Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-30
ANCIENT ORDER OF
HIBERNIANS

The Ancient Order of Hibernians and
the Ladies' auxiliary have closed inn
portant sessions of the state cOnven-
ton held in Oakland. The following
is taken from the Tioings of Los An
geles;
of this city was elected state president
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at
the convention held in Oakland last
week. The other officers elected were:
Vice president T. j. Desmond of Ala
media county; secrtary, M. p. Grift1ths
of Santa Clara county; treasurer John
Donohoe of San Francisco.
'In his address to the convention
State President M. Donohoe said:
"'The per capita tax levied by the
last convention was entirely too low
to meet the necessary expenses OF our
organization according to compilation
of expenses levied by the last state
convention. / would suggest that a
per capita tax be levied on all MEM
bers in good standing for the upbuild-
ing of our order, that is, the organizing
of AZ division in every county where
none exists. The military branch
should be assisted financially; the ex-
penses of delegates to national con-
Yentions should be definitely set by
this convention and thus avoid all crit
icism by members hereafter. | would
also ask of this convention that you
carefully consider the necessity of this
organization controlling it's own af-
fairs and let no other society what
ever it may be ever control or try to
influence this organization. / might
also be permitted to state that the
members of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans do not take any dictation from
any other society that is not opposed
to our religion or nationality
rarslr cn H.
trusted by the national convention to
our national president and his grace,
Archbishop McFaul, to bring about a
united stand Of the A. o. Fl. in Ireland
and the A. o. H. in America, should
be encouraged and approved by all
state conventions
1.-The report of the standing of the
order throughout this state is very en-
couraging, there being an increase or
400 members in the past two years. 1t
plainly shows that this state is in a
position to rank among the leading
states regarding our order, II only a
little energy and more harmony on the
part of our members were exhibited.
/ am pleased to be able to state at
this time that in the past two years
the Hibernian Rifles have made great
progress and are deserving OF your
consideration in the future, for no
greater blow can the government or
England receive than that the Irishmen
of 1908 are the same and will until
death remain the same as the men
of '9S'
cat the closing session of the conven=
tion the committees on bylaws,
finances, Irish history, resolutions and
grievances made extended reports and
many changes were made in the state
bylaws and numerous resolutions
adopted. One of the resolutions adopt
ed was that which approved of the
teaching of Irish history in Catholic
parochial schools, where large per-
centage OF the pupils are Of Irish par
entage.
Los Angeles county was represented
in the convention by Mr.. MCGUIRE, p.
J. O'Connor. Chris Hickson. Il. lyman,
F. c. Walsh, the Rev. Paul Dillon,
d. T. Nc Laughlin. M. ]. McGarry, I.
]. Hickey, p. o. Carol, d. M. Walsh.
To Honor Mr.. McGarry
'There viii be a meeting Of the An
cient Order of Hibernians of this city
at Mammoth hall, South Broadway, on
September at 5 p. m. The regular
business OF the division viii be trans
acted promptly, after which there will
be a general good time for the mem