The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-06
AMERIGAN-IRISR SOCIETY.
SPLENDID BANQUET HELD AT
 ToNTTNE HOTEL.

Il
 spsrry, Commanders BuiksIsy, Hon.
 William McAdoo, Ex-Assistant Score
 ,ary of the U. S. Navy, ana Many
 Others Pre,ent.
 The annual field day dinner of the
 American-Irish Historical society was
 held at the Tontine hotel last evening
 and was fitting climax to the grand
 celebration attending the dedication of
 the Ninth c. v. monument in this city yesterday.
 The members ofsthe society and in-
 vited guests filed intosthe hotel dining room to strains of music from Fichtrs orchestra, and after a blessing had been asked by Rev. Father Hughes, ,sthe following fine menu was served in Landlord Whites best style: The committee in charge of the ban- quet deserve great credit for the splen- did manner in which the affair was conducted. The committee was com posed of Colonel John G. Healy, Hon. James P. Bree, Hon. c. T. Driscoll,
 Stephen J. Maher, M. Doud and Frank W. Foley.
 The American IrishsI Historical society was founded at Boston, Mass, January 20, 1897, its first president general be- ing Rear Admiral R. ". Meade, U. s. Navy. It is in very prosperous con- dition and is doing much toward per- petuating historical events.
 The officers this year are:
 President general-Hon. William Me-
 Adoo, New York.
 Vice president general-James B. Sullivan, M. D., Providence, R. I.
 Secretary general Thomas Hamilton Murray, Boston, Mass.
 Treasurer general Hon. John c. Lin- chan, Concord, N. H.
 Librarian and archiver Thomas B. Lawler, New York.
 Among those who were present at the dinner were:
 At the guests table Governor Abi-s ram Chamberlain, Mayor J. P. Studley, Colonel Watson J Miller of Shelton, E. J. Monahan of this city, John O. Tilson of this city, Edward Griswold of Guil- ford. Alexander Harbison of Hartford, Laurence o'Brien, George B. Albee, U. s. Army; James Jeffrey Roche of Bos- ton, Thomas J. Gargan of Boston, Will liam McAdoo of New York city. N. p. sperry of this city, Colonel John c. Healy of this city, Colonel Phelps Montgomery of this city. President Eli Whitney of the New Haven Water company, T. H. Murray Of Boston, Jer- eniah oRourke of Newark, N. J., James Curran and T. F. Kelly of New York city, John w. Donovan of Man haitian, New York city, Michael P. Coen and Joseph J. Hall of Naugatuck, Rich ard Fitzgibbons of Bridgeport, Maurice Fitzgibbons of New York city, James Reilley, James F. McGann and Thomas W. Keenan of this city, Rev. Father Gleason of Willimantic, Michael Her- 'nesy of the Boston Globe, William Kennedy of Naugatuck, Cornelius T. Driscoll of this city. John Jerome Rooney Of New York city, Daniel Col well of this city, Dr. John O. Flaherty of Hartford, Dr. D. F. Doughan of Holyoke, Mass, ex-Senator James F. Bree of this city, Judge Thomas 2. Lee of Providence, James 0. F1aherty and s. J. Richardson of New York city, John J. Cassidy of Wilmington, Del, Patrick Kiernan of New York city, c. Hughes. D. D.. of Fall River, Mass, < Major Patrick Maher of this city. Ber- hard J. Joyce of Boston, Mass, James R. Maxwell of this city, John A. O'Keefe of Plainfield, N. J, Edward J. Moriarty of this city, Bernard D. Lynch of this city, James M. Sullivan and James F. Brennan of this city, John F. Hurley of Salem, Mass, Will liam F. Connery of Lynn, Mass, Thomas M. Cahill, Edward McCabe and Stephen J. Maher of this city
 At the conclusion of the banquet post prandial exercises were in order.
 Hon. William McAdoo, New York, ex- assistant secretary of the United States navy. president-genera of the society. oficiated as toastmaster.
 In his introductory remarks he spoke of the great part the Irish race had taken in the making of American his tory. Said the speaker: T think can say without contradiction. that there was not a battle fought during the civil war but what every county of Ireland had representative in il" The speak CT continuing said: .'The purpose of this society is to record those deeds of Irish men which have not been recorded by historians He then thanked the city for all the courtesies which it had ex- tended to the society. He also thanked Governor Chamberlain and Mayor Sud- ley for being present, as well as all the other guests. Further he said: The popular idea that an Irishman is always looking for fight Is wrong. When an Irishman fights he fghts but he never fights unless he thinks his cause is right. Then he fights with his whole heart and soul" In closing his iltro- ductory remarks he spoke feelingly of the death of the pope, saying that when it was announced to the public, every one, regardless of creed, Joined in a gen. eral feeling of loss and of mourning for "the grand old gentleman"
 The next speaker was Governor Chamberlain. He said: sGentlemen. [ am glad to be with you this evening. believe that this country should keep open doors for all the downtrodden, and I think that the Irishmen were the first to discover this fact think the Irish race has added largely to the progress: of this country. This state has much to be proud of. It gave the first written to the world" Governor Chamberlain then enumerated the vari- ous other things which Connecticut had 4I,5 of