The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-02-13
IRISH BANQUET.
Mr.. John Dillon. NJ. p, and Sir Thos.
EsmOnde Entertained at the Hotel.

| Mr. John Dillon. NJ. p, and Sir Thos.
Esmonde Entertained at the Hotel.
Yesterday evening Mr.. John Dillon,
NJ. p, the great Irish agitator and Sir
Charles Esmonde, NJ. p, who arrived
from the Colonies on Sunday, were en-
tertained at banquet at the Hawaiian
Hotel by Irish residents of this city.
The front OF the building was lastly IL
Illuminated with colored lanterns and the
electric light shone out resplendeHt from
the foliage in the grounds.
At 80 O'Clock the Royal Hawaiian
Band, at the request of His Majesty,
stationed itself in the band stand and
commenced to play programme OF
music, including many Irish selections.
There was quite number OF people on
the verandas listening to the music,
which was unusually fine.
The banquet was held in the spacious
dining-room and was most sumptuous
repast, including all kinds of delcacies
The long table looked exceedingly pretty
with its floral decorations and much
credit is due the able steward, Mr.. F. NJ
Lucas, for the way in which the dinner
was served.
The invited guests sat down a little
after o'clock. After ample justice had
been done the good things the following
address was read:
Hon. JOHN DLLoN-Honored Sir:
Hearing that you were to pass through
our mid-ocean city on your voyage across
the Pacific, returning to your own be-
loved land, we thought it proper, al
though strangers to you personally, to
tender you a quiet reception, with the
best hospitality we could command, in
recognition of your fame as a man, pa
triot and a statesman, which has gone
into all the Englishspeaking world.
We are all, or nearly all, Of Celtic origin
or ancestry, some of us being your fellow
subjects of the British Empire, and while
not addressing you as partizans, we are
sympatEzers with the distress and trou-
bles of your countrymen, on whose be-
half you are sacrificing your time and
talent, and performing journey round
the world, to lay before your kindred
everywhere the cause OF which you are
a leading champion. We do not pre-
sumo to express any opinions upon cur
iCIlt DIitiSH pOiItlCS3 Dut, do ODSCI NCiS
far from the scene, we take the present
opportunity OF conveying to YOU our high
sense of appreciation OF the devotion,
perseverance and sagacity with which
your distinguished leader, the Honorable
Charles Stewart Parnell, and his assOci
ates, adhered to the Irish cause until
that tribune of the English people, the
Right Honorable William Ewart Glad
stone, with powerful section of his lib
eral following, has been constrained
to recognize the justice of your
pleadings, and to battle shoulder to
shoulder with you, on constitutional
grounds, for the concession to Ireland
of equality in the rights OF self-govern-
ment, with the other component parts of
the United Kingdom and the British
Empire. Hoping that brighter pros
pect will soon burst upon your Emerald
Isle, and that you may live to see the
devoutly wished consumation, and en-
Joy all the lustre accruing to you for
your share in that achievement, as resi-
dents of this paradise of the Pacific"
we beg to subscribe ourselves. Your
friends,
f. A. McINERNY,
JOHN Nolan,
LAWRENCE II. DEE,