The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-26
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EXPRESS DISSATISFACTION
AT PROCEEDINGS.
Claim Undue influence Was Brought
to Bear on Delegates in Late
Election.

New Jersey delegates. who returned last
night from the convention Of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent Association, just con-
Guided in Springfield. Mass, were loud
in their denunciation of the interference
Of Bishop McQuaid. of Rochester. their
supreme spiritual adviser, whom they
claim used mis- influence to avert the cleo
ton of Mrs. Mary r. Costello, of Brook
lyn. for the supreme presidency.
The New Jersey delegates We're united
In their support of Mrs. Costello against
Mrs. e. B. MCGOWAN. the present incum-
bent. who has served as supreme presi-
dent for seventeen years, or since the
inception of the L. c. b. A., and they
claim that Mrs. Costello would have been
elected but for the interference Of the
bishop. In the case of other officers where
this influence was not used, the reform
candidates were elected.
To substantial their charges and TO show
the comparative strength OF the admins
tration and the reform forces, the delegates
cited the case of e~lectfng one trustee. The
opposing nominees were Mrs. Alicia Blaney,
of Buffalo, a sister of the supreme presi-
dent, and said by many to be the backbone
of the administration and Mrs, Mary Early,
of Brooklyn. There was no Interference on
this vote, IL is claimed, 1t being a question
of which party had the strongest support
On this vote Miss Early received 425 bal-
lots as against 1885 for Miss Blaney. This
result, the reformers claim, is sufficient
proof hat If the election had been left to
the determination of the delegates the re-
suit would have been entirely different.
Mrs. Maria Quinn. of this city, a su-
preme trustee and the leading spirit in the
New Jersey forces, was interviewed at
her home this morning. When asked for
an opinion of the interference of the
a,fA - ,.nl a1.ten. .laA aafI. stDichnn AIa-
Quaid is our spiritual adviser and l do not
wish to c~riticise him or oppose him. ! pre-
sumo he acted as he thought would benefit
the society most"
Mrs. Quinn received a hearty reception
from members of st Johns Branch of the
l.. c. b. A., of which she is president,
when her train reached Newark last night.
The members went to the depot from
their regula. meeting, and at sight of
their president as she alighted from the
train. they broke into hearty cheers.
Mrs. Quinn is one of the leaders of the
reform party, and her work Mt the con
vention was highly commended by thu
Newark women.
The Jerseyites are triumphant over thu
passage of several amendments to thu
constitution, which they claim is "A vic
tory. Among the latter is the reduction
in the price of the Fraternal Leader. the
organ of the l.. c. b. A. to rs cents a
year for each member, and the reduction
OF the additional so cents which was
charged with each assessment, which
means a saving of IS a year to the
branches. Another powerful amendment
gained was one which requires a member
ship of seventy-lye instead of fifty before
a branch will be eligible to send a dele
gate to a convention. and said member
shin to be listed with the supreme re-
corder not later than December 81 pre-
ceding the convention.
This. it Is said, will foil any attempt on
the part of branches to gain false repre-
s~ontation, as was practised IN several
instances at the present convention.
The present board of trustees Is rs FOL
lows: Miss Margaret Gallagher. Of Port
Jervis; Miss Kate Gaughran, of Ohio; Miss
Elizabeth Burns, Of New York; Miss julia
Ward, of Chicago; Miss Mary T.. Early,
Of Brooklyn. held over from last con-
vention; Miss Kate Mahoney, Of Troy;
Miss Bertha McEntee, of Pittshurg; Mrs.
Maria Quinn, OF New Jersey, and Miss
Mary Y. Brady. OF Pittsburg.