The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-17
BRILLIANT BANQUET
FOR ST. PATRICK
PROMINENT IR1SH-AMERIcANG|
OF MONTANA GUESTS OF SILL
YER BOW ORGANIZATION.

Nearly 200 of the most prominent
irlsh-Amerlcan citizens of Montana
sallefed IN Butte Saturday night and
held a banquet at the Silver Bow club
IN n OF lreland's patron saint. The
affair surpassed anything of it's kim
ever held IN the state, according to
press dispatches and reports received
from individuals yesterday, The ban
quet hall of the Silver Bow clubs was
decorated with American flags While
the green emblem of Ireland stood out
prominent on a background of white
lowers. The banquet was the fifth an
nual affair held by the Irish-American
club OF Silver Bow county. The guests
We're all assembled when Governor
eva was escorted into the room.
All present rose n cheered and re-
manned standing until the playing of
The Sta Spangled Banner" Joseph
X. jackson was POSTMASTER and be-
fore calling for speeches read tele-
gram from President Woodrow Wilson,
Senators Walsh and Myers, Congress-
man Thomas Stout, John p. Ryan, w.
A. Clark, Judge George NJ. Bourquin,
Judge w. H. Hunt, A. d. Macdonald,
speaker of the house of the last legis-
lature; John Ferns. Edward Ryan, j.
w. Farrell, Judge w. l.. Holloway and
Dennis Driscoll.
The speech-making was brilliant.
Judge Sanner of the state supreme
court responded to a toast Our Presi-
dent Colonel Alderson's subject was
Our Nation.' ]. H. Durston, editor Of
the Butte Post, used THE Irish
American as his theme. Representa-
tive Walker spoke about ST. Patrick,
n Governor Stewart talked in a most
happy vein before the meeting closed.
E. c. Mulroney of Missoula was a guest
and one of the speakers. He respond
ed to a toast The Wide Worlds Vol
unteers," and said in part: i
MuIroney's Speech.
Nearly 1000 years age it was de-
clared in holy writ that by their
fruits We shall know them And this
is particularly true of the sons and
daughters of Erin. No true Irishman.
indeed, would contend that his coun-
trNmen are endowed with all the vir-
tues and possessed with none of the
faults and frailties of men. But the
history of it's people iustifies the
statement that the genius of the Irish
race, scattered broadcast across the
globe, has enriched and ennobled man
kind.
"Hampered by local conditions and
by every obstacle of poverty and OPP
presslon, Its men and women have
nevertheless risen to heights of grand
eur in human achievements. A dis
tlnctly national literature has been Gre
ated. 1t is not generally known that
the poet, Oliver Goldsmith, was an Irish
lac, who was buffeted from village to
village as a travelling minstrel until
his genius became recognized and his
place was made secure as one of the
Worlds foremost poets. His Deserted
Village is tinged with sad recollection
Of his youth.
To lrelano's Renown.
THE beloved Tom Moore, the Bard
OF Erin has added luster to 1reland's
renoWrf wherever the English language
IS spoken. He received his inspiration
largely from Robert Emmett and his
Writings are replete with patriotism
and love of his native land.
"Moore's Irish Melodies have found
a permanent resting place in the hearts
not only of his W countrymen, but
of all those whose blood is warm and
whose pulses heat with hnmelv
thoughts of love and the simple things
of life.
William Carleton, Justin Mccarthy
and scores of others have truly inter-
preted the fervor of the Irish feeling
and the vividness o. Irish Imagination.
And how strange it is that most of
he writings of Irish authors are of a
happy, cheerful strain, when the en-
VlrOnments were most naturally dis
posed to melancholy and even to trag-
edy.
And in music and art Ireland has
been no less generous in her contri-
buttons of Victor Herbert, James Barry
ana Augustin st. Galldens and others.
Perhaps the two greatest classes
of men coming from the green isle are
It's warriors and statesmen. Wherever
are gathered together wv or three
freshmen, can be found the right arm of
wrath and power against darkness and
oppression and to lift a noble voice
against injustice"
LET'S GO FISHING.