Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
DONOVAN! THAT'S H|MI
Name That Fame Has Ever
Been Connected With.
FAITH, AND HE GOT VOTES
They Elected Him the Most Popular
Irishman.
AND THAT SPEECH HE MADE!
Shure, and Twas q Foine Day Yes
terday for the Local
A. O. H.
FAITH, AND HE GOT VOTES
AND THAT SPEECH HE MADE!

All, Shure. Erin go brash. Twas a
fine aftehernoon for the A. Q. II. And
that handed out the. prizes In his grand
Office in the District building. And the
compliments that went flying and the
roses and the touch of green in the
shape Of q long fern that had to play the
part of the shamrock for the occasion.
And the ladies and the slathers of ice
water in a silver pitcher. Shure. 1t was
great day.
And bark We, acushla, William J. Dono-
van Is the lad that's proud today. Do
you see that diamond horseshoe in his
tie? Sure you do. unless it's blind you
are. That's the prize he was after win
ming. They elected him the most pop
ular Irish lad in the District out at Ben
ming, where the A. 0. II. held the Irish
fair and field day last week. The votes
he got counted up to 9s49.
And another proud man is p J. Carr
second choice of the ovid sod as rep
resented in this city. For his 2,O30 votes
he carries blue slip in his pocket that
Is as good as gold in exchange for a
fine suit of clothes at Saks & Co
There were others in the running. and
they'll all get a mention. including the
man who started the cheering for Com
missioner Macfarland.
For this is the way of it. The District
building was thronged with the clans Of
Donovan and Carr yesterday afternoon
At o'clock they arrived promptly OH
the top floor, where Charles J. Columbus
was giving out q list of those present
to the newspaper reporters. There was
also Ed Neumeyer, trying his. best to
look like an Irishman by fitting cigar
with a green band toward his forehead
and blinking whenever the smoke got in
lis eyes.
And Beauty Was There, Too.
And like a touch of beauty In that
crowd Of men were three ladies. There
were also F. p. Sheehy. district president
Of the A. Q. H, and Thomas McGrath
treasurer of the Irish fair, all ready with
a speech, II necessary.
Up and down the hall paced Mr.. Dono-
van. saying to himself: -
Il thank you. Mr.. Commissioner and
gentlemen Of the A. o. IL, for the honor
Of winning the prize, and thank you. Mr..
Commissioner. for the honor Of receiving
the prize from your hands,
Whereupon he would grasp an imaginary
hand In his and smile.
And then the intrepid Waldo Hibbs.
wearing the same rubber heels with which
he tramps to Baltimore and back. threw
open the portals to the Commissioner Of
f1ce and they all trooped In. Standing
behind bis desk was Mr.. Mcfarland,
wearing the smile that never dims. BY
his side was member Of the A. Q. II.
little behind him was Isaac Cans. not
Irish. but happy Just the same. And the
friends OF Messrs. Donovan and Carr
formed q human amphitheater-a back
ground to Offset the bright stars Of the
event.
Gallant Mr.. mcfarland!
Mr.. Mcfarland saw the ladies and
waved them to a comfortable settee
Everybody who was smoking set his cigar
at the proper angle and awaited.
"Ahem," said the Commissioner. There
are no better Americans than those who
have Irish blood in their veins. They
have proved that In peace and in war.
They have done their full share in the
making OF this nation: Here in the Ma
tional Capital from the beginning men
of Irish lineage have had large part in
all our progress. At the foundation of the
city they were particularly prominent, as
George Washington testified. And ever
since they have responded to every call
OF civic duty. They have had equal
success in our business and professional
life with other men. Therefore. to be
chosen by popular vote as the most
popular Irishman in the District OF
to be the means Of comforting the tokens
Of this honor. and avail myself of the
opportunity to congratulate the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians upon the marked
success of the affair at Benning, and to
thank its members for the honor they
gift Of these beautiful American
beauties"
Mr.. mcfarland really referred to the
huge bunch Of roses that the A. o. II.
~ Ii t,,A y, 1I@~
his real intent by looking straight at the
young ladies, who bowed in return,
while every one smiled and looked at his
neighbor. Then Mr.. Mcfarland handed
to Mr.. Donovan the jewelry box from
which flashed the facets of a pretty dia-
mond pin. The Most Popular 1rishman
was not taken unprepared. for he said:
Not Unprepared Was He.
81 thank you, Mr.. Commissioner and
gentlemen Of the A. o. H.. for the honor
OF winning tho prize. and thank you. Mr..
Commissioner for the honor Of receiving
the prize from your hands,
Whereupon he grasped a real hand this
time and every one cheered.
The second prize was handed over to
Mr. Carr with less Formally, and he
made little speech of thanks NJ, T..
O'Donoghue started a ripple of cheers
for Commissioner mcfarland. and when
Il was over Mr.. Sheehy thanked the
Commissioner for his courtesy. Mr.. Mac
farland then introduced Mr.. Cans. who
represented Saks and Company the do
nors Of the second prize. and Mr.. Cans
said:
"All those things that Mr.. mcfarland
said about tho Irish I say so. too. only
moro So.''
And then they filed out.
Some Leading Irishmen.
The other Irishmen who were in the
running had their names read out. Prom
inent among the candidates for the title
Of most popular Irishman were Sam
Gassenheimer, Jules Demonet. from the
north of Ireland; John Ebemeyer, Hugh
Harvey. the oyster king: p. T. Moran,
Fred w. Miller. p. j. Haltigan. NJ. P.
Sullivan, William Mcguire, Arthur Small
Joseph Berg, Thomas ]. Donovan. Rich
ard Curtin. M. F. O'Donoghue. James s.
Dugan. Dan Garges. Chris Haeger. Sam
uel B. Donnelly. John Stevens. Francis
J. Kilkenny. M. ]. .McGrath. Charles J.
Bell. William Hart. the gas man; Michael
Cronin. Tom Conway. Mr.. Doody, Pat