The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-07-17
DULUTH NEWS,

Division No. !, A. O. H., the occasion
being a public joint meeting of the
aushters of Erin az the Ancient Or
der of libernians. The meeting VAS
held III Division No. I hall and there
was large crowd present, both Of
members of the respective divisions and
their friends c. T. Maginnis, pIest-
dent of Division No !, A. O. H. presid-
ed over the meeting. About $50 O'Clock
he called the meeting to order. In
behalf of the division he extended a
hearty welcome to all and hoped that
they would enjoy themselves for The
evening by tho entertainment which
had been prepared. The first number
on the program was a vocal solo by
Miss Anna Farrell. who sang in her
usual admirable style, "kathleen Ma
vourneen." Her rendition of this ever
sweet song which always touches the
heart OF he Irish exile was SO exquisite
| 1hat she had to respond With an encore
ana favored tie audience With another
sweet Irish melody Come Back to
Erin. She was loudly applauded The
president then introdu, ed Right Rev.
James McGolrick, who delivered the al
dress OF the evening. lie referred to
the bitter attacks which were r4alc en-
the Irish peoD.e for not taking an active
part in the celebrall1n of the queens
Jubilee. These attacks were made bv
. N iop
East, he said, and we could not expect
otherwise Of them He contradic,cd
thGIr claim of calling England the
mother country" He referred to the
patriotic action of the members of .ho
irish parliamentary party in refusing
to join in a memorial to her majesty in
her jubilee day and he congratulated
them on their noble stand in the cause
or Irish nationality This dcclara-
ton was received with loud applause,
lie said, the Irish people celebrated the
occasion in most appropriate manner.
All through Ireland masses were offered
up for the repose of The souls of tho
millions of cur poor people who have
oled OF starvation and for the noble VA
| tr1otS who We're sent Ia unlimcly graves
! y! the persecution which they received
at the hands of tile British government
during the pastAte years. lie stated
that all the morley Queen Victoria sent
to Ireland during her long reign has
been the muniflSept sum of c3-sl5. lie
also referred to the young man from
I el'fr, who was sent to parliament from
/ tilat county in Ireland. When asked
to take the oath iii the house nc TO-
fused to take it becN,lsc of a pa,arr.,nb
IN the oath which called on him 10 dc
+ NY his rcligionif lie returned to his
county and was, opce more returned to
parliament ands again refused to take
the oath OF allegiance, but for the first
time in English history the oath was
modified for a Catholic That young
man was Daniels O'Conncll, ~the Libnr-
ator.- He quoted several other histo:~
| ical facts of the past 10 years In Ire
land which justified the Irish pcoI;!- I'm
taking the patriotic stand which thcy
| did. 1t was most interesting address,
ana was listened to with rapt attcn-
! ton by the audience who frequently an
plauded during its deiverancc. In con-
cluslon he said he was pleased to hear
| that Division No. ! had increased in
/ members since his last meeting with
them in January when he made tho
i offer of a gold headed bllckthorn stick
as a prize to the member bringing in
the most members by June The win
ner OF the prize was Richard Long. one
OF the chartered members of the divis-
ion and most enthusiastic worker in
the cause of Hibernianism and ;hn
cause OF the Irish nationality. TO
| the lady in the auxiliary bringing in
the most members he offered gold
Celtic cross and the winner was Mrs
Morgan Sweeney, who is an ardent
worker in building up the D. of f. for
the good work which 1t can accomplish
/ in assisting the A. o. II. in carrying out
more fully it's benevolent work. Mr..
I, p. Sweeney then entertained the audi
ence with selections in an auditorium
graphophone. They were most anus
ing, and they were greatly enjoyed by
ALL
Mrs. j. ii. Sullivan, president Of Di-
vision No. !, ID. Of f. then made a short
address welcoming all present In be-
half of Ladies' Auxiliary and referred
to the benevolent work of the society
and made especial references to she
life insurance plan which has been cs-
! tabllshed In conclusion she returned
thanks to the clergy for their kind as
sstance to the society and hoped 90
continue in such manner as to merit
their aid in the work in which they
| were engaged. Mr.. David Evans sang
in an admirable manner "The Heart
Bowed Down" ,anx for an encore gavo
Kate MahoneI" President MaginnIs
concluded the literhry part of the pro-
| gram by giving humorous Irish reci-
tation, which vas Il fitting climax for
| the program The meeting then rc-
solved itself into social, and Ice cream
and cake was served. Thus ended one
of the most enjoyable evenings that