Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
EVENTFUL CELEBRATION.
The Local Council of the knights
of Columbus Honor Landing Day
of the Mariner on This Continent
Judge Reid's Eloquent Address.


at the Hotel Bells last Tuesday
evening. j. Parnell Egan, the Irish
tenor of Chicago, rendered a number
of beautiful selections. The one
making the "hit' of the evening
was ga Little Bit of Heaven" which
Mr.. Egan sang with an artists voice
and to which he was compelled tC
respond to several encores.
Grand Knight Patrick T. Stones
remarks were short and appropriate
while Edward P. German made ar
excellent toastmaster and his remarks
about the speakers, was, as one speak
er said, a keen reminder that it was
truly Landing Day"
The principal address of the even
ing, delivered by Judge A. H. Reid
OF this judicial circuit, was eloquent
and most appropriate. The comments
on his talk were most favorable and
complimentary.
He said in part: SIN a way | seem
to be to you tonight the stranger
within your gates, yet in such linn
tied sense does it thus appear that l
may err in mentioning it at all; for
outside of the fact that l am not a
member of your order. yet by every
other tie, of race, a common country,
a common citizenship, a common feel
ing of neighbOrliness, and a common
interest in almost everything that
may be held in common, | am GER
tainly brother to you all. We are,
first of all, sons of the one Great
Father and with you believe in His
universal fatherhood and as a neces-
sary corollary, in the universal broth
erhOOd of man. And nothing could
more fully express your thought in
this regard than your invitation to
me to address you on this occasion.
b Would that those who controlled
the destinieS of the nations of Europe
a little over year ago had paused in
their intrigues and ambitions and
passions before they cast the die that
plunged their nations into that most
appalling and SenSeless slaughter now
raging and had set before them this
great principle of brotherhood and
had let it sink into their deepest
consciousness until it controlled and
directed their conduct and stayed
each arm that was raised to strike.
If reasonable and just men had been
in power in all the capitals of Europe
and had recognized the principles
that we apply among ourselves as
neighbors and brothers, of justice and
right and universal brotherhood, the
history of the past year and for some
time to come could have been written
with pride instead of censure and
would not have been blotted by so
many tears of grief and misery. Say
what we will and sympathize as we
may with one or another of the war;
ring nations we must all agree that
this is fratricidal war, in which
brothers of the same white race are
Staying each other. Saxon fighting
Saxon, Slav. fighting Slav. and Jew
fighting Jew, followers of the same
gentle Christ and protesting to apply
his teachings to their lives are spring
ing at each others throats. Catholics
are fighting Catholics, Protestants
fighting Protestants, neighbors are
destroying neighbors, and even blood
relations in near degree may be
found arrayed in opposing armies.
Yes this is fratricidal war, which
would never have occurred if the
spirit of brotherhood which actuated
you who are assembled here tonight
had dwelt in the hearts of those who
guided the destinies of Europe.
And now the contrast, kind Provi-
dence has cast our lots together in
this bountiful land; broad and males
tic and beautiful enough to command
the enthusiasm of every resident:
diversified enough to supply almost
every want. And here we have erected
and are maintaining for our common
defense and common and universal
welfare the most liberal and most salts
flying government which has yet been
evolved, by mankind, a government
in which we all participate with all
such equality as is possible to beings
somewhat unequally endowed, a gov
ernment in which liberty of speech
and freedom of conscience are funda-
mental principles, and under which
every man may grow to his full
mental as well as physical stature
and be his individual self, mot forced
to frame excuses for his BIRTH" In
that government, as | have just said,
we all participate as equally as men
of different endowments may equally
participate, each armed with an equal
vote and granted an equal voice,
and we rub shoulder to shoulder
as we exercise that franchise, and we
meet and mingle as we discuss our
nations policies, knowing that he
whose judgment is best and prevails
in such policies will confer benefit on
every one of US. And we share in
the common good that comes from
wisely directed administration and
have common interest in desiring
that common good shall be advanced
Yes, we who are gathered here at
once, sons of the Universal Father,
bound in the universal brotherhood of
man, and we rub shoulder to shoulder
as brother American citizens, proud
of our country and our government,
and we know that our common veal
is dependent upon our counIry's life
and vigor. When dissentient argu-
ment sometimes awakens feelings of
resentment, one for another, how
quickly do those feelings disappear