Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-10
The Irish Americans.
Call for the state Convention to be H
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Call for the State Convention to be Held
 in This City August 2.
 The call for the State convention of Irish Americans to be held in this city August 3 has been issued. It is as follows
 ''The delegates of the National Philadel- phia convention, the greatest representative gathering Of the exiled children of Ireland ever held in America, have met and outlined the work to be done by the Irish people of this country. That work is to unite all the clements of the Irish race, in order the bet ter to advance the common cause of Ireland. The duty Of the Irish American societies now is to establish and to perfect State league organizations in order to supplement the work of the national organization The signers of this call, therefore, at the re- quest of the State representative, decided to call State convention, which should em- brace delegates from all the national Hlber- nian, benevolent, temperance, patriotic lit erRry and social Irish American societies in the State of Connecticut. Section six of the bylaws of the National league organization provides that each of these different societies can, while continuing their own special work, also affiliate themselves as local branches of the National league and are entitled at the re- quest of ten members to charter.
 "This convention, then, is called for Thursday, August 2d, at Il g. m., in Loonis' Temple of Music, New Haven, there to sit in session until the work is accomplished. Alexander Sullivan, of Chicago, president of the National league, is expected to preside. Rev P A. McKennR of Massachusetts, Dr. Wallace of New York, and Thomas Brennan of the home organization are also expected. The basis of representation is one delegate to the society itself, one additional delegate for every fifty members of the society, and one additional delegate also for it's fractional majority part of fifty. A society, for in stance, with seventy-six members would be entitled to three delegates. The credentials are to be signed by the president and re- cording secretary of each society"
 The call is signed as follows. The sign CTS were delegates to the Philadelphia con- vention:
 James Reynolds, State member of National concil; William H. Kane, John B. Quil- linan, Owen Carmedy, Ansonia; D. J. Geo. ghan, Derby; John Collins, Southington; Stephen O'Brien, westport;' Michael Keneal- Iy, Patrick McGuire, Stamford; Dr. A. W. Tracy, Joseph H. Potts, William Luby, James H. Kenny, Meriden; Thomas K. Dunn, James J. Coogan, Patrick Higgins, Patrick McGuinness, New Haven j; William H. Mahoney, New London Thom- Thomas J. Jackson, John Clarkin, Edward Byrne, Waterbury; John H. Cuff, Danbury gan, Rockville; Patrick D. Lyons, John J. Phelan. Bridgeport; James Humpston, J. J. Gullivan, Stafford Springs John J. Reilly, Birmingham Mar tin Conway, David E. Green, Hartford; John Keating, Thomaston A. McKinly, Portland; John McMahon, Unionville Michael Rear ney, Michael Maroney, CollinsviIle John Walsh, New Britain Captain NJ. Toomsy, Stonington Michael Dunn, Poquonock i; James O'Sullivan, T. c. Kallaher Westerly J. J. Powers, Middletown.