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Show j ! . i Grand Reception and Banquet at Which Many j Prominent Men Are Prsseut at the ! Commercial Club. : ! Head of ( . Cz Church in America Touches All Hearts With j SJJ '' Eloquence and Personal Tenderness. i I j (Salt Lak i Trr une. Aug. 16.) I Simple and bf-Jt ful in it6 spirit, calm f ! and restful as if voicing the feelings of one far removed from the petty things of the world, wore the words of thanks, 3 ; of encouragement and of commendation t given the the members of the Salt Lake coum-il, So. 6)2, Knights of Columbus, . - j at the banquet In the Commercial club Sunday evening by his eminence, the cardinal, James Gibbons. Filled with thankfulness at the accom-I accom-I plisbment of a life work, also, were the I brief words of thanks given by the Right Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, bishop of Utah, for thepretty remembrance given him by the members of the council, In J the form of an elegantly bound volume of the history of the Catholich church I in Utah, which was presented shortly j after the openig of the banquet i The occasion was the honoring of his I eminence. Cardinal James Gibbons and ' the Right Rev. Bishop Scanlan, D. D., by what they termed affectionately "The iSir Knights" of the order, and advantage advan-tage was taken of the opportunity to felicitate each other and the dignitaries of the Catholic church on the successful consummation of an event which will be memorable in this 6tate the dedica-. dedica-. tion of the magnificent new cathedral in I this city. I Never before in the history of the com- munity, perhaps, had there gathered to- I gether such a body of distinguished per- I ' sonages, churchmen and statesmen I touching: elbows about the banquet j board. Catholics and non-Catholics I grasped hands and exchanged greet- 1 ings and echoed the sentiments ex- I i pressed by his . eminence, the cardinal, '- throughout his address and especially iin hie splendid closing exhortation to be true to God and to country. Attendance Is Large, j More than 150 members of the i Knights of Columbus and prominent men of the city and state were pres ent,, besides many leading prelates of , the Catholic church. Seated at the head of the long table, near Joseph Geoghe- . gan, the toastmaster of the evening, were his eminence. Cardinal James Gibbons, Gib-bons, Governor William Spry, Right Rev. Lawrence Scanlan, bishop of Utah; Mayor John S. Bransf ord, Right Rev. J. J. Glennon. bishop of St. Louis; former United States Senator Thomas Kearns, Most Rev. J. S. Foley, D. D., bishop of Detroit; United States Senator Reed Smoot, Right Rev. Bishop Scannell of Omaha, Congressman Joseph Howell, Right Rev. Bishop O'Connell of San Francisco, representing Archbishop i Riordan: W. J. Halloran. president of j the Commercial club; Right Rev. Bishop J Glorieux of Boise, Idaho; Charles A. Qulgley, Right Rev. M. L. Lenihan, bishop of Wyoming; E. O. McCormick of Chicago, Right Rev. J. R. Carroll, bishop of Helena, Mont.: George J. Gib- !son, Right Rev. Bishop Lillis, J. C. Lynch, Right Rev. J. J. Keane, J. B. Dooly. Right Rev. Bishop Hennessey, Thomas J. O'Brien, Very Rev. D. Kieley, 1 J. B. Cosgrlff, Rev. Father Gallagher, I J. W. Killeen, ex-state deputy of the 1 Knights of Columbus; Rev. J. J. Guin- I an, president of All Hallows college; J. 1 J. Harvey, Very Rev. Dean Harris, W. I J. Laramie, grand knight of the Knights 1 of Columbus; Rev. P. A. Cushnahan of Ogden. Dr. M. A. Hughes, past grand I knight; Father O'Ryan of Denver; 1 Fathers Powers and Gail of Los Angeles I and others. I It was nearly 9 o'clock before the I quests entered the banquet hall. The I tables were beautifully decorated with I flowers, including many hugh bouquets I of sweet peas. An orchestra stationed I In an adjoining room discoursed music. Address of Welcome. I Following a brief invocation by his i eminence. Cardinal Gibbons, the affair Mas opened with an address of welcome by Grand Knight Laramie. He spoke as follows: I "Tour Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons; I Your Excellency, Governor of Utah; I Most Esteemed and Right Rev. Bishop ifccanian; Most Reverened and Very Reverend Fathers and Gentlamyn: "When his eminence, the cardinal, paid us the distinguished compliment to be our guest of honor tonight, we deemed it out duty to surround him with the ablest and most distinguished men of our state. "The letter of acceptance, which we received from his excellency, the gov- I ernor of our state; from Mr. Smoot and I Mr. Howell, our representatives in Con- I press; from his worship, the mayor of I Salt Lake City, and from the other hon- i orable gentlemen who are seated as our guests tonight, are strewn with most I courteous evpressions of admiration and J most friendly assurances of respect for I the illustrious cardinal, who as partlot ani churchman, has drawn to himself ! th" great hearts of the American people. I "The Knights of Columbus, who are I today an army of clean and patriotic men, numbering more than 226,000. beg, 1 through this council, to extend to his I eminence. Cardinal Gibbons, the aspur- I ence of their devotion to the great rrin- I ciples of loyalty to Christianity and pa- 1 triotism to our magnificent republic f principles which f.nd their expressions in j the brillian achievements and splendid I . pflf-devotion of ihe great cardinal. I "To him, to his excellency, the gov- I ernor. and to the honorable gentlemen n'no have honored ue with tneir presence I tonight, the Knights r.f Oolurous of I Salt Lake City and Utah beg to express the assurance of their great appreciation I of their courtesy and to extend to hi eminence and the honorable gentlemen I wh0 have come here to do him hopor a I warm greeting and a mosc hospitable I welcome. s ... now take Pleasure in introducing the toastmaster of the evenin Mr Jo- I scph Geoghegan." f H,s Eminence Speaks. a-yr- Geoghegan explained that as the cardinal was very tired after the ex- I isked to address the guests first ThJ cardinal then spoke as follows "Gentlemen. I have no words ade- which I fPilVey PenPe of latitude t- , fPel on thls occasion towards the Knights of Columbus in tendering ; "Vr-e ccasion. In fact, ever since I I Put my foot within the precincts of this aUtlfU,1 Citj" of Sait Lke I have bien overwhelmed with kindness. I need not !- tioipate in the " t be.abIe to Par" 7 ! Army of ?he RenuuM18" f the Grand bad the pleasure C'SOme r whom 1 d.u.e f personally know- ' ' ' ' , .i ing. And today we had in this city of Salt Lake a beautiful ceremony which will long be remembered by those who participated in It and those who were timents according to the dictates of our of the good bishop of Salt Lake is filled with joy and exaltation tonight when he takes into consideration the honor which has been placed upon him and the glorious achivements which have been accomplished by the construction of this very beautiful cathedral. And now tonight we have "another celebration which will conclude the visit to Salt Lake City, as far as I am concerned. But I must convey my thanks to the Knights of Columbus for their loyalty to the church and loyalty to country, and particularly for their practical and efficient devotion to the great center of Christian education in the city of Washington, the great Catholic Cath-olic university. Several years ago I had the good fortune and the privilege of receiving at the hands of the grand Knights the sum of $50,000 for the establishment es-tablishment of a chair, but the knights were not content with this offering, munificent as it was. They determined in the largeness of their hearts and in the fullness of their spirit of benevolence benevo-lence to present the Catholic university in the near future the sum of $500,000, and I believe that this sum is forthcoming. Tribute to Archbishop. My very dear friend on my right, the most reverend archbishop of St. Louis, whom you had the privilege of listening to this morning, has taken a very active and a very personal interest inter-est in the success of the Catholic university, uni-versity, and althougn he is overwhelmed over-whelmed with various labors, he did not hesitate to assume the laborious task of representing the university and myself at their recent congress in the city of Mobile, and it filled my heart with joy when he returned and reported report-ed the progress that was made. He .informed .in-formed me that some 70 per cent of the amount promised has already been promised or subscribed, and I am sure the balance will be shortly forthcoming, and I have no doubt that the Catholic Knights of Utah and of Salt Lake City will not bo behind their brethren in this cause of Christian education. I love the Knights of Columbus. They are tireless knights. Whenever any great cause affecting the interests of God, of religion, of humanity or of charity are at stake, they are always prepared to meet the Issue, and I love and honor them on that account. And, gentlemen, let me say to you tonight, that as long as you are united with your clergy and your bishop, God will bless you. When the bishop and the clergy and the peoeple are united in any good cause, in the caue of religion, re-ligion, of humanity and of charity, there is no such word as fail. Tou are bound to succeed. You form a triple alliance that cannot be broken. You form a triple alliance" far more formidable, formid-able, far more efficient, than the triple alliance of kings and princes, because this is not an alliance like theirs, of flesh and blood, but it Is an alliance that is cemented by the heavenly virtues vir-tues of faith, hope and charity. And let me exhort the gentlemen always to have an eye to great ideals God and country. Wherever the interests of God are concerned, or the welfare of our great republic are concerned, you must be always there at your posts. Should Be Thankful. We should be glad and thank God that our lives are cast in pleasant places; that we are here in this country coun-try where we have authority without despotism and liberty without license; where every man has an opportunity to worship his God according to the dictates dic-tates of his conscience, and where no civil ruler can interpise his opposition to the free exercise of cur religious sen-present, sen-present, and I am sure that the heart conscience. No man can come forward and say "thus far you shall go and no further." No man can dictate tn vr what are the principles of faith that guide you and that regulate your conduct. con-duct. And in this respect we are far in advance of other countries, even of so-called Catholic countries, because among them very often the very first principles of liberty, of personal liberty, liber-ty, are not properly understood. Here we understand what constitutes true liberty and that every man can. according ac-cording to the dictates of his concience worship his God without any let or hindrance hin-drance on the part of the civil functionaries. func-tionaries. I remember some years ago. many years ago now I am getting old nearly forty years ago, about the time that the bishop came to your state. I was even then a bishop myself, and I was returnTng from Rome; to bee more exact, it occurred in 1870. I was in company with the Venerable Archbishop Archbish-op Spaulding of Baltimore, and we were the guests of the Bishop of Anasjv in Savoy. When we looked around and saw the magnificent palace in which he lived, splendid' accompaniments and surroundings; when I saw a French sentinel placed as a . guard or honor outside the palace and passing up and down the pathway outside his great palace, I congratulated his lordship on the happy condition in which he was apparently placed. Reply of Prelate. But the venerable prelate shook his head and said to me; "Monsieur all is not gold that glitters. I cannot fill as much as a sacriste without the consent of the central government of France." Here, thank God, we have no such condition as obtained then, and obtains now, in France. And for my part I earnestly hope that the condition of things now existing among us will always al-ways be perpetuated, when bishops like Dr. Scanlan here will be always prepared, pre-pared, as he has been prepared, to devote de-vote his time and his talents and his prayers, and his life-blood if necessar" to the cause of his people, and to their Christian education, and to prepare them for the kingdom of heaven, and when they will receive in return the love and the affection and the devotion and the free-will offerings of a grateful and devoted people. In conclusion, gentlemen, allow me to convey to you my deep sense of obliga-ticn obliga-ticn toward you, because what you do for the Catholic university you do for me. as I happen to be its chanceiler. and I hepe God will bless you; and I will 2k you gentlemen to place upon your Vs-cu Vs-cu cheon these words: "God and Our Be'edountry-" (Applause.) After the applause had subsided, Mr l- " "'' I lumbus to Bishop Soanlan in the following follow-ing words: "Right Reverend and Eeloved Bishop: It affords us great and sincere pleasure to present you with a copy of the 'History 'His-tory of the Catholic Church of Utah, from the gifted pen of that ripe scholar and poet-priest, the Very Rev. Dean Harris. In this presentation our brotherhood broth-erhood is placing upon your brow the crrown of nearly fifty years of golden fruition. Today's celebration is one of joj'ous thanksgiving and heartfelt gratitude grati-tude to Almighty God for His sympathy and love, which have enabled you to rear a monument to His honor ond glory which is justly the pride of Western Catholicity. The presenc of His Eminence, Emi-nence, Cardinal Gibbons, and the other distinguished members of the hierarchy, has lent, to this occasion a sort of consecration, con-secration, which only priestly hands could give. ' "We rejoice with you, Right Reverend Bishop, on this, your day of triumph, and with our gift we beg you to accept the assurance of the loyalty of our order and the pledge that, in the interests of religion in general and of the Catholic church in Utah in particular to the promulgation of which you have consecrated conse-crated your life you wjH ever strike a responsive chord in the heart of every Knight of Columbus." Bishop Scanlan's Reply. In accepting the gift. Bishop Scanlan said: "I can't express myself or speak, to you as I wish, because I have a cold and I am tired. As the gentleman said, this is given to me with heart and soul. That is the way I want things given all the time-not only when they are given to me personally, but when they are given to to the church I want it given with hearts and souls. I accept this tonight to-night from you, good brothers of tha Knights of Columbus, from heart and soul, and I accept It with gratitude toward to-ward you. "There is another reason why I can't speak to you as I would, and that is because I am following his eminence, who has spoken so beautifully to you, and he has simply echoed the thoughts of my heart tonight. He is thoroughly American, as well 'as thoroughly Catholic. Cath-olic. The sentiment that he gave utterance ut-terance to here tonight is worth this whole banquet to you. You will never forget the lessons that he has given you here tonight, coming from such an exalted ex-alted dignitary of the church. They should never be forgotten by you. Let them sink into your hearts and souls. Be good Christians, lovers of your country, coun-try, with charity for all men and love for your country. Those are the two things that will ennoble you as members of the Knights of Columbus. Expresses Appreciation. "I can't speak to you tonight as I would like to. for I am suffering from a cold. I thank you most sincerely for getting up this banquet to. honor my dear friends these men that came here to crown our work and fill us with energy en-ergy to go on again. Little d'd I think thirty-six or thirty-seven years ago, when I came here as the pastor of a little lit-tle church down there that I would live to see the day when we could look upon that magnificent pile out there and witness wit-ness the grand ceremonies of this morning morn-ing and evening and ha.ve our brethren of the church here to do us honor, and surrounded by the illustrious prelates and by our respected governor and the mayor of the city and there distinguished distin-guished gentlemen. "How little I dreamed! In my wildest dreams I could never have thought of such an event such a conclusion from my hunble labors. 'But God has done it. I have not worked single-handed here. You have helped me. That is the secret of the whole business. You have done it, and done it without much solicitation, either. "I thank you, and thank Mr. Geoghegan Geoghe-gan for this magnificent volume, and I am Vinnpcf nrtfl irhon T on.. T .f.n- ..... and honor you as the cardinal does, you may believe it." (Long applause.) Telegram Is Read. At this time Toastmaster Geoghegan read the following telegram from W. P. O'Meara, who is now in New York: "D. J. Laramie, G. K., Care Banquet Commercial Club. Salt Lake: "Very sorry am not with you today. Please present my compliments to his excellency and visiting bishops, fathers and brother knights. Give my best wishes to our good bishop, and may he be spared us many years to enjoy the fruits of his labor of a lifetime is my prayer. . "W. P. O'MEARA, "Master Fourth Degree." Governor Spry Introduced. Toastmaster Geoghegan then introduced intro-duced Governor William Spry, who spoke as follows: Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen I certainly esteem it a very great honor to be asked to participate with you tonight to-night in extending a welcome to our distinguished guest, his eminence, the cardinal, and also to participate with you In showing your appreciation of love and respect for our worthy Bishop Scanlan. I believe today is one of the crowning features of his life. The work that he has done, the number of years that he has labored to accomplish what he has presented to you today is known to many of us. "Possibly I have known Bishop Scanlan Scan-lan longer than most of you have. I remember him when I was a mere boy here in Salt Lake City, and I have watched his course in life. T have watched his devotion and his fidelity to his cause and to his country, and I .have always had a very deep admiration admira-tion in my heart for our friend, Bishop Scanlan, and I certainly join with you tonight in extending to him the congratulations con-gratulations that he is so much entitled to for the wonderful work that he has accomplished in the erection of this beautiful temple that you have dedicated dedi-cated here today. "I like the sentiments that have been expressed here tonight. It means good citizenship; it means Americanism. American-ism. It means a love of country and of home. The sentiments that were -expressed this morning In the exercises at the cathedral, the American home the love of country, the Christianizing of the people of these United States It means so much for us all and I sincerely sin-cerely hope and pray that we may be found working together to reach the Ideals that have been laid down to us today, that we may be found working together for the accomplishment of these high ideals and for the purposes that have been held out to us by these gentlemen who have met with us and expressed- themselves so ably in our hearing today. I thank you for your attention." (Applause.) Archbishop Is Pleasing. The toastmaster then introduced th Right Rev. J. J. Glennon, D. D., who spoke as follows: "Mr. Toastmaster and Governor of the state, honorable gentlemen and right reverend and reverend fathers and Knights of Columbus: Your toast-master toast-master introduced me as Father Glennon: Glen-non: then he corrected himself and ca led me Bishop Glennon, and finally getting a step higher, the way he is always doing, he called me Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis. Well, he was always al-ways noted for that. He commenced from his heart when he called me ! Father Glennon. Then he got up to his head when he called me archbishop, because be-cause it was as Father Glennon that he knew me long ago, and he knew me and Iknew him. I was his spiritual director di-rector and he was my particular friend He was as good-natured then as I am sure he is still, and his high position here tonight and in Salt Lake City is, i nothing more than what one who knew him twenty-five years ago would prophesy for him. "It Is a particular pleasure In coming to Salt Lake City to have the opportunity oppor-tunity of responding to a toast when there is such a toastmaster as Mr. Joseph Jo-seph Geoghegan. (Applause.) The trouble, trou-ble, however, with the toastmaster was that he introduced me, but forgot to tell me what I should talk about. I suppose It doesn't make ' much difference. I heard him say to a neighbor of his, 'Just talk a few minutes,' and I have learned that lesson since I came to Salt Lake City that brevity is the soul of wit that if I would in even a remote way follow the leadership of those who have gone before me this evening, the first announcement would be that I am very near the end of my speech. Joke on Clergyman. "I remember once there was a young clergyman who was very fond of talking talk-ing and who delivered wnat he thought was an eloquent oration, and when he went in he was just an assistant clergymanwhen cler-gymanwhen he went, in to the parish priest he asked what he thought of that sermon, what passage he admired most, and the old priest was somewhat cynical, cyn-ical, and he said: 'Well, there was one passage I admired very much,' and his chest expanded; ho was prepared to receive re-ceive a bouquet larger than this before the governor here , when the parish priest said: 'The passage I liked most was the - passage you made from the pulpit into the sacriste.' (Laughter.) There is where brevity was the soul of wit, and the feeling that one who runs away will live to speak another day. "I feel, however, that the Knights of Columbus must regard me as somewhat the solution of that very difficult problem prob-lem before the public some years ago that of creating something that would be in perpetual motion. I think I am personally the nearest solution to that vexed problem, because in so far as the Knights of Columbus know me, I have been in perpetual motion for the last three or four , years. ' I have been at their convention at Norfolk, talked at them there. I was at their convention In St. Louis last year, talked with them there, and I was at Mobile last week and heard them talk to me and I did some talking to them, and so here tonight to-night I have had the privilege of greeting greet-ing the Sir Knights of Salt Lake City and Utah. I have this to say, that in all my perigrinations, wherever I have encountered a Knight of Columbus, I have always met a Catholic srentleman. (Applause.) Christian Needed. And as a complement to this morning's morn-ing's rather long talk, the complement to it, the completion of it, would be to say to you, sir knights, that the thing we want most the crowning glory of America, after your homes and the wife, mother and daughter who dwell there, the complement of the home and those that I have mentioned who dwell there, will be the Christian gentlemen who shall preside over it. "He, if he has the spirit of a knight, will stand before that door and see that none shall molest the home or those whom he loves and who dwell there, except they march over hi3 dead body; and there I take it is the mission of the Knights of Columbia; to give to us in every town, in every hamlet, in every home in this broad land, the ideal Christian Catholic gentleman. (Applause.) A man of holy living, a man of consecration, consecra-tion, a man of intellect and moral strength, a man who will not float with the tide, a man who will not yield to the seductions of Mammon, a man who will live rightly and act bravely, and think truly and worship the good and beautiful and true in nature and in God, who will regard his conscience as his king and who through all the years will wear the white spear, the white plume of a. .blameless life, who with Sir Galahad of the long ago, may be found worthy to seek the Holy Grail, because his soul was stainleess and his conscience con-science pure; va man therefore in this day of materialism and commercialism will be able by his life's energy to cast over that pall of materialism that is spreading all over the land, the gleam of the higher things; the man who will be able to lift the cross and say in this manner we Americans shall grow; the man who w-ill set that cross as the sunlight sun-light is set on the hills to the west and the eat of you here, and make your valley bright and beautiful of its beneficent bene-ficent rays, that will see it gleam in the morning light, and see it reflected from the golden glow of the sun as It sets in the west; a man who in its radiation radia-tion shall live, in its inspiration and under un-der its protection shall die, when he is carried to the cemetery, the cross of the knight shall be placed above his tomb and for that knight there shall not be an eterna night, but the opening of the eternal day, for those who go down with the cross anchored thereto shall find that beyond the cross is the glory, beyond the cross the crown, beyond be-yond the calvary the resurrection. Tribute to Zion. Gentlemen of Salt Lake Citv. what n glorious future you have here. Make these hills and valleys resound with the praises of your Maker. Live high, exalted ex-alted lives. Go onward and upward, making these lives. of yours, worthy of the beautiful setting that nature has given you and that the God of Nature has bestowed on you; that these hills that look eternal shall teach you the eternal principles of truth, and the blue sky above you shall teach you of the better day that is yet to be for humanity; human-ity; that the spirit of Columbus of old, that sought new lands shall be your spirit to seek the newer and the better lands, the land of the spirit, the land of Intellect, the land of faith, the land of God. I thank you. (Prolonged applause.) ap-plause.) Senator Smoot's Address. Senator Reed Smoot was the next speaker introduced and responded as follows: fol-lows: Mr. Toastmaster, Reverend Fathers, Knights of Columbus and Friends August Au-gust 15, 1909, will always be a memorable memor-able day in the history of Utah, not only to Catholics, but to every man, woman and" child who loves the state of Utah. No one, or no set of people, can accomplish what this great Catholic Cath-olic community has accomplished in our city here without affecting every soul within the state, and I thank God for the work, that you have done here, and I was proud today, perhaps not so deeply deep-ly affected, but affected no doubt as much as many, with the great sight that I saw this morning in the dedication dedica-tion of that beautiful cathedral. it wm always stand as a monument to the liberality of the Catholics of this city. It will always be an incentive for other people, not of the Catholic faith, to build edifices to worship God perhaps on a grander scale than they would otherwise, oth-erwise, and when I stop and think that it has been only a few short years since the Catholics were but few in number here in our city, I cannot help but feel that they "have wielded a power for good In every walk of life, and I wish that the reverend brethren that have visited us here I wish his eminence, Cardinal Gibbons and all could not only stop a little longer in Salt Lake, but could visit other cities of this state.-and I would promise them Just as royal a welcome, wel-come, just as hearty a handshake, if they would but in our midst and see the other glorious valleys of this state, and as I was saying. to one of the bishops tonight, we have scarcely scratched over the surface of the wonderful resources re-sources of this magnificent state, and it won't be many years until we will have m'Hions of people here, and I hooe and trust among the millions will be always ta goodly number of such men as I know the Catholic church is made up of. (Applause.) (Ap-plause.) Progressive Citizens. There is hardly an enterprise in this state but what they have been identified with. They are developing the resources re-sources of our state here as much as any other people that ever came, and I feel that there are no better citizens in all the world than are the Catholics. (Applause.) . Our worthy toastmaster tonight said that there should be echoed in the heart of every Catholic the words that were spoken, or they found an echo in, the words that were spoken, or they found an echo in the heart of every Catholic, the words that were spoken at the services ser-vices this morning. I want, to say that he could have extended that further and said that every word that was spoken at those services found an echo in the heart of every true man and woman wo-man there, whether they were Catholics or not. (Applause.) The words tmignt, "Love of God and Love of Country" are enough to make every man's heart burn with enthusiasm, for what more will make a good citizen or a good man than the love of God and the love of his country? (Applause.) I notice in the affairs of this great government powerful influences, and for good, too, of the great Catholic church. , I notice, and I am proud of it, that their voice is heard in the council chambers of this nation, and they are also asked by the great leaders of the great parties of this country for counsel coun-sel and advice. I call to mind now a man that I admire ; I have always thought him one of the great men of this country Archbishop Ireland. (Applause.) Met In Washington. I have met him in Washington. I sat at the board of counsel with the great men of this nation when he has been there, and I have never heard him utter a word of advice when I could not have truly said in my- heart that the man 6peaks as a patriot and a lover of his country. And it seems to me, my friends, tonight, that there is a time not far distant when all men, no matter mat-ter at what shrine they worship, if they acknowledge God in His greatness, if they love their country, then we will all be brethren and all work for one great end; and I can't help tonight but congratulate con-gratulate the Knights of Columbus of this state, 650 in number, for the grand work that they are doing and accomplishing accom-plishing among the people here. speakers that preceded me should be to you a beacon light, and you should follow fol-low it through life, anct if you do, I know this country will be better off and you will be better American citizens, citi-zens, for I care not who says to the contrary, I know that a man who loves God can love his country more and better bet-ter than he that, does not acknowledge a, God. I thank you. (Applause.) Bishop Foley Responds. Toastmaster Geoghegan next introduced intro-duced the Right Rev. John S. Foley, D. D.. one of the oldest bishops in the United States, who was consecrated a priest more than fifty-three years ago. Bishop Foley, responding, said: "It affords me the greatest pleasure to participate in the services that have been held today in your grand cathedral. cathe-dral. It affords me double pleasure to sit at a banquet table with the Knights of Columbus. In fact, when I sat down at the table tonight I imagined myself surrounded by the Honorable Knights of Columbus of the city of Detroit, men who have made their mark by their fidelity to the obligations of the order that they have voluntarily entered into "The very principles of the constitution constitu-tion and duties of the Knights of Columbus Co-lumbus make it a moat acceptable accessory ac-cessory to the laborers, the bishops and priests who have charge of dioceses and parishes, for by their very organization they become the backbone as it were, Of the members who are under . rmr charge. By their fidelity to the duties and the constitution by which they are guided, they render a most inestimable and a most gracious aid to the laborers. "I thank you. then. Sir Knights of Columbus, for the great work that you have effected ih this city of Salt Lak?. The towering cathedral that was dedicated dedi-cated here today is eviaenee of the fact that the Knights of Columbus have stood faithfully by their great, good and worthy bishop in the work that is effected in its erection. Should Love America. "You have much to spur and stimulate stimu-late you In the efforts of your order, which are not personal, but are for the uplifting of humanity and promiting virtue of your fellow citizens; first, by the example that is expected of every Sir Knight; and. secondly, by the fulfillment ful-fillment of the duties that vou owe to God a fulfillment that will bring benefit bene-fit to your own souls and which will necessitate your fulfilling the duties that you owe to your neighbor, by living liv-ing a god example. Also by aiding him in his weakness and by promoting that which we can all accomplish, the interests in-terests Of Our fe'OCfetv anri tha lT.t,on of our country, lor fidelity to your constitution con-stitution and your God will make you the most desirable element of any country, coun-try, a number one citizen; and there is no higher duty than that. "We have our personal duties toward Almighty God; we have our personal duties to our country. If the first is duly performed, then we will never neglect neg-lect the fulfillment of the second. And God knows. Sir Knights of Columbus, that if any men have reason to be faithful faith-ful to Almighty God for the place in which their lives have been cast, it Is us, who are citizens of this glorious republic. re-public. We should learn to love it more and more everyday, and fulfill our duties du-ties with the greatest conscientiousness I know that we will ever serve God faithfully and do good to our neighbor and prove faithful, devoted and conscientious con-scientious in our fidelity to the order "Knights of Columbus, I thank you and I beg you to allow me to bear the' greetings of this council of Salt Lake City to the numerous councils of the city of Detroit." Father O'Ryan Talks. Father William O'Ryan of Denver Colo, spoke in the place of Mayor Bransford, at the mayor's request. H said: "Mr. Toastmaster, this is a very pleasant surprise, but I doubt not that the Knights of Columbus have had quite enough of oratory for one session. How can I give you any light when the star of Saint Louis hase been glimmering glimmer-ing so brightly? How could I give you any breath or inspiration while the Ul wicyenne nave oeen echoing in our ears? We have heard oratory from one end of the country to the other today. Well, gentlemen, we can always stand up for ourselves, thank God. "In a sense I am a kind of a father and mother to this council, but perhaps you don't know it. It was in my parlor some years ago that the council of the Knights of Columbus of Denver was organized, .with the help of the archbishop arch-bishop of St. Louis, then Bishop Glennon Glen-non of Kansas City, and you know you are an offshoot, a branch of our Denver Den-ver council. (Laughter.) "I might say that you need not be ashamed of the council to which you owe your birth, because there are Zew councils in the United States, I believe that have done the work Denver has ' TTnLm aTS lIad t0 be with the Knights of Columbus, Cecause I know what they are. I know what they are In the east; I know what they are throughout the country. I know what the order has -neant for the past ten yers-an examjie of life, an unlifting f?y 0r 3r yunS men who are Catholic men, ut who without the or-j x V . ... der might be "wandering, who might have forgotten, perhaps, principles that they Should not forget. God works in strange ways, through a society that is human after all, though it Is of a ro-llgious ro-llgious nature, to bring back to the fold of Almighty God those who have wandered wan-dered away. Aim of the Society. "I cannot add anything to what has been said here this evening. Knights of Columbus, all that I could have said to you has been said time and again, and has been eternally said to you, and that is, to remember what are your principles; princi-ples; to teach them to the world; to tell them that you have no secrets in your society. "We have one aim. and that Is, to be decent citizens of this country. We have no secret organization with secret desires or secret motives. We have one great motive and one great purpose, and, thank God, we are achieving that purpose. -We should be strong for good in our country, and in that great country coun-try to which we all belong, the Kingdom King-dom of God in this world. "I shall be telling our Denver Knight3 at our next meeting what the is.nignts of Columbus of Salt .Lake City are doing; and many of them, of course, you know intimately. "When you come to Denver the next time all of you will have a place of welcome, better than you have had before, be-fore, for by that time our new temple will be completed and we shall have as fine a club house as any in the United States. It has meant self-sacrifice to a great many men. ' "It is n,ot for their own sake that they are members of the organization. Men that I know that are the backbone of the order of the Knights of Columbus are not members for their own sake. I hope all of you are members of the Knights of Columbus, not for anything you can receive, but for what you can give to other men. That is our aim. That is our motive. And our temple of the Knights of Columbus in Denver is built for what we can give to others. That is the highest motive. "This was the purpose and motive of him whom we call our father, Christopher Christo-pher Columbus: and it is our purpose to remember that we are Knights of Columbus. We should strive, with the great and generous spirit of Chritopher, for what we can give to others, and for all the nobility of life we can give to the world." (Applause.) Noted Wit Talks. Father Gay of Los Angeles, a noted wit, captivated his audience with stories sto-ries of delightful humor. He delivered a beautiful tribute to womanhood, and closed with a glowing peroration: "Knights of Columbus, I bid ye follow his exhortation. Do ana be what the woman of your heart holds, up as her ideal, and you will realize the purposes or your order" and satisfy Mother Church." i Congressman Joseph Howell spoke on the good work done for Utah by the Catholic church. "This Is a great state." he said, "and one of the greatest elements, ele-ments, in strong citizenship, sterlii.g manhood, loyalty to the common cause and endeavor toward larger .Towth, is Catholicim. The people of Utah love and respect the kind of men who make up the Knights of Columbus. We know that as long as this state Is supported by the manly arms of such knights, so long will it go onward in the march of progress. "And deeper still, in spite of differences differ-ences in creed, we feel a common bond of brotherhood with you. The people of Utah are proud of such citizens, for we knaw that the Knight of Columbus is a true, Christian gentleman." Father Powers Applauded. Father Powers, the aged and reverend priest of Los Angeles, stood amid a storm of plaudits. He said: "Bishop Scanlan wrote to my old friend and brother, Father William O'Connell, the beloved father of the great San Joaquin valley, begging him to attend the dedication dedi-cation of the great cathedral that he had built after forty years of incessant toil. Father O'Connell is the only surviving sur-viving member besides Bishop Scanlan in their old class. They were old cronies cro-nies at school, and tney loved each other like David and Jonathan. 'I know-that know-that the prelates will be here, but I want you most of all to see the fruits of my efforts.' wrote Bishop Scanlan. Tonight I want to speak Father O'Con-nell's O'Con-nell's great regret at not being able to join us at this groaning board of festivity. fes-tivity. But Father O'Connell is very old. and the duties of the day have exhausted ex-hausted his energies. I give you the toast. Knights of Columbus, 'Father O'Connell of San Francisco.' " Father Cushnahan of Ogden was greeted with a salvo of cheers. During his twenty-eight years of active service in the vineyard of his God, he had met many of the men who applauded him and knew his work for good. He spoke of Bishop Scanlan's kindness of heart, his faith in' mankind, his devotion to duty and his courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. He also paid a beautiful tribute to his eminence. Cardinal Gibbons, and spoke of the great work of the Knights of Columbus. Co-lumbus. .The banquet closed with general handshaking and congratulations shortly short-ly before midnight, thus bringing to a close a day replete with events which will live long in the memory of all Catholic churchmen and others who participated in the exercises. |