Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-18

city yesterday. The principal ban
AUets were those of the Celtic Club,
at Achtel-Stetter's the Friendly Sons
of st. Patrick at the Washington res
taurant, and the Sim Fein at the
Continental Hotel
y March II each year will bring rain,
snow or other unpleasant weather
conditions. Yesterday, however, was
a balmy spring day.
State Attorney General John W.
Wescott, of Camden, was the princi-
pal speaker at the twenty eighth an,
nual st. Patricks day dinner of the
Celtic Club. He echoed the patriotic
sentiments which were prevalent at
the elmer, and prophesied that Ire
land, whose subjects have played an
important part in the history of all
nations, would soon assume control
in the Emerald Isle through the
+ granting of home rule.
Il Others seated at the speakers table
were: George L. Kilgore, Michael
Koran, of New York, who Responded
90 the toast, Achievements of the
Irish" Bernard M. Stanley, jr.,
POSTMASTER; Joseph M. Byrne vice
president of the club; Mayor Jacob
Haussling, who spoke on "Our Home
Carroll. president of the club; At
i torney Howard MacSherry, who eX-
A. plained why ] Am Here" William
*. Flanagan. whose address was Our
Heritage" John II. O'Connor, his.
torian to The Celtic Club" Edward
II. Kelly and Thomas M. Tierney.
; AT the suggestion of President Car
roll a silent toast was drunk to the
memory Of the late John j. Gaffney
Mr. Gaffney was one of the organizers
of the Celtic Club. A tribute to his
career was paid by Mr. Carroll.
Toast to President.
POSTMASTER Stanley proposed n
toast to the President of the United
States 1t was responded to with q
will 1t was announced that Profess
sor James c. Monaghan, the publicist,
who was scheduled to address the
gathering, was i'll and unable to at
tend. Mr.. Monaghan's health mas
been poor for some years.
From the time | graduated from "A
glass factory at the age of sixteen
until the present day l have learned
with consistency that an Irishman
will not stay licked" began Mr.. Wes-
colt, at the opening of his talk. he
went on:
while was a raw, country
youth. gifted with little learning, |
had one experience with an Irish boy.
1t was somewhat painful. l was no
delicate child and for a large part
of the controversy l thought l had
the Irish boy licked-but he wouldn |
stay licked I exhausted myself lick
ing him and then he licked me with
THAT experience and others started
me on an investigation of What Is
an Irishman?' The Irishman has be-
come more mysterious and more
fascinating to me with the increasing
years. study of the evolution OF
the race has brought me to the con-
clusion that the Irish race Is the
greatest race on earth" Then to
emphasize his compliment, Mr.. Yves
colt added
IF there is one thing l hate in q
man, it is the laudation of man
where laudation is not deserved"
The speaker continued;
? = How do you account for the irish
Bentiment that includes those Won
derful peculiarities and has preserved
distinct type? And of all types the
l1shman has preserved his integrity
aore than any other. To ma the
nswer you have to go back TO
AJoriginal man.
'rWhere else do we find that pug
nacitv that never yields" continued
che State official. THAT faculty with
which a man conquers his foe and
then extends to the beaten one help
. sng hand? In the Irishman you WIZ
ind the quality that surrenders llte
self to principle; those character
itics which originated In ireland ana
nd expression in the very men mere
18th me tonight"
In conclusion Mr.. Wescott paid
.ibute to the Irishmen of the past
nd present who had done so much
ward making America the country
is today The American nag IS what
axes the ideal glorious, he sale, ana
was the convictions founded in the
tile green isle in northern seas I'M
anted on our own shores, which has
:rsisted here to this day.
This trip to me has been bap-
H." concluded the speaker our
g differences be what they may,
character is secure in the prac-
& of your lives Before me, in vary
urc is published the keenest OK
sion that not only the Irish race
it's descendants but all others
represented will remain true to
s loVable ideals"
en- the attorney general resumed
at he was accorded an ovation.
idress was marked by the same
attic ability that he used in Balti-
at the National Democratic Con-
On two years ago, when he nom
a Woodrow Wilson as Presiden-
nominee.
McSherry in the course Of his
lrks said he had once asked an
friend what kind of a govern
t the Irish republic would adopt
was given home rule and received
reply that one thing at least that
was desired to copy from America
s the spirit of patriotism.
Che banquet committee was COM
sed of Joseph V. Clark, chairman;
P. O'Rourke, John M. Delaney, c.
Walters, jr., and B. M Stanley, Jr.
he officers of the club are: Thomas
Regain, president emeritus; John l..
TROLL, president; Joseph M. Byrne,
ce-president; M. F. Mclaughlin and
IN M. Delaney; John Fl. O,Connor,
asurer and Bernard M. Stanley,
secretary.
sIegrams of congratulation were
lived by the Celtic Club from John
gonroy, at Atlanta, Ga; former
70 Edward E. Mccall, president
re Friendly Sons Society, of New
President Hugh Gallagher, of
Friendly Sons of MontclaT; John
ehoe, at Boca Grande, Fla; Sec
y James r. Milligan, of the
ark Friendly Sons, and Norman
oil, now in San Francisco.
Ideals of the Flag.
Irish spirit and Irish Ideals
extolled as the means by which
ace had survived all persecution
.ttempts to annihilate it, by
M O'Keeffe, of New York,
,g at the forty-fourth annual
t of the Soc ETY. Of the Friendly
st. Patrick.
ing ON the Importance of the
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