The Irish standard., 1910-09-10
Will Be Held in Buffalo, N. Y,
During the Closing Days of
the Present Month.
From All Indications it Will Be the
Largest Ever Held by the
National Body.
Over One Thousand Delegates Will
Be Present to Greet the
Irish ENJOYS.

Plans for the national convention Of
the United Irish League of America,
to be held in Buffalo, September &C.
20, are now about complete. All indi-
cations point to q most successful and
enthusiastic gathering, says the Buff
falo Catholic Union and Times of
September /.
Among those who have signified their
intention to come are the following
gentlemen who were present at the
organization of the Land League in
this city in 1881: Col. Roger F. Scan
nell and Michael P. Curran of Boston,
Patrick Ford editor Of the Irish World,
and General James O'Beirne of New
York, e. O'Meagher Condor of Spring.
field, Mass. John j. Hynes of this
city, who was secretary of the Land
League, will, as matter of course,
be present. Boston will send 1855 dele
gates, while other towns in New Eng
land will swell the total from that Sec
ton to 300. Brooklyn branches have
elected fifty delegates, and so it goes.
Some Of the Delegates.
The national officers will all be here.
They are: President, Michael J..
Ryan, Philadelphia; vice-Presidents,
William Temple Emmett, New York;
Michael e. Smith, st. Louis; Charles
F. Cooke, Chicago; Patrick Martin,
Baltimore; Hon. John Fitzpatrick. New
Orleans; Hugh McCanrey, Philadel-
phia; Secretary, John O'Callaghan,
Boston, Mass; Treasurer, T. B. Fitz-
patrick, Boston, Mass.
Among the members Of the National
Executive Committee may be named
Hon. w. Bourke Cochran, Patrick Ford,
Rt. Rev. Charles McCready, D. D., Pat
rick Egan, John Purroy Mitchell,
Michael Breslin, Roderick ]. Kennedy,
New York City; John ]. O'Connor, Hon.
James Dunno, Brooklyn, N. T.; Rt. Rev.
m ST. DcIllS " NdAd6ud1lt L.. LIZ,
Timmins, M. D., T. J. Dillon, M. D.,
Boston, Mass; Patrick J. Duane, WAL
than, Mass; Rev. James T. OReilly,
Lawrence, Mass; Hon. Augustine j.
DAILY, Cambridge, Mass; Edward
O'Meagher Condor, Springfield, Mass. ;
John J. McDonough, IL. D., Fall River,
Mass; Thomas Reilly, 5ames F. Len
non, Michael Donohus, DR.. Hugh P.
McAniff, DR.. William ]. O'Brien, Phila-
delphia, Pa; Patrick F. Martin, M. D.,
Baltimore, Md; William F. Downey,
Miss Sabina Davitt, Washington, D. c.;
j. F. T. O'Connor, Grand Forks, N. D.;
Judge M. g. Munly, DR.. Andrew c.
Smith, Portland, Ore; w. H. Grady,
Bangor, Me-; John Boyd, Jersey City
N. T.; John ]. O'Connor, Bellows Falls,
VT; Rev. James c. Walsh, Providence,
r. l.; James A. Daley, Toledo, O.; L.
r. Buckley, DR.. John Guerin, Rev.
Denis Hayes, Daniel Hanrahan, J. v.
Clarke, Chicago, ILL.,; Rev. Frank l..
Reynolds, Aurora, ILL.,; John P. Leahy
Edward Dewey, Rev. G. F. O'Leary, st.
Louis. Mo-; Col. John P. Sullivan, New
Orleans; Hon. James D. Phelan, r. G.
O'Conor, San Francisco, CAL; Michael
Fftzgibbon, Montreal Can; Joseph
Geohegan. Salt Lake City, Utah; NJ.
J. Costello, Pueblo, COL; Rev. John M.
Harrington, orono, Maine; William
O'Herin, Parsons, Kans.; Hugh CAL
lagher, Montgomery, Ala; Frank p.
Walsh, Kansas City, Mo.
Local Committees.
At the meeting Of Parnell branch
last Wednesday evening a general A.
nance committee was chosen, the plans
of the convention and the entertain
ment of the Irish ENJOYS and dele
gates were decided upon, and plans for
the decorations and financing Of the
convention were discussed. Sixty more
names were added to the membership
of tho branch, which is now nearing
the 300 mark, and it was decided to
make a systematic canvass to double
these figures.
The Program.
The program decided upon IL ~ fol-
lows: