The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-13
STIRRING TALKS
AT X. {. FEAST
ELABORATE BANQUET OF THE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WAS
SPREAD AT FARGO AUDITORIUM
LAST NIGHT-slsHoP o'RElLLY,
PURCELL AND OTHERS SPOKE.

LAST NIGHT-RIsHoP o'RElLLY,
| PURCELL AND OTHERS SPOKE.
There were many enjoyable and stir
ring speeches made last night at the
Fargo auditorium. following the ban
Duet OF the knights Of Columbus, at
winch $50 people sat down to an elab-
crate feast served by the George D.
Pirie Co. ~.@ -, 80
|. Among the most notable speakers
heard were Bishop O'Reilly of Fargo,
senator Purcell Of .Wahpeston and John
s.. keefe OF Iowa. An excellent pro-
gram OF toasts had been prepared and
all were greatly enjoyed. l.
George +. Thacker Of Grand Forks,
state deputy Of the Knights Of Col
umbus for North Dakota, presided as
OF the occasion and &C
Quilted himself with much credit. Mr..
Is an easy speaker and happi-
ed.
Hannaher and Keefe.
Thomas Hannaher of Fargo, district
deputy OF the order, was the. first
speaker Of. the evening. His topic vas
prospects and R~etrospects. Mr.. Han
naner told OF the work done by the
knights Of Columbus in this state and
what he hoped the future would bring.
John B. Keefe Of Sioux City. Ia,
state deputy for the hawkeye state,
was the second speaker of the even
ing. MI, Keefe's. remarks were humor-
GUS and kept everyone in an uproar.
One Of his witty little stories about
the neWsleS mistaking the Episcopal
ian rector for a Roman Catholic priest
was especially funny and brought forth
peals Of laughter.
Rev. M. M. Cory Of Cando, formerly
OF Fargo. had for his subject, The
Great Discoverer. He eulogized Chris
topher Columbus, not so much as a
navigator, but as a man, of his great
salntl1ness and daily attendance Of
mass. Rev. Mr.. Cory thought it had
been most appropriate in the founders
Of the knights Of Columbus to choose
such a man as Queen Isabeila's pro-
tege for its patron, that all men of to-
day might pattern their lives after his
and i've accordingly.
Purcell and Hughes.
Senator. Purcell delivered a MASTER
full address on Knighthood's Banner.
The senator's ~utterances deeply stirred
every member Of the order and clergy
man Of the church present, for it was
a clear outline Of the duty of each
knight Of Columbus in preparing him.
self on the subject. Of his church so
that he may meet in arguments any
attacks to which it may be subject.
Col. HON D. Hughes. always a
witty and fluent speaker, lived up to
his usua reputation last night. His
response was to The Ladies. In in
Producing Colonel Hughes, Toastmas-
ter Thacker said he was pleased to
note that such q large portion Of Far
COS email population that was pres
ent were content to still be called
ladies and not suffragettes.
Colonel Hughes hold a few Of his
funny stories which are always so we'll
received. He urged his brother knights
to guard well the influence of the ladies
il they would prosper as we'll in the
future as they have prospered in the
past.
"A suffragette who heard Abraham
Lincoln. speak at Gettysburg," said
Colonel Hughes, said, when he said
that four score and seven years ago
a new republic was founded where all
men were created equal, she was sure
MT. Lincoln meant to say men and
women. Now ! am not sure about that.
l am very certain, for my owne part,
that it was not what the great emanci.
pator had in mind at all. for I think
he felt was superior to man.
So do I. God bless them.
Bishop Last Speaker.
Rt. Rev. James O1Reilly, bishop OF
Fargo, was the last speaker Of the
evening. The subject. assigned him
was Church and Country, but as he
stated, Senator Purcell had already
made such a masterful talk on tho
church. and as both Of his subjects
were entirely too exhaustive to talk
about, in SO brief a. space as he was
allowed, that he would speak on the
country.
Bishop O'Reilly spoke Of some of the
opposition the church had had in this
country from bigots, but that despite
Of all such obstacles it had gone on
continually gaining ground everywhere
throughout the United States. He told
of the bright future he predicted for
the church in America and the help
toward this end which the knights OF
Columbus will become.
1--WE were here first" said Bishop
G'ReiIly. "Who "a it christened st.
Paul? Who was it christened st. An
thony? Who was it christened st.
Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, st.
Augustine and Santa Fee? Catholic
missionaries. .s
perhaps the greatest event in his
tory since the birth of Christ was the
declaration of American independence.
In this I will always contend that
Washington failed. In fact, Washing
ton admitted he had failed, and inde-
pendence would never have been won
for the Americans if it had not have
been for the aid Of help from we the
seas. Had it not been for a Catholic
country sending sending US soldiers
Washington would never have been
able to make CORVALLIS surrender his
sword at Yorktown. 1t was the help
Washington had in such men as Roch-
ambeau and Lafayette that made
American independence possible.
''Who was it that first recognized
the American republic as O free and
OF a Catholic country, Louis XVI. of
France. So you see we have a right
to be here. And we r here to stay.
Catholic Church Growing.
why is it Of late that we have been
so maligned by a certain paper called
The Menace and other such publica-
tons? One reason is because of the
steady growth of the Catholic church
in the United States. Fear of our
growth and strength is back of it.
."Commercialism also, enters into it
to a large degree. The sensationalism
Of such, newspapers pays, and so, to
increase the sale of the papers, they
have adopted this method. Some have
asked me why we do not bring these
people to account in the courts. Leg
islation is very uncertain and for: that
reason the law takes a long course.
And the law is, if you malign an in
dividual it is libelous, but if you
malign a, people you malign nobody.
So we cannot reach them.
II don't know whether I would are
to do so il we could. I think the best
way is to pay no attention to such
attacks.