The Saint Paul globe., 1899-09-21
BUSY FORENOON SESSION.
Resolutions Include One Urging the
Wider Use of German.

II.
In spite of the fact that yesterday
mornings session of the Central Verein
was called for the early hour of o clock
nearly every delegate was In his place
when the roll was called, it being gener-
ally recognized that there was a great
! deal of work to be done in the short time
remaining. aess, 's- e7-. - --fe
Communications and bills were first
! taken up and one. bill of $50 for report
| ing the proceedings of the last conven-
ton was disalloWed on the ground that
| the amount was excessive. a,.
1t was reported that there still re-
mained in the treasury $500, which had
been appropriated by previous conven-
ton to the st. Francis society Of Ohio,
| but had never been drawn out by that
| organization. The st. Francis society
was notified to apply at once for the
| amount or otherwise it would be applied
! to the German choir at Georgetown uni
| Yersity. -
| On behalf of the committee on consti-
| tuition Carl Diehl, of Connecticut, report
! ed upon a number of proposed amend
ments referred to the committee on Mon
day and Tuesday.
A proposition to amend section 8 Of ar
| ticle of the Central Verein's charter
so as to exclude from participation in the
| proceedings of the insurance alf mem
| DeIS WHO are uOI insured Inoreln, was
! reported unfavorabIy. On motion Of
| Delegate Faulhaber, of Ohio, this part
of the report was referred again to the
! committee Only q minority of the COM
mittee had concurred in the report.
A proposition to increase the number
Of trustees from thirteen to fifteen was
reported unfavorably. Report adopted
At this point Rev. Max Wurst was
called upon to read and translate into
| 9tI fY-N,o
The papal secretary of state, Cardinal
| Rampolla, sent the following message to
| Archbishop Ireland:
1.-The holy father bestows his apostolic
blessing upon the gathering of German
| Catholics today assembled, as lovingly
| prayed Tor"
The report of the constitution commit
tee being resumed, a motion to reduce
the initiation fee for men between the
ages of is and 25 to 81 was adopted. A
! Louisville delegate stated that his local
| society had tried the plan with great
! success.
Chairman Diehl attempted to make a
| verbal report on certain matters. but
| President Weber refused to entertain it.
| He was sustained by the house.
Charles Hike, OF Missouri, from the
committee to audit the financial secre-
| tarys accounts, reported that the same
were in excellent condition, and recon-
| mended a vote of thanks to the secre-
| tary Anton Bickel.
But some of the members doubted the
| ability Of any committee to audit such
! accounts thoroughly in two hours time
and a motion to refer the same job of
auditing to another committee of seven
| to report at the next annual convention
! was carried.
Communications of congratulat1on were
read. The bishop of the province Of Gin
| cinnati and the knights of ST. John of
| Evansville, Ind, sent kilograms of greet
! ing Rev. Max Wurst moved that the
messages be answered in kind, and Pres
| ident Weber was instructed to so reply.
The report of the committee on resolu-
ticns was read by Rev. Francis Haase,
| of Indiana. The suggestion of the Min
nesota society presented by P. M. Kerst
and Gottfried Jueneman, that a German
Catholic day be held in connection with
! every annual session was unfavorably re-
| ported, on the ground that the conven-
tion has nothing to do with the making Of
| Catholic days. Adopted
| Frederick L. McGhee, the colored lawyer.
was introduced. He spoke in English, as
follows:
Reverend Fathers, Members of the
| Convention and Brothers: No such honor
! has ever come to me in my life as to
| address you as brothers. Throughout this
/ iaIu tHe4o 10 no pietch man VINO does
not think deep down in his heart that Of
! all men he can expect fair treatment from
| Germans.
81 will not detain you to tell you of my
races wrongs.
Much needs to be done by my own peo-
| pie. The negro has it within his power
to right his own wrongs. We need the
assistance and help of safe men.
81 say it with shame and regret the
young people of my race are tired of the
religion of their fathers
Out of 1000 or 5000 negroes in st. Paul.
not LOCO are church-goers There is a