Soon after the adjournment of the Council meeting just recorded, a
reception and banquet was given the members thereof under the auspices
of the Rhode Island members of the Society. The event took place in the
Narragansett Hotel, Providence.
M. J. Harson, of Providence, presided. The line was formed for the
banquet shortly after 8 P. M., and proceeded to the dining-room.
Grace was said by Rev. S. Banks Nelson (Presbyterian), of Woonsocket, R.
I., a native of Belfast, Ireland.
Among those present, in addition to Mr. Harson and Rev. Mr. Nelson,
were:
Hon. Thomas J. Gargan, Boston, Mass., president-general.
Hon. John D. Crimmins, New York, vice-president-general.
Thomas Hamilton Murray, Woonsocket, R. I., secretary-general.
Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H., treasurer-general.
Hon. Edwin D. McGuinness, Providence, R. I.
Hon. Charles E. Gorman, Providence, R. I.
Stephen J. Geoghegan, New York City.
James Jeffrey Roche, Boston, Mass.
Joseph Smith, Lowell, Mass.
Rev. Frank L. Phalen (Unitarian), Concord, N. H.
Col. John McManus, Providence, R. I.
Capt. E. O’Meagher Condon, New York City.
William H. Grimes, Pawtucket, R. I.
Thomas F. O’Malley, Somerville, Mass.
Stephen J. Richardson, New York City.
Thomas O’Brien, Pawtucket, R. I.
Michael Fitzgerald, Providence, R. I.
M. E. Hennessy, Boston, Mass.
Edmund Reardon, Cambridge, Mass.
Capt. John F. Murray, Cambridge, Mass.
William J. Feeley, Providence, R. I.
Matthew J. Cummings, Providence, R. I.
P. J. McCarthy, Providence, R. I.
Edmund O’Keefe, New Bedford, Mass.
Samuel C. Hunt, New Bedford, Mass.
D. D. Donovan, Providence, R. I.
T. St. John Gaffney, New York City.
Thomas A. O’Gorman, Providence, R. I.
Joseph Manning, Providence, R. I.
Mr. Harson opened the post-prandial exercises with a spirited address,
and concluded by introducing President-General Gargan, who spoke as
follows: