GREATEST OF ALL ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS AIDS CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1920-03-18, p.1

Summary

Banner front-page coverage with large photograph captioned "Great Throng at Courthouse Approving Resolutions on Independence of Ireland." Sub-deck: "Gigantic Parade, Mass Meeting and Religious Services Feature Memorable Program — Women and Children in Line — Resolutions Demand Recognition of Republic." Anaconda's coverage of the previous day's (St. Patrick's Day 1920) Butte / Anaconda parade and Irish-Republican bond-drive closing rally. 10,000 Butte residents of Irish nativity or sympathies participated in a gigantic parade and mass meeting. Demonstration differed from prior St. Patrick's Days because this year the festivities were tied EXPLICITLY to the Irish Republican Bond Drive (which had run Feb 12 – March 17 1920) and the demand for international recognition of the Irish Republic. Two-mile procession from the federal building to the courthouse, where the mass meeting was held. "MEN WHO MADE BIG SUCCESS" — sidebar listing committee members by sub-section (St. Patrick's Day Committee, Hibernians, Knights of Columbus, Auxiliary). Names visible at the export resolution include: - General committee — John C. Carlisle, P. T. Brennan (secretary), W. J. Newell, J. D. Davies, F. J. Owens, J. P. Sullivan, T. J. Lynch, Anthony Sullivan, W. C. Sweeney - Hibernians — J. H. Pawley, P. Sweeney - Knights of Columbus — F. R. Connolly, Owens Aerth, J. J. Connell, John J. McCloskey, [...] **James J. Murphy**, J. Ford, James M. Caldwell, Patrick J. Sullivan, Larry T. Coleman, J. J. Coleman, J. M. Donough, J. Sullivan, John W. Caplin, J. J. McCarthy, Coleman, W. C. Murphy, A. C. Kerin, R. Maginnes, Robert E. Bolger, J. F. Donlan, J. Cooke, B. Pelham, Larry Dugan, Henry Thompson KEY ARCHIVE FACT. The "Larry Dugan" / Larry Duggan is the recurring 1914 parade-planning chairman and 1916 FOIF signatory. James J. Murphy is listed in the K. of C. committee section. COMPANION FRONT-PAGE LEADS visible on the same page: - "CONSTANTINOPLE IS OCCUPIED BY ALLIES WHO LAND BIG FORCE" — the Allied formal occupation of Constantinople, 16 March 1920, pre-Treaty-of-Sèvres - "KAPP'S RETIREMENT IS CLOAKED BEHIND BOLSHEVISM DANGER" — the failure of the Kapp Putsch (March 13-17 1920) in Berlin - "KAPP FLEES IN AUTOMOBILE" — Wolfgang Kapp's flight - "OFFICIAL PROBE INTO ACTIVITIES OF DRUG VENDERS" — county attorney's narcotics probe - "AMERICAN GOVERNMENT GIVES RIGHT TO RUSSIA" — wire item on US-Soviet relations - "PLAN OF LLOYD GEORGE HAS UNEXPECTED CHECK" — British home rule politics - "TWO MORE RESERVATIONS REJECTED BY THE SENATE" — Versailles Treaty fight in the US Senate - "FORMER EMPEROR TO GO TO PROVINCE OF HUNGARY" — Karl I of Austria-Hungary's exile / restoration attempts - "GREEN, WHITE AND YELLOW WITH STARS AND STRIPES" — the Irish tricolour and US flag flown together; period American Irish-Republican symbolism The page captures a single dense day in March 1920 — Allied occupation of Constantinople, Kapp Putsch collapse in Berlin, Irish-Republican bond-drive closing rally in Butte. Three simultaneous post-WWI revolutionary moments.

People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James J. Murphy)
role: k of c committee member · family confidence: 10 flag

Also mentioned

John C. Carlisle · committee_member
P. T. Brennan · committee_secretary
T. J. Lynch · committee_member
Recurring Judge J. J. Lynch (initials variant).
Larry Dugan · committee_member
Recurring Larry Duggan — 1914 parade chairman, 1916 FOIF signatory.
Henry Thompson · committee_member
Robert E. Bolger · k_of_c_committee_member
J. F. Donlan · k_of_c_committee_member
Possibly the same Donlan family as Judge Donlan of the 1908 Pat Murphy insanity hearings.
J. Cooke · k_of_c_committee_member

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Anaconda, Montana (secondary)
Ireland (subject)

Themes

Story threads

Source type

news_item, public_meeting_report, list_of_officers

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: partial · confidence medium

# GREATEST OF ALL ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS AIDS CAUSE OF INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND ## Gigantic Parade, Mass Meeting and Religious Services Feature Memorable Program — Women and Children in Line — Resolutions Demand Recognition of Republic. *The Anaconda Standard, Thursday morning, March 18, 1920, p. 1. Banner front page with photograph of the courthouse throng.* Close to 10,000 Butte residents of Irish nativity or sympathies participated in a gigantic parade and mass meeting yesterday. It was a demonstration that differed from other St. Patrick's day celebrations in Butte. With the cause of Irish freedom ringing from one end of the country to the other, with the Irish bond drive on in full swing, the women and children of Butte turned out to show that they stood back of the great movement to the limit of their resources. Last night, Irish leaders, mighty enthused over the events of the day, telegraphed to De Valera that Butte was with the cause to the finish. […] A feature of the celebration was the mass-mock parade, starting from the federal building at 1 o'clock and ending at the city to the courthouse, where a mass meeting was held. In the hour was filed by stand by such moss, beginning with [...] of Irish membership in the city […] ### Where They Stand. "You can come where this St. Patrick's day stands […]" ### Be Good. That's All. A feature of the celebration was the mass-mock parade […] ### Negotiate Republic. […] ### Real Facts Unknown. The real circumstances of Kapp's retirement are still shrouded in mystery [Kapp Putsch discussion, separate column on the same front page]. ### Drive Goes Over. […] --- ## MEN WHO MADE BIG SUCCESS *[Sidebar listing committee members by section — names below are best read at the export resolution.]* The following in the membership of the St. Patrick's day committee, whose efforts made possible the record-breaking celebration: **General committee** — John C. Carlisle; P. T. Brennan (secretary); W. J. Newell; J. D. Davies; F. J. Owens; J. P. Sullivan; T. J. Lynch; Anthony Sullivan; W. C. Sweeney. **Hibernians** — J. H. Pawley; P. Sweeney. **Knights of Columbus** — F. R. Connolly; Owens Aerth; J. J. Connell; John J. McCloskey; [...] James J. Murphy; J. Ford; James M. Caldwell; Patrick J. Sullivan; Larry T. Coleman; J. J. Coleman; J. M. Donough; J. Sullivan; John W. Caplin; J. J. McCarthy; Coleman; W. C. Murphy; A. C. Kerin; R. Maginnes; Robert E. Bolger; J. F. Donlan; J. Cooke; B. Pelham; Larry Dugan; Henry Thompson. *[Hibernian executive list and Auxiliary list also visible in the column but not fully transcribed.]* --- *Transcription status: partial. Body type is small in the export and substantial portions of the column are below the readable threshold. The committee-list section above is best-read; the full story body is not transcribed in detail.*

Open questions

The committee member roster runs ~50+ names — only the most legible recovered above. Higher-resolution re-pull would capture the full list.
K-of-C coverage on a Butte St. Patrick's Day is notable — the Knights of Columbus was usually the more Americanised / less radical wing of Catholic organisational life. Their participation here suggests broad Catholic consensus for the Irish-Republican cause in 1920 Butte.