Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-12
.COMMENDS IRISH LEAGUE
Hib,rnisns Express Opinion on the Work Of
the Old Country Organization.
MAKE CHANGE IN THE INSURANCE PLAN
sioux City Selected as the Place for
Holding the Next Biennial Meet
inE-Omcers Elected for the
Terms.

These state officers for the ensuing year
were elected yesterday morning by the con-
vention of the Ancient order Of Hibernisns:
President, J. b.. Sullivan Of Creston; Vice
president, ID. NJ. Reynolds Of Atlantic; sec
rotary, J. P. Howard OF Des Moines; treas
urer, James Quinn Of Davenport; chaplain,
Rev. Father J. NJ. Hanson Of Avoca; state
executive board, Hubert L. FINLEY OF Coun-
Gil Bluffs, chairman; J. NJ. Lynch OF Sioux
City, NJ. T. Scanlon of Des Moines, NJ. j..
Lannon Of Abba.
Sioux City was selected as the place Of
meeting in 1904, Emmetsburg and Daven-
port being the other candidates.
The recommendation Of the executive
board that the Chicago plan Of insurance
be adopted was concurred in and from
henceforth the sliding scale Of benefits &C
cording to age will be in force through
out the several divisions Of the order in
Iowa.
While the convention RETAINED from &C
tually endorsing the United Irish league it
adopted a resolution as follows:
We congratulate our people, on their
unity at home and abroad on all questions
the unihcation of the Irish people In Ire
land in their. efforts to ameliorate their
condition, and We, commend and approve
the objects and aim of the United Irish
eague
Summary of Resolutions.
other resolutions were adopted renewing
fidelity to the principles and aim of the
lain Rev. r. J. Nolan; congratulating. the
Catholic people of Iowa on the growth. of
Cae e IN tSa s ahd th eo Gp9SISn OF and a new emdo orS
ing the work Of the ladies' auxiliary; COM
mending those divisions of the order which
United States and Ireland with their fra
ternal ~teaching; endorsing the Federation
Of CATHOLIC Societies.; urging all members
of the Catholic church to provide against
old age and sickness by taking out instr
ance and to invest their savings in homes
of their own In order that they may not be
wanderers in the land; endorsing the ad-
ministration of the state executive board
and commanding the action Of the national
ganizers In the field and suggesting thai
the newly elected state board secure the
banking the local members and the citi-
zens generally for the welcome and enter.
tainment afforded the convention,
While the convention endorsed the Fed
Grafton of Catholic societies no action was
taken looking toward the afiliation of the
state body Of the order with the federation
and 1t is understood that this matter will
come up again at the biennial session in
Sioux City in 1904.
The Ladies' auxiliary elected these off,
CeIS yeSIeEudy morning. fTeSlQent, MRS,
Keefe, Sioux City; vice president, Mrs.
s~canlon, Des Moines; secretary, Mrs. Fitz-
gerald, Burlington; treasurer, Miss Nc
Donald, Davenport. .
The social features Of the closing day o.
the convention included a trolley ride fo
the visitors about the city and to LAX,
Manawa and a grand ball at Royal Area,
mum hall in the evening. On returning
from the ride to Lake Manawa the dele
gates were rendered a reception at st
Francis academy.