The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-05-19

expressed wish that the local divisions
OF the A. O. H. in America form Gaelic
classes, were also favorably acted upon
by the committee, and later by the ma.
tional body.
In addition to these the committee
acted favorably upon the president
recommendation for a national A. o. H
organ. He urged that the members dc
all in their power to check pro-English
influence in this country.
Mr.. Heating also hoped that every
member of the order would give his Sup
port to the ladies auxiliary He was
glad that the relations existing between
the society and those in foreign lands
were of the best. He favored the pass
age of words of sympathy for the Boer
cause, and the erection of monument
to those OF Irish birth who died on
famine ships and were buried at Crosse
Isle, Quebec.
| The committee also acted favorably
on these recommendations.
The election of officers for the next
two years resulted as follows: Hon.
John T, Heating of Chicago, president;
James E. Dolan of New York, vice
president; James B. Bree, of Connect
cut, secretary; P. T. Moran of Wash
ington, D. c., treasurer; P. J. O'Con-
nor of Savannah, Ga, M. J. Byrne of
Indiana, Patrick O'Neil of Philadelphia,
and VIM. ]. Cronin of Boston, national
directors.
| A recommendation that $4,000 be
given from the treasury of the organi-
cation to the Gaelic league to help it
put four organizers in the field in Ire
land was referred to the incoming ma
tional officers with full power to act in
the matter.
A committee appointed to consider
the changes in the present ritual of the
order recommended that consideration
be given to the one offered by Mr.. Cone
fy OF Massachusetts,, and that $3.50 be
set aside to cover the expense. Its re-
port was accepted and the recommended
tons referred to the incoming national
officers, with full power
1t was late at night when the conven-
ton ended its labors.
The following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted by the convention:
At this the forty-second national con-
vention of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, we, approaching with thankful
hearts the freedom assured us by the
constitution and laws of Columbia, de-
clare to Our people and to the world
our position on matters of Importance
to all Americans of Irish birth and ex-
traction.
To our national chaplain, the Right
Rev. Bishop Foley of Detroit, for his
kindly guidance and valued advice and
encouragement on every occasion we
hereby tender our sincere thanks.
To his honor, Mayor Hart of Boston,
to the reverend clergy, press and people
of this world-renowned city, for their
untiring zeal and generous hospitality,
we extend our heartfelt thanks. Long
will we gratefully remember Boston
and her cultured and hospitab1e people
We, in convention assembled from
all parts of the continent, pledge again
our glad submission to Holy Mother
Church and our answering faith in her
divine teachings.
May we, guided by her wise precepts,
be impelled to even greater fidelity to
our government, love for our homes,
and sense of moral duty, and strive
to attain to the Hottest type of American
citizenship.
Our hearts go out in love to His Holi-
ness Leo XIII. Far-seeing, wise and
holy, may he be long spared to humanity
and Holy Church.
To the Ladies' Auxiliary we send
greeting and assurance of Our high es-
TEEN, and we bespeak for that organiza-
ton the loyal support and earnest CO.
operation of all members of this order.
We recommend that, in each year,
local parochial conditions permitting,
the Sunday within the octave of St.
Patrick's Day be selected as A. o. Fl.
communion Sunday, and that our be-
loved dead be upon that day especially
remembered.
We note with pleasure that in certain
sections, and since our last convention,
our esteemed clergy have taken up in
their parochial schools the study of
Irish history We hope and trust that
the good work may go on, thus per-
petuating in coming generations, our
love for the island of saints and sages
and interest in her destiny.
In this manner may, to some extent,
be corrected the errors engendered in
the youth, by many so-called histories,
still used in some of our public schools.
We again urge the study and cultiva-
ton of music and literature in the homes
of our people. The supply is inexhausti-
bic, the quantity pure and elevated. The
contact of the Irish-American with the
enchanting music, charming verse and
captivating historical fiction, contribut-
ed to the world by the Irish genius will
develop the mind and bind with lasting
and warm affection the descendant of
Erin to motherland.
Long depressed by the iniquitous laws