The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-01
FOR IRELANO'S SAKE
ELABORATE PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR VISIT of JOSEPH DEVLIN.
TWO DAYS IN SAVANNAH
WILL BE SPENT BY HIM AND SEC
RETARY JOHN O'CALLAGHAN.

day Escorted by Committee OF
Savannah Men Who Will Meet
Him at MOntgOmery-TriP Down
HarbOr Planned tor Afternoon.
Public Reception at ThunderbOlt
Casino to BE Given Following
DISAPPOINTMENT Men Invited to
Be Present at Address-AnOther
Meeting of General Committee of
Arrangements to Be Held To-
night.
Nowhere in the South, and probably
nowhere in the country. will Hon.
Joseph Devlin, representative in Amer
lea of the United Irish League, have
| received a more enthusiastic greeting,
| or be accorded more courtesies than
will be given him on his arrival and
during his stay in Savannah, May rs.
Mr.. John O'Callaghan, secretary. of the
National United Irish League in Amer
lea, will also be here, and will be one
of the guests of honor.
Plans for the reception and entertain
ment of these gentlemen were made last
| night at a meeting called for that pur-
pose by Capt. M. ]. Doyle and Mr.. D.
]. Charlton, and held in Labor Hall.
These plans are quite elaborate, in
Guiding, as they do, a trip down the
harbor for the morning of the 9TH, the
address in the theater that night, and a
public reception at the Thunderbolt
Casino the next afternoon to be follow
| ed by a dance in the evening.
ic
about the CITY and other and lesser
| functions may be agreed on later. 1t
has also been decided to have a COM
mittee from Savannah meet Mr.. Dew
| lin in Montgomery, and escort him to
savannah. The party will be met at
the depot by another committee and
| taken to the De Soto, which will be the
| headquarters of the visitors during
| their stay.
Prominent Men Invited.
1t is intended to make the audience
at the addresses a representative one,
and to that end invitations to be pres
ent will be extended to the representa-
tiVes of Chatham county, to the
judges of the Superior Court, the City
Court and the Court of Ordinary; to
Congressman Rufus E. Lester and such
other distinguished men and represent
ative citizens as may be hereafter de-
cided on.
In addition it is probable that the
trade bodies, the Board of Trade, the
Cotton Exchange and the Chamber of
Commerce, will also receive invitations
asking their members to be present
An invitation extended the Mayor and
Aldermen has already been accepted,
notifications to that effect having been
received at last nights meeting. 1t
is intended to ask Mayor Myers to de-
liver an address of welcome on be-
half of the city, and to ask some other
gentleman, probably Judge Pope Bar
row, to deliver a like address as a rep
resentative of the state
A special committee has been ap-
pointed to invite in person Rt. Rev. B.
]. Kelley, Bishop of Savannah and the
other clergy. This committee consists
of Messrs. William Kehoe, E. ]. Ken
nedy and NJ. A. O'Brien.
An invitation was extended by Mr..
L. w. Nelson of Thunderbolt to a fish
supper at the Casino for Mr.. Devlin,
and those interested in the reception to
him, and Offering the use of the audi
torium of the Casino for a public re-
ception at the same time. Only the
latter part of this offer was accepted,
as it was felt it would be an imposi-
ton on Mr.. Nelson to accept the offer
in full, considering the size of the
crowd that is expected to be present
at the reception. The thanks of the
meeting were rendered Mr.. Nelson.
Committees in Charge.
The following committees were ap-
| pointed to look after special depart
ments of the preparations:
Finance-Wm. Kehoe, chairman; j.
| j. Stafford, ]. J. Powers, P. T. Foy, j.
| J. Egan, John Rourke, D. J. Kiley J.
| f. CAVITY, John Cottingham, and T. F.
| Mcdonald
Executive-Wm. Kehoe, chairman;
John Rourke, P. T. Foye, ]. F. CAVITY,
| M. A. O'Brien, J. ]. Powers, Jos. +.
Doyle and D. ]. Charlton.
These committees will get to work
at once as there is much to be done
and the time in which to do it is very
short. Tickets will be printed to-day
and will be distributed at a meeting of
| the general committee which is called
| to meet in Labor Hall tonight AS
this meeting will be a most important
| one I'D is the desire of the chairman
that all members be sure to attend. 1t
is not impossible that some of the
subcommittee will be able to report
on part of their plans tonight
At first it was decided that the lee
ture of Mr.. Devlins should be free
one, but later in the meeting it was
| decided that the wiser course will be
| to charge a small admission fee, rs
cents, and another 25 cents for re-
served seats, not so much for the reve-
nue. to be derived as to assure those
who are interested in Ireland's cause
good seats without a scramble to get
| them
Tickets will be put on sale at promi-
nent stores and will also be obtainable
from members of the general commit
tee.
A Handsome Launch.