The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-12
THE III|| DAUGHTERS OF erin \
An Interesting and Important
neeting Held at Kansas City
5.s Recently.
Work That Has Been Done by This
Great Auxiliary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernions.
Gems of Oratory Delivered by
I Prominent rlembers Who
Were Present.


I ,s Were Present.
1 A correspondent Ole the Western
i Watchman sends the following 10 itnas
paper from kaneas City: ess
|"Ye. daughters Of Erin, assemble,
. And join in our battle array; ..
Ye men land proud boys won't ye
4 tremble,
When We meet Exin's maids in the
fray?'
One hundred Of the most beautiful
talented and cultured Daughters OF
E,rib" were assembled in the pretty hall
of st. ,Joseph's Orphan Asylum Kansas
City, last Sunday; the occasion being the
first stale convention Of the Daughters
of E:rin." ar auxiliary to the Ancient Or
der OF Hibernians Of America.
At one o'clock the good ladies rendered
a banauet to the state board OF the An
cient Order OF Hibern;ans of the state
of Missouri, which was represented by
the following named officers and mem
bers: Daniel orc. Tracy, state preai-
dent; Philip Slattery, state secretary
D. p. McCulloIn, state treasurer; Thomas
Fogarty, state vice president; M. ].
Downey, county president, Buchanan
county; John J. OConnor, county pres
ident. st. Louis county; Mathew Lynch,
county president, jackson county; James
O'Ne:ll, county president, Linn county;
Charles Mulhern, county president, La
fayetTe county; James McGroarty, ,coun-
ty president, Greene county. There were
also present the following named gentle
mem: Robert Donnelly, NJ. T: Morrison,
James f. McNellis, P. F. Lane, Emmett
Russell. VIM. Moore, Daniel O'Bryne,
| jeremiah Corrigan and others. Among
| the Daughters of Erin present were
noticed the following: Miss Lille Nc
DonneIl, county president, Jackson coun-
ty Mrs. James F. McNell;s, Miss Depa2zo
Boyle, Miss Helen Regan, Miss A.. Mans
field Misses B. Elizabeth Lame, Eta
Cotter, Nellie Humphrey, Margaret Price,
M. Russell, MqllIe O'Connor. Kate Lyn-
den, Nellie Sullivan, Katie Lane, Nellie
|Doughertys Maggie Dougherty, Joe Nc
Nellis, Joe Coffey, Annie Ahearn, Francis
Fceney, Mamie MeNell:s, Mary Brennan
Mamie Morrissey, Mrs. D.. Mccarthy,
Mrs. M. r. Morrison, Mrs. d. p. Cullom,
of Kansas City, and Miss Maggie Down
| ey, Miss Slattery, Alice Heffernan, Nellie
I Walsh, Nellie Williams, L. Ware, Mary
Bennett and Mrs. White Of ST. Joseph,
Mo, and Miss Annie Cleary, of st. Louis.
| The hall was tasteful.y decorated with
a prof,lsion Of the Stars and Stripes in
flags and bunting. Over the presidents
chair ware Irish and American flags
crossed.
The menu was superb. Ten courses, in
Guiding all the del:cacies of the season,
we're served by the fair Daughters" !"
| After thoroughly enjoying the ssumptuous
feast, the following programme was TAX
en- up: State Treasurer D. P. Cullom
acted as toastmastar. The first toast was
the relationship Of the Daughter Of Erin
to the Ancient Order oe Hibsrnia1ls. re-
sponded to by State President Daniel
| O'Eonnell. Tracy. III the brief period Of
forty y-nine mb:nutes Brother Tracy point
ed out in glowing terms the great work
accomplished by the Daughters of Erin
| since their organization two years ago.
They. have assisted the widows and or
phans of deceased members, and relieved
the wants of hundreds of families in dis
| tress. He assured the members that the
! consent of the state officers would be
given to ST. Louis county to organize di-
visions of the Daughter Of Erin, and he
would be foremost in assisting i'll the good
work Of organization. Mr. Tracy S speech
was received with. prolonged applause. !
| Miss Downey, of st. Joseph, responded
| to. the toast, "The Daughters of Erin, .
and did so in very able and eloquent
manner.
The next on the program was an adj
| dress of welcome by the worthy county
\ president of Jackson county, Miss Lilly
| Mcdonnell. Miss McDonelRs address
| was delivered Ia clear, forcible manner,
which clearly showed the sincerity Of
her address of welcome. herewith give
you a synopsis of the address of welcome
lby Miss Lilly Mcdonnell:
This is for ME a most happy occasion.
| It is a duty I most Willingly perform
to extend to our guests a hearty and cor
l dial, Welcome--a welcome as can only
come from true and patriotic Irish wo-
linens hearts. No more fitting time nor
| place could have been selected to give
expression to those sentiments which, as
tCatho,ics and Irish women, we hold III
Icommpn; aud for the purpose Of consult
| ing those measures which are of most
Importance to our church and national;-
lty. stApplause.). IN
We are assembled here from different
parts of the state. You must have been
brought here by some high and strong
motives, not for the purpose Of advanc-
ling woman suffrage nor Catholic dress
reform circles, but for the purpose of
endeaxoring: to advance an auxiliary to
lthe largest, grandest, and best organiza-
/ tion ssofs true and patriotic. Irishmen in
i.AmeTica, an ancient brotherhood Of Irish
Iblood who for centuries have preserved
1 tire pure tradition OF ou1. race, hose
members honor courage and patriotism.
l(Applalse,) 3. ;@s I'll y. 4. .s.sl-5. h
We are here t0sperpetuate the name of
-Four molly patron, st. Bridget 10 fexer-
cised sos much influence over men and
women; and we, the Daugas tars OF Erin,
I shall always stand ready to ca rryy5# aloft
| the light to aid our brot thsrs IN tie cause
| Of Faith and Father1and. Ssh u. 81
| 10 our guests 8 say sss. ss 4;
Come the evsn,..ne come - z the morn-
4, gs 81,
ICpmeg when you IRE looked
Come without 4;
tKisses ana ONE son flhd hafeEbe-
theS come more
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