The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-22
May Is President of
 IA. o. H. With Big Vote
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balloting upon candidates for the vice presidency. Peter Griffin of Water bury, John Leeney Of New Britain and M. c. Kennedy of Hartford were the nominees before the convention
 and there developed a warm contest because of the popularity of each
 man. It is anticipated that. no other
 candidate will be nominated for the Lyons of Hartford, who has been in that office, for many years, will be elected by exclamation.
 Late this afternoon John E. Leeney was elected vice president. winning over Peter Griffin of Waterbury. The John F. Mccarthy, and the treasurer, Edward T. Lyons, of Hartford. were reelected to those respective offices, by exclamation. Immediately after the officers were elected the convention proceeded to install them State President Philip J. Sullivan fof Thompsonville, who has been elected national secretary of the or der presided as state president Tor the last time today. He called the convention to order at 10 o'clock and the minutes of the meetings of yes- terday were read, approved and ac- eepted. After that reports from the convention committee were called for. The resolutions committee offered the usual resolutions and others that were sent to it for consideration. A resolution with regard to delegates came up during this part of the fore noon and developed much debate. The resolution advocated, that there be a change made in the manner of choosing delegates and that here ing delegates, the officers of each division, five in number: serve as such. The resolution was lost. The
 convention listened to reports of oth- CT committees. It was most gratifying to the dele
 gates that the claims committee had | to report that not one single claim or grievance had been filed. Consid- ering that the conventions are bi- ennial and that there is much time for grievances to creep in, the dele
 gates were highly pleased over the report.
 The finance committee reported and 1 it's report didn't differ one penny from that of the. treasurer and the secretary. The committee on auxili- ary submitted a report in which it recommended the passage of a reso- I lution of greeting to the Ladies auxi,i- ary, in convention at Odd Fellows i hall. A resolution was adopted and l Hon. David D. Fitzgerald and Brother | Horrigan were delegated to convey the greetings of the convention to the
 ladies. with. the resolution that was 1 adopted.
 | 4 committee from the Ladies' con l vention conveyed similar felicitations to the A. o. H. convention.
 The Ladies auxiliary convened again today at 10:3O o'clock in Odd Fellows hall Throughout the forenoon ses.
 noon the time was taken up ip listen ing to reports of the state officers and the convention committees. The secretary and treasurere' reports were most gratifying and showed an ex. cellent condition of affairs in the or 1 will be reached late in the afternoon 1 Miss Sadie Grace, state secretary. o1 1 New Britain and Mrs. Kate Foley art
 the most prominently mentioned fol
 the presidency.
 day, Lawrence J. Gill, Charles J I fByrne and James Feeley. reached their decision as to which of the beau. Itiful floats were to receive the prizes 1 today. The New Haven float, No. i ! was awarded the first prize; the sec ond was given to Shelton. the third fifth, Bridgeport Ladies' auxiliary sixth, Bridgeport Brian Boru; seventh Danbury and eighth, Waterbury.
 l In the resolutions adopted this fore
 noon was one to the effect that tue reorganization do all in it's power to en-
 
 I the organization renew it's pledge to support the diocesan paper, The Cath sokc Transcript and remind 'tour broth CTS of the necessity of reading each issue which so ably stands for our iHoly Mother church"
 Another resolution in which the Con- necticut delegates renewed loyalty to
 the mother church. and dealt with many other questions of importance,
 was adopted. Thanks were expressed to the local committee on arrange ments in it's work on the convention Iplans; thanks were extended to Gov. Baldwin for his presence, and to May- or Wilson and city officials for their Ico-operation in the work; graLefulness was expressed to the Catholic clergy for their interest and zeak in the work of the order: the Ladies' Auxiliary was praised for it's assistance; congratula- tions were extended to State President Sullivan; and the people of Ireland were congratulated on the prospect | of their speedily obtaining a parlia- nent in Dublin and power to legisiate l for the government of Ireland"
 1 Other clauses in this important res- l. I've congratulate our kindred in the Told Land on the vast strides they have made socially, industrially and educationally during the past decade, and we desire to record our apprecia- | LIOu Ol lIC WOA h VI HAAS @~S~~AAN -N>S~'> ~' and all other organizations which have contributed so substantially to the re- building of the Irish Nation.
 sWe congratulate the Irish Parlia- pentary party on tn esuccess which has attended its untiring efforts to obtain for the cradleland of the race it's inalienab1e right to govern itself. 1 i've assert that nothing less than absolute independence can ever be con- sidered by our race at home or abroad T as a final settlement of the Irish cues ton.
 .sWhile we bow in humble submis- sion to the will of the Most High in l removing from our midst our beloved Father John Kennedy, yet we desire I at this time ito pay loving tribute tn his sterling qualities as a man and a loyal worker in the Order.
 I "R esoIved: That the understanding between the German-American Ali i ance and our order be continued. The T fraternal feeling existing among us l has already accomplished much, and l is a promise of what yet may be brought about to the benefit of both | nations. We approve of the display i of the Irish flag on German holidays and also other manifestations of our and their friendships. We welcome similar alliances with all other races when the same can be honorably con- surnmated.
 The resolutions committee conpris- ed Dannis J. Slavin, chairman; Joseph
 Dutton, secretary; F. J. Murtha, John TT Brown Patrick T 0aRrien Iohr Q