Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-12
KNIGHTS REFLECT MULLEN
Order of Columbus Holds Annual
State Convention Here.
REPORTS SHOW RAPID GROWTH
Catholic University Fund Endorsed
and Resolution Passed Urging
October IL National and
state Holiday.

state Holiday.
knights OF Columbus Of Nebraska and
delegates from all over the state, as
sembled yesterday IN the knights OF
Columbus hall in the Board of
Trade building for the annual state con-
vention State Deputy Arthur +. Mullen
of O'Neill and the entire board Of state
officers were reelected for the coming
year. IL was voted TO hold the next state
convention in Omaha, and effort will
be made to have October II. Columbus Day,
made state holiday. The delegates to the
national convention will also use their
influence to have the discoverer Of America
honored by trying to have Columbus Day
declared a national holiday.
These other officers were elected for the
state Of Nebraska
State secretary Mark Burke of Column
bus; state treasurer, Joseph II. Schmidt
OF Omaha; state warden, James F. Nc
Nulty of Wymore; state advocate, Frank
Real of North Platte state chaplain,
Rev. William Windlof of Creighton.
District Deputy w. Il. Straub of Lincoln,
was unanimously chosen as the delegate
to the next national convention in Mon
treal to represent the associate members
in the order in Nebraska. The following
members were elected alternates to the
delegates who are to attend the national
gathering: A. P. Mentgen of Wymore, T.
p. Lanigan of Greeley and T. p. Redmond
of Omaha. The regular delegates will be
State Deputy Arthur F., Mullen and Past
state Deputy e. ]. Smyth
| Order Growing Most Rapidly.
| The convention was called to order by
| State Deputy Mullen, who made his annual
report showing the prosperous condition of
the order in the state. His report read:
! For the seventh time, the knights of
Columbus have assembled in state con-
vention. The growth Of the order in this
| state has been little less than marvellous.
March 49, 1902 the order was first intro
duced into the state by the institution of
Omaha council. April 80, 1910 the order had
a membership of 1926 distributed in sixteen
subordinate councils March 4, 1905, Brother
| T. j. Mahoney of Omaha, then territorial
deputy of the state. convened a conven-
ton at Omaha for the purpose of organic
ing a state council
! AT that time the order in the state con-
| sisted of four councils, having an aggre-
gate membership of 60 Since the first state
convention, a little more than five years
| ago. twelve new councils have been insti-
tuted, and more than $500 new members
have been added. The order during the
year has made much progress and has
had a very substantial growth. March Is,
1910, the total membership of the order at
large was 612 and the total number of
subordinate councils was 1,ll9 distributed
in forty-seven different state councils.
There are subordinate councils in every
state in the union, in nearly all the prov
nces of Canada, in Mexico, in Porto Rico,
in Cuba, in the canal zone and in the
| Philippine islands.
| On February 2G, according to the records
of the national office, the amount of funds
on hand were as follows: GencSal fund
S53676.17; death benefit fund, $4,000; mortu-
airy reserve fund, $1,000, 359.S3, making a
grand total of s., 064, O36"
Warns Against Undertakes.
| Mr. Mullen added that although no new
councils have been added during the last
year permission has been granted to
ganize new council at Sutton, and appli-
cations for councils at Albion and Fremont
are pending. He said that although it is
the wish of the state council that the order
increase. still no effort should be made to
increase the ranks by adding undesirable
members He stated that the officers and
members OF the order should protect the
organization by maintaining the present
high standard of membership. Touching
upon the insurance membership in the or
der, he referred tc 1t as one of the vital
features and advocated an increase in in
surance membership.
Speaking of the Catholic University of
America, Mr. Mullen declared: THE Cath
Ollie citizenship of this country ought to
and should build up great Catholic uni
versity. The only way this can be done is
for each individual to do his full share.
There never was a time in the history of
the world when there was so much need for
strong Catholic institutions of learning. The
Catholic popula ton of the United States
numbering over 2OOOO,OOO, ought to have a
great university, in which all have an in
terest.
This order should do all in its power to
advance the cause of Catholic education. In
doing this, 1t will carry out one of the OBJ
jects OF the order; it will render an import
ant service both to the church and the ma
ton. The project of having the knights
Of Columbus raise 100000 endowment for
the Catholic university at Washington
marks an important event in the life Of this
order"
Following the report of the state deputy
we're the reports of the other state officers
showing the Knights Of Columbus to be in
good moral and financial standing in the
state of Nebraska Following the resolu.
tons adopted approving Of making October
Y a state and national holiday, it was voted
TO endorse the Nebraska Catholic newspe
per, the True Voice, as the official organ Of
the Knights of Columbus in this state
Delegates Go to Ball Game.
The convention closed in the Afternoon
in time to allow the members to attend the
base ball game. Most of the visiting dele
gates attended the regular meeting o.
Omaha council Tuesday night, and after
short business session Grand Knight r. p
Redmond took charge of social session
A musical entertainment was given by