The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-03
ANCIENT ORDER OF 4IBERNIANs.

Boston Pilot

Boston Pilot.
The recent tro ubles and litigation in tho
ranks of the Ancient Order OF Hibernians
at New York have eliminated in serious
disruption. Ga the 14th of May last the
National Convention of the organization
was held in Boston. Mr.. John Hart presid
ing. But New York Divisions of the
Order repudiated the Boston Convention
as i1legitfm8te and claimed tthnt according
to the constitution, the Convention can
never be held outside of New York. An
action taken before the courts in that city
to secure possession CT the records ETC.,
resulted favoraby to the Boston branch,
but since then the opposition has caused
great deal of trouble in the meetings at New
York, as will be seen from what follows:
Convention of the A. o. H, of the
State of New York, was held in that city
on the 9ah inst, the State Delegate, Mr..
P. Farrell, presiding, when on motion of Mr..
P. j. Carberry, the following resolutions of
expulsion were unanimously adopted:
To the Members of the Ancient Order Of Hiberri.
ana and the Public at Large:
We, the members of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians of the State Of New York, in Con-
vention assembled, do hereby enter our solemn
protest against further association with the
following named individuals. for the following
reasons, viz:
FiIs-At State m setting held in the City of
Brooklyn, on Friday, Sept. 90, 1873, the con-
duct Of the hereinafter mentioned members
was 30 disgrsceful and unpatriotic that we
aubmit the following preamble and resolu-
tions:
Seoond-whereas, On the above date, the
parties hereinafter named, did wilfully and
and there and then interrupted the transaction
of legal business, for which purpose the Con-
vention had been called and
Whereas, Such member in violation of Ar
ticle XII, Sec. 8, of the Constitution, and in
defiance of the recognized officers, did wiifufiy
menace, strike, abuse, maltreat and cut several
Of their superior officers to the discredit of the
Order at large; therefore, be it
Resolred, That hereafter the Ancient Order of
Hibsrnians, of the State of New York, in Con-
vention ssse u bled on the 9th day of October,
1873, do declare said persons to be unfit for
longer mem bership in said society; and that
hereafter they be declared unworthy of recog-
milton or membership. Be it further
Resolved, That the above preamble and reso-
lutlons shall take effect from the dtte hereof.
The names of these expelled are as fo.-
lows:
New York-John keenan,, Patrick MalIon,
Patrick Gibney, Daniel Dillon, Patrick Camp
bell, James Laugsn. lawrence Lapgan, John
Mcguire. Terence Riley, Thomas Ennis and
Brooklyn-Thnmas Kseesn, Edward Brauni.
gan, Thomas j. Sheridan, James ]. Kane,
Thomas Hutton, Philip Glare, John Mullen,
Tbomes Doran, Michael Fox and Patrick Kee.
nan.
Westohester Connty-Peter Clinton
Mr.. John Hart, the National Delegate
elected at the Boston Convention, then
read the following, which cuts off the city
and county of New York from its Order
HEADQUARTERS OF THE A. o. n }
NEW YORK STATE,
NEW YORK, Oct. g. 1873.
To the Members Of the Ale ent ORDER CT Hlbernl-
BrotkTs-You have ere this learned, through
the press and general report, OF the trouble
and isseDsions which have been started in
our body in the city and county of New York
and ifa rini inif hryo fozy Aiaoff tod ind iui
uSls, whose aots would seem to be inspired by
determine tion on their part to rule ruin
the Ancient Order of Hiberniane. The first
manifestation of this spirit of insu bordinAti0n
on the part of those malcontents Was the issue
by them of circular, in violation of the Con-
stitution and laws of the organization, and of
the principles of friendship and unity that
should actaate every good and well.meaDing
member of our Order. In this circular they
set at defiance the rules governing the org an
jzation, refn sing to acknowledge the authority
OF the National Officers and the Directory
elected by the National Convention of the An.
ciert Order of Hibernisns They endeavoTed
to prevent the delegates of the various divs.
ions of tie Order from attending the regularly
called National Convection, summoned to
meet at Boston, Mass, on the 14tb day of May,
1878 and failing in this they, without the
least shadow of authority, convened meeting
in the city of New York, at which few IRE.
spor sible men attended, and assumed to elect
national and other offcers, in violation of heir
duty as members of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, and in defiance ard contempt of the
rnles of the organization. The pretensions
of these men to hold office, in any way to
represent the Ancient Order of Hibernisns, !
have been condemned and repudiated by the
legitimate heads of the Organization and by
the members in good standing throughout the
United States but they have persevered in
their wrong doing, and have even gone the
length of using violence against your regular
ly-elected officers in their efforts to maintain
their rsurped positions, thereby rendering
themselves liable to punishment by the civil
laws which they have broken, and bringing
our organic alton into disrepute before the
eral body of the sohsm which has thus been
started, and to free our organization from the
public Odium and disgrace which the lAwless
proceedings of these bad members tend to
bring on It, it becomes the painful duty of
your Iegularly-commissioped officers to expel