Show L f i f fAIRBANKS IN 1 st L THE IK WINDY MOT CITY fW 1 I t 01 Vice President the Chief Actor in the Celebration Celeb of StI St t t 1 I t t I Patricks Patrick s Day irv I li t MADE SEVERAL SPEECHES I Ij 4 j 1 j RECEPTION AND BANQUET AT i ik k t NIGHT t 1 I I 1 4 1 j Chicago March ach IS SAn An elaborate Mi i I jo i banquet baquet wa was Wa held at the Auditorium to tonight toI I I l V i i night under the auspices of ot the Irish F I f i club Vice ProVIdent President Fair hanks banks the guest gu t of or honor delivered the th the i eM tt r ft f e a chief address addres He e was greeted in hi the thee th thI li lii e i i I f banquet hall hal by fully 10 members of o oP If Iff ladies ladle were the club and half haIr as many s f I 1 P i i t present The banquet was wa preceded by bya byJ bya J 4 a reception held in the parlors of the r j hotel hoel i i i The Th Tb banquet was preceded by the I S singing of or The Star Spangled SIJ Ban Banner Bani i i L ner tier The vice spoke on The 1 I Irish Iris in America 11 i At the conclusion of ot his address addreS the i f vice ice Ice president was WIS presented with wih a pot potI I f 5 of nr It shamrocks of the Royal Purple Purpled 1 d i I type that were said sll to have boen brought from Tara hill hi in Ireland Previous to his speech at the tho banquet 1 v j I the te vice Ice president had made three ad adi I i held several impromptu re receptions J r and attended a luncheon at the i I j Prose Press Pre club e I l Speech at St Ignatius Ignatus j The first reception was wis held Ht tt It S 8 SL L 7 i ocl k In the te morning when a delegation c r I tion tl n of the Irish Fellowship dub club called cle clet Hi st the hotel to escort the vice president t q to St Ignatius college on the west vest westside I tt St Ignatus l f side Here he spoke as aa follows 1 I am am gratified to meet you under t I rj r d such sueh happy auspices and to thank you rou V for lor your cordial welcome There TherE is I 1 nothing more congenial to me tue than the 4 university university r ri TI atmosphere which pervades a n Hk like thin sity i siy I I wish to congratulate you U members i a for the splendid work f I j h of nf the faculty i i t 1 you 01 are doing In fitting this large stu student I d dent ut nt body bo for the responsibilities of lIt 1 1 P i life and the dutes of or citizenship There TherE I t j i is no more important work than han hat I In which you are engaged Knowledge I 1 Jt i I is indeed power and those who aro Rr ar arf t filling the the ouIs otiIs of or young oung men mn with wih no noble noI noblE nohle f 1 ble blE ambition end and instilling the souls or J I and in instilling InI 1 young men with ith noble I I stilling their minds mind with wih knowledge knowledgE r J I 1 I are Increasing the nations power I It Fortunate Americans t I 1 j i h We Ye are an all al proud that we are aN Amer Ainer Americans l N in hans lans There never was wat an hour hoU in all al 1 when it meant I iI if rif our matchless history i mont montI to be an American than it does I Li I t more b today We e must each and all an discharge I J tolY I 1111 t our duties and responsibilities to our ourI I 1 countrymen It I t is In the highest I I American citizens should t i be beI I t 1 important houll I ft educated I f 1 j i We Ve are ar fortunate In many things fortunate than in but in nothing more Tt 1 f 4 our splendid schools colleges l and nut uni universities ull ulli i 4 They are are every ever year er turning 1 i j out nUt a vast vat army of young oung men and an j i f f 1 I women to enter all aU the the fields felds of 4 N usefulness and to t contribute their full ful fulI fullI i I I t share toward towar the advancement of th thI thc 1 I I v 44 and moral S welfare ware of oC ni our OU nt i L people j p pk k In the final analysis the the stability of oC oCt t 4 I IK i i our much Institutions upon virtue does of constitution not depend and so 4 it b 1 statutes as upon education e and morality ii ty ts of lt the trip people We Ye have ha our legis hegis legislative ll ii io r i I 1 executive and judicial depart departments ments in nation naton anti and state They The enart k 1 laws which constitute the th mechanism x av m of republican n government They he are ar areri I ri i each eRch and all al of Importance In pro promoting rooting the welfare of or the people but butt 1 r t back of t these thee are ar the Judgment and andI conscience of ot the people It must be bean bei I M 9 i I I i an Intelligent judgment judgment it must mu t be an i enlightened conscience If i we are to at attain ati J 1 i i i I lain tain our highest destiny des tn hI i I 1 ii j Visit to University ii t From the college Mr Ir Fairbanks Fall banks was wasI f j I it escorted to the time University of ot Chicago I Ii where he made a R brief brier address In Int 1 t I hi which he ho eulogized the late President 1 I 1 Harper head of the Institution whose ho career an as leader the pointed 1 I 1 I out to be b worthy worth of imitation by b all al L m I d s young oung men From the university the ther vice was to ther the i t vie president r r t i rooms of the Chicago Press club on onRI RI LP Madison street There a a luncheon was wasI given Iven In his honor and he made malle his hist I l 1 I P third address of the day da t adress g J At the time the Press club chub luncheon Opie Ople O pie Read Red presided as toastmaster Short ad addresses adI addresses I t dresses se were made mode by George Gere Ade C f it President d John ohn J 1 Flinn of or the club cub I d 4 and several other members of or the or organization orn ort n t Ion 4 In acknowledging the te honor shown i a him hint the vice president spoke as aR fol rol follows roli foll l lows j i i iI t Press Club Speech f j 1 The press presa prest is a great great censor It r f passes pf S judgment upon n men and things j jP I and this Judgment becomes In a large I I lk degree dere In the course COUT of time the popular I 1 r lar Jr judgment It I does docs not so frequent frequently I i r ly hy 1 sit in judgment upon Itself iI as it does doe 1 1 upon others other It I is an eye 1 I I searching wrongdoing and wrongdoers I t and as such exercises a powerful in w influence wi 1 w t fluence It I Is usually upon the lie side of or 1 j i I f cleanliness and decency It I usually A R i stands for which Is best In our ouri i j It civilization and an It Is a tremendous de deterrent der deI r r I to those who might be disposed I I to t betray betry their trust Being the source sour influence It Is of or the theL I f of nf such potential i L f I I utmost Importance that the press Itself I l t should be pure pUN that Its Is motives should U bo b of ot the highest and best Possessing 1 ti as it I does the confidence of or a large con constituency coni li 1 I it I should give to the people i t i i as far as It I can the truth the th facts t I freo Cre from bias bia and without distorting dIstort ing ml i f The he press like the bench the bar barthe i if the pulpit and the great geat body od of ot socie society i 4 i r ty tV v has hV b Its IR har of th who ho are not actuated by br any aD high or ethical consid consideration and amI thus to bring a noble pro profession pr Into disfavor They The fortunately fortunate are a a Dart ort of 1 0 a 1 small smal minority The great geat body of the press like the greet great geat mass of oC the people whom it serves server is and patriotic It I stands I for those things Ings which make for the th up uplifting uplifting lifting lfting of 01 the community and ul for the I general betterment of ot mankind Press Not Net Decadent We Ye hear occasionally of ot the th decad decal decadence nee ence of ot the press that It I Is no longer edited el d from the editorial sanctum but fr m the business department department This were wre unfortunate for Cor the community ly and for the country of It were so It I is no doubt true tre that individual editorial utterances do not stand out and ring far as did ld the editorials of or Horace Greley and others in the not long ago but if it this is 18 true It is due dut to the fact tart that there Is more competition now I than there was in the not remote past pastI I The rh field feld has hiA been fully tl occupied o The Te editorial ages nages have been many man times n and while the individual editor perhaps does cloes not exert so 8 distinct and widespread ad an nn influence as for formerly formerly merly the Influence I it I quite I as great If Ir n t greater reater than ever eVEr It Itis I ItIs is fair to sn say S that the tb news newl columns have come to have a R more ore potent in influence Influence fluence fu nce upon the public discussion and the popular Judgment Judg nt than they for formerly merly had hd |