artist.
Beautiful Church Edifies.
"Architecturally the new cathedral
will be the most beautiful church edi-
flee in the country. st, john the Di-
vine in New York is larger, but no,
more beautiful. And We are so proud
that only Minnesota materials have
been used throughout. Even the stone
of the interior will be Minnesota
stone. which we believe lla, not been
made sufficient use Of in this state.