Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-25

Edward J. Slattery of birmingham !
Mass, proved to be all that was claimed
for him. although he was obliged to cut
his speech short. es he was not reached
until II 30 O'Clock.
T. Il. Wright. president Of the local
division, presided as toastmaster, and
with him were seated at tho head table
several members of the clergy and State
officers Of the order. The members of
the Ladies' Auxiliary served tho banoue,
ana took care of the large number
present In excellent shape. Lessons or
chestra furnished the music during the
banquet.
After grace had been said by the
Rev. W. ]. O'Sullivan, the State chap
lain. the Rev. w. p. Crosby chaplain
Of the local division, was called upon
His remarks were mostly along hui
morous lines but he took occasion to
give the visitors hearty welcome and
to give some advice to the younger
members Of the order. He said that
although they had many advantages,
not enjoyed by their ancestors, the
natives Of ireland had one great ad-
vantage, and that was the fact that
they were surrounded by members of
their own race and were not in danger
OF being assimilated by other races
Father Crosby's remarks were fol-
lowed by a vocal solo by Miss Bren-
nan Of Poultney. who in turn was fol-
lowed by Mayor Burke. After well
coming the guests, Mayor Burke apol-
ogized for not taking more active
IA TT in the convention Of members OF
his own race but said that the day
had been hard one for him and
that he had Just come from getting
trimmed" He afterwards passed to
short sketch OF men OF Irish descent, who
were playing important parts In the
world to-day He said that among the So
cial!st or anarchist ranks. not one Irish
Catholic could be found and spoke for
their high order Of citizenship.
Thomas MaFner next spoke and his re-
marks were directed toward an appeal
for loyalty to the mother country. He. un-
| like most of those present, was born In
| the Emerald Isle and perhaps for that
reason appreciated more fully the cond-
lions under which Ireland was at pres
ent struggling. He told of the part played
by Ireland In the history of Christianity
and said that never In her history had
the future looked so bright He closed
| with an appeal for the Hibernians Of this
State to help in the struggle for home,
rule. headed by John Redmond whom
nc characterized as the abest statesman
in the world to-day. Ne wanted the
| Irishmen of this State to take steps to
become members OF the Irish National
League and scored the Anglo Saxon race.
which had been such n bitter enemy to
| Ireland.
| Manners hI
Il recitation by Miss Emmons OF Montpcl-
Ter and 7. J. Mcdonnell. county president.
who spoke briefly. urging those present
to take up the matter of having Irish his
tory taught in the parochial schools in
| their home towns. After this Miss Nc
Grath Of Poutney rendered a vocal solo
and then the Rev. W. ]. O'Sulivan. of
Montpelier was callea upon. Father
O'Sullivan thought that the people there
had heard him once before during the
day and did not ATTEMPT any lengthy
address. He felt that the future OF the
order was safe because OF the larger num-
Der of the young members and thought
the Ladies' Auxiliary especially valuable
He said that the women Of ireland had
done much that the men could not, and
one of these things was 10 conquer the
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young women to walk In the footsteps OF
their mothers.
Miss Eleanor Dwyer Of West Rutland
then gave a recitation and Miss Force of
the same place gave plano solo. The Rev.
| Father pwyer was called upon but said
that everything had been said before him
and excused himself that ground
Master Emmett O'Bricn then sang come
I,-tr1 htcl,
cored. state President Mahoney was
next called upon and after a short ad
dress from him. the Kerry dance was
given by four young ladies' and four boys
This proved to be one of the hits OF the
evening and was applauded to the echo
The dancers wore the picturesque cos
tunes OF the Irish peasants and the
dance was gracefully executed. The par
Elephants We're the Misses Nellie McNally.
Gertrude Monahan, Marguerite Wright
and Margaret OBrien. Edward Powers.
Earl Flaherty, James Lonergan and
Forrest Maynard
The Hon. Edward j. Slattery came next
and delivered an eloquent address. He did
not dwell long on the story Of Ireland 8
wrongs as that had been covered by
other speakers. He preferred to talk
rather Of the gratifying state OF affairs
at present and Of the accomplishments Of
united lrishmen. such as the Ancient
Order of Hibernians. lie also traced
the history OF tho order and gave many
facts, which were new to those present
The society during the past two years
with the Ladies' Auxiliary has spent more
than million dollars for charitable
purposes among members of the order
and over 10000 on causes outside OF the
order. II had grown to such proportions
that to-day IN spite Of the large ex-
; penditures. the assets amounted 10 more
than two millions He said that the order
was not at first founded for the three
r principles of Friendship, Unity and Chris,
tianity. but had been founded by IA small
: body of men, three centuries ago, who
mad taken VOWS to never cease in their
efforts to secure for ireland the freedom
of religious worship and the preservation
Of the spirit Of Ireland.
! Mr. Slattery spoke OF the conditions
? at that time, when young boys wcr,
C exiled to the Barbadoes and men ant
r women suffered the greatest outraEes
4 in the history OF the civilized world
! Hc traced the progress, step by step
0 to the present conditions ard said tina
they had been obtained by uniteC
Ireland. He told Of Redmonds vic
tories and what they meant to Ireland
u taking up in detail the land act tn,
T. laborer's act, old age pension act an,
down to the establishment OF a nation
al university, which ten years asc
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