New Britain herald., 1919-10-15
X. OF |. HAVE JOLLY
 GET TOGETHER RALLY
Columbus Day Banquet ExCeIs
 Any Yet Held by Lodge


 ! lovers of God was outlined last evc- ming in brilliant and stirring addresses at the Columbus Day banquet at the Elks club. The addresses were made by United States District Attorney | John F. Crosby, of Hartford; Sheriff Thomas l.. Reilly, of Mcriden, and ! Mayor George A. QuiglcN, of this city. 1 Brief speeches were made by Rev. ! J. Leo Sullivan, chaplain of Daly i council. who said prayer, and Rev. ] John Y. Winters, who offered bene- l diction. Joseph M. IIalloran, former 1 mavor was toastmaster.
 John C. O'Brien was presented with 1 a gift for his work for Daily council 1 during the war.
 Toastmastcr IIalIoran. Postmaster Joseph M. Halloran addressed the gathering as follows: Ut is singular that Daly council holds this banquet in this hall on the anniversary of the same evening in 1917, when the boys returned from the Mexican border. How pleased we were to have them home then! How eloquent were the speeches made on that night! They will be just as elO- Quent tonight. But a few days ago we welcomed homo the veterans of the World War, and we are pleased to see so many of them present here this evening. In the past the Knights of Columbus have been generous and patriotic in every way. It took the war, however, to produce outward l evidence to show that the order stood | for sincere devotion to this country. The history of the Knights in the World War has shown to every race and creed that, shoulder to- shoulder. with charity, beneVOlenCe, patriotism and religion, we will fight a gainst any ism that would raise a hand against our government Daily council has had it's share in this work of patriotic endeavor and the foundation for the l councils new homo is already laid l and the walls will soon be standing ! as emblematic of our loyalty to l church, country, state and city. It is ! our duty to preserve within it's walls 1 the memory of those who have served l our God and our country, and in the absence of these dead heroes, I pro- l pose a toast"
 | (Iere all arose and drank a toast 1 to tho absent members.)
 | Mayor George A. Quigley, as repre- 1 sentative of the city, was then intro- 1 duced. The mayor said that 'in this ! democratic gathering I felt bit diff 1 dent at first, but now that Congress- l man Lonergan is not present, I feel ] that I can unburden myself. 1 "The Knights of Columbus is now 1 an international organiza ton. 1t once l belonged alone 10 the Catholic church, 1 but now we feel we have the right to l claim ownership to it in view of the | great work it has done Now is the l time for every patriotic citizen to eX- press his true feelings, and these must 1 be America for Americans.' We must 1 adopt that slogan and carry it into our daily lives.
 | 'There is an element, American 1 born that is more dangerous men ace even than the l. w. w. I heard man recently discuss President 1 Wilson's activities This man is a re- publican and so am I. This man was | all right until he began to be personal 1 when he began to rip up the Presi- dent of the United States. No man
 should stand for speaking against the | head of the gOvernm ent How can We Americanize foreign born when we l stand for the assailing of the hea ad l of the government? When We do
 this, we create unrest What is the | foreigner going to think? What kind
 of an American is he going to be ?
 We must stop this islander, this abuse
 of the head of the government
 There Is Labor Unrest.
 There is labor unrest. A solution
 must be found. Years ago it was
 master and man; today it is employer l and employe. Tomorrow labor must 1 be a partner of capital. There must | be a fair return to capital-a fail 1 wage for labor-a dividend on labor
 and capital. There must be a divid-
 ing of the profits
 You, as an American organization
 must contribute toward smoothin2
 out the difficulties the government is
 facing. Americans must now have
 one slogan-'America for AmcrcanS.' .
 I am proud of the work done by the
 Knights Of Columbus. They have
 contributed much toward mallin2
 America a better place to live in, and
 I hope the organiza tion will become
 a power for good in the community
 state and nation.'
 Sheriff Reilly Speaks.
 Postmaster Halloran then intro
 duced former Congressman noW
 Sheriff) Thomas l.. Reilly, of Meriden
 whom, he said, he had to go to ja
 after. He referred to his recent 55tl
 birthday. Sheriff Reilly said that the
 compliment relative to jail might be
 returned He said that, while his
 hair is white, he rememh hcred that he
 played on the same ball team witt
 Jim Curtin.
 The color of my hair" he said
 "docsn't make any difference.