The Washington herald., 1909-03-08

bloodshed was Der .er than loo years
] OF peace ia deg-adation- The rebellion
ended in defeat, but was he a failure
Not II he is judged BY the works he has
wrought. Ireland now enjoys the right
OF suffrage. worship, landowning, once
holding, and is even represented in Par
lament"
Miss Gertrude Nahaney. OF Rochester.
y. Y. IN a rich c0utraltO. sang Come
Back 70 Erin and The Harp That Once
ThTO' Tara's Halls accompanied by
Miss Laura Kester. Of Rochester. The
Kerry Dance was sung by Miss Minnie
Doud, OF Rochester, accompanied by Miss
Kester.
Philip J. Doherty. Of Boston. spoke Of
the good influence OF patriotic meetings
OF Irishmen Ia America IN establishing a
bond between the two countries and ad-
vancinE the cause Of liberty in both.
This distinctly Irish meeting" he said.
makes better Americans Of all of US
The .ove Of freedom bred into US In Ire
land gives Us a fuller appreciation of the
laws We enjoy IN this country. Every
meeting 10 help Ireland give expression
10 her aspirations Is only paying back a
debt We owe 20 ouI native land
$1,000 Tor
Robert Emmet stood for American
/ ideas Of liberty. as expressed in her Con-
stituuon. he stood for good. strong.
wholesome American doctrines The les
son OF his life. given in defense Of the
remnant OF Irish liberty which British
gold had bought and betrayed. should
make US the rlost strenuous foes % any
public vice that saps the free institutions
OF this country OF our adoption. As a
/ race we ought 70 hate any such tend
ency."
One OF the most interesting addresses
OF the whole evening was that OF Rev.
Father O'Flanagan. q County Roscom-
mon. Ireland. who has come 20 this
country with three Irish girls 10 advance
the sale OF Irish handmade linen and
plead for the cause Of Ireland. Combin-
ing elOQUence with a rare form OF humor.
he kept Che audience appIaUding or laugh
ing during the entire time he was on his
feet
Work Well Planned.
Robert Emmet.r he said. was the
greatest OF al Ireland's great men. not
only because he gave Up his life as a
martyr. but because he taught the people
I Of our country 10 aim a dagger az the
heart Of British rule. The movement he
started was not the mere enthusiasm OF
an OveTZealOus boy II was well planned.
and under different circumstances might
haVa been successful
Father O'Flanagan then spoke OF En-
met : Ceath scene. where on the scah0ld
! he was asked II he had any final word 20
I say The doomed man replied.
When my country takes It's stand
among the nations. then, and not untiI
( then. viii my epitaph be written"
Il think We can best honor the memory
I Of Emmet" al Father O'Flanagan. by
Fastening the time when his epitaph can
/ be written
: The speaker told Of the movements on
foot now in Ireland 70 better her condi-
{ tion along educational and industrial lines.
( He spoke Of the effort TO have the native
/ Irish language made part Of the COmpul-
( sorry course in the schools and universi-
4 ties. Re told Of the industrial awakening
I which Is being advanced by an exhibit Of
I the work Of all the manufacturers OF the
country each year in Dublin.
Gaelic Revival Desired.
AS We want TO do our own thinking. -
he said. and 20 speak our own tongue.
SO we want 10 devise with our own brains
and operate with our own hands"
The meeting was closed with the playing
Of My Beautiful Irish Home" by the or
ehestra which had given selections at in
tervals in the programme.
With Mr. Moran on the stage were the
vice presidents and executive committee
Of the meeting The vice presidents are:
Hon. Thomas P. Gore. Kurt Voelckner.
Hon. SIMON Guggenheim, Hon Thomas
Gale. Judge William n. De Lacy, James
OC0nnen. Daniel ". Baker. Prof. A
Werner SpanhOOfd. Hon Benjamin P
TiIlman. Francis p Sheehy, Hon. Q. G.
Carlin, Joseph D. Sullivan. Dr. J. J. Kill
roy. GuStave Bender. Thomas F. Walsh
Hon. Timothy T. Ansberry. Edward P
Schwartz. D. P Mccarthy. Hon Isidor
Rayner, F A Rocksr, Rev George A
Dougherty. Christian Heurich. Peter J.
ConlOn. DIT John f Moran. John Wald-
man. Hon. z A MoSeley. Paul F. Brand
stedt. Prof. Joseph Dunn. NJ G. McCor-
mick. Hon. James T. McDermott. Richard
a Curtin. Or. Jeffrey c. O'COnneli w
Ruckdaeschel, p. J. Nee. Hon Robert L.
Taylor, Rev. Dr. Abram Simon. E. P
Harrington. Hon NJ K Driscoll, Dr.
Charles I. Griffith, Hon. Charles p. Nein
A FabritZ Hon James ". Murphy. n
II. Shea. Samuel GOmpers. Hon Joseph
T. Ralph. William SHERMAN. Prof D. A.
Edwards. and Hon John J. Fitzgerald.
The executive committee Is composed Of
Patrick T. Moran, Rosa r. Downing.
Patrick J. Halrgan, J. Frank O-Neara,
Maurice J. Sheehan. Arthur Small. Tim
Othy J. Casey. William ]. Collins. Law
renee Kenney. William j McEvOy. Pat
rick X. Gallagher, Patrick Droney. and
James J. Murray.