The Anaconda standard., 1898-03-17
IN MEMORY OF MEAGHER
A Handsome Monument Will
Surely Be Erected.
A BIG, BRAVE PATRIOT
The Irish-Americans of Montana Organ
ize an Association for the Purpose.
Eloquent Tribute to the Brilliant
Soldier and His Brigade.

The Thomas Francis Meagher Memo
rial association was organized at a
convention held at the Auditorium
yesterday for the purpose of raising
funds for erecting a monument to the
memory of General Meagher, the first
secretary of state for the territory of
Montana and the noted Irish soldier.
Thomas Francis Meagher was an
Irish patriot contemporaneous with
Thomas Davis, John Mitchell, William
Smith O'Brien, Charles Gavan Duffy,
and other eminent Irishmen of the '4S
period, and was one of the leaders of
the movement known in history as the
Young Ireland or '4S movement" For
his part in that historical epoch he was
sentenced to be hanged, drawn and
quartered, but subsequently his SEN
tence was commuted TO penal servitude
for life, and he was transported to the
penal colony of Tasmania. He escaped
and came to America, and at the out
break of the civil war organized the
famous Irish Brigade" becoming its
brigadier general. The charges of the
Irish brigade are memorable, particu-
larly in the battle of Fredericksburg
AT the close of the war, or soon after it,
General Meagher was sent to Montana
y
During Governor Edgerton's absence in
1867, General Meagher became acting
governor, and while serving in this
capacity was called upon to cope with
an Indian uprising. He called on the
government for assistance, and in the
meantime assumed the authority of
organizing battalion to go against the
Indians. He went to Fort Benton to
superintend the distribution of arms,
nd WI in lan
Missouri river.
The movement to immortalze the
memory of General Meagher was insti-
tuted at Anaconda in the early part of
the year among the Irish Americans,
and a meeting was called which was
held in Butte to take the preliminary
steps toward organization. At that
meeting committee was appointed to
take the work in hand, composed as
follows:
ACCOMPLISHMENTS DAILY, ]. S. Dough-
erty. w. NJ. Thornton. Patrick Cuddihy,
w. M. Kelly, r. p. O 'Brien, d. F. Hal
lahan, DR.. Spellman, Hugh DAILY, Pat
rick Gogerty, John S. McGroarty, j..
M. Kennedy, John l.. Henry, b. N.
Kennedy, Charles Boylan.
Butte-P. ]. Brophy, J. J. Mediation,
D. j. Hennessy. John Caplice, P. S.
Harrington, John Mcguire, Captain
Shovlin. w. d. Clark, w. L. Denney,
M. F. Canning. James Meagher. w. f.
McGrath. p. j. Sullivan, Thomas Null
holland Patrick Colligan, NJ. c. Muir
ply, T. j. O'Leary. :
Helena-Martin Maginnis, 7. C. Pow
er, William Steuve. G. d. Curtis, Con
Kelly. John j. Grogan, H. j. Rogan.
Missoula--T. H. Mcnamara, w. G.
Murphy. Bozeman-Gen. James Dren-
nan. Great Falls-James Greeley T.
e. Collins. Belt. J. Kinney, Edward
McNally. James f. Fox. Andrew P.
McAnnilly. Deer Lodge-Thomas Nc
Tague Madison County-W. A. Clark.
William Ennis. Miles City. Ryan.
Fort Benton-Major Totten. Helmville
j. w. Geary. Teton county-James
McDevitt. jefferson county-Ed. Ryan,
W. B. Gaffney, Ed. Cardwell, William
Hurry. Granite county-Patriek Bro
gan Hamilton-D. j. Donohue. Fer
gus county-R. s. Hamilton.
Chairman w. d. Clark and Secretary
d. F. Hallahan of the meeting of Jan.
23d were instructed to call a meeting
for the permanent organization of the
society for some convenient time, and
pursuant to these instructions Mr.
Clark called the convention of yester-
day. A large majority of the commit
tee was present at the Auditorium at
o'clock, the hour set for the assembling
of the convention. County Commission
er Clark called the meeting to order
and stated its purpose. John O'Meara
moved that w. d. Clark and d. F.
Hallahan be the temporary officers of
the convention. The motion carried
and Chairman Clark appointed the fol-
lowing committees on permanent or
ganization:
Committee on rules and credentials
J. NJ. Kennedy and Patrick Cudahy OF
Anaconda. j. j. O'Meara and James
Meagher of Butte, and William Steuve
of Helena.
On motion of Mr.. Kennedy the con-
vention took a recess of Is minutes to
formulate its report.
When the convention was called tc
order again, Chairman Kennedy of the
committee on rules and credentials
read the committees report as follows:
We recommend that this body nov
resolve itself into a permanent organ
ization. to be known as the Thoma.
| Francis Meagher Memorial associa
| ton.
Purpose.-The purpose of the associa
ton shall be to fitly honor and perpetu
ate the memory of that brave and bril-
| liant statesman-soldier, Gen. Thoma:
| Francis Meagher. and to erect in hi.
| honor on Montana soil a suitable monu
| ment or statue, in bronze, marble o
| other enduring material.
Membership.-Any reputable citiZer
| of the state of Montana may hereafter
| be admitted TO membership in this as
sociation by a majority vote of the en-
| tire association, at any regular meeting
| thereof.
Officers.-The officers of this associa
| tion shall consist of one president. on
| first vice president, one second vic
| president, one third vice president. :
| secretary. a treasurer and five trustees
| to be elected annually.
Duties of the Officers.-It shall be th
| duty of the president TO attend and pre-
side at all the meetings of the associa
| tion. to direct in a general way the af
| fairs of the organization. and to sigl
! all warrants for moneys upon tn
! treasury. In the absence of the presi
! dent. the vice presidents in the order o
| their rank, shall have the same powers
and exercise the same functions as tn
| president.
| 1t shall be the duty of the secretar.
! 10 attend all meetings of the associa