Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-01
G. Il. A. u. Convention.

Acting under instructions from the RI.
Rev. Bishop O'Hara the seventh annual
convention of the Scranton C. 4. A.
Union, which terminated so suddenly at
Canton on June %, was re-convened in
st. Thomas College building, Scranton,
at $50 a. m. Tuesday morning. Rev. n.
j. McManus, spiritual director of the
union, opened the convention with pray
er, after which His Grace, the bishop,
made most eloquent address to the del
egates assembled The principal por-
tions of his address were directed to
grievances that had arisen among the
members in the past, and in order to
avoid any further trouble of like
nature he had appointed committee of
clergymen and laymen whose duty it
would be to meet within reasonable
time and formulate a constitution and
bylaws for the government of the union
that should meet his appreciation. At
the close of his address he stated that
there would be no appeal from the deci-
sion of this committee, and if this was
not acceptable to the societies he would
place them under charge of their res
pective pastors. The committee consists
+. j. Phillips, Plains T. f. Coffey, Car
d.
j. Cummisky, Hazleton, and Messrs. ID.
]. Campbell, Scranton; II. McNiff, Plains;
John Keating, Pittston, and Cornelius
Mack, Wilkes-Barre. Amidst hearty ap-
plause the bishop then withdrew.
Rev. Father O'Haran of Wilkes-Barr
was next introduced and spoke at great
length. The secretary then called the
roll of societies and eighty-eight dele
gates responded to their names. Two
sets of credentials were presented from
the Taylorville society. Mr. Jas. f.
Judge explained that they were intended
for the adult and cadet societies. The
president stated that the cadets of Tay-
lorville were dropped from the roll be-
cause they had but two members and
that such action had been reported at
the Canton convention. They were not
admitted.
The work of the convention was then
taken up where it was left of, at the di-
vision of the parade, and was as follows
First district, from White Haven to
Audenried; second district, from White
Haven to Pittston; third district Scran-
ton and Dunmore and that portion of
Lackawanna County lying south of
Scranton; fourth district, all portions of
Lackawanna north of Scranton, incud-
ing Wayne County; fifth district, all of
the diocese north and west of third and
fourth districts.
At the afternoon session the officers
of the different districts reported parades
on October 10, 1889, to be as follows
First, at White Haven; second, at Pleas
ant Valley; third and fourth at Scranton.
and the fifth to use its own judgment in
the matter of location. T. p. McAndrews
of White Haven was elected marshal for
the first district, which includes Free
land.
The election of delegates to the national
convention now took place and resulted
as follows: Rev. P. J. McManus, Rev.
f. j. Philips, Rev. Father McAndrews
and Charles Lavan. The convention
then went into the election of officers,
and the following were elected: Presi-
dent, Rev. P. ]. McManus, Green Ridge;
Vice President, ID. j. Mccarthy, Free
land; Secretary, C. C. Donovan, Scranton;
Treasurer, John A. Collier, Pittston
The office of Marshal was abolished and
the office of sergeant-at-arms substituted
the incumbent to be selected from among
the delegates in attendance at the con-
ventions Waverly was selected as the
place for holding the next convention.