The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-21
A. 0. H. BANQUET
 A GREAT SUCCESS
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dress thanked the auxiliary of the A, O H. for the great work they have done In connection with the eonven- ton. The first speaker was Mayor James B. Martin, who said;
 After the stirring scenes of the parade and other events of yesterday and the meeting and speeches today, I am, at loss at the present mos ment to know what l can say to strengthen the bond of good will exist ing between the Hlbernlans and my na- tive city, New Haven.
 Tt is q great honor to be mayor Of New Haven, but 1t Is a greater thing to be the Hibernian mayor under such circumstances as have prevailed in the past week. We hero are grateful to the older men who have fostered and cans- ed to grow such orders as the A o H., which has done much to overthrow l hlgotry in society, religion and politics,
 'These are strenuous days A short while ago I broke an Olympic record by throwing q large stone Into tho municipal stone-erusher; yesterday was kept on my feet in the sun for over an hour reviewing the grandest parade which ever passed city hall. am glad to be here with you, glad to be one of you, proud of the city and of you and proud that l could com blne the office representing the city and welcoming you"
 In the absence of the national presi- dent. Matthew Cummings. who was un, avoidably detained in Philadelphia, Major F. T Mccrystal, N. D., of New York. responded to the toast, The An- cient order Of Hibernians" He spoke of the past of the order and the strug- gles for existence; the rise of its mem hers to municipal positions.
 l "our order" he said, "has won It's position by It's sacrifices In every bat tie field of the republic Our organiza- ton Is the expression of detestatlon of tyranny in any land or cline, From
 the disarmament of the Irish to the present time the A. o. H has heen nc.
 
 penal days. Our order has always stood
 for equal religious rights and nolitica
 equality. To inspire national hope wal
 an object to keep the banner of Ire
 land flying, these were objects. Today the A. O. H. stands for the beat. w : stand for upliftment of our own rae' and equal rights to all. We stand thu , uncompromisng enemy of England and here In United states we vii . sometime meet the machinations O : England in their efforts to strike a ,, our race and those who sought thi country as haven.
 This order is q grand effort to ce , ment the race for regeneration ant ! establishment of our nationality We have mapped out our path an' policies. We will allow no interfer , ence from anyone, but will carry ou plans to a successful outcome.
 In the dark days in New England
 when the Tories were in power. thi
 organization came Into form to com
 bat them, and we combatted them Ill
 they died. And we fought the know
 nothing party And we fought tn,
 ones who divide the nation and keel
 slaves.
 Rev John D Kennedy, of Danbury
 was the next speaker, with the suh
 ject Debts of Modern Nations to Ire
 land" He said:
 There Is nothing which tends ( exalt n people as the stories of thei
 ancestors told by the descendants Nj
 nation ever had greater deeds to re
 call, nor greater accomplishments | narrate. than the Irish nation. Ire
 land has been prodigal to the nation of the world in her gifts of wisdom religion and liberty. And who shoult be more grateful for these gifts thal America? Think of Carrollton. Cal , houn. Jackson, Phil Sheridan am Kearney, Tho crime of ingratitud will never sully Columbla's fair brow } Encouragement and practical suppor can ever be gained from America : Some time we may see our hope o , enturies--Ireland free and inde : pendent nation"
 , Ireland a Nation" was the subiee of the address by Miss Charlotte M [ Holloway, of New London, the na : tional lecturer of the A. O. +
 Rev. Edward A. Flannery, stat
 chaplain who lives at Hazardyille, re
 sponded to the toast Our Holy Path
 CT, the Pope He spoke of the In terest the pope had taken in the or der and voiced the feeling of the or
 ganization for the church of Rom
 and It's head.
 The Ladies Auxiliary was tn subject of Mrs. Eleanor McCann, o South Manchester, who is head of tn
 Auxiliary, She spoke of the pride O 'The Daughters of Erin" In the orde . and of the pleasure, at being affiliated The work of the auxiliary she said . was done In quiet way but was non F the less important.
 , Philip l. Sullivan of Thompsonville spoke on the subject "Ihe Progress O 9 the Order in Connecticut" He toll | of the founding of the order in tn 2 early part of the century and of tn enthusiasm with which the movemen was finally taken up in New Englan l and in Connecticut in particular. II $ spoke of the final enrolment of larg
 number of the younger men and 0 the bright outlook at present. : Prof J. Joseph Dunn, Ph,D D., of tn f Catholic University of America, Wash e ington, spoke on the Gaelic Languag h for an Irish Ireland" He spoke c r the great good the Hibernians ha q done when they founded the chair fo :. the Gaelic language at the Catholi ,, university. Over $50,00o was sut - scribed and the chair was the first c $ its kind Old records had been foun q and deciphered, and the traditions an d history of the race had been compile . as a result. He spoke of the presel
 walton of the language and prophetic