Upon the adjournment of the business meeting, the company formed in line
and proceeded to the annual banquet. Gen. James R. O’Beirne of New York
city presided.
Back of the presiding officer’s chair were displayed an American and an
Irish flag. An orchestra was stationed in the balcony.
Grace was said by Rev. Joshua P. Bodfish of Canton, Mass.
Among those seated at the tables were noted the following:
Gen. James R. O’Beirne, New York city.
Rev. Joshua P. Bodfish, Canton, Mass.
Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass.
Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York city.
Hon. Joseph F. Daly, New York city.
Hon. Thomas Dunn English, Newark, N. J.
Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H.
Hon. Wauhope Lynn, New York city.
Hon. Franklin M. Danaher, Albany, N. Y.
Hon. Thomas F. Gilroy, New York city.
Hon. William McAdoo, New York city.
Hon. Patrick Garvan, Hartford, Conn.
Hon. James A. O’Gorman, New York city.
Hon. Joseph P. Fallon, New York city.
Hon. Maurice J. Power, New York city.
Hon. Andrew J. White, New York city.
Hon. James S. Coleman, New York city.
Hon. John E. Fitzgerald, New York city.
Rev. John J. McCoy, P. R., Chicopee, Mass.
Rev. Thomas Smyth, Springfield, Mass.
Rev. M. J. Lavelle, New York city.
Rev. Richard Neagle, Malden, Mass.
Rev. T. W. Wallace, New York city.
Rev. Martin Murphy, Great Barrington, Mass.
Rev. J. J. Howard, Worcester, Mass.
Rev. John W. McMahon, D. D., Boston, Mass.
Rev. Philip J. Gormley, Boston, Mass.
Rev. J. T. Danahy, Newton, Mass.
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, New York city.
Dr. Philip Kilroy, Springfield, Mass.
Dr. Stephen J. Maher, New Haven, Conn.
Dr. Farquhar Ferguson, New York city.
Dr. J. F. Hayes, Waterbury, Conn.
Dr. P. J. Cassidy, Norwich, Conn.
Dr. T. F. Harrington, Lowell, Mass.
Dr. Thomas J. Dillon, Boston, Mass.
Dr. J. Duncan Emmet, New York city.
Dr. C. E. Nammack, New York city.
Dr. D. B. Lovell, Worcester, Mass.
Dr. Francis J. Quinlan, New York city.
Dr. W. M. E. Mellen, Chicopee, Mass.
Dr. J. J. Morrissey, New York city.
James Jeffrey Roche, Boston, Mass.
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Woonsocket, R. I.
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.
Thomas B. Lawler, New York city.
John T. F. Mac Donnell, Holyoke, Mass.
Pierce Kent, New York city.
M. A. Toland, Boston, Mass.
John F. McAlevy, Pawtucket, R. I.
Stephen J. Geoghegan, New York city.
Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Boston, Mass.
T. A. Emmet, Jr., New York city.
John Crane, New York city.
Edmund Reardon, Cambridge, Mass.
Col. John McManus, Providence, R. I.
P. T. Barry, Chicago, Ill.
Capt. Wm. J. Carlton, New York city.
Thomas F. Somers, New York city.
R. Walter Powell, St. Joseph, Mo.
Patrick Kilroy, Springfield, Mass.
Capt. E. O’Meagher Condon, New York city.
Charles F. Coburn, Lowell, Mass.
Dennis H. Tierney, Waterbury, Conn.
John Goodwin, New York city.
Michael Brennan, New York city.
M. A. O’Byrne, New York city.
Humphrey O’Sullivan, Lowell, Mass.
Col. John G. Healy, New Haven, Conn.
Daniel Donovan, Lynn, Mass.
Florence G. Donovan, Brooklyn, N. Y.
William Lane, Brooklyn, N. Y.
John J. Rooney, New York city.
Joseph I. C. Clarke, New York city.
Richard Healey, Worcester, Mass.
James A. Fogarty, New Haven, Conn.
J. Francis Jones, New York city.
R. E. Danvers, New York city.
M. E. Hennessy, Boston, Mass.
Francis C. Travers, New York city.
Vincent P. Travers, New York city.
Joseph F. Swords, New York city.
Col. Henry L. Swords, New York city.
John F. Doyle, New York city.
Col. John F. Doyle, Jr., New York city.
Alfred L. Doyle, New York city.
James Curran, New York city.
Michael Gavin, 2d, New York city.
Thomas S. Brennan, New York city.
T. St. John Gaffney, New York city.
E. A. McQuade, Lowell, Mass.
Edmund O’Keefe, New Bedford, Mass.
William Lyman, New York city.
Edward O’Flaherty, New York city.
Louis V. O’Donohue, New York city.
Michael J. Dowd, Lowell, Mass.
Francis W. Foley, New Haven, Ct.
M. J. Drummond, New York city.
E. J. O’Shaughnessy, New York city.
John J. Pulleyn, New York city.
Patrick Gilbride, Lowell, Mass.
Thomas H. Boyle, Lowell, Mass.
William P. Mellon, New York city.
The following gentlemen, all of New York city, were likewise present:
Richard Deeves.
John G. O’Keefe.
James J. Phelan.
David A. Brien.
James G. Johnson.
John Vincent.
B. Moynahan.
Mark P. Brennan.
Edmund M. Brennan.
Thomas F. Brennan.
Joseph J. Ryan.
R. M. Walters.
Edward J. McGuire.
John H. McCarthy.
Michael E. Bannin.
Thomas S. Bannin.
J. P. Callahan.
E. J. Farrell.
John Vesey.
Andrew Little.
P. Gallagher.
James Flynn.
John D. Moore.
N. J. Barrett.
John O’Connell.
Isaac Bell Brennan.
George Coleman.
In addition to the foregoing, the following were also present. Residence
is not given, but a majority are believed to be of New York city:
A. Fred Brown.
Thomas R. Hall.
William H. Hume.
Frederick T. Hume.
John Connelly.
James F. Minturn.
John C. McGuire.
John Kirkpatrick.
William J. Farrell.
T. S. Danahy.
C. H. Conway.
John P. Kelly.
Wm. H. Kelly.
A. B. Carlton.
J. J. Gleason.
F. C. O’Reilly.
J. J. Clingen.
George E. Kilgore.
J. DeM. Thompson.
J. F. Slevin.
Charles Black.
Owen J. Carney.
Patrick C. Meehan.
Theodore Meehan.
M. D. Greene.
Wm. J. Fanning.
John McKean.
R. W. Powell.
John Callaghan.
Austin Finnegan.
George F. Crowley.
P. A. Moynahan.
Arthur B. Waring.
F. C. Hodgdon.
Richard Dixon.
T. T. Tomlinson.
G. B. Warriner.
Thomas F. Glynn.
Upon the cigars being lighted, Gen. James R. O’Beirne, the presiding
officer, arose and in a neat speech opened the after-dinner exercises.
He first introduced Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet of New York city, who read a
paper on “Irish Emigration During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries.”
Hon. John C. Linehan of Concord, N. H., followed with a paper on “Some
Pre-Revolutionary Irishmen,” which was well received, and proved of much
value and interest.
Rev. John J. McCoy of Chicopee, Mass., read an able paper on “The Irish
Element in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers in the Recent War” (with
Spain).
James Jeffrey Roche, editor of _The Pilot_, Boston, Mass., entertained
the company with a paper touching upon the work of the Society, and was
frequently applauded.
John Jerome Rooney of New York city recited a fine poem on “The Irish
Name,” and elicited the plaudits of the company.
Thomas J. Gargan of Boston, Mass., the new president-general, delivered
a stirring address relative to the Society’s mission.
Joseph Smith of Lowell, Mass., made a short address, urging the
establishment of a fund to assist the organization in carrying on its
work. He also read a letter from Jeremiah Curtin, the author, who was
then visiting Russia.
During the evening an address from Edward A. Moseley of Washington, D.
C., the retiring president-general, was presented, Mr. Moseley not being
able to attend in person.
Capt. E. O’Meagher Condon of New York city made a brief address, which
was well received.
At intervals during the evening the company joined in singing patriotic
American and Irish selections, accompanied by the orchestra.
There were also addresses by Hon. Thomas Dunn English of Newark, N. J.,
and Hon. William McAdoo, recently assistant secretary of the United
States navy, whose remarks aroused much enthusiasm.
Letters regretting their inability to attend the gathering were received
from Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York; Hon. George F. Hoar,
Washington, D. C.; Hon. George Fred Williams, Boston, Mass.; E. Benjamin
Andrews, superintendent of public schools, Chicago, Ill., and from other
gentlemen.
Before adjourning, General O’Beirne reminded the members that Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, who had expected to be present to-night but was
unable, would give the Society a reception the next afternoon (Jan. 20)
at 4 o’clock. The reception would take place at the residence of the
governor’s sister, Mrs. Cowles, Madison avenue. General O’Beirne
requested the members to meet at the Hotel Savoy at 3:30 p.m., in order
that they might proceed to the governor’s reception in a body. The
company then adjourned.