Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-05-18

N,4T[I-TSNssA next the fourteenth an
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'Sgsss:ffd ISaJIsssp ence Union of the Scran-
VssssS$@ssg ton diocese will convene
~1F> in the Grand opera house.
Delegates, to the num-
Der of 125 or more, will be present as
the representatives of the societies con
nected with the union, and will come
from all the leading cities and towns in
northeastern Pennsylvania. The Scran-
ton union is one of the strongest, numeri-
cally, that is connected with C. T. A.
Union of America, and it's conventions
are usually of an interesting nature.
There are several important matters to
be considered at the coming gathering
which may affect the members and
societies, one of the principal of which
is the adoption or rejection of an insur-
encc feature.
The convention will be formally open
ed at 10, a. m. on Wednesday by Presi-
dent John j. O'lIara, of Parsons. Bur
CESS Patrick Mclaughlin will then de-
liver an address of welcome to the dele.
gates and visitors, and will be followed
by the spiritual director of the union,
Rev. E. j. Nelly, of Scranton. The
morning session will be devoted to the
appointment of the various committees
and arranging the preliminary details of
the business to be transacted. Promi-
nent men in the movement will address
the delegates at this session.
In the afternoon the officials of the
union will make their annual report of the
numerical and financial standing of the
organization, the number of societies
affiliated with the union, and general
summary of the work performed by the
Board of Government since the last con
vention, which was held at Carbondale
in May, 1895.
On Thursday morning at $50 the dele
gates will convene at the opera house
and proceed in Il body to st. AIMS
church, where Rev. NJ. j. Fallihee will
read mass at 0 o'clock, after which
they will return to the opera house and
resume their work.
Thursdays session will be devoted en-
tirely to business, including the election
ofolliccrs, the chCo oiing IF delegates to the
national convention to be held in August
at st Louis, and the discussion and ac-
tion upon several matters pertaining to
the temperance cause. All the sessions
are open to the public free OF charge.
The officers of the Scranton diocesan
union are as follows: President, John
J. O'fIara, Parsons; first vice president
p. +. Mccoy, Scranton; second vice
president, Miss Mary Barrett, Carbon
dale; secretary, Z. w. Early, Green
Ridge; treasurer, p. f. Mcdonnell, Car
bondale; spiritual director, Rev. f. j.
Nelly, Scranton. These officers form
what is known as the Board of Govern
ment, and are the guardians of the
unions affairs between conventions
The Young Mems c. L. A. b. Corps,
o town, will be represented in the con
yention by its president, James f. Swce-
ney, and j. j. McMenamin and George
Mclaughlin. Mr. McMenamin is Il can
didate for delegate to the national CON
vention. His candidacy has been en-
dorsed by the society of which he is a
member, and his friends feel confident
that the delegates will choose him as one
of the three representatives from the
Scranton union.
A reduced rate of one and one-thrd
cents per mile has been granted to the
delegates by all railroads. A special
train will leave Scranton at 7.45 a. m.
on Wednesday, on the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad, to bring the delegates
of the Wyoming region here in time.
Too much credit cannot be given the
members of the Young Mems Corps for
their successful efforts in having the
convention held in Freeand. The ex-
pense attached is necessarily great, but
this the society is willing to undergo in
order that the town may be benefited
so far as it lies in their power to attract
people here.
The business people, especially the
hotel men, should exert themselves to
accommodate the visitors this week in
the best style possible, so that when
they leave Freeland they will 20 with
pleasant recollcctions of our hospitality
toward strangers, thereby adding to the
good reputation which has already been
established by the town.