The Irish standard., 1909-01-23
NOTABLE GATHERING m An
NUAL CONCLAvE OF So
GETTY IN GOTHAM.
Speeches at Banquet Board Depict
Early History Of North Star
State-T. e. 6yrnes 10
President.

New YORK, Jan. 21.-OnCe again
those who have pleased to exile them
selves from Minnesota and who have
taken up their residence in the old
New York. gathered around the festal
board in the Waldorf Astoria last
night in annual conclaye.
For the third successive year, Geo.
A. Bracket, the Minneapolis pioneer,
was present at the banquet Seated
with Mr.. Bracket at central table
in the Astor gallery where the dinner
was served we're A. B. Stickney, for
merly president Of the Chicago Great
Western railway, Ansel Oppenheim OF
the same railway and Samuel Hill,
son OF James J. Hill.
7 At the guest table we're &. H. o.
nun, consul general at CONSTANT.
.nople; Fred G. Stevens. congress
man from st. Paul; 9. A. Severance.
law partner of Frank B. Kellogg, Of
the capital city; Timothy E. Byrnes,
first vice president of the New York
New Haven and Hartford railroad:
George Partridge of Minneapolis, Ar
thur MacMullin and Eugene A. Hay,
president of the society and former
member of the state legislature.
Congressman Stevens was the first
to be called on. He prefaced his re-
marks by saying that he would have
to be circumspect for he nor anyone
else could not tell what sort of re-
port the secret service may make as to
his conduct on 1t tomorrow.
Timothy E. Byrnes, who was the
next speaker, spoke of the pioneer
days of Minnesota when he arrived
in st. Paul in 1862 at the age Of 8. He
said that he and his parents arrived
on the St. Paul levee on the day that
the Fifth Minnesota was embarking
for the seat of war, under the leader
ship of Colonel Hubbard. Minnesota.
he said, was at that time the young
est of the states, but that 1t had been
the first to offer troops to President
Lincoln to quell the rebellion. Mr..
Byrnes also touchingly recited the gal"
lantry of the First Minnesota that had
already gone to the front
OOuSul oGuluu, VI
who was born in Minnesota, told of
conditions in the near East attending
the revolution in Turkey. He said 1t
was the most remarkable revolution
in all history because 1t came so unex-
pectedly, like burst of sunshine
through a rift. in cloudy sky.
The following were elected officers
for the ensuing year: President, Tim
othy b. Byrnes; vice presidents, John
Henry Hammond, F. w. Cutcheon.
Condo Hamlin, A. B. Stickney; secre.
tary, H. G. Ingersoll. and treasurer.
W. B. Richards.
Among those present we're George
A. Bracket, w. J. Kent, Joseph Killing,
Ansel Oppenheim. Frederick Swift, F.
r. Atwood. A. M. Knox, DR.. H. r. Lee,
H. w. Williams, H. B. Gilbert, w. F..
Newell Samuel Hill, Timothy E.
Byrnes, William M Weber. Henry j.
Thielman, A. v. Weber, Nelson C..
Thrall, Ogden H. Hammond. Thomas
B. Scott, @. A. Severance, F. w. N.
Cutcheon, E. W. Winter. T. G. Estee,
Carl Taylor. F. E. Searle, A. Benton.
o. l.. Gooding, e. M. Carroll, H. w,
Vesey, H. w. Brown. II. w. Work.
A. M. Wickwire, H. A. Dorsey, H. v.
Rutherford, w. B. Richards. w. w.
Stevenson, j. N. Gum, Albert Clarke.
DR.. Legrand N. Densvow. Condo Ham
lin, Eugene G.. Hay. John Washburn,
A. B. stickney, e. G. Handy, H. G. In
gersoll, George Partridge, Fred G. Ste
vens, Walter Kerr, Arthur McMnllen,
Il. H. Ozmun and r. A. Young. of the
e. A. Young Mercantile company Of
st. Paul.