Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-04-15
NEXT NATIONAL COUNCIL
or KNIGHTS OF COL UMBUS
Good Reading for Members Of That 0rgsEiza-
fIon and other Catholic Friends.

The neat National council OF the
Knights Of Columbus viii meet la the
city Of Los Angeles. June sell. when
Il ls determined TO arrange tor ma.
ii0nal reunion of an the members OF
the order from tho At'.anc seaboari
TO the glorious Pacific coast line
Already extensive preparations have
be9n made aud Information from thu
most remote eae. IN sections of the
country shows that the representa-.
tlon In that city IN June Will be- from
every part Of this vast country They
are going % California with the same
spirit OF engcrness with which Moses
and the lsraellteE went 20 the PtCm.
ised land Most Of the eastern broth
crs nave never crossed the Mis souri,
river and California Is a land 1f
fable. story and imagination.
One OF the largest of these prcten.
tlous excursions will leave Benson.
Ariz., June over the El Paso A
Southwestern road. coming to Alba
querquo ahd going 20 los Angeles by
way Of the Santa Fe. This special
train, consisting ~ standard Pullman.
cate. parlor and baggage ears, carry
Ia the Bisbeo. ~ Paao and Albuquor
que councils Will be run solid 10 the
coast. The itinerary will be-. Leave
Bisbee Naco. Douglas, and other
points on the Southwestern line June
/. arriving az Albuquerque the fol
lowing morning at Z o'clock. whero
breakfast will be served al the Alya.
RADIO. luncheon being taken on board
the train.
Going from Albuquerque the trails
viii take the Santa Fe Pacific, ar
riying at the Grand conyon before day.
light OF the third, giving an oppOrtun
ity 20 view the sunrise on the most
beautiful work of nature IN the world
The nov Harvey hotel "El Tovar,
which has just been completed. will
sgTs.s.. breakfast, and after spending
some tine al the canyon, the special
will proceed to Los Angeles, arriving
ON the afternoon OF June 4,
This national convention Of the
knights Of Columbus - an annual az
fair. and until recently has merely
consisted In a gathering 0f about one
hundred delegates who transact husi-
ness with energy aad dispatch and
then adjourn without any other celc.
bratlon connected with the event Two
years ago In Kew Haven. where the
national councils had been held for
twenty years, a change was intro.
duccd when the local knights OF New
Haven rendered the delegates 90 the
national council a banquet and when
the national council AZ that time dc
clded 90 hold the convention OF the
following year az Louisville.
Last year IN old Kentucky tho
knights OF Columbus met In national
convention for the FIRST time away
from the home OF the order In Now
Haven There was an attempt on the
part Of the Louisville Knights 20 cater
10 a large gathering. but they con
fined themselves simply 10 giving the
delegate 90 the convention n sample
of pure southern hospitality. which
every delegate appreciated as a home
Offering" Al that convention the
delegates decided to hold the next
convention In Los Angeles.
Prominent Knights have organized
parties and special trains will be the
order of the day and the most con
seryaliye estimate can place the Gig.
ures az this years gathering at 5000
visitors.
The personnel OF the delegates 10
the national council Of the Knights OF
Columbus IL of the highest order. The
delegates are leaders In their various
states. as a man 10 head a state or
SANITATION like the Knights Of Colum.
bus must Of necessity be man OF
large executive ability and uQues.
toned probity. Oratory at such gath.
erings ahounds and no doubt the poO'
Pile OF Los An~@los will have several
opportunities 90 listen with gratlh.
cation 80 some Of the best exponents
OF arotorical art that there are In this
country.
Prominent among the Knights who
will attend the convention are men
Of remarkable powers OF speech, such
as John J.. Delaney, corporation coun'
sci of New York. George r, MOnag
han. OF Detroit. =. }. Brady, J J, Fit2.
gerald, OF Louisville, KY; Joseph g.
Pelletler, state deputy Boston, and