The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-08
HONOR MEMORY
 IRISH MARTYR
Robert Emmet Club Anni- versary Exercises Attend ed By Splendidly Repre- sentative Audience.
 Brilliant Grafton and Musi- cal Concert of High Order of Excellence - Declara- tion of Principles Adopted Former Efforts Sur passed.

(On page of this issue will be found the address of Hon. John T. Heating delivered at the Robert Emmet anni- versary exercises last eVening)
 Once a year the Robert Emmet club of Bridgeport pays public tribute to the memory of the illustrious Irish pa
 triot after whom the club is named.
 It has been the aim of the club to
 bring each year to Bridgeport a dis
 tinguished public speaker to address the citizens who assemble at these ex-
 ercises. Last evening was the 1S1st anniversary of the birth of Emmet and the exercises held at Poli's thea ire commemorative of the event were the most imposing of any heretofore held under the auspices of the Emrnet club.
 Hon. John T. Heating of Chicago who delivered the oration fairly cap large, brilliant and representative. Many of the city's foremost citizens
 were includd among tn listeners. MT. Heating demonstrated that as a stu dent of Irish history he has few peers and no superiors. His address was most admirable from whatever view point it is judged It was able, elo- quent, fearless and profound and it that was new to his auditors that an added significance was attached to 1t.
 Mr. John T. King was the presiding officer of the evening and his introduce
 tory remarks were peculiarly appro- priate to the occasion. MT. Kings ad-
 dress brief though it was,w thought ful and impresssirely delivered It was MT. Kings first appearance before few were surprised at his eloquence. Without in any way trespassing upon the premises of the speaker of the evening he delved a bit into the his <>f ,S<v, ,f,-ff of Er1lmet typifies and he did it so ex- cetitngly graceful that he won a gen erous round of applause. Following MT. Kings remarks the declaration of principles which appear elsewhere in this issue were read and adopted by the audience. Then the oration fol- lowed by MT. Heating.
 The musical program was one of un- Anna L. Hartigan, Miss Mary ,Fla-- herty, Mrs. Philip T. Curran, MT. Jo- seph Clabby- MT. John Hughes, MT. Peter F. Radican of Hartford. soloists all of whom sang songs appropriate to the occasion and so well that the audience insisted upon encores in each instance
 MT Con McAuliffe of New York, the and the Wheeler & Wilson orchestra rendered in excellent manner Irish compositions. MT. James F. Kelly, dramatic performer, recited two of J songs sung~by MT. Hughes were illus trated. MT. John Wilbur Dial was accompanyist.
 It was the concensus of opinion that the concert was one of the best ever provided at a local entertainment, the artists having chosen their compost tions with fine discrimination and each performing his or her part in su- perb style.
 At the close of the public exercises the members of the club entertained MT. Heating and several invited guests from out of town with a dinner at the Stratfield.
 The committee on arrangements comprised Thomas OBrien, chairman; Patrick J. Carroll, James Farnan, Thomas F. Murray. T. J. Murphy, J. J. Hope, William A. Redden and James l H. Rooney.
 The reception committee was com 1 posed of James LA McGovern. chair | man; F. c. Mullins, J. J. Frederick, 1 Thomas Barry, James Feeley. James | D., Grady, John J. Mccarthy, Peter w. | Wren, Jeremiah D. Toomey, William | A Redden, Thomas c. Coughlin, Jo- seph A OBrien, John H. McMurray l and William Clifford