St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-14

The other two organizations are tht
Catholic alliance and the Polish aIli-
ance. the latter being a non-Sectarian
fraternity. Chicago probably leads in
residents, over 100 900 that claim Poland
as their birthplace, but Buffalo, Mil
Yankee, Cleveland and Detroit are also
Polish stroDgholds. BROOKLYN and
Jersey City are each said to have
+ larger representation of this nationality
than the city of New York
Rev. T. JakimDwicz, in stirring adj
dress, extended the good wishes of the
+ Catholic alliance to the union, and
asked for its cooperation in establish
ing a home of refuge for immlgrats at
New York.
. COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The proceedings yesterday morning
opened at lOo'clock. After approving
the report of Tuesdays session COM
mitteeS were appointed by President
. JarosZ as follows:
: Home of Refuge for Immigrants in.
! New York City-Rev. Thaddeus ,JaiI-
mowicz. Rev. Thomas Flaczek. Anth ony
/ Zwiewka.
Polish Seminary in Detroit-Rev.
Father Basinki, Rev. Father Ia wadzki.
Rev. Father .Jachimiak.
Polish Orphan Asylum-Rev. Father
Babinski. Martin Chlebuwski, Peter
Skroch
Polish Libraries Of the [ nited States
Rev. j. Woicik. Eugene Idziorek.
John Mach.
To Attend the Slavonian Convention
at Passaic. Nj, Next Summer-Rev.
Father Wider, Valentine Kruszewki,
Anthony LiiewSsi.
To Select an official Paper for the
| Union-Jacob Johnson. Leo BrZezin-
ski.
| On Resolutions James M. Rozan,
Joseph N0wak, Rev. Father JaZdrZewski,
Frank Hook. Frank Brom. Warren Der
fert.
The general secretary Of the union,
Nj. Zagorski, read his report for the
three years since the organization was
formed. 1t made a very gratifying
showing. and was adopted.
A question on recognizing a number
of proxies presented by the delegates
from Buffalo. \. Y, caused consiiera-
BILE discussion. The argument that
Buffalo'S large membership warranted
/
favorably by large majority. and Buff
falo'S nine delegates became entitled to
cast twenty-seven votes.
Amendments to the constitution oc-
| cupied two hours OF the morning SEES
| sion. The age up to which members
| can be admitted was made fifty years,
| instead of forty-five During the de
bate Oh amendments the cathedral bell
rung for monday prayer. The: dele
gates and spectators rose while prayer
was offered by Rev. Father Wojcfk, aud
the tcrvent responses were feature of
| the devotion. Business was resumed
! until about o'clock. when the hour of
reaSsem5ling WAS fixed al 8 80 o. IN.
! SOME OF TIE DELEGATES.
| President Joseph Jar0SZ was ably as
sisted by Rev. Jacob Wojclll, the grand
| marshal, who acts as the speaker or
| parllamentarian, of the convention. He
| opened the afternoon session with the
! usual religious devoiionS al half-past g
| o'clock, ana then handed the secretary,
| Bernard j. PitaSS, seven kilograms, all
of the following tenor: Long live and
prosper me Polish Union of North
! America and the delegates to its fiIs
| convention" They were from StaniS-
| laus Slisz, editor of the Buffalo. n Y.
| P0lak Americe: Francis EioncZak, Matt
| CisZeJ, Frank SuminSkf and l.. Stny-
czynski, of Buffalo, y. Y. The other
telegrams were from the Polish people
OF Silver Lake. Mimi, and Pulaski.
n. ID. Each telegram brought Its round
of enthusiastic applause, and the con-
yention proceeded with the work of
| amending the constitution.
No radical changes were effected in
the constitution yesterday, but the de-
bates Indicated that the convention will
m, a to col -.;ks-.
today. One of these is Indicated by a
resolution which was introduced yester-
| day giving the committee on Slavonic
convention power to act. under certain
restrictions, on the question of admit
ting the SiaYonic societies to member
ship III the Polish Union of North
America. This would more than double
the membership of the union, and the
name of the latter is to be retained.
The resolution was adopted
The committee Oh house of refuge
Tor immigrants at New York presented
| a resolution faYOring the project. but
as there was no time for further con-
slderation it was referred back TO the
| committee.
THE BUFFALO REPRESENTATIVES,.
The representatives from Buffalo, Y.
Y, are energetic, and Judging from the
large number of resolutions and other
papers which they brought with them,
they have come prepared for plenty OF
hard work. Jacob johnson is an alder
man of Buffalo. ana cool, collected.
convincing speaker. James NJ. Roam.
president of st. Francis Catholic Polish
Society OF Buffalo, and a member of the
board of supervisors of Erie county, is
chairman of the committee on
charitable institutions, position
which causes him 10 travel
all over New York state. He
was chairman of the state Demo.
cratic committee i'll the last campaign.
and was active in party councils as well
as on the platform. His presentation
| OF Buffalo'S claims in the matter of
proxies Yesterday was clear, and was
delivered with an carneStness that was
! very effective. Is. J. Pitass. secretary
!! of the convention, is president of the
MOumsZko Singing society,". a. Polish
organization OF Buffalo. Though but
j twenty-five years OF age. he shows no
! nervousness III addressing the, cohven-
ton on matters in which he is interest
! cd. His uncle. Rev. Father John
/ Fltass, is Gle CT the most cnergetIc