Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-02
ST, DAVID'S SHRINE,
PittSbUrg'S WelShmen Take
Their Tributes There.
THE ANNIVERSARY NIGHT.
Interesting Banquet at the Mononga-
hela House, With Speeches
BY DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Garfeld's Postmaster General, the Iieuten-
ant Governor, and
THE ANNIVERSARY NIGHT.
By DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
4 FAMOUS PREACHER IN ATTENDANCE.

Around two long tables in the dining
room of the Monongahela House last night
sat 800 ladies and gentlemen. They were
there to honor the memory of st. David.
Most of the gentlemen were members of St.
David's Benevolent Society. The invited
guests included several prominent persons.
These were grouped around the center of the
south table. John Jarrett, as President
of the society, conducted the cere-
monies. On his right sat Hon. Thomas
L. James, who was Postmaster General of
the United States under President Garfield.
Just beyond him the celebrated New York
divine, Rev. D. Parker Morgan, d. D.,
toyed with his fork between courses. To
the left of President Jarrett the powerful
form Of Lieutenant Governor W. T. Davies
shook with frequent laughter at some of the
Welsh jokes. In the same group were Cap
tain W. R. Jones, of Braddock, Hon. Sam
uel Griffith, of Mercer, Hon. Miles S.
Humphries, Owen Jones and other officers
of the society.
THE HOME MEMBERS.
1t the head of the north table sat the
members of the Committee of Arrangements,
viz: James Morgan, J. W. Jones, Ivor
Zacharlas, D. D. Roberts, d. J. Evans, Al.
J. Edwards, Jos D. Jones, John Prichard.
At the foot of this table, with harp and
piano, posed the members of the Cambrian
Glee Club, Morris Stephenson conductor,
and the soloists of the evening, David Davis
and Miss Edith Harris
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rations except that before the specially in
vited guests where Gala lilies and roses
scented the air. CandeIabra gave the tables
their glittering appearance, and every in
candescent was turned on in the great chan
deliers.
The banquet was elaborate. A unique
feature about the menu card was the inter
twining of green punches of leek, Wales
favorite vegetable, in the monogram IS. D.
s." Beginning at 900, the feast did not
conclude until after II. A running fire of
jokes shortened the time.
JARRETT, SONGS AND JAMES.
John Jarrett, President, opened the second
part of the entertainment by submitting
number of kilograms from Eastern societies.
He then made few remarks relating to the
history of St. David's Society. 1t is not
beneficial, but benevolent. The hearts of
many poor Welshmen have been gladdened
by the works of the organization.
The friends of the society in
clude Scotch and Americans as well as
Welsh. Among the former are Andrew
Carnegie Mr.. Jarrett denied certain init
nations that, becauseof his connection with
public and industrial subjects, he no longer
loved his native land, its traditions and its
people.
advertisements of the evening, interspersing
the speeches with songs of national char
acter.
Hon. Thomas L. James, the ex-Postmaster
General, responded to the toast OF "IDfu-
ence of st. David's Life" In introducing
him Mr.. Jarrett remarked that, as a men,
Der of the martyred Garfeld's Cabinet, he
recalled great name. About the first thing
Mr.. James did after arising was to return
MI. Jarrett's complimentary introduction
by speaking of Jarrett as the "autocrat of the
evening" Mr.. james announced that, after
a careful investigation of Pittsburg, he was
prepared to say that this city is
APARADIsE FOR wELsHMEN
and place where Cambrian will be de-
veloped to the fullest extent. He then told
of a visit he recently paid to his native land,
Wales going over the cherished names in a
way that enthused all present. As to St.
David's history, he carefully analyzed it
with particular regard for the features that
Welshmen love most. Tracing the influence
of the celebrated name upon the race down to
the present time, Mr.. James referred to the
great national drama in England, and
pointed out that every act in it is being
wa tched with breathless interest by all
Welsh people. Their sympathies are all
with the matchless statesman, Charles
Stewart Parnell. Home rule for ireland
first, and then comes Wales great opportu-
nifty. In conclusion, the speaker believed
the influence of st. David would be en-
hsnced in Pittsburg if church were con-
secrated in the name of their patron saint.
Mr.. James came from New York yester-
day, in company of Rev. d. Parker Nor
gan, D. D., to be the guest of the Pittsburg
Welshmen. The ex-Postmaster General is
tall, we'll built and of snldierly bearing.
His shining bald head, gold eyeglasses and
expansive shirt-front made him a distin-
guished-looking person. HIS voice is strong,
full and musical.
JENKINS AND DAVIES.
Thomas G. Jenkins, Pittsburg's merchant
prince, replied to the toast, "The Day We
Celebrate" His speech was a succession of
poetic tributes to the LOYALTY, patriotism
and abilities of the Welsh people, as
illustrated in their regular observance every
year of this holiday. He said:
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patron saint of the Welsh people, st. David.
While we are gathered here, he is being re-
membered along the mountain sides and the
beautiful valleys of Wales. in the mills and in
the mines. in the thickly-populated districts of
the East, on the fertile lands and the broad
plains Of the West.
On the sea these Welshmen have ever been
at home, from time so far back that history be-
comes dim, and we are lost in the traditions of
the past
ties where we hardly know whether to look
TO the north or to the south for their guiding 4
star. here Welsh women are now weaving the
same plaids, and singing the same songs and
hymns our maternal ancestors sang in the
mountains of Wales years and years ago.
On the islands of the sea, on that dark conti-
nent of which SO little is known, Stanley, the
explorer, and Welshmen everywhere are being
carried back, as it were, tonight to their hum
tble homes-though they may have been-and
gathered around their mothers knees, listen
ing over again to the legends of the past and to
the trials and hardships our forefathers did
undergo that this people might be preserved
We have with us here tonight men from al
most every calling in life. They are not here
by accident-birth, educati02 and continued
efforts always produce results. We have here
strong men and brave that at the time of our
country's peril went TO the front, risking their
all that our homes and institutions might be
protected. Welshmen have ever been at the
front, not in the rear; and their names have
gone into the history of this our country from
the days of the Revolution down.
TRULY COSMOPOLITAN.