The Irish standard., 1908-07-18
h. 0. n. CONVENTION
Everything in Readiness For
the National Gathering
OF the Order at Indianapolis,
Ind, on Tuesday Next.


the grea.t national convention OF tire
Ancient. Orders of Hibernians and the
Ladies' Auxiliaries, which will be
held in Indianapolis beginning July 81,
says The Boston Pilot, of the 1lth
inst.
The COMMITTEE Of arrangements, OF
which the chairman is Maurice Don
nelly, president of Div. 2, Indianapo-
lis; the secretary, Joseph P. o'AIa-
hony. Of. Div. Z, and the treasurer,
John T. Carr, and whose members
also include James H. Deery. Michael
Casserly and Bartholomew E. Cava-
nagh, have done their work we'll. and
the indications are that the program
will be carried out without a hitch.
There will be about 800 delegates.
consisting Of the national officers aud
board OF directors, state officers. the
county presidents, delegates chosen
by the county boards, the adjutani-
general of the Hibernian Rifles OF
AIlSGICd 14lo lUO SO1O14S4 W SCSAA 4SS1"
ment. The representatives to the
ladies' convention will be chosen in
the same way, with the exception of
the military delegates.
Delegates to the Convention.
Following is a partial list OF the
delegates to the mems convention:
National ofiGers-President. Matthew
Cummings, Of Neponset. Boston; vi.s-
president. James ]. Regan, Of st. Paul.
Mimi: secretary, James T. Carroll, Of
Columbus, O.; treasurer, John F.
Quinn, Of Joliet. ILL.,: chaplain. Rev.
John D. Kennedy, rector Of st. jos
eph's Church, Danbury, Conn.
National Directors-Patrick T. Mor-
an, Of Washington: Major e. T. Nc
Crystal. Of New York; Rev. M. J.
Byrne, rector of ST. AIMS Church.
Lafayette, Ind; W. j. O'Brien. M. D..
OF Philadelphia; John T. Kelly. of NIL
!waukee.
Ladies' Auxiliary.
National Ofacers-President, Miss
Anna c. Malta, Of Scranton, Pa;
vice president, Mrs. Mary Mccarthy.
of westheld, Mass: secretary. Mrs
Louis A. Du Ross, of Clinton. ". T.;
treasurer, Mrs. Mary B. Daley. ct
Minneapolis; chaplain. Rev. John B.
Kennedy, of Danbury, Conn.
President cumminss' Report.
National President Cummings will
have a most interesting and encoura.
ging report to make at the conve.a-
tion. It will show that the Order.
the greatest organization in the world
OF one nationality and one faith, is to-
day in better condition than ever bc-
fore, in influence and character,
numerically and financially; and It has
grown remarkably. Mr.. Cummings
courteously furnished The Pilot the
following facts and figures from hlt
report:
Since the last convention there has
been a gain in membership OF the A.
o. H. Of 1oRso, and in the Ladies'
Auxiliary of s,132. The total men,
bership Of the combined order now
reaches the magnificent total OF 1885,
1855. OF this number New England
has about 5000 members and Massa-
chusetts, the banner state Of the
order, has 45,ooo.
There is now in the treasury ss3t-
es6.ss. The total assets are $780,
0es.s7. The Order owns real estate
valued at $762,ooo. Of which more than
$4,000 worth is in Massachusetts. Ihe
total receipts for the last year were
s177,464.4s.
branch established in a number of
states, including Massachusetts,, Iii
nois. Michigan, Minnesota and On
tario.
Mr.. Cummings informs us tha'
i number Of very important subjects
are to come before the convention for
. SStL10IQcut. ouo Ol These WILL Oe CllC
question of federating with the order
In Ireland, where it is divided into
two societies. Another will be in re-
gard to establishing national insur-
ance branch, to replace the states
system.
Mr.. Cummings In his report will
make several recommendations of
much interest. He will make a
strong plea for assistance in the
movement to revive Irish industries
He will recommend that the order
erect a Celtic cross on Quarantine
island, about 1s miles below Quebec,
az a memorial to the Irish emigrarts
who lie buried there. Over $4,000 vic
tins, who fed from their land during
the awful famine Of 1s47, rest in q
/ pit that is unmarked and neglected.
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