The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-24

| formidable champion in New England
of imperialism, defiantly announces to
! be the sole aim and purpose of our
present war In the Philippines. Be in
/ the future as in the past the foe of
/ tyranny and the friend of liberty, a
/ terror and a source to the naughty
strong, the defender and uplifter of the
struggling and the oppressed. From
| all foes may God defend her. whether
they are those of her own household or
! those of foreign lands. The nation now,
! @ God, grant that she shall be the ma
| ton forever!
Letters of regret at not being able
! to be present were read from Rev. John
/ b. brennan Of Southbridge, Rev. John
! ], O'Malley Of Chicopee, Rev. D. f.
/ McGillicuddy and Edward j. Mcmahon
Father Drennan's letter was of kind
| wishes for the future of the society. A
song with an encore followed by Ed
ward f. Ryan and James H. Mellen,
| as he arose to respond to the toast
| THE commonwealth, was warmly re-
! celved.
Representative Mellen's address was
replete with bright and witty sayings,
and he kept his audience in constant
| laughter with his salies at the expense
| Of his fellow guests. He summarized
| the history of the commonwealth Of
! Massachusetts and told of the origin
of the equality of men.
Thomas g. Carrigan, president of the
| county c. 7. A, was the next speaker,
and his talk was given up to the toast,
Sister societies, in which he rehearsed
the good work of temperance men
! throughout the country.
]. Fred Donnelly gave two vocal Sc
| lectionS which were well received, and
the anniversary was brought to close
by the gathering singing Aud lang
syne,"
Those seated around the table were:
James p. Moore, Edward F. Ryan, John
| 2. McGarrell, J. Frederick Donnelly,
John II. Reardon, John P. Marlowe,
! Frank j. Deignan, John j. Haney, Mi
| chael j. McNally, William ]. Bulger,
Edward f. Mathews James e. Ira
| verse, William J. Barrett j. Malone,
Charles j. O'Connell Charles Reardon,
John H. Reid, John B. Lester, John j.
Casey William F. Thompson. A. Gil
| rard, d. F. White, D. e. Reardon, w.
J. Rogers, Charles Scanlon, j. F. Grant,
William ]. Grant, Michael e. Power,
T. Donahue, Thomas J. Carmody, John
! Joyce, John J. Degnan, j. T. Dorman,
John j. Heslin, T. F. Hickey, Thomas
f. Burns, James F. Regain, Joseph w.
keleher, Peter T. Sullivan, p F. Fin
neran, William J. Moran, Joseph Deadly,
Edward j, Lynch, Philip w. Johnston,
John F. Sullivan, Owen F. Hagan, Ed
ward F. Hackett, John F. McGrath
Thomas w. White, William D. Ira
verse, Fred Griffith, Joseph Martin
Charles Brennan, Thomas Dowd, Will
liam H. Burke, William B. MCGOWAN,
| P. f. Mcfarland John j. Salmon JOS.
Salmon, Joseph Borden, Thomas Fin
i neran, p. J. Sullivan, John H
Byrne, James H. Conlin, Eu-
gene F. Conlin, Frank ]. Mcfarland
T. F. Marlowe, P. Frank McGrath, John
J. Larkin, DR.. William ]. Deveraux T.
]. Spencer, H. f. Bulger, Michael J.
Dowd, Charles J. Morgan, John F. Har-
rington, NJ. J. Cunningham, w. H. ST.
John, w. NJ. Moran, James F. Cunning
ham, Charles S. Reardon, Roger De-
vine, DR.. L. F. Bean, Frank Callaghan,
Thomas Degnan. Frank j. Quinn, Jr.,
Edward Reynolds, NJ. P. Prendergast
M. J. O'Hara, e. F. Dolan, H. P LAWN
John F. Kirby, w. B. Devine.