The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-10

this country's history, than l could hav,
called with no limitation as 70 descent. Mr.
/ Bonner's enthusiasm in this research mad
him the victim Of good bit Of satire. sho
at him by Mr.. Oliver Dyer, long associated
/ with the Bonners in the Ledger Office, and
known 70 everybody in New York. Mr.
! Bonner had been giving Mr. Dyer formi
/ dable list OF noted Scotch rishmen, and wal
I diving further aud further iato the depths
1 OF history, when the Mr.. Dyer interrupted
| him with the remark: "If you keep on
| you'll make out st. Paul to be Scotch-Irish.
| There is no need Of going back 50 far az
/ that. Even in these alleged Degenerate
/ days there are plenty OF Scotch-lrish worth
| mentioning, as a glance at this list Of the
society's officers will show;
| President, Robert Bonner, New York
city; Vice President General, Rev. J. y.
Mcintosh, d. D., Philadelphia, Pa; first
vice president at large, J. F. Johnston.
Birmingham. Ala. second vice president
at large, i. T. Wright, Nashville, Teno.
Secretary, A. &. Floyd. Columbia, Tenn.
| Treasurer, LUcius Prierson, Columbia,
Tenn. vice presidents for states and terri
tories, New Hampshire, James W. Pstter-
son, Concord; Massachusetts, Prof. A. L.
Perry, Williamstown; Connecticut, d. S.
Calhoun, Hartford; New York, Rev. John
Hall, d. D., New York city, Penn
sylvania, Col A. K. Mcclure. Phila-
delphia; New Jersey, Thomas n. dc
Carter, Newark; Ohio, Matthew Addy, Gin
cinnati; Illinois, Judge John N. Scott,
Bloomington; California. Alexander Mont
gomery, San Francisco; Iowa, p NJ. CASH
dy, Des Moiues; Virginia, " ;lliam Writ
Henry, Richmond; North Carolina, s. B.
Alexander, Charlotte; Georgia, Campbell
Wallace, Atlanta; Mississippi, Rt Rev.
Hugh Miller Thompsoi. Jackson; Louisiana.
William Preston Johnston, New Orleans /;
kentucky, DR.. Eervey Mcdowell, Gym
thiana; Ontario, Canada, a. T. Wood,
Hamilton.
Almost all the states represented here
have local societies in Il fourishing coadi-
ton. That in California, of which MIR.
Montgomery is president, is such an i'm
portant organization that there was some
talk Of its being the entertainer of this
years congress, but the distance proved a
bar. Mr.. Montgomery, who has no end of
money and very generous heart, has re-
Gently given $4,000 for the erection Of the
state sociely's building in San Fran cisco.
Pennsylvania is a stronghold of the Scotch
Irish. The state society has DR.. McIutcsh
for president. His address before the con-
gress this year will be on "Our Pledge to
Posterity; or the Scotch>Irish To-day anu
Tomorrow
Tennessee is also particularly strong in
L
president Of the state society is Lemuel r.
Campbell of Nashville. At present the
headquarters Of the national society may be
said TO be in Columbia. Tenn, where the
secretary, Mr.. Floyd, resides. There has
been some discussion as to the erection of a
building as the soclety's home. but that will
come later. When 1t is put up it may
be in Pittsburg, but that is not
settled. Columbia, which if it were
not so far south. would be the place,
for it is. as one may say, the birthplace OF
the society; and, besides, 1T stands in that
grant of land given TO Gen. Greene after the
revolutionary war, which became the rally
ing center for early Scotch-Irlsh influence
in what was then called the west. Prob~
ably Columbia won't get it, in spite of the
argument in its favor, and everybody will
be sorry for as Mr.. Bonner said Though not
about this particular matter), They're
such fine lot of fellows around Columbia.
that We hate TO leave them"
DAVID WECHsLER