“We have letters of regret from other members of the Society who are unable to be present. I will read the names only. Rt. Rev. Philip J. Garrigan, Bishop of Sioux City; Rt. Rev. M. J. Hoban, Bishop of Scranton; Hon. W. Bourke Cockran of New York; John Moriarty of Waterbury, Conn.; J. B. Spillane of New York; M. C. O’Brien, M. D., of New York; James H. Devlin, Jr., of Boston, Mass.; Rev. John J. McCoy, LL. D., of Worcester, Mass.; John W. Bourlet of Concord, N. H.; Rev. Gerald P. Coghlan of Philadelphia; Hon. Willis B. Dowd of New York; Richard Worsam Meade of New York; Patrick Gallagher of New York; Edward J. Brandon of Cambridge, Mass.; J. C. Griffin of Skowhegan, Me.; W. P. Regan of Lawrence, Mass.; W. J. O’Hagan of Charleston, S. C.; John J. Slattery of Louisville, Ky.; John F. Doyle of New York; P. F. McBreen of New York; John J. Keenan of Boston, Mass.; William Francis Byrnes, M. D.; Hon. J. C. Monaghan of New York; Wiliam B. Sullivan of Boston, Mass.; Hon. P. J. Ryan, Mayor-Elect of Elizabeth, N. J.; H. M. Cox, M. D., of New York; Dr. George McAleer of Worcester, Mass.; William Gilbert Davies; Charles V. Dasey of Boston, Mass.; Finley Peter Dunne of Chicago; Hon. John J. McDonough of Fall River, Mass.; Eugene Lynch of Boston, Mass.; Stephen Farrelly of New York; Mitchell McDonahue; Henry L. Joyce of New York; Major E. J. O’Shaughnessy of New York; Lawrence Clancy of Oswego, N. Y.; Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, Bishop of Monterey, Los Angeles, Cal.; Judge Mathew Breen of New York; Capt. James Connolly of Coronado, Cal.; Gen. A. G. Malloy of El Paso, Texas; John J. Daly of New York; Hon. Edward A. Moseley of Washington; Judge Victor J. Dowling of New York; Rev. M. J. Cooke of Fall River and Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady of Toledo, Ohio. “Before presenting the orator of the day I desire to say to all members who have not visited the Society’s headquarters at the Narragansett Hotel that luncheon will be served there after the ceremonies here; delegates of all the organizations represented in response to our invitation are also cordially invited to join us at luncheon. The headquarters are in room 10 at the hotel, and luncheon will be served in the main dining-room immediately upon our arrival there.