Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-18
A GLORIOUS FEAST
CONCLUDED
ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Honolulu lrlSnmen themselves ulun I
know there were so many Of them un. |
til they assembled in the beautiful din
ing.room of the Moana Hotel overhang. |
ing the sounding ocean beach at Wal !
kiki. How the daylight of lreland's
patron saint was celebrated was told
in yesterdays Bulletin. Last night
there was the first organized celebra.
ton of the feast of Saint Patrick in
the Hawaiian Islands ever held, and
il needs not lick at the blarney stone
first to say that no outlander fete in
fair Hawaiiland had ever come on
more happily Colonel Charles J. Nc.
Carthy. chairman of committee and
master of ceremonies, cannot be too
cordially congratulated for the triumph
achieved by himself and his able asso.
ciates in management.
The banquet hall was decorated
with a species of growing palm inside
the hollow square Of tables, while the
festive boards were decked profusely
in greenery with a blaze of scarlet
bloom here and there. Waxen tapers
within green paper bulbs completed
the emerald effect.
Colonel Mccarthy was supported at
the head of the table by speakers of
| the evening Judge Estee and Mr.. Dole,
next to himself right and left, Father
ranley and members of committee.
| Following Is a complete list OF those
who sat down to the feast:
c. J. Mccarthy. Morris NJ. Estee,
| Edmund p. Dole. J. c. Quinn, j. J.
Hanley. w. +. Erving. l.. II. Dee,
s. F. Chillingworth, Clarence NJ.
| White. J. A. Hughes. Il. NJ. Boyd and
J. +. Bowler. comprising tine CHAIRMAN
and supporters; p. ID. Creedon, +. NJ.
Kiley, James Hicks, Chas. A. Orelup,
A. J. Wilson. Thos. +. McTighe, c.
Sullivan, Capt. Mcneil. John Mark.
ham, Thos. Honan Jr., J. r. Schroe.
der, +. J. owens, Thos r. Lucas,
Jos. W. Rowell. ID. G. Camarinos. J
McCready. Hugh Rooney. +. j. Nc.
| shame. NJ. J. Harvey, Paul Smith. T.
j. Fitzpatrick. NJ. II. Drummond, X.
NJ. Duncan, J. J. Sullivan, Daniel Lo
gan. Chas. +. Chillingworth, F. NJ.
Brooks, George +. Henshall +. w.
! Quinn. Lorrln Andrews. p. McInerny
NJ. J. McLane, l.. Brodie, =. Gleason,
Jas. A. Thompson, Joseph Richards
Jno. l.. Hansmann, Jos. C.. Denny,
Chas. McGonagle, Thos. |. Dillon. S.
X. Marsh, G. J. Horgan. j. Flynn,
G.. Michael Lehner. Guy Livingston,
Chas. A. Murray, DR.. A. X. Rowat.
| Frank May, Peter T. Phillip, Thos. +.
Hope, J. Lucas, J. S. ellis. VIM. II.
Smith, Frank Davey, +. r. Hendry,
st. c.. Sayres. +. j. Lindeman, Glenn
ent Patrick Quinn, DR.. X. p. Myers
w. p. Barry, Andres Nelson. ID. J.
i Ihstman. G. Hughes. T. Hughes, Rob.
crt Campbell, VIM G.. Wilson, Jas. J.
Hughes, j. A. Morgan, Eugene b. Lee.
A. L. Murphy, Il. +. DAILY, T. Keven,
j. A. Byrne. VIM. A. Sexton. II. l..
Evans. Thomas OBrlen. j. II. Flynn
and +. J. Tesla.
Manager Allen presented an excel.
lent menu. The POSTMASTER brought
the program through at a seasonable
hour, being a little before midnight.
; only by starting his ceremonies before
the roast turkey came on.
Colonel Mccarthy seized the oppor.
tune moment when the Territorial
Band outside played Star Spangled
Banner" to call the company to its feet
and then proposed the first toast:
THE President Of the United
States"
Judge Estee in happy vein respond.
cd. His humorous sallies induced
rounds of applause. Irlshmen loved
Hawaii because like their own beloved
isle II had no snakes. He spoke of the
Irish element in the United States and
its value. In over hundred years the
! United States had never elected a
| President who was not worthy to I'LL
, his exalted position. or the President
the speaker said:
1.-THE fact that Theodore Roosevelt
Is our President shows that the people
made no mistake In electing him as
Vice President OF the United States
Theodore Roosevelt Is peculiarly a
man Of high ideals and patriotic i'm
pulses, blended with a strain OF shrewd
! common sense that makes him pecu
llarly fit for the great office he is fillins
so well. He Is a man OF rare integrity
and although, as ! have said. he was
born of conservative environment
his experience has been broad enough
10 give him that wide knowledge OF al
conditions of men, so necessary to the
incumbent Of the highest office within
: the gift of any people, the Presidency
Of the United States"
I The Day We Celebrate" was the
ueXt sentiment.
$. +. Chillingworth was cheered &c
the echo for his response, delivered In
quiet but impressive fashion with scin
citations OF true Milesian wit He said
, II was suffering lrishmen running
away from oppression, who helped tc
! build up the nation. He compliment
ed lrishmen on getting together, and
said the one day was one which was
| being recognized the world over. ant
which drew Irishmen together wher
ever there were two or three even, Il
they could do no more than talk o.
ireland.
A volunteer toast OF the gallan
chairman's own health preceded his
announcement of THE Land We Live
In"
| J. A. Hughes, taking at shortest no
tice the place OF Judge Humphreys
absent through Illness, made an eX
cellent speech in reply. 1t filed hin
with pride to see, nine thousand miles
from his native island. so many gooC
lrishmen who were ready to stand anC
strike for the land we live in. And Ia
said when the end came, when tn;
heavens were rolled up, the Stars anS
Stripes would be the last thing tina
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