The New York herald., 1922-03-18
.COHALAN ACCEPTS
irish FREE STATE
Step in Right Direction,
He Tells Friendly Sons
at Dinner.
DOES NOT APPROVE
Tells of PrOtestants Found
inc st. Patrick's Society:
Jews as Members.
BROOKLYN SOCIETY DIMES
Has Feast at the Waldorf
Dispensation for Eating Meat
Friday Celebrated.

The Friendly Sons of st. Patrick
held their 13sth anniversary dinner
last night at the Hotel Astor. There
was an attendance of more tLan 1900
Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Co
halan. president Of the Friendly Sons,
presided
The speakers were United States
Senator David 7. Walsh of Massa-
chusetts, former Governor Alfred Z.
Smith, the Very Rev. Thomas F.
Burke and Lindsay Crawford
Justice Cohalan drew attention 10 the
fact that the Friendly Sons is not e
society Of religious prejudice or racial
prejudice. The society was founded by
1 Irish Protestant merchants of New York
city, with its only basic requirement
then, as now. the tracing Of ts members
ancestry back to Ireland and it now has
in its membership many Protestant Irish
| Americans and many Jews. After
| stating that all the people of the United
states owe allegiance to no other coun-
try and should be true to the tradition
OF Washington and all essentially Amer
lean traditions Justice Cohalan switched
his subject TO Ireland and said:
| We feel that what was done recently
in Ireland. no matter what the motive
| of Englad. was a step forward on the
road OF independence. step in the right
direction
This statement coming from Justice
| Cohalan caused considerable surprise to
some OF the large audience. and at the
end of his address the following ques-
| ton was put directly to him:
| Are We to understand that Justice
Cohalan approves of the Irish Free
State as step in the right direction? p
i To this Justice Cohalan made the
following reply in writing:
NO. Accepts II as step in the right
direction on the road to absolute inde-
| pendcnce"
Former Governor Smith. speaking on
the State OF New York. said of the
States institutions: THE banking code
OF this State is thing to be proud
OF, its wonderful Health Department
was organized BY brains and is operated
| by ingenuity. the educational system Is
unsurpassed. and the charitable institu-
! tons arc marvels which have been
studied by representatives Of other
countries But we are here to celebrate
not to talk about such a dry subject as
| the State. 7 wouldn't dare talk about
judges here tonight to give every man
and woman in this audience a hundred
years apiece
The Rev Thomas +. Burke spoke on
st. Patrick and the history Of Ireland's
patron saint.
For fifteen centuries" he said, 'Ire-
land has had soul and a Christian
soul. and nothing has done more TO bring
that soul TO achievement and to recog-
rick"
Senator Walsh spoke on the United
States and Lindsay Crawford who is
editor of the Netc Statesman of Toronto
and who was formerly grand master or
the Society Of Orangemen, made an adj
dress on The Day We Celebrate"
During he dinner the society's slee
club sang Irish melodies.
Mayor Hylan was among the guests
OF honor.
Others present were Police Commits
sioner Richard +. Enright. William Ed
! wards. Thomas D. Mccarthy Judge
Joseph T.. Mulqueen OF the Court OF
Special Sessions. Supreme Court Justice
Arthur $. Tompkins OF Nyack. Fir,
Chief John Kenlon. Deputy City Clerk
Charles w. Culkins. the Rev. Franci:
+. Duffy Rodman Wanamaker, Jane.
| a. OGorman. the Right Rev. John J.
Supreme Court. the Rev. Stephen ]
Donohue. Grover s. Whalen. Charles F
| Murphy, Martin McCue, John Dewey,
Morgan j. O'Brien and Alexander Rorke
John II, Morris. a member who has
not missed an anniversary dinner for
thirty years. came from Saratoga
Springs to be present.
Brooklyn Society," Dinner.
While the Friendly Sons were cele-
brating at the Astor. the st. Patrick's
Society OF Brooklyn was holding its
seventy-third annual dinner in the ball
| room of the Waldorf-Astoria, with 400
members and guests present. The presi
| dent. Patrick f. Callahan, presided. Ad-
| dresses were made BY Mgr David J
Hickey. who Is chaplain OF the society
| Major Eugene r. Knkead and Leo III
| Healy.
Mayor Hylan who had already been
a guest OF honor Of the Friendly Sons
of st. Patrick at the Astor, arrived at
the Waldorf as a guest of the st Pat
rck's Society while the dinner was in
progress. Upon his appearance the as
semblage rose and sang Hes a jolly
Good Fellow"
Others present were William f
Hagarty. George J. s. Dowling, Edward
j. Riegelmann. Borough President OF
bIooklyns Juug -1artin Il, Mdnlon,
George A. Winga.e. Luke D. stapleton
\ William j. Glackcn. Harry I. Woods
4 Peter ] Brady, Commissioner John II
4 Delaney. George O'Neiil. Or. Edward g.
Hicks. James +. Hurley. william y. Fen
ton, J. T. Broadbent and stephen w
\ McKeever.
Bacon In The Bronx.
The Bronx Friends OF ireland held
their fourth annual reunion dinner at
the Schnorer Club. 1f3d street and Third
avenue. and with the advantage OF the
4 dispensation permitting the eating Of
i meat on this st. Patrick's day although
y was Friday. a special feature Of the
occasion was made OF the serving OF
genuine Irish bacon imported from Lin
erick county.
There was an attendance of more than
3h0. The speakers were District At
/ torney Edward ]. Glennon OF Bronx
| county. Sheriff Martin Conboy. Edward
| J. Flynn and Nat Jacob.
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PATRON SAINTS OF FRANCE.
PARIS. March 17--The Virgin Mary
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