St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-14

payments Of benefits had been made
there was still a surplus of $500 in the
treasury. The death record for the two
years was shown to be only twenty-five
the lowest in long period. This re-
port was referred to the auditing com.
mittee.
The military committee was the next
10 report. 1t showed that the Hibernian
RiheS, of Hennepin county, commando d
ny Capt. Doyle. of Minneapolis. had
given an exhibition drill at Chicago
during the worlds fair last summer.
They had received honorable mention
for their skill in the manual OF arms.
as there shown. The committee also
reported that they had been commended
for the fine showing made at the recent
Memorial day exercises at Minneapolis,
The organization of the Ramsey county
Hibernian rifles was also reported.
These are under command of Capt.
Lawrence Fahey.
The next committee to report was the
committee on resolutions. These, in
their regular order, were as follows:
The resolutions in their preamble
congratulate the order on Its growth,
and after returning thanks to their
officers, to their Ramsey county breth-
rem for their hospitality, and to Mayor
Smith, say:
Resolved, That we are deeply sensi-
ble of the many blessings that flow from
our connection with holy mother
church, and that it is our earnest desire
that the closest relations shall always
exist between it and our ancient order.
Resolved. That the harmonious man.
ner In which the work of the order has
been carried on tor the past term is a
source of great qualification. And. in
order to increase our strength and use
fulness. we pledge ourselves to work
harder than ever duriug the coming
term in the interest of harmony
and true fraternal feeling. We shall
be actuated in all our discussions
by unSeifiSh motives; we shall he char
liable III our opinions and just in our
criticisms, and in the conduct of or
DIVISION affairs when once our doors
are closed and invocation ended we will
narbor 10 i'll feeling. personal OF other.
wise, towards brother, but will speak,
vote and act for the best interests of the
order according to our best Judgment
and
Resolved, That as the members of
this ancient organization have been the
body guards Of Irish nationality, the de-
tenders Of Irish womanhood, and the
champions of the old faith. we now pro.
test against the brutal and inhuman
treatment OF Irish political prisoners
now confined III English dungeons, and
demand in the name of justice and
humanity their restoration to the God
given right of human liberty.
Resolved, That the jealousies aroused
in the hearts Of our hereditary enemies
in consequence Of the enviable record
made by the Irish race in this free land,
and the bigotry that has of late mani
tested itself in frantic efforts to destroy
the confidence of our fellow citizens in
the faith we profess. be met by US In
manner i'll keeping with our noble ira
ditions, and the dignity of that faith,
and with such vigor, too. as our country
men have ever displayed in every
human emergency by which they have
been confronted from the days of Bryan
Borugh to Fontenoy and from Fontenoy
to Fredericksburg; and
Resolved, That it is needless to eau.
tiOn 1riShmen in America as TO which
flag their undying allegiance is due.
The people whose names are found on
the brightest pages and in the noblest
lines OF American history, whose bones =
Whlten every battlefield from Bunker