New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-18
FRIENDLY SONS AT DINNER
NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED AT THE wall
DORF-ASTORIA.
r1-sr1cr MORGAN j. o'BRIEN PREslDEs-
SPEECHES ny Mr. DEPDW. oNEiii' "'"''
p. A. COLLINS. AUGUSTUS THOMAS.

JUSTICE MORGAN j. oRRIEN PRf-'iDh
sprrcurs pY Mr.. prppw. oNEIIA. RYAN
COLLINS. AUGUSTUS THOMAS
A p coLvIx AND OTHERS.
Nearly seven hundred guests sat down ID INV
Grand ballroom OF the Waldorf-Astoria ihs' cNc--
Ing NJ the nth anniversary dinner OF the society
of the Friendly Sons Of ~. Patrick. 1t was ono OF
the largest public dinners ever held In THIS c''|'
the numbers being nearly as great as those oi ,ho
dinner at which President Mckinney spohc '"'
winter IN the same place. Inc green Oh i'e''',.
and the red white end blue Of America emboweIc"
the proceedings of the evening In their f"iof- %
hind the guests table they were festooheu ~
gether and at the plate of each diner there were
small American and Irish flags, when often ""''u
aloft side by side In response 20 the sentiments -"
pressed by the speakers
Jus,,ce Morgan J OBrien president OF the So
ciety. presided over the dinner ard at MS 'ap'e
sat Ejshop John NJ Farley. Chaunccy NJ Depc"'
Augustus Thomas Elbridge T. Gerry David NC
Clure Perry Belmont. John u. Crinmins' fairlcn
A. Collins Addison y. Colvin. O'Neill Ryan James
S Coleman and representatives OF other socieUeS'
Among the other guests were H. II Nreeirnu'
Hugh ]. Grant Maurice +. Holahan. p II. Whalen'
Pm rick Herman Michael Brennan. II. Archie PeI''
FORBES j. Hennessy. Frank S, Beard. oherih Dunn
FSw@!d j. GS'f Franc r ~ Scot joan ok
r Dykman 4 TranSio o pa E1,K, Ny sne Rev.
NJ J. Lavelle James a. Deeriaa 7. A. b. "ie cen
Controller Coir General George Moore 1 " f.
Sheehan Richard Halsead. justice henry Du t u,
William Sohmer. Commissioner Nc ar:nsX; iOa, -,
doiph Ciuggenhelmer, a. 3. Boardman ana fonaro
Many women were in the boxes and ne courses 5fS
T'hat once Through Tara's Halls ana ist'lTs q
Ne. If All Those EndeaT it Young h5ni 'ha'"'
In calling the guests to order, Justice MORAN j.
O'rien referred several times 10 Cuea T r%
references to the possibilities Of war We're
with great enthusiasm. After reyleWins, i'Cta' ~
history Justice O'Brien SPOKE eioaueh"S u nv
great irish patriots and said: ,..,
I, Is true that the great uprising Of one hundred
wears ago was Intellectual and ended in thf sai
ee Of many lives Bg nsygr be e' It ,hone s Pa
Inc cause or the spirit OF the men OF " perIsneo;
for II yes as s'T 70 whom they beoueathed ,her
pa triotism ana Who have given aihpie P'T T Qua
never be conquered but will continue ever TO sIruS-
Gle for the.r rights and liberties untli thTIS -
osecSS r1 I'M, them a1 SI sgfy nH
Though long DELAYED no hopeful student OF from
which tho spirit Of rs arose. can ever doop' INC
Thai liberty is not to be successfully assasd ~
uunihcrs or mower "A century Of history has p'oEeu.
and the great struggle which Is row pr hing
Tor the rights Of AGAINST apparently Gi'ot ~
and overwhelming odds furnishes ne PROOF, a. ~,
force hat power and wealth can bring against J..
How long we to remain ndlIerent spect I'd % V
Ws dom and Judgment OF President; and were
evidence needed that he mas IN" SupPpi ~ ~
entire Nation II is furnished by tne cHhlcItyI
civrn by the representatives OF the people ~
S,ongresS assembled which is the voice OF a unite o
Nation speaking thrOuEh ITS TeprcsentatiNeH am.
,,lyng notice 10 the world that. WlIe me CUuI,I >
desires reace every resource Of men ana mon.
viii he placed at the disposal Of the president 10
w&ee just war. ,, :. !. o.,,o, ,rbo
ehonld the exigency arise could 1t be asked What
a,nericane of Irish birth or descent would 40 II
60 The answer can be given by pointing 10 inc
mar, horne bv the Irish soldier on every haltch"Iu
IF america. from Concord and Bunker Hill TO APP
pomattoX. . r.-
Justice O'Brien introduced Chauncey NJ. Depew
10 respond to the toast of 1.-The United states
with the remark that they had been building an
addition to the railroad station in order TO eve
their Chauncey three new stories. MI. i1epeW Gqe-
iiVered a Enthusiastically eloquent azores. ne
declared that the Irish were allpervaslve ne nv
thought that when Van Wyoh was elected Mayoss
the Dutch were rule, but the irish sol mos "
The Offices And when the Holland DANES chose Z.
queen her name was Dempsey, Whe IN liz III
1ghtinc craft ahoat 10 be purchased was caiIeu
O7Hirgins after man who went 70 Chn WIN n, :
mack on his back and wound up by putting ule
country in his pocket. Mr. Depew spoke oIlen! VI
Inc Cuban situation. and aroused the greatest en-
thusiasin when he declared that Cupa wouio I've
oNe Ryan responded TO the toast OF I 3o pSy
We Celebrate" Patrick A Collins 20 NinetH
eie hi Augustus Thomas to woman, Addison -,
CSl,in 10 The State OF NeW-l ork ana o'hei
smoke for the various societies represented