St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-15
THE NOBLE RESOLUTION
or KiBERHfANS 70 MAINTAIN the
PVcLIc SCHOOLS.
orFIcEas ARE FLEoTfD.
John Mccarthy Continues to Be,
President OF the state Hiber-
MAN Associatton-Several r :.
ports Are Submitted and Acted
Upon ~ bylaws Amen ed =
Next Convention In Mankato.

nA0s
ports Are Submitted and Acted
Upon ~ bylaws Amen ed =
Next Convention In Mankato.
4, The insurance department of the A..
O. ii. occupied the entire forenoon yes ;,
terday. SO that the main body. which
was to have met at II a. H., was cSip7t
PEELED to wait until 2 o'clock p. m. The,
books of Treasurer Sheehy and Secre-
tary O'Shaughnessy were. favorablylree.
ported on by the auditing committee,
and their correctness v0uched for. All
receipts for moneys paid out were rec
commended to to be preserved. 1t was
shown that within two years S22. 900 had
been paid out in benefits. The. cOnsti-.
tuition and bylaws were revised In
some particulars. Among these was
one directing the board of directors to.
increase the amount paid the beneficiary
and also to appoint a state medical ex.
aminer. The election of officers for the
insurance department resulted az fol-
lows. after which adjournment sine die
was taken. ~
J.. j. Kennedy, of st. Paul. was chosen
president of tine fund; D. F. McDer-
O'Shaughnessy, of saltwater, secre-
tary, and John Sheehy, of Montgomery.
treasurer. The board of directors
elected was as follows:. George W..
Murphy. of Faribault: Hugh Butler. of
Minneapolis; F. J. Kinnuean. of ST..
Paul; L. NJ. Ryan. OF Anoka, aud James
O'Donnell. of CIontarf.
The main body met at 2p. m with
State President Mccarthy in The chair.
The auditing committee reported that it
treasurer and state secretary, and that
these ''tallied in every respect" This
report was adopted.
Hon. G. ID. O'Brien. while they were
waiting for the next committee 70 re-.
port. delivered a congratuiatory address.
He was rendered a yete of thanks. V
The constitution and by-laws of the
insurance department. passed by it in
the forenoon. were presented. This was
ratified by the main body. Then ex-
Aid. j. Z. McGowan, of Minneapolis.
presented tile following resolutions
touching on the attitude of the order on
the school question: q
Whereas. The Ancient Order OF Hi
bernians of the State of Minnesota, be-
ing the representative society of the
Catholic 1rish-American citizens OF this
state, having gained that position by
its principles of friendship, unity and
true Christian cfarity-prirciples which
it holds toward all good citizens-and It's
uncnanging loyalty to American prin-
cipleS and institutions; and,
Whereas, Said loyalty has been ques-
toned, moi particular ~disloyaity to the
banner of the stars and stripes, because
the graves of the dead heroes of our
race who fell before the cannon fire,
charged by some of the ancestors of oui
present traducers, are yet too green to
be forgotten. and still stand as living
monuments to the memory of their
noble deeds; and If ever the onward
march of busy industry should forget
to refresh the sod or those silent tombs;
or the destroying hand of anarchy or
social strife should crumble those marl.
BILE shafts that mark the place of their
repose. then still will live, inscribed OH
hlstoIy's page, the m of Sullivan
and Meagher, of Barry and Montgomery.
of McDonough and Shields and Sherf'
dan and the galaxy of the noble: sons of
All WIZ dISu IUI aGlGIIGdu@ IIGEdOiD T,
but the Ancient Order of HibernianS is
charged with being opposed to the bull
wark of American civiliZation-namely,
the public schools. Therefore we deem
it our duty to state our position Oh such
important. questions. Not on account
of the power or prominence of
the class of citizens who ques-S
ton our loyalty, because we believe
they are only the paid agents of our old.
time oppressors, who are jealous of the
prosperity Of the ons of Ireland under
a free government of equal rights to all
men. But their lying u%tterances and
untiTing efforts may enlist the sy mpathy
of good Americans whose faith in the
public school system is paramount to ali
the Institutions Of government;
therefore be it
Resolved. That while we believe it is
the u~ndiSputed right of any religious
sect to maintain private schools, where
they a instill into the minds of their
children the cherished faith of their an
cestOrs. coupled with the progressive
branches of modern education; and we
believe that the Catholic parochial
acho0ls and academies under the
tutorship of the sisters and other Cath.
Olic teachers fave done much to attain
and MAINTAIN the high classical stand
ard of American education; and yet we
maintain that no religious denOmina Ia
ton has the right under the principles
OF our constitution to tax the public for
private or sectarian% education.
Resolved, That we, the Ancient Order
Of Hi5ernians of the State of Minnesota.
in convention assembled, hereby declare
u unqualiTed objection to any division
OF the public school fund; or an appro-
priation of any part Of it toward the
maintenance Of any private or %sectarian
institution.
Resolved. That we renew IA declara-
ton of loyalty toward the public school,.
teaching. as it should. the brotherhood
Of God and the brotherhood of man.
Tue resolutions were adopted and or
dered printed in the daily press.
The report of the committee Oh ma
tional relations was next submitted.
The committee congratulated the con-
yention onNthe happy harmony existing
between the several divisions of the
order county, state and national.
Adopted.
The press committee, in its report,
extended its thanks to the press of the.
state, and more particularly to the daily,
press of st. Paul and Minneapolis, for
the exceedingly fair and impartial man.
ner in which they had reported the pro-
ceedings Of the present convention,
The committee recommended that the
Irish Stan dard. of Minneapolis, be con-
tinued as t he official organ of the state.
The entire report was adopted. q
The com mittee on grievances had an.
easy duty to discharge. 1t had the,
felicitous information that it had no,
grievances to report. This was adopted,
The bylaws, as amended to correjll
spond with those Of the national body
were referred to the state officers to
co mpile and publish Aug. l. 1894, at
which date those of the natsonal organ
ization GO into effect.
Then am OH the final work of the
convention the election OF officers and:
board of directors. The secretary wasl
instructed to cast the unanimous. vote
Of the convention for John Mccarthy,
of saltwater, to succeed himself as
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