Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27
GUESTS OF FIUPINOS BRYAN ANDG0RE SPEAK
arue PARTY of Public Men At Irish Achievements and Irish
tend Banquet Wit Their Theme
TOKEN OF APPRECIATION BEFORE THE HIBERNIANS
Phppne Commissioners to Meeting Fellows Hall
gre the Hosts Last Night
TAFT ACTS AS POSTMASTER ORATORS CHEERED TO ECHO
So MI
Forces sofC Masses Senator
Present to
Irish Achievements and Irish
Wit Their Theme.
BEFORE THE HIBERNIANS
Mass Meeting at Odd Fellows Hall
Last Night.
ORATORS CHEERED TO ECHO
Mr.. Bryan Lauds the Power of the
Masses-Senator Cores
Tribute to Erin.


William Jennings Bryan and Thomas
Pryor Gore. the blind senator from Okla
hOma addressed the Washington members
of the Ancient Order Of Hibernans last
night at Odd Fellows Hall. sounding the
praises of Ireland and the Irish. Both
speakers laid claim to Irish blood, though
Mr.. Bryan confessed that he had never
been able to find when any of his an
cestors came to America, and Senator
Gore ackno wledged to Mr.. Bryan, in
loud whisper. that his family had been
in this country since long before the
revolution. However. as Mr.. Bryan
cheerfully remarked. even a long period
of transportation cannot dull the edee
OF Irish wit.
On the platform with Col Bryan and
Senator Gore were Patrick ]. Haltigan.
Patrick F. Carr, p. T. Moran Francis r.
Shelby. Daniel ]. Callahan. w: j. DWyer,
Hugh F. Harvey. Richard a. Curtin, Ray
mond HeskeIl. Joseph d. Sullivan, VIII
liam Curtin and Willis J. ABBOTT.
Patrick ]. Haltigan. editor of the Ma
tional Hibernian, called the meeting to
order in the name of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians," and introduced as chair
order
II am more than pleased to see such
d gathering here tonight" said Mr.. Mo-
ran. ito show the appreciation of the
members of the order of the greatest
treat ever given them.
Our order has had intellectual treats
in the past. Many prominent men have
spoken to you. But never before have We
had the pleasure of listening as body to
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan. The
words you hear tonight will be remem
bered throughout your lifetime and will
be told to your children
Senator Gore introduced.
Representative James Hamill was to
have spoken tonight. but he was called
away suddenly today. In his place. how
ever. l am fortunate to be able to in
troduce to you mali who is sprung
from the plain people. who. against an
apparently insuperable obstacle. has been
able 10 rise among the highest. l pre-
sen. to you Thomas Pryor Gore, senator
from Oklahoma.
Senator Gore. who then made his first
ape arance before gathering of Wash
ingtonians was cheered enthusiastically.
and when he began his address with
Fellow Irishmen'' the applause broke out
again with renewed VigOr. and 1t was
some little time be fore he began to speak.
if the senator never kissed the Blarney
stone himself some one of those remote
forebears of his must have done SO. for
of his audience from the very beginning.
and his speech was punctuated with
laughter and interrupted with applause.
In many ways the senator presented a
pathetic figure as he stood before his
audience, unable to see his hearers and
cropping for the chair that indicated to
him the edge of the stage. The impress
sion he gave. from his appearance. was
one of bOyishness, but his certain choice
of words. his telling strokes and his
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form orator explained easily how he won
the senatorial fight in the new state.
The climax of his address came when
after giving thanks that America had
been an asylum for the oppressed Irish.
he added But America has done no
more for the Irish than the Irish have
done for America At that pande-
mOnium broke loose, and the audience
that crowded the hall cheered and
shouted and clapped until they could do
declaration of dependence upon Mr..
Bryan. declaring that he had followed
him faithfully and intended to continue
to do so. although he must criticise the
Nebraskan for dropping the from the
front porch of his name.
Mr.. Sheehy Presents Mr.. Bryan.
Francis P. Sheehy of the Washington
bar was introduced to present Mr. Bryan
to the audience. He did in a glowing
eulogy, which later brought words of dep
recation from the guest of the evening.
Mr.. Sheehy called Mr.. Bryan the peer
less leader" and that phrase was used
again by Mr.. Moran. but 1t came only
twice in the evening. Meanwhile Mr..
Bryan took fall out of the house of
lords and predicted It's dissolution or its
loss of the veto power. which would
amount to the same thing.
Following Mr.. Sheehy's brief address
William Curtin member of the Ancient
Order of Hiuernians, sang Believe Me.
If All Those Endaaring Young Charms"
to the air to which Fair Harvard is
sung at the other end of the avenue, and
was brought back for an encore. Mr..
Bryan applauding with vigor Miss Mary
Curtin played the accompaniment.
Then the Nebraskan rose to speak. He
began quietly. almost In a conversational
tone. speaking first of his name, then Of
the Irish, and then of the differences in
religion, and of how religious hatred is
gradually vanishing from the world as
people.
Explains Absence of the o.
1t was not to be expected that Brian
Boru could get away without mention.
Mr.. Bryan brought him in to illustrate
the absence of the from his own name.
He said that the o Briens were the peo-
pie who put the o on to show that they
were connected with the organs. after
the latter became famous, but that the
Bryans were those who did not get
stuck up over little thing like having d
king in the family" But, ne said. he was
often called "O'Brien," and the habit had
sometimes become ingrained that once
he chairman of a meeting came to him
and said. Mr.. O'Brien. l have to keep
correcting these people all the time for
calling you O'Brien.'
Then. referring to the laudations in the
spe. CHI of introduction, Mr. Bryan said
thar he wished he had been able to tell
the speaker what to say. He had such
an opportunity once, he said. when he
spoke at little schoolhouse near Jack
sonville, H.. where he was beginning the
practice of law. He thought 1t was a
good chance to let his hearers know he
was lawyer, since some business might
be brought his way. So he asked the
chairman of the meeting to introduce him
simply saying, Mr.. Bryan. lawyer
from Jacksonville. will now speak, He
hal to repeat this to the chairman a
number of times and felt sure that the
modest announcement, though containing
all right. But at last the time came and
the chairman rose, chOked, stammered
and stumbled. and at last suffered out ::
"Misther OBrien will shpake.
Another case of mistaken names the
speaker recalled in connection with John
Allen of Mississippi, who had said that