El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-12

l5PATRIOTIC
Speakers Defend Religion at
Banquet of the Knights
of Columbus.

] day OF activities which included rho
initiation Of a class Of 50 into the Or
! der The work started at $3.50 a IL
! with the eXemplification Of tho first
| degree This was followed by the ex-
: emplification of the second degree,
| starting at 1890 a m. The third de-
| gree. eXemplified by Mr. Scott, was put
1 on. beginning at $50 p. m.
! Elaborate preparations were made
J for the dinner marking the close Of the
] visit Of the distinguished knight and
leader Of the organization on the Pa
| clfic coast Places were provided FOR
! 40 knights and the guests and every
! place was filled
Out OF Town Guests.
/ In addition to local knights, there
were many visitors from BiShee, DEM
| ing. Las Cruces and other cities in the
I southwest. who came to be present at
I the secret sessions and remained over
! for the dinner, at which Mr.. Scott was
! the honOred guest The tables were
| prettily decorated with red carnations
and ferns and at each place was a card
giving the list OF speakers and the
menu
The speakers table was a large cir
cular table set near the center on one
side Of the banquet hall At the ta-
BILE, besides Mr.. Scott. were mayor G
T. Kelly. Joseph NJ Nealon. Rev Ed
ward Barry, $ J.. Rev. Joseph Cou-
Of Las Cruces; NJ : Drannen, Of Los
Angeles; H NJ. Andreas. A. w Norcop
W J. Regain T $ Hannifin. u. p,
Long. J. P. O'Conuor, E V Berrien,
Baron.
NeaIOn Presides.
J. " Nealon. city attorney. acted a s
POSTMASTER. In a short talk he in
troduced Rev. Joseph Barry
Father Barry spoke Of Christian
hnighthoOd-" All men, from the high
est to the lowest. he asserted are clay
and die on a common level. but that IL
is the human mind, the spirit in him,
that elevates man among men The
Christian knight. he declared. is ma
lures nobleman- He quoted from the
pages Of history to illustrate the type
OF man who in all ages has stood for a
principle. for right and justice in the
face Of opposition
Manhood and Christianity.
Natural manhood. he said. had assert I
cd itself in the earlier years Of written
history. but he declared that IL had |
never risen to its full height until the /
down Of Christianity. From an OBJ !
scure manEer came the first true gem
tleman. there occurred the emancipa-
tion OF woman ana there was the be-
ginning OF Christian knighthOod- he !
asserted. The speaker dWelt at some ]
length upon the kuiEhtly deeds OF God /
frey. who led the crusade 10 rescue the I
Holy Land from the hands OF pagan
ism. who conquered with his e0.0oU I
followers over a host of 100000 from q
Egypt. and who, after this great VIC
tory. refused the laUre1s Of victory Of
fered him. declaring Il can wear no
crown 81 gold when my master wore a
crown OF thOrns."
~Out of the medieval kniShthood /
grew chiyalry TO women: the knight
loved women lust has he did his ava Z
Maria in his daily prayers the speak
OF continued. and he spoke of the
knightly deeds performed in behalf OF
women
Medieval Eni=hthOOd.
vol
lsnighthOOd found its elimination in
the characters Of Columbus and Daniel
VConnel- The former. he stated. set
forth into unknown seas TO find new
route to the Orient that the gospel Of
Christianity might be brought TO the
heather of those lands. O'Couneu he
showed. imbued with the spirit of re-
ligiOus liberty forced England to allow
s. 600, 900 Irishmen to worship God as
they chose, emancipatinE them from I
the English fetish that had been set up
i'm Ireland a fetish against which all
Ireland revolted under his leadership.
2. Y. BARREN, in a short talk, intro
duced Joseph Scott as the champion
Of democracy, the champion OF true
Influence OF the Church.
Mr. Scott. in his opening remarks re-
ferred TO the Illuminating examples OF /
OF earlier times that had been
mentioned by father Barry and declared
that the present dFy educator IS OBJ
= Q
present civilization has been made pos
siblebthrOugh the tremendous influence
Of the Catholic church. he declared ]
The influence OF the church has been |
felt in every movement since the dawn I
Of Christianity. and vet there is a dis
position to totally ignore it."
The speaker referred TO the patriot
ism Of the sOuthcrners in the days fol- I
lowing the close OF the civil war and
said that the same campaign Of mis-
that was once made
gainst the south is today being made !
Eainst the Catholic church. He called
attention to the insinuations against /
The chastity Of the Catholic clersy. and I
declared them an insult not only % the
priests but TO all Catholic women.
Public Education Needed.
w hat we need is men to 80 through
he country to work. not against Chris
ian Science or Professionalism in any {
orm, but against the Islander upon the
-irtue Of our people" he declared !
There must be an awakening among
The people Of this country to the truth
Is regards our religion and our clergy
We must break down the barriers OF iE-
Iorance and Of studied misrepresenta-
ion and present our cause in its true
light We can and must awaken the
,ubllc conscience and il we do this. the
'hurch will be seem in its proper light ] D
md the opposition Will cease.
Catholic Patriotism.
The patriotism Of Catholics has been P .
Questioned. II there is one thing I
worry about IL is the duty imposed
'pon me by the church TO be loyal TO .
ny country There are 10000 priests
killed from France who are today I
lighting for France in the trenches ::
an You beat it, and why are they
ighungt For the reason that they {
elieve they are still subjects of France
nd IN duty bound TO fight in her cause.
he Catholic church teaches patriotism {
s bounden duty which must be lived /
10 to. and il is therefore a hard thing !
o have the question constantly before [
is as TO our patriotism and our clean !
wing
America Is Tolerant.
Il have been elected to the school I
GARD in Los Angeles five consecutive Z
lines. not because ] am Joe Scott, but !
eC7use OF fair minded people who !
ee no reason why religious prejudiccs
nOuld govern the selection Of public
ffcials. This illustrates the attitude
T non-Catholics in this country. And /
-hen We consider the attitude OF nom