The morning times., 1897-01-10
WASHINGTON. D. C. JANUARY 10. lSs
The Irish Element in America

The Irish Element in America.
We are in receipt of a circular announcing
that number of gentlemen, interested in
the part taken in American history By
people Of Irish birth a nd lineage, are about
TO organize themselves into an historical
and recording tle influence OF that eie-
ment in the upbuildmg of the United
States.
'.The history Of Irish iInni grafton to
this coantry,'' the Circular states. lis of
profound interest The motive that in
spired tins sturdy people in coming to
these shores was largely the one that
animated and inspired immi ct ation-dis-
content with the existing home condi-
t1ens-civil, religious, political, industrial,
and the hope of living untcr better and
nobler conditions here
To place the irish element in its true
light in American history, to secure its
correct perspective in relation to historic
events on this soil, is the final aim of
tie new society. Its principal object Will
be to ascertain the facts, weigh them in
relation TO contemporary events, and es-
innate their historical value. avoiding in
this process the cXaggeration and eXtrava-
Gsnce Of poorly informed writers on the
one hand anG the prejudice and misrepre-
sentation Of hostile writers on the other.
The organization VIII be constructed on
q broad and liberal plan. 1t VIII be non
political. ana no religious test will be
required for admission Ia membership or
the holding OF office therein. Being an
American organization in spirit and prin-
cipIe, the society VIII welcome TO its ranks
Americans of whatever race or descent
who evince an interest in the special
line OF research for which the society is
TO be organized.
The meeting for the organizing of the
society viii be held at the Revere House
in Boston, Mass, on Wednesday, January
20, 1897, at $50 p. m.
The call is signed by American citizens,
eminent in the professions, and in other
walks OF life. Among others, we might
mention Or. Thomas Adds Enimet of New
York. Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, D. D., rec
tor Catholic American University, Wash
ington, d. C. /; Prof Robert Ellis Thomson,
Philadelphia; Theodore Roosevelt, New
York; Congressman Thomas A. f. wca-
dock, Detroit, Mich; Ex-senator Patrick
Walsh, Augusta, Ca; James Jeffrey Roche,
editor The Pilot, Boston; Gen. st. Clair
A. MuIhoIland, United States pension agent,
Philadelphia; Rev. George W Pepper.
Cleveland, Ohio; Rev. George C. Belts,
Goshen, n. Y; Henry stoddard Ruggles,
Wakefield, Mass; Rear Admiral Meade,
q. s. N; eX-Cnit States Senator NJ.
C. Butler, Edgefiz s. c. Gen. James
r. o'Beirne, New York; J. d. o'Connen,
Treasury Department, Washington; Col.
John c. Linehan, Concord, n. H; Joseph
Smith, Lowell, Mass; Thomas j. Gargau,
Boston, Mass; Thomas Hamilton Murray,
editor Daily Sun, Lawrence, Mass; ex-
Secretary of State John j. Phelan Bridge
port, Conn; Edward j. Hall, Springfield,
Mass; Hugh j. Carroll, exmayor of Paw
tueket, r L; Walter Lecky, Redwood,
N. Y; J. W. Fogerty, Boston, Mass; D.
Harvey Sheahan, Providence, Z. L; NJ J.
Harson, Providence, r. l. Rev. Andrew
Morrissey, Notre Dame, Ind: Osborne
Howes, Boston, Mass Henry G, crowen,
South Yarmouth, Mass; John Cochrane.
president of the New York Society of the
Cincinnati, New York city.