The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-26
BANQUET
FOR IRISH
Celts to Celebrate
I st. Patrick's
Day.
MEETING HELD
LAST NIGHT
Col. Mccarthy, Chairman of the
Executive Committee. Starts
the Ball Rolling.


~ these sons, descendants of Celtic
Kings, those who have married
any one from the Emerald Isle, and all
who have the brogue, will sit down to
a sumptuous banquet on the night of
March IL and 90 honor to the patron
saint of Ireland. ST. Patrick's Day in
Hawaii this year will be an historical
event, for it will be the first time such
an observance of the day has been had
since foreigners first set foot upon the
Islands. The banquet was decided upon
last evening at a largely attended
meeting of the Irishmen of Honolulu
held in the drillshed and presided over
by Col c. j. Mccarthy. When the
melting adjourned a committee of nine
good and true wielders of the shillaIah
had been appointed to prepare for the
event. Enthusiasm over the coming
celebration was at the highest pitch.
From what was said and done at last
nights meeting the outcome of the cell
ebration will be the organization of an
Irish society for the Hawaiian Islands,
which will probably have for its aim
the cementing of the nationalism of the
Irish people here, and to aid all deserv
lng Irishmen who come to these shores.
That il was a gathering of Irishnen
tiast night could easily be told by the
accents Of the speakers, frequent ref
erences to the "ould Sod" st. Patrick
and the names of certain ones present.
There were Quinns, Flynns, O'Neils,
McGonagles, Rooneys. Days and sew
eral whose names began with a Nc"
Col. C. ]. Mccarthy raped for order
with a shiIlalah at o'clock. and after
a few "Whisti Ye Tarriers," the Col
onel explained the purpose for which
the meeting was called. He said he
did not know of any one in Honolulu
up to the present time who had cele-
brated the great day except Larry Dee
and himself. Dee owned an Irish flag
which the Colonel flew at the peak on
every March IL that came around. The
Irish colony in Hawaii had greatly in
creased in the past few years. and now
was the time TO laud Ireland's patron
saint 1t behooved all sons of the ''ouid /
sod to celebrate in body. Col. Nc !
Carthy said that "a banquet had been
proposed by some, others thought a lit
erary entertainment would be just the
thing, and yet others believed that i
grand ball would be appropriate. The
Colonel then announced that the first
thing to do was to elect a chairman
and a secretary. Upon motion of Thom-
as c. Dillon the meeting unanimously
voted in favor of Colonel Mccarthy as
chairman, the only NO coming from
Jack Lucas. the latter saying sotto
voce that McCarthy's name was not
Irish. Charles McGonagle was elected
as secretary c. Quinn suggested that
the Irishmen could not celebrate IN
more fitting manner than by giving
F. Chillingworth spoke in favor OF
an Irish society being organizeu as an
outcome of the celebration lie was IN
favor of such an organization starring q
fund for all deserving Irishmen VINO
came to Honolulu and were in needy cir
stances He said he had been in Homo
lulu for 36 years and he mad al"ays ce.
ebrated the 18th of March by himseli
when there were no other Celts around,
and he was glad that the celebration this !
year was by the entire colony as body
Tbe, rrishmen of Honolulu should form 4
permanent organization, he SAID, anu
he suggested that a committee De dP- /
pointed 10 formulate rules and by-iaWS- Z
Ir ChilIiugworth was more in favor or :
/, ball than banquet, as from the pro-
,eeds there would be Il nest egg to start '
he fund he spoke of. The organization a
you'd have no politics as body, except I
Irish politics." and these meant that al n
rishmen should keep together.
The chairman shared the previous c
.peaker's views as to the formation OF il
N Irish society, and thought that when p
he celebration took place, the perina-
Ient organization could be made.
Thomas c. Dillon was heartily in favor a
Il n banquet The time had come IN IN
Iawaii when the Irishmen shouid oahu
ogether as a society He moved that " r.
q the sense of the meeting that the cell :
bration on the 18th of March be ban t
uet. and that the chairman be enpoW-
red TO appoint a committee of nine
nen,bers with the chairman and secre- y
ary ex-officio members thereof The r
uggestion was unanimously adopted ,
he |
as follows: Colonel c. NJ
Mccarthy, Charles McGonagle' L. g
I. Dee c. F. ChilI;ngworth. Guy Liv- N
,rstoue w. z. Irvine, Thomas c. Dill g
IN 7 4 Hughes and James c. Quinn n
In reply to a query as to who were "
igibIe to sit around the banquet board q
oil Mccarthy said that all born IN ire -
nd or of Irish parents. descendants o. | -
ie Irish, people with Irish sympathies' ~
nd men who had married Irish women =
aturaIized Irishmen-could laud ST fat- 81
ck's memory together at the banquet er