The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-03
(From The Commonerl

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The Ancient Order of Hibernians held
meeting at Washington City on the
evening of March &c. Mr.. Haltigan
presided and introduced Hon. p. T.
Moran of the District of Columbia, who
acted as chairman OF the evening. SEN
ator Gore Of Oklahoma delivered a
brilliant speech which was enthusiasts
ucally applauded. Mr.. Moran then
said:
Il know fun well. now, that you are
all painting, eager TO hear the next
speaker on the program, and L want TO
say 10 this gentleman turning to Mr..
Bryan); HonOred sir, no matter where
you CO. no matter where you address
gatherings in the near future be as
sured that you will never address 2
ihofe enthusiastic. Warm-hearted gath
erlhg than the members of the Ancient
order OF Hibernians. "a voice, Hoo
ray, and renewed applause.)
nave now, my friends and gentle
men; the honor and pleasure of pre-
sshtlnS TO you one of the greatest
A Americans, the Hon. William Jennings
f'fyan of Nebraska" audience rose
and cheered)
FOLLOWING are the stenOgraphic notes
of Mir. Bryan's address:
tRenewed applause as Mr.. Bryan
aioSe.) Mr.. Chairman: l have (ap-
pause interrupting) as much right as
senator Gore TO address, you as Eel
low lrshmen.' (Applause) His an
ctstors, like mine, came from ireland
long while ago, (Applause) before
The revolution; but he can prove to
YOU whether l can or not, that Irish
VII lasts many generations after IL
leaves the Old Sod. daughter and ap-
plause)
lie has put me rather upon the de-
lehslVe' TO start with, when be brings
against my ancestors the charge Of
dropping the ''O.'' Gaughter) I hone
Tor MS own sake, that he will not re-
peat that among the Irishmen of his
state Laughter), for the Irish are a
Weu-intormed people and they quickly
detect mistakes. And the Irish know
that the 'O'Bryan" is simply a new
name that was formed from Brian"
after Brian became prominent in Ire
Iahd- CONTINUED laughter AMI ap-
plause)
The First Brian.
II l am correctly Informed. no O'Brv-
an can be found back of Brian Born
] have made careful investigation of
this matter Uaughter) because il is
not the first time that the charge has
been made against me- l consulted
The highest Irish authority that I could
ma, and l was assured that when
Brian became king, his descendants.
proud of his prominence, put on the
., to indicate that they were the
descendants Of Brian" Oaughter)
and that those who retained the name
BrIan' were the common people who
cid not get stuck up about a little
thing ike that. daughter and ap-
plause)
1 have gone back as far as Il
have any record of my family.
and the name has been Bryan" and
If any ancestor ever left the 20"
of the statute of limitation has run
against the crime in the family. |
daughter and applause) But. my
friends although the 20" was never !
on the name. so far as l have been able |
10 learn, still it has not made much |
cifference-when 1 have been with |
Irishmen they have generally put it |
on daughter and APPLAUSE; and so. |
If it had been left of, l might offer the |
excuse that a colored voter did, down !
in John Aliens district in Mississippi. |
Congressman Allen had, as he thought, !
secured the vote of 4 cClOrad man, but
he learned after the man had voted
that he had voted for his opponent;
and when Mr. Allen said to him, You
agreed 20 vote for me and you voted
f0r my opponent" he replied Yes, !
,darse Allen, but you know il will be
counted for you" daughter and ap-
p'ausa)
So, If I have not had the 90 on my
name, il has been put on quite regu-
larly when / have been in the COM
pany Of Irjshmen; and it is so natural
for an freshman to put the 20" on
when he speaks to me that remem Der
once q man was telling me that he had
great difficulty in explaining to The
people that my name was not "O'Bry-
an" and 10. illustrate how easily one
falls into the habit he said. Mr.. /
"O'Bryan, I have to tell everybody !
that your name is not '.O'Bryan,'
NaushteD showing that when his
thought was not on the subject he left
the 20" off, but even when he started
out to tell me that he left it off ne put
il on unintentionally. Uaughter)
Tells a Story.
This gathering tonight reminds me
of a meeting at which l spoke nearly