The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-16

up and onered to the pioneer corps OF
any society Of the diocese which would
| show the most proficiency In drill man
ouevering. The st. Aloysius society, OF
| Pittston, won from a pioneer corps at
Wilkes-Barre, and the Father Witty
| Pioneer corps, of Scranton, at COM
petitive drill won the trophies, or at
least received the award of two Of the
Judges; the other Judge thought that
Pittston won, and on the strength Of
| the position held by the minority Judge
| the Pittston society refused to turn the
trophy over to the Father Witty So
ciety.
Many requests from the officers of
| the union upon the officers Of the Pitts
ton society for the trophy failed to set
| tie the difficulty, and after q struggle
Of eighteen months the board Of gov
ernment finally met in Wilkes-Barre,
made one last request, and the Pittston
society still refusing, the board Of gov-
eminent suspended the society from the
union.
c. G. Boland threw lighted match
into the powder magazine when he asked
If the action of the board OF govern
ment was constitutional in doing this
without the ratification of a two-thirds
vote. Mr.. Boland was quite emphatic
when he said that the Pittston society
has been guilty of an act of insubordi-
nation that deserves to suspend 1t, In
fact to expel it If 1t does not recede
from it's position of defiance.
MIR Burke on Constitution.
NJ. II. Burke, of Carbondale, read
from the constitution, showing that the
suspension of a society must be ordered
by two-thirds vote of the convention.
The vote was put and the suspension
of the Pittston society was sanctioned
by the vote 81 in favor of and against.
Although the Pittston society has
been suspended. 1t still retains posses
sion of the trophies, and some of the
delegates favored entering proceedings
in court compelling the Pttstonians to
hand over the trophies.
No sooner had the storm cleared
away than the clouds darkened again,
and ex-Mayor John Kelley. of Carbon
dale, was the mischief maker. He Of
fered the following resolution:
Resolved by the Catholic Total Abb
stinence union Of the diocese of Scran-
ton, in convention assembled in Car
bondale, May Is, 1895, that the expenses
of delegates to the national convention
of America to be paid by said diocesan
union shall be 50 day for each dele
gate for no longer than five days, to-
gether with car fare to and from home
on the cheapest route to destination"
Mr. Kelley preceded his resolution
with a speech about the extortionate
prices charged by certain delegates
who went under the pay of the union
and along with acting delegates they
had the pleasure of junketing tour,
as well. and charged it all up to the
account of the union. The resolution
was laid on the table by vote 63 for
and 90 against.
Mr.. M:Lcan's Amendment.
Mr.. Mclean, Of Scranton, suggested
that the pay Of delegates be fixed at 81
per day and So per day for hotel fare,
together with car fare to and from
destination. This was amended and
finally amended that the bills Of dele
gates be paid the same as under the
present custom. The way the delegates
are paid now they itemize their car
fare, hotel fare and wages per diem,
and the bill is usually paid without a
murmur.
1t was against this custom that ex-
Mayor Kelley rallied. A vote was taken
and the amendment was lost. A vote
was taken on the first amendment and
the $4 rate per day with car fare thrown
in will be the ruling price to national
conventions hereafter. 1t was carried
by vote of large proportions.
A mass will be celebrated this morn
ing at $50 at st. Roses church for the
benefit of the delegates ]. T. B.