ST. PATRICK'S DAY USHERED IN WITH A GREAT BANQUET

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1914-03-17, p.1

Summary

Sub-head: "Irish-Americans of Mining Metropolis and Their Guests Have Delightful Time at Silver Bow Club — Splendid Addresses on Topics Having to Do With Annual Observance Are Delivered — Plans Have Been Made for Entertainment Today." Front-page Butte Miner report on the St. Patrick's Eve banquet at the Silver Bow club, March 16 1914. "Truly patriotic was the meeting of Irish-Americans last night at the Silver Bow club on the occasion of their annual celebration of St. Patrick's day." Senator H. A. Gallway toastmaster. **Justice W. L. Holloway** as first speaker. **W. W. Walsworth spoke feelingly on "Our Country."** **Attorney T. J. Walker pleased all with a discussion on the Irish question of an evening.** Menu: martinis, cream of tomato soup, cheese straws, celery, salted almonds, olives, sardines, crab, Newburg, Lawyers Tipped, broiled tenderloin, mushroom sauce, fresh asparagus, peach cream de mente, grapefruit salad, champagne wafers, cheese, apple pie a la mode, crackers, cigars, coffee, cigarettes. Program of toasts: - "President" — Hon. H. A. Gallway - "And still the wishful grew" — Henry C. Smith (?) - "Goldsmith" — "Quartered Villages" Hon. W. L. Holloway - "Our President" — Hon. W. L. Holloway, executive justice supreme court - "National airs" — Orchestra - "Our Country" — W. W. Walsworth - "We Take Two Horse Again, Hurraying" — James E. Murray (?) - "Kathleen" — James H. Murray (?) - "Erin Garden" — John J. McCarthy (?) - "Maureen" — John H. Tolan (?) - "Mistakers" — Orchestra - **"The Irish-Americans" — Thomas J. Walker** - "Song" — "The Minstrel Boy" — Ed Lee - "St. Patrick's Day" — W. F. Hodgson - "The Star Spangled Banner" — Ensemble Walker (or "T. J. Walker," "Attorney T. J. Walker") spoke extensively on the Irish-American: "This might not be termed in age of universal criticism," said Justice Holloway. "It is not a matter of regret on my part, however, for as men in public life in this country, we are exposed to it from time to time." Lengthy verbatim quotation continues across the column, ending "Continued on Page Two — Col. One." ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **(a) RESOLVES the OCR question from the 1914-03-18 clipping** — the "James W. Walker" / "Thomas J. Walker" question is now resolved: **Thomas J. Walker** is the attorney who gave the Irish-American speech, the night before the AOH afternoon exercises JJM presided over. The two clippings bracket St. Patrick's 1914 (eve banquet → next-day exercises); Walker speaks at the eve banquet, JJM presides over the next day. (b) The Silver Bow club banquet is now confirmed as an annual fixture across 1911-1914 (the 1911-03-17 clipping shows the same format). (c) Justice W. L. Holloway is the Montana Supreme Court justice and a recurring speaker. TRANSCRIPTION NOTE. The body of Walker's speech (one of the most substantive Irish-American addresses in the archive's Butte coverage) is OCR-degraded enough that a clean verbatim is not recoverable from this PDF alone. Captured to the extent legible.

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)
role: implied attendee aoh county president · family confidence: 10 flag
JJM is not explicitly named in the legible portion of this clipping. The next-day clipping (1914-03-18) has him presiding over the afternoon exercises as AOH county president; he was very likely at the eve banquet too as one of the principal Irish-American organisers. The full attendee list would be on the page-2 continuation not in this clip. Held at the same confidence as elsewhere; can be revised on a page-vision back-pass.

Also mentioned

Senator H. A. Gallway · toastmaster
Henry A. Gallway — same recurring figure as the 1911 banquet.
Justice W. L. Holloway · speaker_executive_justice_supreme_court
= the Hon. William L. Holloway who toasted 'The Irish-Americans' at the 1911 Silver Bow Club banquet — three years on now characterized as Justice and Executive Justice Supreme Court.
W. W. Walsworth · speaker_our_country
Anaconda Standard editor. Recurring.
Thomas J. Walker · speaker_the_irish_americans
**Attorney T. J. Walker** — RESOLVES the OCR ambiguity on the 1914-03-18 clipping which gave 'James W. Walker' / 'Hon. James W. Walker' as one of the afternoon exercise speakers. Same man, accurate name.
Ed Lee · minstrel_boy_song
W. F. Hodgson · st_patricks_day_speaker
James E. Murray · toast_speaker
Future US Senator — recurring through the cluster.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, public_meeting_report

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: partial · confidence medium

# ST. PATRICK'S DAY USHERED IN WITH A GREAT BANQUET ## Irish-Americans of Mining Metropolis and Their Guests Have Delightful Time at Silver Bow Club — Splendid Addresses on Topics Having to Do With Annual Observance Are Delivered — Plans Have Been Made for Entertainment Today. *The Butte Miner, Tuesday, March 17, 1914, p. 1. Vol. LI No. 177. Front-page lead.* *[OCR-degraded scan; transcription partial. Captured as legible.]* Truly patriotic was the meeting of Irish-Americans last night at the Silver Bow club on the occasion of their annual celebration of St. Patrick's day. The spacious dining room of the club was well filled and the arrangements made by the committee in charge of the banquet were carried out in perfect order. Senator H. A. Gallway acted as toastmaster. It naturally followed that the speaking program was carried out in proper order. Justice W. L. Holloway, as the first speaker, delivered a splendid address upon "The President." He told of the presidents from Washington to Wilson, emphasizing that all is not "milk and honey" in the White house. The speaker paid nice tribute to President Woodrow Wilson. W. W. Walsworth spoke feelingly on "Our Country." Mr. Walsworth's address was warmly applauded and he received a warm ovation. John H. Tolan, a prominent Missoula attorney, talked entertainingly on "Montana." Attorney T. J. Walker pleased all with a discussion on the Irish question of an evening of the Irish-American. [*Address text continues with extended discussion of the Irish-American by Walker, OCR-degraded in this scan...*] ## President's Day. But from the very nature of the office of their office, the legislative and executive departments, bear the most intimate relations. The framers of the constitution forced upon the president to recommend legislation, to vote bills already passed and to define a contemporary recognition of the Constitution as an important factor in the process of lawmaking. ## The Program. Toastmaster — Senator H. A. Gallway. "And still the wishful grew" — Henry C. Smith. "Goldsmith" — "Quartered Villages" Hon. W. L. Holloway. "Our President" — Hon. W. L. Holloway, executive justice supreme court. "National airs" — Orchestra. "Our Country" — W. W. Walsworth. "We Take Two Horse Again, Hurraying" — James E. Murray (?). "Kathleen" — James H. Murray (?). "Erin Garden" — John J. McCarthy (?). "Maureen" — John H. Tolan (?). "Mistakers" — Orchestra. **"The Irish-Americans" — Thomas J. Walker.** "Song — The Minstrel Boy" — Ed Lee. "St. Patrick's Day" — W. F. Hodgson. "The Star Spangled Banner" — Ensemble. ## Holloway's Remarks. "This might not be termed in age of universal criticism," said Justice Holloway. "It is not a matter of regret on my part, however, for as men in public life in this country, we are exposed to it from time to time. I merely direct attention to the fact in prefacing my remarks, which will detail somewhat. From the heaven, frank usually pumped upon an occasion of this character. "Most of the criticism of our public men is fully justified, but much more of it has no foundation whatever. It has become a startling fact in this country that every time a man comes upon the stage of action latest signs accomplishing something of substantial worth, or merit, the cry is immediately raised that he is a defaulter or holdup man. ["...remainder of Holloway's address heavily OCR-degraded, ending '(Continued on Page Two — Col. One.)'"]

Open questions

Body of Walker's address — needs page-vision back-pass for clean transcription. Likely a major Butte Irish-American cultural document.
Page-2 continuation ("Continued on Page Two — Col. One") likely contains the full attendee list. Worth fetching.
On the back-pass, update the 1914-03-18 clipping's open_question on "James W. Walker" to mark it as RESOLVED via cross-ref to this clipping.