Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 18, 1894, Page 7

IN THE SHAMROCK'S GREEN COelebration of 8t, Patrick's Day at Exposi- tion Hall Last Evening, RELAND AGAIN IN SPEECH AND SONG Mr. Smyth on the Character of His Mother- land’'s Patron Salnt — Mr. Tribute to the Irish In Ameriea —Other Featur Exposition hall was filled last evening with believers in the saint who drove the snakes from Ireland. A program had been prepared by a committee for a celebration in honor of St. Patriek. The wall back of the speakers' platform was decorated with two immense American flags. A portrait of George Washington was placed between, and below this sus- pended the flag of Ireland. Among the gen- tlemen on the platform were: C. J. Smyth, Jonh Baumer, C. V. Gallagher, Judge Wake- ley and W. F. Gurley. Mr. Smyth acted as master of ceremonies and delivered the opening address. He said Excepting the festivai of Christianity’s founder . the festival weo celobrate tonight is the oldest celebrated. Before the declara- tion of independence was written; before Isabella offered to pledge her jewels that Columbus might give to the oppressed of every land a ne world as an asylum before Cardinal Langton met with the barons at Runnyme when the word Britain was a term of reproach, and the English race was nomadie, wandering in the darkness of paganism—the event we mmemorate tonight was old. “In_th year 493, on the 17th day of March, Patrick entered the portals of death, mourned by an entire nation, which he had won to the standard of the cross without the shedding of one drop of human blood—a fact unprecedented in the history of Christian civilization, “The history of Christianity in is the history of the Irish people, litical and industrial, ~ This then litical as well as a religious festival. But political or religlons, there is nothing in it, which excludes any man, no matter what “the form of Christianity to which he owes allegiance. Irishmen are not imgrates, but they would be If they adopted as their na- tional holiday one which would exclude those who worship at the altar before which Grattan, Wolfi Tone and Robert Emmett bent the knee or bowed the head in prayer. WHAT ST. PATRICK REPRESENTS, “8t. Patrick represents Christianity In its comprehensive sense. He lived before men learned to serve their God by hating their neighbor. His time was untouched by the destroying inuflence of bigotry. We are battling for freedom for mother land. To the sacred cause of liberty we are pledged For admission to the temple where she is worshiped there ought to be but one requis- ite—loyalty to the teachings of the founders of this republic, for they brought forth the highest principles of human freedom. “The conditions under which we meet tonight seem not as favorable as those of a year ago. Then home rule appeared near at hand, now It Is. seemingly, far away. But real progress has ‘been made. The work of education cannot be undone. Glad- stone may die tomorrow, but his services will survive as beacon lights on the shores of time to warn, gulde and encourage the A duintless hosts of human freedom. Self- government is a right that comes from God. To violate it is damnable; to uphold it is divine. Dr. Johnson has written that he who can look upon the ruins of lona without having his piety depleted, or walk over the fields of Marathon without pledging anew his allegiance to patriotism, is to be pitied. I say pity, pity from the depths af your hearts the man who refuses to kneel at the altar of liberty or, having knelt, feels not his patriotism quickened, whether that Mitur be erected by those springing from o race of Kossuth, Lafayette, Emmet or Franklin. “For thee, past. 4 1 thee, my country, welcome even last. “‘As Xmerican citizens that is our senti- ment, and coupled with it is this other: Be- side the cross the stars and stripes, the one symbolizing Christianity, God's best gift to man; the other the Amerlcan government, the highest and most perfect form of human freedom; and just beneath let the flag of Brin float to catch the beauties of both.' The remarks of the speaker were loudly applauded. A quartet, consisting of Messrs. Van Kuran, Treat, McCune and Barton, sang “In Ab- sence,” and was encored. | Mrs. F. J. Morlarty sang the *Meeting of the Waters, 'and was recalled. Several popular poems by well known Irish uthors were recited by Miss Stacia Crowley _ #h a pleastug manner. Miss Myrtle Coon sang “Cadlz Mardi,” and wus rewarded by the presentation of two large boquets. The Wearing of the Green," a bass solo, by J. F. Barton, was well sung, and the singer recelved well merited applause. The next muslcal selection was by the Temple quartet, which sang “Nellle Was a Lady. was Treland both po- is a po- fair freedom, welcome all the the MR. GURLEY'S ADDRESS Chairman Smyth then introduced Mr. F. Gurley. Tho speaker spent a few mo- ments in gotting the audience in a good humor by telling some amusing anecdotes about the late Carter H. Harrison, and then he said: I desire no stronger bond of union be- tween this audience and myself than {hat bond which exists by virtue of the constitution of the United States, and which ives to me the personal privilge of ad- dressing you tonight as my fellow citizens of America. The Institutions of Ireland have been a conspicuous figure in the world's great struggle for liberty; but for that Neroism which glows with the glory of liberty achleved and freedom's battles won, we turn from the miniature portrait of the little green isle to the swelling course of a con- tinent and see the development of the \ h race under favorable governmental con- ditions. ““One hundred and twelve years ago Henry Grattan rose on the floor of the Irish House of Commons and said: ‘I am now to address « froo peoplo.” Ono hundred and twelve years ago; and the parched lips of Ireland are yet imolstened by the draught she fain would quaft from the chalice of freedom. The right of the Irishman to participate in the affairs of this government fs cooqual with any one Two hundred and fifty years ago we we all foreigners. There was only one native American. He carried a tomahawk and, thank God, he is dead. The Irishman ante- dates the constitution, because before we had a constitution he was with us. His ame was subscribed as an attesting witness to the certificate which announced to the world that this republic was born Here Mr. Gurley spoke of some of the oic deeds of sons of the green isle during wars of the early days and rapidly tched the history of some of the most prominent Irishmen who fought for this suntry both on land and sea. The speaker paiil o glowing tribute to the late General Phil Sheridan and gave a brief history of that gallant cavalry leader's dash down the Shenandoah val A few more remarks regarding the sons of the shamrock land and the part they had taken in Amerlcan history were made and then the speaker closed Mume. Hess-Fuchs entertalned the audience with a few selectlons on the piano, and then came Al V. Kinsler and Charles Morlarty of Creighton college. These young gentlemen recited the quarrel scene from Julius Caesar and both read their lines very nicely Tho entertainment ended by the singing of the “Star Spangled Banner." Badly Damaged Shamrocks. Mr. John W. Paul related a very good St Yatrick's day incident which happened In Boston one year ago yesterday. A certain Mr. McClanahan, who had been a councliman for several years and failing of re-election, started a saloon on Court street opposite Young's hotel, which soon became the head. quarters for city officials and Irish societies. tmported @ quantity of genuine shamrocks from the old sod. These were placed on a lurge platter on the end of the bar of his & saloon and intended for the button of customers on St. Patrick’s day erman entered shortly after and or ¢ 4 glass of beer and spying the sham Focks he took them for waler cress and w. t OMAHA DAILY BEE forthwith proceeded to make a free lunch ot them, and was only discovered as the last few were disappearing. Quite a commotion followed, but it was finally decided that even It a stomach pump were used the shamrocks were too badly damaged to be worn IRISH CALLED ON TO REBEL, Latest Appeal from the Man Who Over- ruled President Ganno NEW YORK, March 17.—William Lyman, treasurer of the Irish National League of America, has fssued on behalf of that or- ganization a manifesto to the organizations at home and abroad. The addmess condemns parliamentary methods as futile and advo- cates revolution as the only means by which Ireland can achleve the restoration of her rights, After declaring the Irish cause had been betrayed by Mr. Gladstone and Lord Rosebery, the address says “Traltors have brought the Irish cause almost to the verge of ruin. The question 18, who can save it, rhetoriclans or revolu- tionists? Rhetoric is a poor weapon In a struggle for liberty. Take the history of Ireland for 100 years. What victories have the rhetoricians gained? None, Free trade, that is the right of Ireland to the trade of her own account, and legislative in- dependince were won, not by the pen or the tongue, but by the sword." The manifesto then gives a retrospect of the various parliamentary attempts to get self government for Ireland between 1793 and 1870 and concludes as follows “The campalgn s not yet over. The struggle still goes on. A critical moment has come. Let those who fight for the prin ciple of Irish natfonality close their ranks and smite the English foes and Irlsh traitors hip and thigh. Once again Ircland has got to depend on the revolutionists, The revo. lutionists only can save her. ~We must have no more talk. We must have One blow struck at the enemy is worth a thousand speeches, “Remember this, each and every one of you, and the end of the struggle must come in a blaze of glory. Now for revolution and revolution only. God save Ireland!” AT NEW YORK BUT NOT AT BROOKLYN lag of Ireland Waves Over City Hall, NEW YORK, March 17.—In accordance with the instructions of Acting Ma Clellan and the resolution of the board of aldermen the Irish flag was displayed on the city hall today. The green flag was suspended on a line stretched between the poles on which the flags of the state and municipality were displayed, while the stars and stripes floated from the cupoly_above. The first flag raised on any public building today was on the new criminal court house building on Center street. The remnant of the “Fighting Sixty- Ninth' attended service at the cathedral in honor of St. Patrick’s day. This time- honored custom has boen relegated for the past few years. Major George Duffy was in command. Archbishop Corrigan was the celebrant of the solemn pontifical mass which was observed with all the pomp and ceremony incident to the occasion. Rev. Father J. J. Dougherty, chaplain of the Irish veterans, delivered ‘a sermon on “St. Patrick, the patriarch, the apostle and the patriot of Ireland. Over in Brooklyn the day was observed with enthusiasm, although the Irish flag did not float from the poles of either the city hall or county court house. Green iotham's NOVELTIES IN CHICAGO. Military Mass Said, a Sermon in Gaellc and an Irish Mayor. CHICAGO, March 17.—There were sev- cral distinct novelties in Chicago's celebra- tion of St. Patrick's day. The Seventh regiment, Tllinois National guards, under command of Colonel Francis F. Colby, started the ceremonles by attending at St. Mary's church the first military mass which has been celebrated in the United States for a number of years. St. Mary's is the church which General Sheridan at- tended during his residence in Chicago. At St. Thomas church, Rev. John Car- roll preached a sermon in Gaelic, said to be the first ever delivered in that language in the United States. The sermon was de- livered at the instance of the Chicago So- cloty for the Preservation of the Irish Lan- guage. For the first time in the history of the city an Irish mayor reviewed the street parade, his honor, John Patrick Hopkins, accompanied by the other city and . county officials, witnessing the procession from the steps of the city hall. There was a very large crowd, the military features being particularly prominent, with the Clan-na- Gael guards a conspicuous figure. Arch- bishop Feehan reviewed the procession from the steps of St. Patrick's church, IN CALIFORNIA, San Francisco Celebrates it with Great Pomp —An Interesting Program SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.—Very elab- orate preparations were made here for the celebration of St. Patrick's day, which had been set aside by the management of the Midwinter fair as “Irish Day.” and the Irish- American citizens did their celebrating largely on the fair grounds. The admission fee for the day was reduced to 25 cents, and this helped to bring out an immense crowd. The buildings were elaborately decorated with a profusion of green bunting. The celebration of the day commenced down town, where, after the celebration of mass in the various churchss, a procession was formed which marched to the fair grounds. The fair officlals had arranged an elaborate pro- gram for the amusement of the visitors, ‘x\'hh;h was carried out to a successful term- ination. Words of Patriotism from Bishop Ireland. ST. PAUL, March 17.—Archbishop Ireland preached in the Cathedral today- on St. Patrick's day, taking for his theme *For- gn Nationalism In America.” Forelgn ionalism in America, he said, must be kept in the background, and be made to give place In church and state to Ameri- canism. St. Patrick teaches this lesson. Himself not a native of Ireland, he bec: @ most thorough Irishman. His suc converting Ireland to the Christian faith was largely due to his practical wisdom in adapting the lovable and aceidental forms of the faith to the customs and traditions of the Irish, galning the good will of kings and lords, attuning the harp to chant religion together with patriotism, accepting the Breton code, minus its paganism, as the new Christian code, and preserving as Christlan customs and symbols what had leretofore served as pagan tokens, but which were now purified and ennobled. It Patrick were a bishop in America today he would be the staunchest of American patriots and the most loyal of American citizens. One nationalism Is and must be supreme In our civil and soclal matters, and that is American nationalism. On this condition has America admitted foreigners to citizenship, No political segregation of citizens on foreign lines can be allowed. It is wrong to have so-called Irish-Ameri- can voters. No one should vote as Irishman and seek an office as such. It Is wrong in private life to cultivate the spirit of forelgn nationalism at the expense of American nationallsy Celebrated in England. EDINBURGH, March 17.—~Mr. John Dillon, M. P., speaking at a St. Patrick's day cele- bration in this city, sald In brief: I have just heard Lord Rosebery speak upon the home rule question and In regard to the substance of that speeeh I congratulate Scot land upon the position occupied by her illus- trious son. More importance will be attached to that speech than to any other delivered within the last fifteen years. In Lord Rose- bery Ireland has®an honest and honorable champlon WOAS March 17.—Mr. William en, speaking at a St. Patrick’s day cel- ebration in this city, said: “I belive the liberal party Is as true as steel.” BIRMINGHAM, March 17.—Mr. Timothy Healy, M. P., addressing a St. Patrick’s day celebration here, sald: ‘'Mr. Gladstone's poi- fey is as sound as gun metal. I am satisfiod Lord Rosebery means honestly by home rule, but he must prove the faith that is in him ie cause rests upon statistics and upon crime, peace or unity. Ire to liberty is as good as Bnglaud's. d's title l : HOW OURAY WAS MADE CHIEF Ambuscade and Murder of Ute Oliefs by the Renegade Joo Beralda, CHIEF JUAN BENITO'S LAST CHARGE Ute Vengeance Wreaked Upon Beralda's Band of Cheyennes and Arapahoes Who Were Afterwards Surrs and Slaughter: nded In the year 1857 the government of the United States, through the agency of the superintendent of Indian affairs for the territory of New Mexico, established a sub- agency for the Indians belonging to the various tribes or families of the Ute nation, at the plaza of Conejos situate on the Cone- jos river, one of the affluents of the Rio jrande del Norte belonging to the San Lufs valley, and now in the state of Colorado. Prior to this time communication between this tribe and the authorities of the govern- nt was limited in its character, and di- vided between the superintendents resident at Salt Lake City and at Santa Fe, N. M. This tribe of human partridges were scat tered promiscuously over a large portion of the rocky region of New Mexico, Colorado and Utah, with no apparent tribal organiza- tion. But during the time of war a joint council was held of all the leading families, with the patriarch of each family recognized as its head; and the most powerful of these warriors sitting as the head chiet of this usually temporary or- ganization. Partly to bring this people into some sort of an organization that could be recognized by the government, and partly to remove them from the inflience of the Mormon church, this agency was estab- lished. The tedious work of the organi tion of 10,000 Indians into some form of adhesive combination was entered upon by Agent Major Lafayette Head. A slow, laborious work it was, and it promised an abundant exercise for the cunning and ingenfous mind of the agent. In time the work was accomplished, and a recognition of the power of the government was firmly established in the minds of the Utes as a people. From thenceforth they were sup- posed to be under some rule of law, or force, that existed outside of and was foreign to the former politics of the Utes. This was, of course, previous to the dis- covery of gold in the country then known to the people of the United States as Pike's Peak, and now as the great mineral center and centennial state of Colorado. The ar- rangement, however, proved opportune, and resulted in the Utes generally remaining friendly to the white race during all of the years of the early settlement of the mining region of the west. During the time the Utes were left to a free exercise of thelr native instincts and to ramble by families, as their impulses led them, to subsist upon the products natural to the country and to assume all of the con- ditions natural to their surroundings. As a people they were certainly as untamed a lot of primitive humanity as America has ever produced. Gold was discovered in the front range of the Rocky mountains, and in 1859 the num- ber of people goiug west in search of for- tunes swelled into thousands. The govern- ment realized the wisdom of its previous efforts to organize the Utes and early in the spring of 1860 the superintendent of Indian affairs, who was In charge of the agency at Conejos, ordered Major Head to call in the principal chiefs of the different tribes of Utes, and try and perfect a compact with them that would leave the miners undis- turbed in their search for mineral wealth in the territory recognized as belonging to them, and yet leave the Indians to their natural freedom, to hunt and live as they always had, The agent succeeded in obtain- ing the recognition of a number of chiefs and in calling in as many as seven of the lead- ing men, and among them the recognized head chief of all of the Utes, Juan Benito. With the stolid dignity known only to an Indian king seven of them mounted their horses and rode to the appointed meeting with the agent of the government, little dreaming that it was their ‘last ride and little thinking that they, the patriarchs of all the Utes, were in danger and were rid- ing to their death. Major Head was in the act of holding this most tmportant council, when his plans met a sudden check, caused by a war cry of the Cheyennes and Arapa- hoes, enemies of the Utes, that lived on the great plains immediately east of the moun- tain: Unknown to the Utes or to any of the inhabitants, Joe Beralda, a renegade froe. booter, who had the blood of half a dozen Indian tribes and some Mexican In his veina, Aand who spoke fluently as many different In. dian dialects, was then in the valley. Ho had entered the valley through a rugged unfrequented pass through the Sangre do Christo range, at the junction of the heas waters of the Las Animas river with those of the Rio Costilla, at the head of a party composed of forty or fifty Cheyenne ana Arapahoe Indians, for the purpose of stealing horses. Joe little cared who he stole from or how much, if his identity with the opera. tion was kept a secret. His principal ob- jective point was some Mexlcan settlement in the valley, hence his presence was not generally known. Major Head and his friends would surely have been on thef: guard had they had the slightest intimation of the proximity of this freebooter and his followers. During the session of the council between Agent Head and the Ute chiefs Joo accis dentally became apprised of the isolated ana defenseless condition of the chiefs, and re. solved to murder the lot of them, and thus place himself as a man of affairs before tha Cheyenne and Arapahoe nations. It was a cowardly affair at best, the Ute chiefs being separated from thelr warriors and families, who were encamped among the willows upon the banks of the La Jura, a stream a dozen or_more miles away. He managed to place himself and his fol- lowers between the agency and La Jura before his presence was known. When the war cry rang out in the mountain air of Conejos valley forty armed men separated the patriarchs of the Ute nation from their people. Juan Benito, their recognized head, ordered his men, six in all, to charge the ranks of the opposing force that was fast closing in upon them. Juan Benito leading, the desperate charge was made. Charge after charge followed, each of them unsuc- cessful, and in each of them a warrior chief paid the penalty of thelr desperate situation, until in the end none remained to continue the battle but brave Juan Benito. Wounded unto death, a last effort was made. Chanting his death dirge amid the scene of carnage, he was at last successful in passing the line of the enemy, and he reached the Ute camping grounds, lived to tell the tale of woe, and died among the people who would ever mourn his loss, for he had always been a good man to them. Thus the Ute natlon was without a chief or any recognized head, and the tribal divisions were without = their accustomed superior, to draw from and counsel with. Ouray, then simply a warrior, mounted his horse -and called for volunteers to go in search of and wreak out vengeance upon the heads of the murderers of their defenseless chieftains. Al of the young men of the tribes and some of the bravest and most impulsive women joined him, and were soon scurrying helter skelter over the plains in search of the now famous Joe Beralda and his confederates. The face of the country seemed alive with the human partridges; the Cheyennes and Arapahoes could not escape. Their situa- tion was, In the afterncon of the same day, made as desperate for them as they had made It for the visitors to the agency In the morning. Secreted in a small hill of black lava, that may yet be found between the Conejos river and Rlo Grande del Norte, they Improvised a rude fortification of the loose stones of the moun tains, and resolved to stand a seige. Two hours more of time would have set them free, but Ouray's promptness had given to the warriors of the Ute nation an opportun- ity for a sweet revenge When the bloody work was over the Utes returned from the fray, among the willows of La Jura to dance the greatest war dance of their time, and amid the excitement of the hour, to elect Ouray and place him at the head of the affairs of the nation. He neve disappointed them, but proved to be the st wan which the Ute nation ever pro 0z st iz viz wir e i xie sl Nzl xiz vhe iz oy HEHT A Once again the glorious Eastertide is heve! 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Before finally submitting its case for the defense, /Mr. Simeral introduced another authority in the nature of a recent publica- tion devoted to the discussion of privileged communications. It was in line with the position adhered to by the defense, that the publication of the letter was a duty to the voters of Douglas county, and that in the absence of malice the privilege constituted a complete defense. Mr. Day discussed the authorities at con- siderable length. He admitted that the courts were unanimous regarding the rights of newspapers to print criticisms of can- didates for office when such communications were made to the voters, but sald that the information must not be allowed to go be- yond the voters. It must be confined to the constituency of the candidate, and not printed in a newspaper of general circula- tion. Mr. Simeral asked how it would have been in this case if the defendant had mailed this letter to the voters. The prosecuting attorney admitted that in that event the communication would un- doubtedly have been privileged, but insisted that the fact that the letter was published to the world at large destroyed that privi- lege. He admitted that the people of the state might be Interested in the conduct of the jall, as they contributed to its support, but the defendant was not privileged in com- municating these things to them, as they had no voice in the election of the official in charge of the jail. There might have been no malignity against Bennett in the heart of the defendant, but the intent to defeat Bennett was suflicient 'to constitute the malice contemplated in eriminal libel. There was sufficlent to defeat Bennett without bringing in the Mosher scandal, or Bennett's wife, or charging Benffétt with having the heart of an assasin i o MALICE INSISTED O The letter was filled Mt malice from be- ginning to end, and the manper in which the defendant published it wa§ turther proof of it. The defendant had”juf gone to any of the parties to ascertain’ the truth of the stories. He had accepted ‘A story tol? by Bd Koen, whom he chiffed In the same article with being a con¥iéted libeler. It did not show good faith, but’bore out the as- sumption that there wag m: ess malice, and showed that the m-(euhn was only In search of defamatory miaitét to print In bis paper to defeat Bennett, '[f'was not incum- bent on the state to prots express malice The defense had not squght to prove the truth of any of the charkes, except as to the jall being an assignation house, and in that had only succeeded in raising a reason able doubt by the testlmony of prostitutes and blacklogs. If this was not a case In which the de- fendant should be bound over, it would be useless to ever again seek to hold a news- paper responsible for Its utterances. Candi- dates for office would be completely at the merey of newspapers, and publishers would not hesitate to gratify the most Intense thirst for revenge by the most violent as saults on the characters of indlviduals, and then trust to finding some way of escaping the responsibility by attaching the libeled party {n some way with a public office. The state had clearly made out. a case that war rauted binding the defendant over to the district court, for there could be no doubt as to the falsity of almost every one of the charges, while malice was to be seen all the way through the article. The judge announced that he would preb- ably be ready to hand down his declsion | at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. e e £ Cannon and Cox. Representative Cannon of Illinois tells a good story on himself, says the Washington Post. It is reminiscent of the days when Sunset” Cox was in congress. The New York representative had some things to say about a citizen of Mr. Cannon’s state, and the Illlinois man wanted to defend his con- stituent. “Will the gentleman from New York yield 2" said Mr. Cannon. “Certainly,” said Mr. Cox. “For how long?"" inquired the speaker. “As long as the gentleman from Illinols will keep his hands in his pockets,” said Mr. Cox, laughingly. Mr. Cannon accepted the terms and pro- ceeded with his remarks. He uttered just one sentence and a half, and then his hands, which had been snugly stuck into his pock- ets, came out and were flying through the air like a couple of windmilis, “Time's up,” said Mr. Cox, who knew his man, and then Mr. Cannon sat down. Anybody who has seen Mr. Cannon gestic- ulate will appreciate the spirit with which he tells of his first and only effort to talk without the use of his arms, roediitinc ki Made Him Respect Old Glory. 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TTRS TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY SPECIAL MATINEE MABEL EATON Aud b upavy | Lelus La Belle Russe. Seats will be put on sale Monday at usual prices. | F own powerl GE 1417 DoSglas St.