Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-05-14


Nebraska. Every state and territory in
the United States was represented, and
large delegation from Canada was
present, making nearly 700 delegates in
attendance. In the morning the dele
gates attended mass at st. Johns
cathedral, where Bishop Scannell, of
Omaha, delivered an address of welcome
and spoke upon American Citizenship"
The afternoon session was taken up
with reports of National Delegate Will
here, Of Philadelphia, and other officers.
The report of National Secretary Slattery,
of New York, was submitted, showing
that the organization has a membership
of 93,S7S in the United States and
Canada, an increase in the past year of
lO,656. Reports and fraternal greetings
We're received from Ireland, Eng
land and Australia, and the condition of
the organization in each of these coun-
tries was announced as very good.
On Wednesday the attitude and
efforts of the A. p. A. was the subject
/ e'iAN'Ol NIoNuoolOlis 4lOlC NdS Il hl6 lOSl-
ton on the part of many delegates to
ridicule the organization. Congressman
Thomas Weadock, of Michigan, and P.
). O'Connor, of Georgia, chairman of
the National Hibernian directory, were
the principal speakers 1t was decided
to organize committees to institute
Columbian leagues in every county in
the United States.
The revision of the constitution took
up nearly all the time of the delegates
on Thursday. None of the changes
were made public, but it was announced
that the entire constitution, after revi-
sion, might be given to the public for
the purpose of showing that the organ
izaton was not political one as has
been asserted by the A. p. A. Consoli-
| dation with the American Board of Erin
was discussed for short while, but the
delegates who spoke were opposed to
any plan of uniting except one by which
the parties who caused the split in
1854 would come in again as individuals.
The movement inaugurated some years
ago to place the stars and stripes over
every parochial school was revived by
National Delegate Wilhere and will be
continued throughout the country. The
establishment of Hibernian labor bu
reaus was also urged for every city.
Bishop Scannell, of Omaha, and Faith
er Shahn, of Washington, D. c., joined
the order on Friday night, and in
speeches the next day commended it as
a great auxiliary to the Catholic church.
On Saturday the following officers
were elected, then the convention ad-
journed: President, P. j. OConnor, of
Savannah, Ga; vice president, John c.
Weadock, Grand Rapids, Mich =; secre-
tary, Nj. J. Slattery, Albany, N. Y;
treasurer. P. ]. Dundon, Columbus, O.;
chairman of the national directory, NJ.
f. Wilhere, Philadelphia.
The annual convention of the A. O.
H., Board of Erin, opened in Tammanv
Hall, New York city, on Tuesday.
National Delegate Patton, of Boston,
called the convention to order. Dele
gates to the number of 45O were present
from Nebraska, Maryland, California,
Texas, Illinois, Colorado, Massachusetts,
and New York. Most of the day was
spent in the selection of committees and
reading a communication from the Off
cials of the order in Ireland.
National Treasurer Callary, of Nanti-
coke, Pa, in his report said that the
affairs of the order were in most
tlourishing condidtion. The member
ship throughout the country had ad-
vanced to 10000. Financially the order
is in good condition. The business
transacted on Wednesday was principal
| ly of routine character. On Thursday
the question Of uniting with the Board
of America was brought up by the an
nouncement that telegram had been
received from Omaha, in reply to the
resolution passed year ago by the
Board of Erin, in which consolidation
was favored. The telegram from the
American Hibernians asked them to
join hands under the banner of the
motto of the order. There was stormy
discussion, which resulted in the adop-
ton of resolution to the effect that
there were two orders of Hibernians and
only one Board of Erin, and that in the
adjustment of the differences the Board
OF Erin must be recognized as supreme.
A telegram to that effect was ordered
sent to the Omaha convention, but as
that body had adjourned before they
had decided upon an answer. and as
the proposition of the Board of Erin is
mandatory in form, the chasm between
the factions was left as wide as ever.
The delegates from Luzerne county
favored union, as also did Y. r. Callary,
national treasurer, who made vigorous
plea for it and advanced many good
reasons why it should take place. The
New ork delegation were a unit against