The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-05-06
Delegates of the Knights of Columbus
Meet and Perfect Organization.

Meet and Perfect Organization.
At noon on Tuesday state council
of the knights of Columbus was held
at the lodge room on the third floor of
the Jennings block, at which one dele
gate was present from the councils of
Salt Lake, ogden, Pocatello, Reno and
Butte. Matters appertaining to the
welfare OF the order through the west
ern country were considered, and in
the evening the local council enter
tanned the visitors at smoker"
There are 1880 members of the or
der in the United States, and by the
organization OF the Reno council. which
was perfected April % with member
| ship of siXty-tive. every state in the
! Union is now represented in the or
J der.
Preparations are well under way for
/ the national convention. which is to
be held in Los Angeles beginning June
! 3. and terminating June II. Salt Lake
! will play no small part in this conven-
ton, inasmuCh as many of the dele
gates from the eastern part of the coun-
try will take advantage of the trip TO
lay over here and view the city of the
Saints" A committee. composed of
| the following named members of Salt
Lake council No. 632, has been ap-
pointed for the purpose of making the
necessary arrangements for the enter
tainment of the visitors during the
time they will be in Salt Lake: c. F.
Porter, w. ]. Halloran, Frank e. Nc
Gurrin, George j. Gibson and w p
O'Meara.
The first of the eastern delegates to
come through this city in order to take
advantage of the service offered by the
San Pedro line will be the council from
Buffalo, n. Y. They viii arrive here
May 80, and will remain here for twen-
tyfour hours. during which time they
will be Hospitality entertained by the
local knights The next visitors will
be a trainload from New York City,
Boston and Chicago In the party will
be Grand Knight Edward L. Hearn,
Corporation Counsel John J. Delaney
and three members of the New York
state supreme court. They will come
down to salt Lake from Ogden in their
special train of Pullman cars the night
of June ., but will not remain here
more than a few minutes just time
enough for the cars to be switched over
on the rails Of the San Pedro line. How
ever, on their way back from the coast
they will lay over here for a day that
is Sunday, June Is, and on that oc-
casion will attend high mass at st.
Mary's cathedral. The remainder of
the day viii be given over to sight
seeing. and that night their special
train will leave here over the Rio
Grande Western for Denver, where an
other stop will be made.
According to information promuIgat-
ed from the headquarters of the order
during the winter it is believed that
after the convention terminates in Los
Angeles the principal part of the mem
bers will go TO San Francisco, where
arrangements nave already been per
fected for their entertainment for at
least two days. Many will also take
advantage of the time limit of their
tickets to go to Portland to visit the
Lewis and Clark exposition. Excursions
will also be made to many of the his
toriCal points in California before be-
ginning the homeward journey.
From present indications it is not un-
likely that the delegates from Montana,
Wyoming Idaho and Utah will go to
the convention in a special train over
the San Pedro road. 1t is expected that
the number of delegates in attendance
at the convention in Los Angeles viii
be 1000, the greatest in the history of
the organization.
At the meeting on Tuesday the fol- |
lowing representation of delegates from
Utah, Idaho and Nevada were present:
DR.. NJ. A. Hughes and John j. Harvey
of Salt Lake: Senator =. L. Flanagan
and NJ. j. Kiely of Reno; j. g. Frudell
and T. ID. Gilmore of Pocatello; David
Hickey and Abbott Maginnis of Ogden:
p. ]. Shelby and F. c. Hummel of
Boise
The meeting was called to order by
Territorial Deputy George J. Gibson.
Charles A. Mcguire of Ogden was
chosen temporary recorder The morn
ing session was devoted to adopting the
bylaws and a vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Mr.. Gibson for the efficient |
work he has performed in the past to
bring the order up to its present state !
of efficiency.
At noon the delegates and alternates |
adjourned to the Commercial club, |
where they were entertained atluncheon |
by J. B. Cosgriff. At o'clock the |
council reassembled and elected the |
following officers for the ensuing year: |
State deputy George J. Gibson; state |
secretary, Abbot Maginnis of Ogden: |
state treasurer. ]. B. Cosgriff of Salt |
Lake; state warden, Richard T. Hogan |
of Pocatello; state advocate, Judge w. |
L. Maginnis of Ogden. Jesse B. Haw- |
ley of Boise was elected alternate to |
the national convention to be held in !
Los Angeles next month. Mr.. Gibson |
viii go there as the regular delegate |
by virtue of his Office of state deputy. |
It was voted to hold the next state con- |
vention in Ogden the first Tuesday in |
May, 1906. The work throughout the |
afternoon was harmonious.
At $50 O'Clock in the evening a re- !
ception was rendered the visitors at the I
rooms of the Salt Lake council. Short I
addresses were made. There was vocal I
and instrumental music by the guests |
and their entertainers, and luncheon |