\ DINNER TO HONORABLE jAMES FITZGERALD GIVEN BY THE SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AFTER THREE SUCCESSIVE YEARS. FEBRUARY 17, 1906. DELMONICO'S. 4- By transfer The White Houso March 3rd, 1913 19 8: ROGERS & COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK itienu -IgSg^ V^opu U Canapes Moscovitz Consomme Chatelaine Tortue Verte Claire Radis Olives Celeri Paiafinu Alose sur Planche a la Manhattan Concombres Selle de Mouton, Sauce Colbert Choux de Bruxelles aux Marrons Sntrrpa Irish Bacon and Greens Ailes de Volaille a la Genin Petits Pois Francais Sorbet au Marasquin Uott Canard a Tete Rouge Salade de Celeri lEntrrmpta ^^^ Inurtur Glaces de Fantaisie Petits Fours Pieces Montees Fruits From age Cafe Piesporter Champagne Mineral Sherry St. Julien Liqueurs iWugic THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER WEARING OF THE GREEN SOLO BY MR. JOHN T. BRENNAN THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE KILLARNEY THE LOW-BACKED CAR SOLO BY MR. JOHN T. BRENNAN THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS LET ERIN REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD AULD LANG SYNE ([Officers! PRESIDENT Joseph I. C. Clarke FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT M. J. Drummond Second vice-president W. Bourke Cockran TREASURER John D. Crimmins REC. SECRETARY Thomas F. Conway COR. SECRETARY Joseph T. Ryan Andrew A. McCormick William J. K. Kenney ALMONER Edmond J. Curry STEWARDS William N. Penney George J. Gillespie Warren Leslie Edward R. Carroll Committees! COMMITTEE ON SPEAKERS Morgan J. O'Brien John J. Delany John W. Golf Frank T. Fitzgerald Thomas F. Conway W. Bourke Cockran Joseph I. C. Clarke COMMITTEE ON TESTIMONIAL James A. O'Gorman Constantine J. MacGuire John D. Crimmins Edward Farrell John F. Carroll Howard Constable Joseph T. Ryan John Stewart Myles Tierney COMMITTEE ON MUSIC Victor Herbert Edward Duffy Thomas M. Mulry C. E. Byrne COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND PRESS Stephen Farrelly Thomas C. Dunham John J. Lenehan James S. Coleman Edmond J. Curry Francis Higgins Victor J. Dowling COMMITTEE ON SEATING Andrew A. McCormick William Temple Emmet Peter McDonnell John O' Sullivan William N. Penney M. J. Drummond K\)t Jleralbs of tfje (^ael AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO JAMES FITZGERALD JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK The topmost glory of a race is bound Within the gleaming virtues of its sons. Not by its carven gold shall it be crowned, Nor best saluted by its monster guns. Its crown shall be to fashion day by day The stuff of greatness from its common clay. Age upon age the worst that man could wreak On fellow-man framed Ireland's hapless plight. Freedom and learning yea, the right to speak — Were trodden under in her bitter fight. Her head was bowed : her breast and feet were bare, But mind unconquered held her from despair. And when by random flashes gleamed a path That led to lands with freedom's flag unfurled, She 'rose amid the embers of her wrath With poets, scholars, captains for the world. And sent them forth to shame the broadcast lie That Ireland's glories were to fade and die. So from her common people rise revealed The knightly heralds of the deathless Gael, And lo, the boy who led the lambs afield Becomes arch-shepherd by the chancel rail ; The lad who drove wild cattle to the fen Commands wide armies in the wars of men. The youth who, clean of heart and fair of brow. Dreamed sunshine for his land by Shannon's tide. And to her cause made all his life a vow. To have and hold in days of shame or pride; Who sought in ancient tomes her golden lore. And heard her far-off harps resound once more — Behold him, chosen of the free, to stand Before the marble altar of the Law, And lift the iron scales with steady hand. And fearlessly the sword of Justice draw To cut the nets the wrangling sophists throw, And smite the malefactor high or low. And him we honor at our board — our friend. Whose life is open, and whose judgment's just; In whose fine fibre strength and sweetness blend; Whose hand-<'l.isp is the pledge of faith and trust; And best that in his heart and soul and fju-e We see the stamp and purpose of our rai-e. JOSEPH I. C. CLARKE RESOLUTION ON THE RETIREMENT OF HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SOCIETY At the quarterly meeting of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York, following the retirement of the Honorable James Fitzgerald from the Presidency of the Society in January, 1906, a com- mittee of twenty-five was on formal resolution appointed by his successor to consider in what way the Society could best express its appreciation of Judge Fitzgerald's services. He had filled the Presidential chair for three successive terms. Under his leadership the Society had progressed in all ways. The committee, whose Chair- man was Mr. David McClure, had, therefore, ample warrant for its conclusion, namely, to tender a banquet by the Society to their former President, accompanying it with a suitable gift of silver. The banquet was set for the evening of February 17, at Delmonico's, Fifth Avenue and 44th Street, and the great gathering that ensued testified unmistakably to the warmth of regard and admiration for the man and the judge in this com- munity. It was a brilliant representation of the power and influence of the Irish race in New York. Almost all the men of Celtic strain foremost in this city on the bench, at the bar, in the other learned professions, or in business, were present to do honor to the distinguished Judge. The representation of bench and bar of the greatest city on the Continent as seen at the banquet table was indeed remarkable. The President of the Society, Mr. Joseph I. C. Clarke, the widely known poet, journalist and dramatist, presided. Grace was said by Rev. Francis H. Wall, D.D. HEALTH OF THE PRESIDENT On rising to open the toast-giving, Mr. Joseph I. C. Clarke said : In accordance with the olden custom of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the first toast of the evening is one requiring little preface, and only needing that we should combine with it every good wish for the joy and lifelong happiness of the fair daughter, Alice, entering wedlock to-day with the man of her choice — to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. MR. CLARKE'S ADDRESS After the toast to President Roosevelt had been duly and warmly honored, Mr. Clarke said : Gentlemen, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of the City of New York: It is my great pleasure to rise this eve- ning, and as President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, to enter on my duties by paying heartfelt tribute to the retiring President of our association. It was the desire and wish of our society to honor its retiring Presi- dent, and when I look around this hall and see this magnificent gathering, I say : fittingly have the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick gathered to honor him. For three terms has the Judge presided over the ban- quets and meetings of the society, and it has been our joy and our pleasure to sit beneath his genial, wise, im- partial and kindly sway and listen to the words of eloquence that rolled so freely from his lips, and to know that behind those words was something that came from the heart. It is not, gentlemen, the mere words that we utter, but the force of soul behind them that counts in this world of ours ; and when I look back over the three yesLYs of the society under the presidency of Judge Fitz- gerald, I can say that they have been three years of unexampled pleasure in the meetings of the society. I am not surprised that the society should turn out in such numbers to honor such a man. But, my friends, this gathering is something more than the gratitude of a society to its presiding officer. It is the voice of love of the man. It is the voice of admiration for the citizen. It is the appreciation of the man in public life who does honor to himself and to his race. These are the qualities that bring us here to-night; these are the things that join us heart to heart in raising our hands and our voices to say to Judge James Fitzgerald, God bless you ! And who is James Fitzgerald? Far away in the dim times of history, there was a family that came to Ireland from Normandy in the train of the conqueror. Not long had they lived in Ireland, not long had they had wholesome fights with the Irish chieftains, before they 10 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD learned to love the land that they came to rule and to rob. Tliey were a noble race, albeit of piratical pro- clivities; but when they settled in Ireland they learned the sweetness, the gentleness, the tenderness of the Celt, and, believe me, in the eight hundred j^ears that we liave known them, they have proved a wonderfully strong breed, both in fighting and in loving on the side of Ireland. It fell to the lot of our poet, Thomas Davis, to write of the Geraldines; and what does he say of them? The Geraldines, the Geraldines ; rain wears away the rock, And time may wear away the tribe that stood the battle's shock; But ever sure, while one is left of all that honored race, In front of Ireland's chivalry is that Fitzgerald's place. But this race of the Geraldines that furnished such splendid soldiers to Ireland, suffered with Ireland, and, driven from their ancestral halls, under the providence of (iod, mingled with the Celts and became part of the common race, of the common soul of Ireland. It was no longer the question of Xorman or Celt ; it was the ques- tion of Irishmen who loved Ireland. And of this race comes James Fitzgerald. When we consider that something about half a cen- tury ago the young Fitzgerald's first outlook upon tlie world took in the beautiful hills of Clare, the broad sweep of the rolling Shannon, and the lofty spurs of the Kerry mountains, we can well account for the fervid patriotism that starts at an early age and claims for its own the soul of James Fitzgerald. We may follow him from Kilrush in Clare u]) the broad reaches of tlie Shannon, to the city of Limerick,— the City of the Broken Treaty, — where he further learned the lesson of patriotism and the lesson of duty to his fellow-men and to his God. We may follow him across the ocean and see him, in the busy marts of this great town, a young man struggling for fortune, honorable, gifted, and })r()digal of himself in the service of his friends. In America we find him thrilled with the spirit of the love of America which every Irishman brings to its shores. At least 11 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD half-way on the journey over we are Americans. I remember that when I first saw the American flag floating over American soil — it was down at one of the forts in the Narrows — it came like a benediction to my eyes, and my young heart leaped when I saw it. It was not the sight of a new and a strange flag; it was the sign or emblem of something I was born to love and the love of which should last me through my life. ROOSEVELT AND FITZGERALD And so with James Fitzgerald. We find him a young man of twenty-seven entering the Legislature of New York. [A Voice: "The Gas House."] We do not, retorted Mr. Clarke, mind whether it was from the Gas House or any other house. If it were not for that accident of birth, my friend, it might end in the White House. [Cheers and laughter] My friend, and my friends, there is a house up in Albany which he may yet fill. [Renewed cheers and laughter] After the amusement incident to the interruption had subsided, Mr. Clarke went on : Four years later Judge Fitzgerald entered the State Senate of New York and there made a name and a mark for himself among the legislators of the State. There, too, he met a remarkable man. A year ago, on St. Pat- rick's Day, in this hall, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick entertained the President of the United States, and the opening words of his address were these : "It is a matter of peculiar pleasure to me to come to my own citj^ and to meet so many men with whom I have been associated for the past quarter of a century." Then, turning to Judge Fitzgerald, who presided, he said: "For it was nearly that time ago. Judge, that you and I first met when we were both in the New York Legislature together." And that friendship has remained unbroken, because to-day, in spite of all that was making things busy in Washington, I received this message, which I was asked 12 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD to read to you and to Judge Fitzgerald in the name of Theodore Roosevelt: "Let me extend my cordial regards to Judge Fitz- gerald and wish him all success in the future." It is not, of course, my purpose to detain you long in demonstrating the beauties of the character of Justice Fitzgerald. Others who are here to-night will fill out details in a much more eloquent and much more know- ledgable way than I can pretend to. I have known Judge Fitzgerald for the last six or seven and twenty years, and the friendship that sprang up between us at the start has remained unbroken in the interim, and will, I trust, remain unbroken to the end. In Judge Fitz- gerald, we find a man of the highest reputation ; but, my friends, to me it is gratifying that James Fitzgerald's character equals his reputation; because reputation is what others think of us, but character is how we deserve to stand in the eye of Heaven. Mr. Clarke in concluding read, amid applause, his poem, "The Heralds of the Gael," which he dedicated to Judge Fitzgerald. (The poem is printed in full on page 7 of this volume) . 13 JUDGE FITZGERALD'S REPLY Judge Fitzgerald, in responding, said: Mr. President and Friends : The emotions aroused by the many acts of kindness displayed for me to-night are not of a charac- ter that is conducive to fluency of speech. My heart is too deeply stirred to make it possible for me, even in a feeble way, to give expression to my thoughts. When I see these hundreds of friends who are assembled to give me kindly greeting, and when I compare my poor mer- its with the splendor of their recognition, I can only exclaim from the depths of my soul. How good and noble are the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. To be a member of such a society is a great honor — a society that existed before the Government of the United States was formed, and during all of these years has unobtru- sively and consistently persevered in its works of charity, friendship and patriotism, and which, judging by its prosperous condition to-night, is bound to continue the same estimable labors for an incalculable time in the future. The roll of Presidents of the Friendly Sons, from Daniel McCormack down, is a roll of honor ; for a man's name to be inscribed upon it is not only a great distinc- tion, but it is a rich heritage to bequeath to those who come after him. The three years to which you have al- luded, sir, during which I have had the privilege of oc- cupying that office may have been years of progress, but very little of credit for that success can be justly ac- corded to me. Former administrations had made my road an easy one. My predecessors, for a full dozen of years, had, by their patriotism, their labors, and their work, brought the society to a foremost rank among kindred bodies in this city. David McClure, James S. Coleman, John D. Crimmins, Morgan J. O'Brien, and James A. O' Gorman had splendidly blazed the way. The unanimous and consistent support that I received from all of the members of the society made every task a pleasure and rendered the performance of every duty a joy and a source of happiness. There never was any 14 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD friction in our ranks ; it was only necessary to make the slightest suggestion to any individual member or to any committee and it was responded to with promptitude and cheerfulness, no matter what sacrifice or labor it might entail. HARMONY ALWAYS PREVAILED Of the Board of Officers who acted with me I scarcely know how to speak. The detail work of the organiza- tion devolves a great deal of labor upon them and it was necessary for us, in order to accomplisli anything like good results, to meet frequently and to confer often. You, Mr. President, will bear me witness, for you were of our Board, that we never had, in all of these gather- ings, extending over all of that time, an unpleasant in- cident. Every step w^e took was taken unanimously. Ever}i:hing we did was in perfect accord ; and we never separated from any one of those numerous gatherings without experiencing increased feelings of respect, friendship and admiration for one another. It would be invidious to individualize, but I now return to every officer of the society, to the members of all the committees, and to the stew^ards, my heartfelt thanks ; and I take this occasion to proclaim the value of their services. While such men are to be found within our ranks, the future is assured. They are of the type that renders failure im- possible and guarantees success. Our memberslii]) to-day embraces tlie best elements of our race in this community, and experts upon the subject say that there are no better Irishmen to be found the wide, wide world over than are to be found upon the Island of ^lanliattan and in its contiguous territory. The esprit de corps of our Society could not be im- proved upon. We have no chronic faultfinders; no dis- satisfied spirits. An\i:hing that cannot be done with general accord, we deem it wiser to leave undone. We have full ranks, an ample treasury, a distinguished mem- bership, a glorious record; but, grander than all these, we have none but fraternal feelings for each other and a 15 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD spirit of friendship for all mankind, irrespective of race or religion, that is as broad as the principles of Christian charity. GRATEFUL TO OLD FRIENDS To those outside of our ranks who are here to-night, I return my sincere thanks. I am especially grateful to my brethren of the Judiciary who are with us in such large numbers. It would be a labor of love for me to tell you how much I owe to all of these distinguished jurists, but this is not the time nor the place, and I can only thank them for the honor of their presence, and, while they cannot all be Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, I think I can, in your name, assure them of our confidence, re- spect and affection. To the members of the bar, of the medical profession, of the press, the men of affairs, the representatives of trade and commerce and other great metropolitan in- terests who are here, I return my thanks. I see about me many old friends — men who have known me since boyhood, who have been with me in dark and adverse days, as well as in bright and sunny times; men of my own race and blood, and men of other races; men who worship God before the same holy altar at which I kneel, and men who praise their Creator in different sanctuaries ; men who entertain the same political views that I do, and men who, on every public question, differ from me as widely as the poles; and it is my great gratification to feel that I enjoy the friendship and re- gard of all. May no act of mine forfeit their good opinion, which I value more than I value life. I wish to express my thanks to this veteran of our race (turning to Samuel Sloan) who, fifty-one years ago, was President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and who, in his ninetieth year, braved the rigors of a winter's night to come to this dinner in order that he might dis- play his regard for me. I thank you, Mr. President, for all that you have so kindly said, and for the way in which you said it; for the friendliness that prompted 16 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD your expressions — expressions not alone in prose, but in the musical language of the Bards of Erin, whose role you so magnificently fill in this great Western Con- tinent. To be lauded by the pen of any poet belonging to the Irish race would be certainly a magnificent com- pliment; but what can I call it when the pen that in- scribes my praise is the same that wrote "The Fighting Race — Kelly, Burke and Shea?" I know, sir, that under your wise guidance the old society will move upward and onward to higher levels, to loftier ideals. I know that you will keep the atten- tion of the members steadily wedded to the memories and hopes of the old land, to the interest and w^elfare of the new — a connecting link, as it were, between poor, but proud old Erin, the historic island of our fathers, and mighty Columbia, beloved Columbia, our country and our home. 17 A ROOM FULL OF JUDGES Mr. Clarke, in introducing the next speaker, said: I can only say, gentlemen, that that high injunction laid upon me by Judge Fitzgerald shall, I hope, serve to be my guide while I am destined to sit in this chair; but I think, after all, you will agree with me that it was a lit- tle turning of the tables for the Judge to plant thrills of emotion in my breast, when, really, they properly be- longed only in his own. He has reverted to the unanim- ity with which eveiything was done during his three administrations and the promptitude with which every- thing was acted upon that he suggested, but he failed to tell you that it was because of the breadth and beauty of what I may call the judicial smile with which he accom- panied his suggestions; and, indeed, much of the pros- perity of this society of ours — a great deal of its orderliness and its subjection to the law of association — has been instilled in it by the remarkable succession of brilliant Judges of the Irish race who have filled this chair for the last nine years. When I look to the right of me, or look to the left of me, or almost anywhere in front of me, I am confronted by the sight of the majesty of the law. When you think that one whole court full, holding as many people as are listening to me now, can be thrilled by the terrors of the judicial frown of any one of these judges present, you can imagine in what danger you really sit to-night if you venture on the slightest infraction of the law. Therefore you may well respond to the judicial smile, you may well hearken to the voice of the Judiciary, and I am sure that you will listen to the words, the golden words, that will drop from the lips of Judge James A. O'Gorman, who is about to tell us of his experience of sitting on the bench in the same court with, and of observing the career in the Judiciary of Justice Fitzgerald. 18 JUDGE O'GORMAN'S TRIBUTE Judge O'Gormax said: No friend of tlie guest of the evening can contemplate this splendid demonstration in his honor without being impressed with the sincerity of the tribute and the merit that evokes it. There were many reasons why Judge Fitzgerald was selected Presi- dent of this ancient society three years ago. From his boyhood he was devoted to the ideals of his race; from his youth he gave support to every movement that promised help to his native land. To him the hopes and traditions and aspirations of his race were a priceless heritage of hallowed memory. As President much was expected of him, and he has not disappointed us. He has realized our highest an- ticipation, and the achievements of his administration have been so numerous and so notable that it is our proud boast to-night that the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick oc- cupy a higher place than the society ever enjoyed in all the preceding years of its history. But a brilliant ad- ministration as President does not account fully for the warmth and the glow and the enthusiasm of this greet- ing. He has other claims upon our regard. Honorable ambition confers many rewards upon its favorite: to some, wealth ; to some, honor ; to some, fame ; but we are told that the most valued treasure is the possession of a good name such as our friend has had in this community since that day, many years ago, when he landed upon this island, a mere boy, an exile from that land in the distant seas to which we in this society all owe alle- giance. The wise men tell us that a good name such as he enjoys is a security that can never be destroyed or im- paired by the vicissitudes of fickle fortune. The world has not been unkind to our guest; he has had a long and an honorable and a distinguished career, and there is no man to dispute that he well sustains the distinction which this long life of public usefulness lias conferred upon him. Whether we regard our ex-President as a legis- lator, as a public prosecutor, as an able la^\yer, or as an 19 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD eminent judge, he has carved out a career for himself that may well excite the admiration of his friends and the emulations of those who strive for public favor and approbation. But while we honor him for his public service, while we are proud of the distinguished position he occupies in the State of New York, there are other qualities — his genial mind and his sweet personality — which are the passports to the affection of his friends. The public honors Judge Fitzgerald, his friends within the circle of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick or out- side of it, are devoted to him, and I can only conclude, gentlemen, by expressing the hope that his future years may be full to overflowing of that happiness and pros- perity which you all wish him and his amiable wife who has been his companion and inspiration these many years. 20 In introducing the next speaker, Mr. Clarke said : Noth- ing could be truer, more tender, or more just than Jus- tice O 'Gorman's tribute to his fellow Judge, and I am now about to call upon another luminary of the bench to tell us something of the old times when he was asso- ciated with Justice Fitzgerald in the early days. I would ask His Honor, Recorder GofF, to address us to-night. 21 RECORDER GOFF SPEAKS Recorder Goff said: Mr. President, Friendly Sons and Guests: It has been generally shown by the ad- dresses which you have heard that when a man's life work makes an impression on his day and generation it ought to illustrate a great moral lesson, that success in life does not depend so much upon what is actually achieved as upon the ways and the methods used in the achievement. Whatever a man may succeed in, whether in intellectual or material things, or both, his life, to be worthy of consideration, should present certain traits and characteristics which of themselves should furnish the lesson of things to avoid or things to emulate. How bleak and barren is the life of a man who has achieved success merely in the material things of life without regard to the morality of his ways or his meth- ods! Such a life, while in existence, does not command the respect of fellow-men, nor, when ended, does it evoke their regret or incite example; but the life of the man who achieves success by honest endeavor, who is actuated by a noble purpose, who reaches his destina- tion by means that are honorable and just — that life unfolds a beneficence and it illustrates a guarantee of fidelity to principle, of devotion to duty, of loyalty to friendship. Such a life men love to honor. Instinc- tively we pay tribute to that which is good; we, of our own motion, when allowed to be swayed by our own best impulses, recognize that which is worthy of credit; and this evening's demonstration but illustrates the feel- ing in human nature to pay tribute to that which is deserving and to accord a just meed of praise for work well done; and, in according a just meed of praise, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick do not indulge in a mere convention of social custom or the expression of polite and flattering sentiments, for it may be with truth and propriety stated that, while the Friendly Sons are generous and hospitable, they are, at the same time, critical and jealous — critical in their individual capacities, because most of them have passed through the 22 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD crucible of life's trials, and through their brightened ex- periences and sharpened wits are enabled to perceive quickly the difference between the spurious and the real, the false and the true; and, in their collective capacity, they are jealous, for they have a rich heritage, mel- lowed with age, rich in associations and illustrious in names. And in jiaying this tribute, it is all the more valuable, because of the spirit which prompts it and the advantage of the recognition which directs it, and it should tlierefore be all the more valued and prized by its receiver. While it has taken a form of compliment- ing the guest of the evening on his retirement from the presidency, the true and pervading spirit of this demon- stration is a recognition of the virtues of life and the traits of cliaracter which made James Fitzgerald worthy of being chosen President of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. HAD THE DIVINE DESIRE Rarely does it fall to the lot of man to retire at night in obscurity and awake to fame in the morning. Such things have occurred, but when they have, men regarded them as phenomena, and contented themselves with marveling at what they could not explain. There is nothing marvelous in the life of Judge Fitzgerald. He did not capture men's imaginations by phenomenal per- formances; nor did he reach the presidency of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick by leaps and bounds. Ilis life has been a well ordered progression. Starting in youth unembarrassed by riches, but rich in intellectual culture, he conceived a desire— the divine impulse of desire— the desire not to have, but to become. I have called the impulse divine, for it is a force that has im- pelled men in every age of histoiy that lias recorded the achievements and the developments of the race. With- out it man is a clod ; he is feeble, tottering, and the slave of circumstances. With it he is an animate, virile being, strong in action, enlightened in pur])osc, controlling the fates until he masters the world. In every age, in the 23 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD tongue of every civilized man, in every record of ambi- tion, upon every page where human effort has left its trace, whether inscribed on parchment or limned upon the canvas, or carven in stone, no word has the sublime import to the human race as that simple word "desire" ; and that desire James Fitzgerald felt and conceived in all its force, and he nurtured and cherished it to the fruition and enjoyment of honors of life which, to-night, are showered upon him. Few were his advantages, and except for Nature's endowments, he had no capital that would justify a prediction of the brilliant career which has followed his actions. Indeed, he was not free from certain filial and fraternal obligations which rested upon him, which obligations he discharged with a loyalty and a devotion which won the admiration of all who knew him. Some may think that these cares and responsibilities of youth are impediments to progress and development of youth- ful character ; but I think the better opinion is that they act as a steadying impulse; that they serve as ballast to the topsails of youth ; that they tend to make character, for he who is not true to his own cannot be true to his neighbor. Our guest of the evening early in life conceived a purpose and he recognized the difficulties in its accom- plishment. He had no false allusions as to what he had set before him. Work, patient and unremitting work, and a determination to be a man among men, to acquire the arts and graces which would enable him to partici- pate in the discussions of the great questions of the day ; to fit himself for the practice of a profession which was the most exacting in its demands, the keenest in its rivalries, and in which triumph was the most difficult of attainment. Even his recreations were tinged with the reflection of his more serious work. Things light and gay were tipped with classical and poetical allusions. I wonder if I would shock the confidence of the bar or of his brethren of the Judiciary, in the soundness of his judicial opinions, were I to disclose the fact that, in early days, he wrote poetry. Yes, on several occasions, 24 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD he wooed the gentle IMuse in rhytlimic numbers, but, whether it was that she took offense at the attempted famiKarity or that he became affrighted at his own temerity, I will not dare to say; let posterity decide. But, at all events, he never wandered far from the straight and narrow path which finally led him to dis- tinction. THE LESSON OF HIS LIFE He considered that every opportunity of life should be seized upon, every situation utilized; from every tree and shrub that grew along his path he plucked the flow- ers of knowledge, and stored them up to meet the exigencies of his after years; and he continued in his progress, without those advantages which sometimes are burdens. Indeed, it may have been well, because it frequently occurs that advantages already prepared to hand are but seldom availed of, and knowledge at- tempted to be impaired under comfortable circum- stances is rarely appreciated or assimilated. Rarely do we prize that which we obtain without an effort, and seldom do we value that which we win without a strug- gle; and the man who ascends to the pinnacle of a lofty mountain by toilsome steps can appreciate the magnifi- cence of the view, the panorama of beauty, the glories of sunrise and sunset to a far greater degree than the man who is conveyed in ease and comfort by a funicular railway. From your life, Judge Fitzgerald, a student may draw a truthful lesson that when a man conceives a pur- pose and nurtures a noble ambition, everything will not only invite, but lovingly impel him forward to the ac- comy)lishment of the highest achievements of the race. Of the many tliat started with you on your journey, some, not deeming the goal worth the race, have slipped into ease and obscurity; others, becoming faint-hearted, have dropped by the wayside, while of those who con- tinued, few, if any, have reached the goal which you have reached and have Iiarvested tlie honors and the rewards which have fallen to your lot. 25 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD To-night every warm heart in this room throbs with friendship and regard for you, and, of all those, no one expresses the wish more fervently that you may have long years to enjoy those honors and rewards, than it comes from the lips and the heart of the friend of your former days. 26 In introducing the next speaker, Mr. Clarke said: We cannot all be judges, and after what we have heard it is fortunate that so few of us hope to be poets : but Judge Fitzgerald, in extending his warm feelings to those sitting before him, mentioned those of other profes- sions than the law, and it will be my good fortune to introduce to you a gentleman of another of the learned professions, who has been a friend of Judge Fitzgerald from his youth, and a man who has been my friend from my youth, a man trained in the best schools of the heal- ing art, a physician of prominence in the City of New York, and who, in his early days, showed that disposi- tion to evince the qualities of the fighting race by going to the Franco-German War, with the Irish ambulance sent to look after the wounded on the side of France, and who, when the opportunity offered, was fain to do a little fighting for himself; who, in the course of his service of the healing art, did such deeds that the Gov- ernment of France bestowed upon him the Cross of the Legion of Honor, particularly at a time when the bestowal of that cross meant, perhaps, a great deal more than it does to-day. I beg to introduce to you Dr. Constantine J. ]\IacGuire. 27 DR. MacGUIRE on OLD FRIENDS Dr. MacGuire said: Mr. President and Fellow-Mem- bers of the Friendly Sons: I appreciate highly the honor of being asked to speak here to-night, and I have not any words to express my appreciation of the high compliment paid to me in the introduction made by your President. I feel singularly complimented and I thank you, sir, that among this assembly of sincere friends and warm admirers of the guest of this evening, I have been selected to speak to the sentiments of "Old Friends." There is no theme that appeals to the best in us more truly than that of "Old Friends." The memory of old friends, the friends of our youth, the friends we made when friendship was conceived, born, nourished, matured in the soil of love and affection independent of commercialism — ah! the memory of such old friends is a heritage to be cherished forever. Though friend- ships good, true, and lasting are made as we get along in life, yet the disinterested friendship of early youth or manhood is the one that stands the test of the strain of the petulant temper, the political difference, the rivalry — the things that go to sever friendship. Busi- ness interests frequently cause a loss of friendship; selfishness usurps the place of love and devotion. Time — time alone — is the arbiter that holds the old friend, and I can say frankly, honestly, that the crucible of time has proved the guest of this evening, the friend of all of us, to be free from all dross. We have the genuine article, all wool and at least a yard wide. In this great city of New York the attainment of high position in any of the walks of life is not easy. When it is gained it counts for more than in any other city of this great country — no matter what may be said of the Street Cleaning Department, the Police Commis- sioner or the District Attorney. I can say, too, that the percentage of men of success here in New^ York who do not deserve success is particularly small. Accident, or luck, as you will, plays a part, but a small one. There 28 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD is always the fellow w^ho knows it all; the fellow who is where luck never strikes; when luck calls at his home, he is always absent; the fellow who always thought the public had never recognized his merits; the fellow who is always ready to give advice to other people how to conduct their affairs. And I am reminded of a fellow of that character, who, a little time ago, traveling through the country, passing by a f ami j^ard, saw the farmer feeding his hogs — feeding them with raw vegetables, carrots and po- tatoes — all those things that are given to pigs in the country; and this fellow, leaning across the fence, looked at tlie farmer, and he said: "Well, now, do you know that those raw vegetables that you are giving the hogs take something like from eight to sixteen hours to digest?" The farmer looked up; w^as interested. "Now," this fellow continued, "if you would boil those — cook them — those hogs would digest them in half the time. See what a saving of time." The fanner looked at him rather contemptuously, and said, in his peculiar w^ay, "Hell, what is time to the hogs?" Ability, backed by industry, honesty and loyalty to friends, go to make success. Frequently it is said if a man succeeds beyond his fellows, "What luck! AVhat blind luck ! He had nothing in him that I did not have except the luck." This is not so. He had that luck that fii'st follows ability, and next the perfected fitness for presented opportunity. The rail-splitter would never have been the emancipator of a race, or the hallowed of eighty millions of people, if in tlie gloomy surroundings of a log cabin he had not fitted himself for the great destiny that Providence liad made possible for Iiim. The old and too freely accepted proverb, "Oppor- tunity makes the man, want of it the fellow," might be better clianged to, "Opportunity sometimes makes the man, but more frequently shows the fool." Oppor- tunity came to you, sir [turning to Judge Fitzgerald], and it found you equipped with all tlie attributes to command success — the success that passed along, as has been so beautifully described here to-night from the 29 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD time when you and Recorder GofF had started your careers, up to the crowning success of this night. Now, luck is a pecuHar thing. In the matter of matrimony, I am wilHng to admit, luck plays a part. First, any man who is lucky enough to get a wife is par- ticularly fortunate ; but I know a few who have none ; I think the women have missed nothing in their cases. But when a man gets a wife, gets a helpmate so sweet and charming as is she who has done so much to make your success and your happiness, sir, then he is truly blessed. I am sorry for the bachelors. There are none on the platform — except His Reverence. But he is to be ex- cused. It may be said that he is better off — particu- larly when he gets home late at night from a night call. Speaking of calls, I must now talk shop somewhat. During my long career in New York I have been through many successive epidemics. Among diseases difficult to treat, but self -curable, is the hypertrophied head. Though you have had your share of the ills that humanity is heir to, Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, I thank the Lord that you were never afflicted with or showed a symptom of that fell disease that has caused such havoc amongst some of our leading citizens. The hyper- trophied, or, more popularly known, swelled head, you have never suffered from. Neither your memory nor your eyesight becomes defective at the approach of an old friend, no matter what happens to be his station in life ; whether he is seated at the bench of the shoemaker or on that of the Supreme Court; the same cheery greet- ing and the same honest grasp of the hand are extended. The traits and characteristics that made your friends love you in the old days and made your popularity pos- sible then have increased with each successive year. 30 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD Then here 's to the hand of friendship, Sincere, thrice tried and true, That smiles in the hour of triumph And leaves the best joys with you. It stands in the night of sorrow Close by when the shadows fall. And never turns the picture Of an old friend to the wall. 31 The President: We will now, if you please, extend the circle of acquaintance of the guest of the evening. In this great commercial City of New York, this indus- trial metropolis of the western world, it would not be fitting to advance the evening further without calling to the front as witness some one of those who have risen in the mercantile world and are among its leaders to-day. I would ask our First Vice-President, Mr. Michael J. Drummond to now address us. 32 MR. DRUMMOND ON OLD TIMES Mr. Michael J. Drummond: JNIr. President, fellow members and friends of our honored guest: Listening to the addresses of the evening and remembering those so often heard in this bancjueting hall, I am mindful of the fact that generally our judges, our lawyers and our public men address you, and the standard of their speak- ing has always been high, filled with interest or senti- ment and with a lofty spirit of friendship or patriotism. Their profession lays the burden and their experience gives them facility and ease. I am simply a layman, not a public speaker. I am injected into this programme to-night because I have had the honor of serving under Judge Fitzgerald for three years as the Second Vice- President, and because, in addition to that, I am his life- long friend. So you will please bear patiently with me while I recount briefly, in a simple and direct statement, some few pleasant memories of my early association with James Fitzgerald. Nights like these make us forget the troubles and burdens of a busy life, and afford us the sweet charm and solace of looking backward to the early days, when cares and troubles were few, — and so I recall the scenes and acquaintances of my boyhood days. It was there and then I met James Fitzgerald. He was in this coun- try only a short time, but he had gotten the American spirit. He was eager, alive to the advantages of educa- tion, looking into affairs. Among my treasures of those old days is a copy of the "De La Salle Monthly" ; the date is October, 18G9. The Williams Literary Union about that time gave an enter- tainment, and in mentioning the account of it, the editor dwelt upon an original oration by James Fitzgerald on the lofty subject of American patriotism. To nie to- night it seems but yesterday, altliough it is some thirty- six years ago. The details of that occasion are treasured in my memory, because it was the beginning of an asso- ciation with our honored guest which has run on through all the years. I can see him now as he was that night, a 33 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD lad of slender build, rosy cheeked, bright eyed, eager, manly, lovable. In a later issue of that same magazine there is a refer- ence to a more ambitious undertaking. In the old Plympton Building, down on Ninth Street, the Celtic Literary Club had its meeting rooms. On the evening of November 23, 1870, a lecture was delivered there which I attended. The lecturer was only a lad, not old enough to vote, barely long enough in the country to entitle him to citizenship papers, and yet the pretentious subject on which he discoursed was "Government. Its Origin and Objects." The lecturer was James Fitz- gerald. I will detain you for one moment to read you the comment of the editor on the lecture. "Mr. Fitzgerald traced the existence of government from its foundation, explaining the changes that it has undergone as the world progressed, and illustrated its condition at the present day. He made an eloquent de- fense of the principles on which our government is established, and an earnest protest against those un- reasonable usurpations of power which disgrace other countries. His plea for the independence of Ireland called forth the enthusiastic applause of the large audience assembled to hear him. The lecture through- out was well received and was a great success." Gentlemen, thoughts of just government, and hatred of oppression, a desire for an independent Ireland, are natural feelings in an Irishman. I know we have such thoughts and, thank God, we do have them, and we and the world are better for it. James Fitzgerald had them, and it is for that reason that he is the man that he is to- night, and it is for that reason we are here to honor him It may be of interest to you to mention a circumstance which probably had much to do in turning the thoughts of our guest towards a public career. It was in the early part of 1873, a neighbor of ours desirous of public office asked me to interest the young men of the vicinity in the formation of an organization for the purpose of advanc- ing his nomination. The candidate took the treasurer- ship, thus insuring the payment of all the bills. John W. 34 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD GofF was the secretary, James Fitzgerald the vice-presi- dent, and I modestly ^took the presidency. [Laughter] ^Ve all then were clerks, occupying humble positions in mercantile houses. To-night we are here again asso- ciated. John W. Goff is the Recorder of the great City of New York, James Fitzgerald is a Justice of the Supreme Court, and I — well, I am the First Vice-Presi- dent of the greatest Irish Society in the universe, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. I esteemed it a high honor, as it was a great delight to be chosen to serve under Judge Fitzgerald as the Second Vice-President of this Society. During those three years in which I was associated with him in office, my faith in the soundness of his judgment became stronger. He is back in the rank and file again, but he is still with us. His friendship is ours; ours is his. His heart will never turn away from us and his tongue and his voice, always eloquent, will still be heard, and we shall always delight to hear him. And now, with a life-long intensity of affection and friendship, I join with you in ex])ress- ing the hope that he may be spared long to us, and under Divine Providence, may continue to rise and go along in the same old road, the way of progress and labor, of honor and religion, through all his life and up to his eternal reward. 35 At the close of Mr. Drummond's address Mr. Clarke said: I would ask you, gentlemen, to remain seated; the best is yet to come. We have heard many silvery words spoken this evening. We have heard words of kindliness and friendship from the guest of the evening's associ- ates on the bench; from his friends in the professions, and, through Mr. Drummond, we have called back to us the echoes of applause in that hall thirty-five years ago, and, thank God, we are in a position to repeat them. I would now ask your attention for the words and the expressions of another of the Friendly Sons of St. Pat- rick, who already has been honored at your hands, a citizen of New York who stands high at the bar; and it is not the least claim upon our sympathies to-day that he also has had a joyous event take place beneath his roof, which is the parallel of that which took place in the White House to-day ; and I ask you all to give, with the kindest expression of your regard, with the best wishes for the future of that young couple who went forth this afternoon from beneath his roof, for their joy and hap- piness and long life — I ask you to give a M^arm welcome to David McClui-e, for he, gentlemen, has a final word to offer in this gathering, and a final act to accomplish. I am sure when I say that his words will be silvery, that the deed will follow the word. Mr. David McClure. 36 DAVID M'CLURE'S SPEECH Mr. McClure said: Mr. President and Gentlemen: By reason of my position upon the Committee of Ar- rangements, I am given the great privilege of saying a word or two, not at all silvery words, but words which relate to silver which is to be presented to Judge Fitz- gerald. It will be to your benefit and satisfaction that because of the hour and the fact that other speeches are to be made, my words will be very few. WAS ELOQUENT EVEN IN BOYHOOD I HAVE some reminiscences of Judge Fitzgerald myself. Over thirty years ago, I being then, as you may assume, a mere lad, ventured into Cooper Union one night upon graduating class exercises, and was attracted by the speech of a young man whose name I did not then know. It was an Irish voice which attracted me, one even then eloquent. It was the figure of a young man, very slim. He has grown in every way since then. The committee did not know what to do in the way of a testimonial to Judge Fitzgerald. His friends were so numerous, the affection of the Society for him was so great, that we did not know what to tender him. First, we thought of giving him a house, and then remembered that another great man lost much of his reputation through the gift of a house. We talked about giving him an automobile but some of us knew that the very acme of disaster was to have an automobile; and finally we wound up with a set of silver. A man in Judge Fitz- gerald's position might use knives and forks in carving up his enemies if lie had any, particularly if they be- longed to tlie Appellate Division. The ladles are quite suitable to take a man out of tlie soup as well as put him in it. He may be relegated to using these implements in his every-day life at his every-day dinner table, upon his every-day fare; that is, the knives and forks in carv- ing his daily meal of canvas-backed duck and the ladles in disposing of diamond-back terrapin. 37 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD When Sir Charles Russell, who afterwards, by virtue of his ability, character and versatility, became, notwith- standing his race and faith. Lord Chief Justice of Eng- land, was carrying on, on behalf of Charles Stewart Parnell and his associates, the defense before the Parnell Commission, he, one day, dropped one of his papers, and one of the opposing counsel (then Sir Henry James) picked it up and handed it to him. Sir Charles said: "Where did you find it?" and Sir Henry said: "I found it where we all are. Sir Charles— at your feet." PRESENTS A SILVER SET We are all to-night at the feet of Judge Fitzgerald. We appreciate to the fullest extent his high character. I will not dwell upon or refer at length to the various positions in public life which he has so capably filled, but will speak more particularly with reference to his connec- tion with the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He has displayed an anxious consideration for its wel- fare. His connection with the members of that Society has been so close that it excites a spirit not only of re- spect and admiration, but of affection from every mem- ber of the Society; and therefore it is that we are all, metaphorically, at the feet of James Fitzgerald to-night. Now, Judge, I offer to you for your acceptance this token of appreciation. It is unpretentious. It is of very little intrinsic importance. It carries with it very little, except a reminder of the vokmnie of affection and respect which the members have for you. You will not need to be reminded of that fact, nor that, during all of your life, you will cany about with you the abiding regard, esteem and love of your associates of the Society. But some day, to those who will come after you, it may be a pleasant reminder that, on a night in February, 1906, there was a large assemblage at which you were asked to receive at the hands of your friends of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick a reminder of the affec- tion, the love which they held for you. I know you will appreciate it, and I give you with this chest of silver, 38 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD on the part of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the sug- gestion that with it goes all of their love, all of their regard. 39 JUDGE RETURNS THANKS In responding, Judge Fitzgerald, with great emotion, said : After all that I have listened to to-night, it is ex- ceedingly difficult for me to say a word. Judge O'Gor- man, my associate on the bench and old friend, spoke so feelingly about me that I felt if I only deserved a tenth of what he said I would have reason to feel ex- ceedingly proud. Recorder GoiF, who has known me equally long, spoke with an earnestness that recalled old times and brought back to memory scenes and faces of long ago. Dr. MacGuire, in his eloquent remarks upon friendship, not the evanescent feeling that lasts for an hour or for a day, but the sentiment that continues for a lifetime, touched me deeply, and the handsome allusion that he made to my wife filled me with sentiments of gratitude for his good nature, his kindly feeling, his loyal friendship and his manly action exhibited toward me and mine under every and all circumstances of life. And my good friend, Mr. Drummond, who evi- dently is a methodical man and keeps a scrap book, recalled an ambition that I early had to be a poet, but which, fortunately for literature, was nipped in the bud. Your worthy President said so much in introducing each one of those gentlemen as to increase the obligation that I was already under to him ; and now my old and valued friend, Mr. McClure, presents me on behalf of the Society with this beautiful and costly gift, which will be ap- preciated by me and by the loved ones of my home, not only for its intrinsic value, but for the sentiments of kindliness and friendship it symbolizes. It will be ever treasured by them as an heirloom. It will, as Mr. Mc- Clure feelingly said, recall to me the kindliness and friendship, the many honors, and the generous rewards conferred upon me by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. I take occasion, following the suggestion of your President, to congratulate Mr. McClure on the happy event that transpired in his house to-day. An equally happy event took place in the White House. We con- gratulate Theodore Roosevelt and David McClure, and 40 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD hope that the lives of both brides will be ever sunny and happy. For the beautiful gift I return my thanks, not once, nor twice, but a thousandfold. Mr. Clarke: Gentlemen, in announcing the close of the joyous, the gratifying proceedings of the evening, let me congratulate the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick on having so grand a man as Judge Fitz- gerald to honor as a guest, and to have honored him so splendidly. To one and all, good night until we meet again. 41 THE SEATING OF THE GUESTS David McClure John W. Goff Recorder of the City of New York. Francis M. Scott Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. James S. Coleman Michael J. Drummond John Proctor Clarke Justice of the Appellate Di\ision of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Chester B. McLaughlin Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Samuel Sloan President of the Friendly Sons, 1857-1858. James Fitzgerald Guest of the evening. Joseph I. C. Clarke President of the Friendly Sons. Morgan J. O'Brien Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. James A. O'Gorman Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Frank C. Laughlin Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. John D. Crimmins Frank T. Fitzgerald Surrogate of the County of N. Y. Henry A. Gildersleeve Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Dr. Constantine J. MacGuire W. Bourke Cockran Member of Congress. 42 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD TABLE A Bernard Downing John F. Dohert}' Anthony McOwen Howard Constable Georfre Willi.un Kemp Edward Kenij) J. Edward Addicks William H. Kelly A. J. Dittenhoefer Mitchell A. C. Levy Bernard F. Coleman Austin Fincfjan Cornelius E. Byrne Peter B. Olney Edward J. McGean James F. McXaboe John Jerome Rooney Edward L. Parris Edmund L. Mooney Denis A. Spellissy John Slattery Terence F. Curley Hugh Slevin John O'Connor John P. Butler James A. Manning Charles J. Perry Joseph G. Geoghegan Edward F. McManus John F. Dingle Maurice H. Ewer Peter J. Loughlin Louis F. Doyle Stephen H. Keating T. P. Kelly Frank S. Gannon, Jr. J. Walter Gannon Joseph T. Ryan the State of New York. Daniel Noble Louis F. Haffcn Dr. Charles E. Nammack John J. Delany Corporation Counsel of tlie City of New York. Dr. Charles Phelps Thomas L. Feitner Former President of Dept. Taxes, City of New York. Michael J. Kelly John R. Dunlap Joseph P. Fallon George E. Chatillon John J. Ryan John Morgan Thomas J. Byrne Edward DuffT Colonel 69th Regiment. William Schickel Lieut. John P. Everett James W. Hyde Patrick Kiernan John O'Connell Victor HerlK^rt Joseph F. Muhjueen F. G. Corning Rollin M. Morgan John T. Brennan Lyttletoii Fox Joseph M. Schenck F. James Reilly Robert Watchom William F. Reilly Joseph Murray Peter J. Collins Edmond J. Curry TABLE C TABLE B Henry Bischoff Justice of the Supreme Court nf the State of New York. David O'Brien Far roll F. O'Dowd J. Henry Haggerty Peter P. McLoughlin Michael J. Mulqueen James W. McLaughlin ?>dward Roche John B. McKean David Geriier William F. Shochan Former Lieutenant Governor of Robert A. Van Wyck Former Mayor of GreaterNew York. Herman Ridder Isaac Guggenheim Augustus Van Wyck Fonner Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Charles W. Morse .John F. Carroll R. Ross Appleton Emanuel Blumenstiel Henrv Steinert Richard R. Hunt Philip J. Britt Isaac Fronnnc .lames J. Martin 43 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD Vincent J. Slattery John Fox John P. Caddagan Edward C. Sheehy Bartholomew Moynahan Mark W. Brenen Samuel Adams John O'Connell John O'Sullivan Sylvester J. O'Sullivan John J. Adams Frederick B. Tilghman John Lynn Charles W. Dayton William L. Briggs Gerald Fitzgerald William P. Mitchell James J. Duffy Patrick F. McGowan James J. McGuire Joseph F. McLoughlin Dr. Joseph J. Higgins Oren Root, Jr. Daniel M. Brady Henry Sanderson Frank S. Gannon Herbert H. Vreeland Stephen Farrelly TABLE D Myles Tierney James McGovern Dr. Samuel T. Armstrong Walter E. Frew^ Thomas M. Mulry Fred A. Smith John McClure Frank W. Goodwin B. T. Kearns Walter J. Drummond John J. Pulleyn John F. Joyce Dr. D. C. Potter P. J. Scully Raymond F. Almirall George W. Adams Edmond J. Butler Michael F. McDermott Luke D. Stapleton P. J. Casey R. A. McCulloch Michael F. Bannin Sterling Potter P. J. Carlin Thomas J. Brady James Butler Hugh King Joseph J. O'Donohue, Jr. Peter McDonnell Nicholas J. Hayes Sheriff of the County of N. Y. William J. Fransioli Josepli P. Day John J. Kennedy Alfred J. Johnson Charles F. Walters Robert Huntley Eugene A. Philbin Former District Attorney of the County of New York. Robert J. Collier Grenville T. Emmet James W. Osborne William Temple Emmet Dr. Peter Murray Andrew A. McCormick TABLE E Thomas F. Bardon John V. Donahvie M. J. Quinn F. J. Stoltz James Kearney Augustus A. Ireland William J. Farrell Roderick J. Kennedy George T. Coppins Joseph P. McDonough Daniel O'Connell James J. Nealis John J. Quinlan John J. Sullivan John B. McDonald Edward J. Farrell James P. Farrell James Mulhall Randolph Guggenheimer Former President of the Board of Aldermen of the City of N. Y. John C. Sheehan Miles M. O'Brien William L. Turner William C. Beer E. Clifford Potter Edward S. Clinch Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Charles F. MacLean Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. John Fitzgerald John C. McCall J. H. Rothchild Thomas Byrnes William W. McLaughlin John E. McGowan Dr. John J. Quigley William R. Delehanty 44 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD Dr. Daniel Elliott William B. Ellison John B. Mayo Edward B. Amend Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Edward I). Farrell, Jr. Edward K. McCall Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. James Smith, Jr. John J. Frcedman Former Justice of the Supreme Court of tho State of New York. Edward D. Farrell TABLE F Martin T. McMahon Judge Court of General Sessions. Francis W. Pollock Rufus B. Cowing Judge Court of General Sessions. Thomas C. O'Sullivan Judge Court of General Sessions. Daniel J. Kenefick Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Emmet J. Murphy Edward H. Carroll Frank S. Beard John J. Harrington William N. Penney Francis J. Lantry Conunissioner Dept. Correction. William J. Clarke Samuel Wolf John H. Naughton John J. Lantry John V. Coggey Terence J. McManus Edward A. McQuade Alexander McKeever John Hall McKay Peter Padian C. J. Ryan, Jr. James P. Keenan Charles E. I>e Barbier Samson Laclmian Herbert C. Smyth Thomas F. Donnelly Former Senator of the State of New York. Thomas F. Keogh John B. Finn Francis Higgins .Ino. Williams Francis B. Delehanty Justice of the City Court of N. Y. Edward H. W^arker Thomas T. Williams John Stewart James Dunne John R. Voorhis Edward F. 0'Dw\'er Chief Justice City Court of N. Y. Thomas C. Dunham Dr. S. J. Walsh William S. Rodie Samuel Seabury .Justice of tiie City Court of N. Y. Lewis J. Conlan Justice of tiie City Court of N. Y. TABLE G Ferdinand D. Cauda Dr. Francis J. Quinlan Eugene Kelly John C. McGuire William McAdoo Former Asst. Secy, U. S. Navj-. John E. Kelley Thomas H. Kelly Vernon M. Davis Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Joseph F. Daly Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. James A. Blanchard Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Kdward J. McGuire Timothy Murray Abner "C. Tliomas Surrogate of the County of N. Y. James J. Phelan Adrian T. Kiernan John J. Piielan Paul L. Kiernan Warren Leslie James W. O'Brien David Leventritt Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Richard Deeves .lohn Dclahunty George Burnham Daniel F. Cohalan Dr. Br>an D. Sheedy John (^ninn I'.dniond J. Hcaly Hichard J. Lvons Robert D. Petty l.dward J. Stapleton John V. Cowan William J. Walsh Dr. .Fohn J. Morrissey 'I'lieodore Connoir 45 COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO HONORABLE JAMES FITZGERALD James A. Dolan Charles L. Guy William A. Kane John Whalen Former Corporation Counsel the City of New York. Charles A. Hickey Henry D. Macdona Frank E. Smith Loyal L. Smith Thomas F. Conway TABLE H F. D. Cadmus T. J. Reilly John P. Dunn S. J. McArdle C. F. Collins Joseph M. Byrne John Moonan Michael Blake L. H. Lightner P. J. McArdle John L. Carroll James T. Smith Thomas Millen Laurence T. Fell A. C. Tully John Noonan J. E. Wallace E. J. O'Shaughnessy of Thomas M. Blake Thomas Lenane Thomas C. Blake Thomas Morrissy Peter A. Hendrick . Daniel F. Treacy James A. Deering Michael J. Jennings James R. Deering James Plunket John D. Crimmins, Jr. P. J. Menehan William E. Wyatt Justice Court of Special Sessions. Frank P. Cunnion Cornelius S. Pinkney Arthur J. O'Keeffe Isaac Bell Brennan Rev. Francis H. Wall, D. D. Pierre J. Carroll Martin J. White Francis O'Neill Alfred J. Talley John J. Lenehan 46 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 223 502 A