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CATHOLIC SUPPORT FOR y. VI. KELLEY.
ANNUAL CONVENTION or TIE IRISH CATHOLIC
RFNENO1 ENT UNION.

CATHOLIC SUPPORT FOR \. VI. KELLEY.
.>xru CONVENTION or THE IRISH CATHOLIC
BENFvOI ENT UNION.
About 100 dc,eyatcs met yesterday in the sew
cutccuth annual cunyD ntion o. the llsh C3'hoiII
Benevolent Union III Brooklyn. No branches OF
The order exist IN that city, but II was CHOSEN ~
the Mace of meeting 10 secure their establishments
The delegates attended mass in the morning III l4e
Jay Street Cathedral. ana Blshop LaughIlh D"u0
an address of welcome lie condemned hcCle' -.
cetles The business sessions were beld AT No. . -
Fulton-st. Nicc-PTesident NJ +. NllheIe' OF mn
dophia, presided. letter was READ from olaa, I've
president A. Nj. Kelley, who was recently
rejected as Cnited States Minister by the
courts at Rome and Vienna, declining TO
I Gayg G 6cG Ee b PGSiGGn for 81 twelve
4 number of letters were read from bTaucI unions
cOndemning tnc action Of the Italian ana Austrian
Governments IN relation TO Mr. Kelley, ana com
mittce was appointed 10 draw up SntaOIe IeSoil-
tiops ON The matter. A cable dispatch was sent 10
the Pope asking for his blessing upon the meeting
of the body.
In the afternoon Mr. Kelley was present and made
q brief address He was received heartily ana MS
remarks were freely punctua'ed WIN app5auSt,
He referred to the good Will shown to nun anu inc
warmth OF the greeting gwen MIN. lie had Deeh
assailed with petty spite at nome ana Nl'n
vile malIgnity abroad IN tne lHst ; i9uI
months but il all vanished before TINS enthuSaati C
reception. He would not believe that IL was an
personal to himself. The papers OF two continents
had much TO say about him. but the rear causo W
his rejection because his republican pIlncIp.cS
were too high to be acceptable to foreign Nations
After Mr. Kelcy's departure the following rcSolu-
ton unanimously adopted;
Whereas The public Press OF Austria ana otthe tntcu
states with singular uuanmity announced the causes
the rejection by the former state or the non" a VI
Kelley. former president as United states liuiS'
being based in part upon the religious eieeU ol NE
wife and partly upon the offence bo gaNe
TO tho King OF Italy by his denun'la-
lion of the spoation OF the Holy see By victor
Emanuel this Onion IN convention assembled, desires
to eutcrits protest AGAINST the insult TO American pI
cpes OF liberty Involved in each and both or INC a.
legged causes. While this convention proposes an is &c
farf ned IN Iq1
regards tins action Of Austria touching matters ldI
above party and an infringement Of the common rights
of the American citizen and the independence OF tho
American Government. This afront, wh'ch IS matter
of concern To all citizens Is especially resented ny th-
union which twelve successive years. ana up 10 ms
departure for Ms post, conferred upon Mt Kelley lls
highest office. and which extends 10 him lis nh'D''eu
confidence to-day. .
Tns convention for itself and for the great body Of
Catholic people of the Union assure the Admhlslaip
that IN the maintenance Of the dignity aud honor OF inc
United states I'm all appropriate forms VIII nave UeH
constant and patriotic support, independently 0i party
nor 10 we doubt that fellow citizens OF All cr'td
WILL with the hberaty and justice characteristic or
American citizens equally resent the DlSol5 10 winch
the rejection OF SIR. Kelley f. ascribcd.