The Irish standard., 1914-09-26
H|B[Rh|AhS HOLD STATE CONVENTION
Minnesota Delegates Auxiliary
neapols-Nationa Secretary of L. A. A. o. H.
Present for Convention.
Prosperity of berniansm in Minnesota Delights DelegateLad
Auxiliary Among First in National Importance. III,

Auxiliary Among First
The annual state convention of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the
Ladies' Auxiliary opened Informally
at the West Hotel on Tuesday even
ing, Sept. 22nd, with a reception in
honor of Mrs. Adelia Christy, Ma
tional Secretary of the Ladies' Aux
iliary, who came from Cleveland,
Ohio. to attend the convention. The
delegates took advantage of the oc-
casion to renew old acquaintance
and for the new delegates to mingle
and become acquainted. The weather
man provided a week of excellent
weather and everything from the
opening to the close of the conven-
tion went off as outlined in the pro-
gram. The large number Of dele
gates that arrived on Tuesday were.
increased in number when the con-
vention opened on Wednesday morn
ing with Mass at the new Pro-Ca-
thedral at 10 o'clock where Mass was
celebrated by Rev. M. O'Brien, past
state chaplain and pastor of st.
Thomas Church in Minneapolis. He
was assisted in the Mass by Father
Byrnes and Father O'Neill, assistant
pastors at the Pro-Cathedral. The
sermon preached by Rev. Thos. E..
Cullen, pastor of the Pro-Cathedral
parish, was an impressive sermon on
the faith of the Irish race. At the
close of the Mass the delegates as
sembled at the entrance of the Pro-
Cathedral where photographs were
made of the assemblage. The dele
gates went directly from the Pro-
Cathedral to the A. o. U. w. Hall,
where a Joint session was held, last
ing for over an hour. County. Presi-
dent J. P. Donahue Of Hennepin
county presided and in a few we'll
chosen words welcomed the delegates
on behalf of Hennepin county and in
troduced Mr.. Geo. Nye, son of Mayor
Wallace G. Nye, who welcomed the
delegates in the absence of the
mayor, who is now in the east. Mr..
Nye, in welcoming the delegates,
spoke. of his interest in all that per-
tanned to the Irish people and the
special knowledge he had of the Irish
race, because of having married an
Irish girl six years ago. He well
coined the delegates to Minneapolis
and bid them to journey about the
city and witness for themselves the
wonderful growth of the metropolitan
city of Minnesota. County President
Donahue then introduced State Presi-
dent T. J. Doyle, who spoke very elo-
quently on behalf Of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians and assured Mr..
Nye of the generous acceptance of the
hearty welcome extended and ex-
planned the principles upon which the
order was founded, and the motto
which guides the deliberations and
actions of the order. Mrs. J. j.
Daley responded for the Ladies' Aux
iliary and congratulated Mr.. Nye,
when, in search of a wife. to have
chosen fair daughter of Erin, and
accepted. in her usual happy manner.
the welcome extended by Mr.. Nye.
Chairman Donahue resigned the ga
vel to State President T. J. Doyle.
President Doyle referred to the hap
py circumstance of having the Ma
tional Secretary of the Ladies' Aux
iliary present at the meeting and
called on her to address the conven-
vention. Mrs. Christy responded in
her usual happy manner, referring to
the prosperity of Hibernianism in
Minnesota and the strength of the Or
der in the state. Mrs. Christy' g
statement that the Ladies' Auxiliary
in Minnesota was third in point OF
numbers in the entire United States
and first in point Of financial pros
perity of any state in the union, was
received with hearty applause from
all present. Solos were rendered by
Mrs. Molly Lacy, after which the
Ladies adjourned to their separate
hall, where the reports of the COM
mittees were made and the business
of the convention outlined. At three
O'Clock the delegates assembled at the
West Hotel where the automobile
committee, in charge of M. j. Gill,
had automobiles waiting to convey
the delegates of the convention on a
sightseeing trip around the city. The
sightseeing trip was one that will
long linger in the minds of the visi-
tors. The beauty spots of Mime
apolis were the object of delight and
surprise on the part of those who
made the trip. Wednesday evening
a musical program was given at'the
West Hotel. where refreshments