The San Francisco call., 1906-08-22

PICNIC at San Mateo engaged
~ the delegates TO the eonven-
a tions Of the Ancient order Of
HiberHians and the Ladies
Auxiliary yesterday and enough good
fun was enjoyed to justify bending
down to business today. The Hi
bernians, full of human impulse, had
their enjoyment firsr and left the most
important business affairs of their
session TO the closing day. Incidental
~. ample opportunity has been given
FOR the political maneuverings in
which the delegates delight to engage.
The election of officers will be held
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and the
meeting place for the next convention
two years hence will also be chosen.
While the contests are absorbing the
attention Of the delegations the mat
ter Of greatest significance TO the
order will be a resolution that Past
President Bernard Higgins Of San
Jose viii introduce recommending that
the Ancient Order or Hibernians hold
q great celebration of St. Patrick's
day in some city OF the State next
March Il. The idea is that all Irish
men in California shall be invited to
attend ana lldl observance OL llAC lld-
tional holiday OF Ireland shall be on
q scale never attempted before in the
West.
HIGGINS STARTS MOVEMENTS.
Higgins will also urge in his resolu-
tion that the celebration be made dis
tinctively the affair OF the Order of
.IIibernians. Heretofore the order has
always Joined with other organizations
in observing the day and never fol-
lowed the commands of the constitu
tion that an independent celebration
shall be held. In the thirty-five years
that the Hibernians have been organ
5zed on the coast they have not done
justice, they feel. to the patron saint
and the intention is that the affair
next year shall make up in elaborate
fashion for the many years Of COM
parative indifference.
The discussion among the delegates
yesterday favored the resolution that
Higgins announced he would intro
duce, and it viii in all probability be
carried
IN the election OF officers it appears
that the bay counties will take the
honors. The interior is not without
its strong candidates. notably ]. NJ
McGarry Of Los angeles for president,
but the lively button-holing that went
on yesterday and last night indicated
that San Francisco and vicinity will
exercise the force Of superiority Of
numbers and keep the personnel of
control here.
ORDER Is FLoURISHING.
The convention of the Order Of Hi
bernians was called to order at 9
o'clock yesterday morning in St.
Peters Hall. The report Of President
T. Z. Lahan for the past two years
was received. The order was shown to
be in a flourishing condition both as to
finances and membership. the latter
having grown at an almost unprece-
dented rate. President Lahan con-
graduated the membership highly on
the good work il had done for the dis
tressed people Of San Francisco and
he said that the generosity and fra
ternal activity exhibited by the Irish
people on every hand in those trying
times would forever remain a matter
OF great pride to the nationality.
The reports Of Secretary James Far
reu and Treasurer Z. J. Murphy,
which were corroborative of the testi-
mony the president gave of the pros
porous state Of the order, were also
read. They We're referred in usual
course to the finance committee. The
committees on laws, grievances and
good Of the order also made reports.
At II o'clock the convention adjourned
for the day that the delegates might
LADIES ATTEND PICNIC.
They were met by the delegates to
the Ladies Auxiliary convention and
three of the large excursion cars of
the United Railroads were filled with
merrymalzers for the journey TO Hay
ward Park. The weather was all that
could be desired, and under the oaks
and pine trees a long table awaited
with a bountiful luncheon. The outing
was thoroughly successful, brimming g
with good humor and bustling with
the activity of the political workers
over the contests that are to come to-
day At the picnic grounds there were
3mpromptu races and number of
delegates were called on for remarks.
The convention will be closed with
a banquet at Tait's tonight, when ora
tory viii flow and the vigorous life
p of. the Ancient Order of Hibernians
will be toasted with the enthusiasm of
those who are bent on making the
order representative still more OF the