The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-08
SCGTCH-IRISH.
Tho Sixth Annual Session of tho
American Society.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN PRESENT
From All Parts ct This Country aud
CnnaIia-Tho Great Work of the
organiAatlon-lts Start and Growth.
scotolI.Irlsli achievements IN Amer
ica-rho Makers Of History, North
and south-Distingulshed Men who
nrc Members.


Special ripaich 10 ge iaicQicaroet
DEs MoiSEs, Iowa, Juno Tho sixth
annual session oil the Congress OF tho
sco,ch-lrish Society, OF America, was
called to order in tho Y. NJ. G. A. hall
n. 10 o'clock this morning by Hon. p.
NJ. Cassidy, vice president for Iowa,
tho hall being crowded to suGoCation.
An address Of welcome was delivered
by Governor Jackson, ofIowa; to which
tho President Of tho Society, Robert
Bonner, Of Now York, responded. The
thrcc days sitting OF tho Congress prom.
ise to be the most interesting OF the six
sessions, this being the centre OF large
Scotch.lrish sottloment, the people
coming from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kon.
lucky, Tennessee. Indiana and Illinois.
Tho Scotch-Irish society, which has
become ono OF great Importance and OF
vast inilnouce in fvO years, was
founded ut Columbia, Tenn, by Colonel
]. T. Wright, OF Nashville, n gentleman
OF great personal worth, of wide nc.
qnaintanceship aud noble impulses,
who as early as 1866, recognizing the
fact that there was no written history
Of the SCotch-1rish Tace in America,
suggested to A. 7. Stewart, tho first
American merchant prince, n noted OK
ample OF Scotch-lrsh business capa.
bility, that there ought 10 be a record
made Of Scotch-lriSh achievement in
this country, ior IN investigation would
show 1t to DO Us important rs that OF
any other blood. MIR. Stewart insisted,
and promised material aid In the work,
that Colonel Wright organize tho race
into n society similar 10 tho Puritan and
Dutch historical associations, which
have been most active in preserving
history. Colonel Wright at that time
was also overwhelmed with business
cares and did not undertake the task
until 1889. when the call was issued for
a meeting in Columbia, Tenn, ut which
lime and place tho organization was
effected, with Robert Bonner rs prosi.
dent and A. C. Floyd, Of Columbia, sec.
rotary, the call having been responded
to by distinguished men OF the race
from all tho states.
THE oMEcr.
The object Of tho association is purely
historical, the task in hand being to
gather data OF Scotch-lrish achievement
in America, go such historical facts NAV
DO preserved in enduring print. Col.
Wright also had in view the hope that
II he brought together in such society
the makers Of history north and south,
in social way, they would learn they
were OF ono blood, with result OF bet.
ter understanding and an end to the
disgracetul warfare that continued be.
tween the sections after the sword had
been beaten into pruning hook. The
society is non-polltical and and nom
sectarian, there being in its member
ship men OF all shades OF religious
thought and political bias, including the
Churchman and the Congregationalist,
the Catholic and tho Covenanter, Re-
publican, Democrat, Prohibitionist
and Populist To-day it has in
its membership more distinguished
men OF all walks OF life than
can he found on the rolls OF
any other like orsanization-among
them. Vice President Stevenson, eS.
Secretary OF the Senate Gen. Arson &.
McCook, Gen. John McCook, Senator
Lindsay, ex-Gov. Campbell. Gov. Nc.
kinley, Senator Brice, ex-Secretary
Charles Foster. Senator Cameron and
Congressman Dalzell. OF Pennsylvania,
ex-senator Mcmillan. OF Michigan,
Gov. Proctor Knott, OF Kentucky, Gov
Jackson and Judge P. NJ. Cassidy, OF
Iowa. Judge Scott, OF Illinois. Hon. Ben.
ton McMillen. OF Tennessee, Dr.. lIervey
Mcdowell. OF Kentucky. Hon. Joseph +.
Johnson, OF Alabama, Judge Gilmore and
Gen. Beatty. Of Ohio; Rev. DR.. Bryson,
Alabama; Dr. John Hall, OF New York !;
VIM. Preston Johnston, OF Louisiana:
Prof. A. L. Perry, OF Williams Mass
college; Prof. AicLoskie, OF Princeton |;
Prof. W. A. White, Washington.Lce
University; Rt. Rev. Hugh Miller
Thompson. Of Mississippi; Col. Nc
Clure, Philadelphia Times; John Frew,
Wheeling INTELLIGgNCgR; J. King Nc.
Lanahan. the noted Pennsylvania engi.
neer; Hon. A. T. Wood, OF Hamilton,
Ont VIM. Writ Henry, OF Tenn. Gov.
Northern. OF Georgia; Gov. uogg, OF
Texas. There arc members from each
state in the union, all Of whom are moro
or less prominent in some limo OF hu.
man action.
A GREAT WORK.