Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-04

stead they are wealthy, and do not know
what is wished for by the common people.
They are too conservative. The speaker
asked the young men to be more radical
and make Worcester one of the fore
most in shaping the destinies of the ma
tion.
p. F.. Drohan next sang THE minstrel
boy with fine effect, and was followed
by j. j. Rogers, who responded to the
toast. Ancient Order of Hibernians.'
Mr. Rogers said the A. O. H. is organ
lied to promote the interests of the
Irish people at large It's chief aim Is
to promote unity, which Is So lacking
among the Irish The organization has
done more financially and otherwise to-
wards that cause than any and all other
organizations have done. In the days
when Ireland was stricken with famine
this organization sent ships with money
and food to the starving friends at
home. This they did without it being
known from what source the succor en-
anated, owing to opposition to the or
ganization in this country. There are
10000 members of the Organization in
| this country. If Emmet had that NUM-
ber of men behind him he would have
succeeded in his undertaking to free
! Ireland. The strength of the organiZa-
tion shows what unity has done. If
| Ilishmen were united. their country
| would be better off than il is today. The
organization is dedicated to the MEM
| ory of ST. Patrick, whose memory is as
dear to the members as the verdure of
| the Emerald isle.
| P. f. Sullivan read an original poem
| written for the occasion, which was
much enjoyed, and then Representative
| William /. Mclaughlin responded to the
toast, THE commonwealth of Massa-
| chusetts' He referred TO the part
| Irishmen have taken in the councils of
the state and to the part they are taking
| today.
c. OConneu Calvin was the last
| speaker and his topic was The irish
cause of today" Mr.. Calvin handled
his toast in worthy manner, and his
remarks were frequently punctuated
with applause.
Among those present were Rev. Geo.
| w. Pepper DIR. f. A. Underwood, AL
derman James II. Mellen, Representa-
tive w. I. Mclaughlin, Edward j. Nc
Mahon, c. O'ConeIl Calvin, John E,
Sullivan, Patrick Shelton, j. j. Rogers,
| Lieut.. NJ H Hines, Eugene f. Sullivan,
Michael Mccarthy, Thomas McDonough,
Patrick J. Kivlan, William Ferris, Mi
chael J. Foley, John Dunn, Paul Henry,
| John T. Healey, P j. O'Leary, P. II.
| Drohan, Jeremiah TWomey. John Nc
| Namara, P. j. Quinn, DR.. j. 7. McGil-
| ncuduy, JGnn OCOnnOr, q. j. Murphy
| Thomas Kenney Frank Kenney, w. T.
Reardon, w. ]. Tansey, C. f. McGilli-
cuddy, James Scanlon, James Manning
of Cherry Valley, Michael Shaughnessey
of Cherry Valley Timothy Warren
| Ulick Clifford, P. J. Judge, j. c. Dona-
hue, ]. ]. Heron, P. ]. Shea, P. F. Sui
livan, Mark Skerrett, Thomas ]. Kiely,
Stephen Karen, NJ. ]. Sullivan, Sergt.
M. ]. Horan, Sergt. w. F. Casey. Corp.
J. D. Sweeney, P. ]. Prendiville, ]. J.,
| FIoran, P. J. Mccoy, Lieut.. jeremiah
Sullivan, Michael Carroll, Lieut. c. J..
Rogers, Benjamin Bresnihan
EMMETT GUARDS VETERANS.
The Emmett Guards Veteran Corps,
Thursday night, observed the anniver-
sary of the birth Of Robert Emmett by a
banquet at the Sherwood House James
P. McGrath, president of the associa-
ton, presided, and introduced p. ].
Bradshaw as POSTMASTER.
Lieut.. Hurley in his remarks, de-
clared the regular company was ready
at any time to respond to the call OF
it's country, a thing he expected within
six months.