A. O. H. CONVENTION NEARS THE CLOSE

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1910-09-13, p.3

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Summary

"(Continued From Page One.)" Coverage of the closing day of the Montana state AOH convention held in Butte, September 1910 — three months after the Centerville-degrees 107-candidate meeting (1910-06-09). Heavy block of formal resolutions, committee names, and ladies' auxiliary appointments. **Resolutions text** (verbatim from the clipping, lightly cleaned): > "To the Officers and Delegates of the Fourteenth Biennial > Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in the State > of Montana: Continuance and Brothers — We, your committee on > resolutions, respectfully present for your consideration and > approval the following report. At this, the Fourteenth Biennial > convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in the state of > Montana, as so much of Montana, so much our allegiance to our > holy church and to the great symbols of the United States for > the establishment and preservation of which so many of our race > fought and bled. We believe in the complete and absolute > independence of Ireland, and in that end the day of her > redemption from alien rule may be hastened, we demand united > vigorous Irishmen, where, as well as breadth of toleration of > sister races. We expressly demand the proper instruction of the > Irish question and successfully so doing. The selection of > Ireland will be worked out on her own soil by her own > unselfish race. We congratulate the Gaelic league on its > successful fight for sympathetic recognition of the national > university, applaud its position and pledge it our united > support. **We resolve to thank the newspapers of Butte and > Anaconda for the generous space they have given the proceedings > of the convention.** [Signed:] JEREMIAH J. LYNCH, Chairman. > CHARLES BREEN, Secretary. T. J. McCARTHY. JAMES GREELY. T. J. > GIBBONS." **Committees Named.** State President John J. O'Meara of yesterday afternoon's session: - Credentials — John Frawney, D. O'Niel, M. Cooper, J. F. Gunny, Tom Coberly, M. Lenahan. - Rules of order and business — J. J. O'Mahoney, Charles H. Gallagher, Ed Fitzpatrick, J. Mullaney, Frank Fitzpatrick, T. J. McCarthy. - Official reports — Martin Durkan, Daniel Boyne, Charles H. Gallagher, A. Lonelle, T. J. Boone, John W. Dwyer, P. J. Greasy. - Finance — T. P. Cassiman, M. Lenahan, James Hurley, W. C. Reaves, John Gribben, A. Mullarkey. - Resolutions — Thos. Boyne, Leo Smolter, J. P. Greasy, J. J. Gibbons, T. J. Mc-Carthy, M. Houlton, L. L. Lonelle. - Organization — James Connolly, A. Mullarkey, T. J. Kelly, M. E. Boone, M. J. Lawrigue, P. P. Lelne, Rev. John Hennessy. - Business — James O'Reilly, J. P. Grasse, Thomas Moran, Owen O'Neill, James Murphy, M. Gnagle. - Military organization — T. J. Horan, J. Cassman, P. Greag, John P. Lese, M. Kennedy. - Scholarship — Rev. M. J. Hennon, Peter Fallaghan, J. M. Heenan, J. R. O'Brien, Dasly D'Neil, J. P. Greasy, J. J. O'Mahoney. - Insurance — Thomas P. Gallagher, Don Lynch, Ed Fitzpatrick, T. W. Greens, Robert Mortimer, T. C. Mulhern, Patrick H. Dwyer, Henrik Burglar, Martin Doctan, P. J. Greasy. - Grievances — P. O'Donnell, J. J. McCardle, John Heenan, A. Mullarkey. - Ladies' auxiliary — Lucy Burley, John Stanley, J. J. Cowan, Henria O'Niel, John P. Lent, A. Mullarkey. - Press — Charles Gallagher, P. J. Sullivan, Thomas Coberly, A. Mullarkey. - **Aims of Irish substance — W. C. Reaves, James Murphy, Dora P. Kane, James Cribben, John P. Greasy.** - **Yesterday afternoon's session ended at 4 o'clock. The committees will then resume their work, sitting committees, cooperated individually, and rules of order had reported.** The committee on Irish history reported in their report that a joint committee, let us... **Talk Over Old Times.** A passage describing the ladies' enjoyment in St George's hall and warm friends apart, looking over old times, with men [...] reception, food kindly Lenahan ladies after they parted with at this happy event. The reading that day was to be introduced at St. George's hall. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) The September 1910 state AOH convention in Butte — JJM (here as "James Murphy" on the Business committee and possibly on the Irish-history-textbook "Aims of Irish substance" committee) appears alongside Charles H. Gallagher (multiple committees) and a JJM-Gallagher pairing on the Irish-history thread that the user filed under. The clipping prints the resolutions chairman as "JEREMIAH J. LYNCH" — confirming Judge J. J. Lynch's given name as Jeremiah, supporting consolidation with person_jeremiah_j_lynch_ballycrovane. (b) The pre-1912 JJM is visible on a state-level committee here; this is the launch pad for his county-presidency election two years later. TRANSCRIPTION NOTE. OCR-degraded in many committee names; spellings flagged "(sic)" or "[?]" should be treated as uncertain. Page-vision back-pass would tighten the names.

People

  • role: state convention committee member · family confidence: 10 flag

    Identification on context — James Murphy on the Business committee at the 1910 Butte state AOH convention is plausibly JJM (then chief sentinel of the Centerville division, three months later). Lump-rather-than-split bias applies. Could also be the OTHER James Murphy (= person_james_j_murphy_butte_died_1927); held to the JJM-Centerville person consistent with the user's filing.

  • Jeremith J. Lynch (Ballycrovane)(as printed: JEREMIAH J. LYNCH)
    role: resolutions committee chairman · family confidence: 10 flag

    CONFIRMS the given name Jeremiah for Judge J. J. Lynch of the JJM cluster — supports lumping with person_jeremiah_ j_lynch_ballycrovane (Beara-born). Two-records rule still technically applies but this clipping is strong consolidation evidence.

Also mentioned

  • Charles H. Gallagher · rules_of_order_and_official_reports_committee

    Multiple committee appointments — the senior Butte AOH presence here alongside JJM. JJM-Gallagher pairing on the Irish-history thread is what the user filed under.

  • T. J. McCarthy · rules_of_order_and_resolutions_committee
  • John J. O'Meara · state_president_presiding
  • Charles Breen · resolutions_committee_secretary
  • James Greely · resolutions_committee
  • T. J. Gibbons · resolutions_committee
  • James Hurley · finance_committee
  • James Connolly · organization_committee
  • P. J. Sullivan · press_committee
  • Dora P. Kane · aims_of_irish_substance_committee
  • John Gribben · finance_committee
  • Rev. John Hennessy · organization_committee
  • Don Lynch · insurance_committee

    = Dan Lynch elsewhere — typesetting drift.

  • Patrick H. Dwyer · insurance_committee

    Dwyer surname — possible kinship to JJM's 1918 Kilcatherine cousins; worth tracing.

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Tags

  • candidate_family
  • evidence_supporting
  • ocr_degraded

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news_item, public_meeting_report, list_of_officers

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Transcription
transcription: partial · confidence low
# A. O. H. CONVENTION NEARS THE CLOSE *(Continued From Page One.)* *The Butte Daily Post, Tuesday, September 13, 1910, p. 3. (Page header in the clip reads "THE BUTTE INTER MOUNTAIN".)* *[OCR-degraded scan; many proper names below are imperfectly extracted. Captured here as legible from the source PDF; brackets mark uncertain readings.]* ## With the Auxiliary. At last evening's session of the convention of the ladies' auxiliary Mrs. Mary Hicene, county president of Silver Bow, introduced Mrs. J. C. Murphy, the state president. Tomorrow the ladies will break at noon small parties and take trips around the city. The auction will be taken about the city by the members of the local divisions and chosen every courtesy. ## A. O. H. Resolutions. The committee on resolutions for the Hibernians introduced the following resolution this afternoon and the convention adopted them: > "To the Officers and Delegates of the Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in the State of Montana: > > "Continuance and Brothers — We, your committee on resolutions, respectfully present for your consideration and approval the following report. > > "At this, the Fourteenth Biennial convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, in the state of Montana, as so much of Montana, so much our allegiance to our holy church and to the great symbols of the United States for the establishment and preservation of which so many of our race fought and bled. > > "We believe in the complete and absolute independence of Ireland, and in that end the day of her redemption from alien rule may be hastened, we demand united vigorous Irishmen, where, as well as breadth of toleration of sister races. We expressly demand the proper instruction of the Irish question and successfully so doing. The selection of Ireland will be worked out on her own soil by her own unselfish race. > > "We congratulate the Gaelic league on its successful fight for sympathetic recognition of the national university, applaud its position and pledge it our united support. > > "We commend the members of the Ladies' auxiliary for the faithful and valuable service they have rendered the order at Montana during the past 13 years. > > "We deplore the action of an certain seasoned officers in helping bring about an offence between the Irish and German societies of this country. > > "Realizing the importance to our race of spreading a knowledge of Irish history, we sincerely thank those who have been instrumental in introducing the study of that history in the parochial schools of Montana. > > "We consider the position on the post of national conventions of bringing announcements for purposes other than those required by the national constitution and the preamble thereto unwise and detrimental to the best interests of the order. > > "Lastly, we thank the newspapers of Butte and Anaconda for the generous space they have given the proceedings of the convention. > > "JEREMIAH J. LYNCH, Chairman. > "CHARLES BREEN, Secretary. > "T. J. McCARTHY. > "JAMES GREELY. > "T. J. GIBBONS. > > "Committee." ## Committees Named. The following committees were named by State President John J. O'Meara at yesterday afternoon's session: **Credentials** — John Frawney, D. O'Niel, M. Cooper, J. F. Gunny, Tom Coberly, M. Lenahan. **Rules of order and business** — J. J. O'Mahoney, Charles H. Gallagher, Ed Fitzpatrick, J. Mullaney, Frank Fitzpatrick, T. J. McCarthy. **Official reports** — Martin Durkan, Daniel Boyne, Charles H. Gallagher, A. Lonelle, T. J. Boone, John W. Dwyer, P. J. Greasy. **Finance** — T. P. Cassiman, M. Lenahan, James Hurley, W. C. Reaves, John Gribben, A. Mullarkey. **Resolutions** — Thos. Boyne, Leo Smolter, J. P. Greasy, J. J. Gibbons, T. J. McCarthy, M. Houlton, L. L. Lonelle. **Organization** — James Connolly, A. Mullarkey, T. J. Kelly, M. E. Boone, M. J. Lawrigue, P. P. Lelne, Rev. John Hennessy. **Business** — James O'Reilly, J. P. Grasse, Thomas Moran, Owen O'Neill, James Murphy, M. Gnagle. **Military organization** — T. J. Horan, J. Cassman, P. Greag, John P. Lese, M. Kennedy. **Scholarship** — Rev. M. J. Hennon, Peter Fallaghan, J. M. Heenan, J. R. O'Brien, Dasly D'Neil, J. P. Greasy, J. J. O'Mahoney. **Insurance** — Thomas P. Gallagher, Don Lynch, Ed Fitzpatrick, T. W. Greens, Robert Mortimer, T. C. Mulhern, Patrick H. Dwyer, Henrik Burglar, Martin Doctan, P. J. Greasy. **Grievances** — P. O'Donnell, J. J. McCardle, John Heenan, A. Mullarkey. **Ladies' auxiliary** — Lucy Burley, John Stanley, J. J. Cowan, Henria O'Niel, John P. Lent, A. Mullarkey. **Press** — Charles Gallagher, P. J. Sullivan, Thomas Coberly, A. Mullarkey. **Aims of Irish substance** — W. C. Reaves, James Murphy, Dora P. Kane, James Cribben, John P. Greasy. ## Talk Over Old Times. The ladies are very happy in St. George's hall and many friends are spending and talking over old times. There are emigres present who hail from the banks of the Lee and the Shannon's shore, from boggy Glens and from Kingly Lemster, when whom characters mark the ferries effort home, where as autumn airs of pretty manners and womanhood, where folks left as picturesque and tender at this hopes ever lessened that big this thus and yesterday and today at St. George's hall. ## Resolutions by Ladies. Two committee on resolutions for the Ladies' auxiliary introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted by the convention: > "We, your committee on resolutions, beg leave to submit the following: > > "Resolved, That we extend to Father Hennon a vote of thanks for the beautiful sermon preached for us at the opening of our convention. > > "Resolved, That we extend to Major Storm a vote of thanks for the privileges of the city. > > "Resolved, That we extend a vote of thanks to the press of the city and a hearty welcome to the great generosity in showing as a good will and a better personality on Bishop Brother Mendin, for his defense of the holy principles. > > "Resolved, That we endorse the stand on the Irish language whenever possible. > > "Resolved, That such division have a music and the rite organ of the departed members must a year. > > "Resolved, That we deplore the actively death of Rev. Father English, in convenience eduction. > > "Resolved, That we entertain The Butte Independent for any official printing of the convention. > > "MARGARET GULLICK, Chairman. > "ALICE ATTRIDGE. > "ANNA BUCKINNICE. > "MARGARET MORLEY. > "MILDRES MOSK. > > "Committee." ## Ladies' Auxiliary Committees. The following are the committees named by Mrs. J. R. Murphy yesterday afternoon: [list of women's names; OCR too degraded for confident extraction] ## Ladies Invited by Hall. Soon after opening yesterday afternoon's meeting, President O'Meara appointed a committee to invite the ladies' auxiliary to the Hibernia hall. Mrs. [Sallie] McCarthy, Mrs. [Major Davis] and [other names too degraded] extended a cordial reception.

Open questions

  • The "Aims of Irish substance" committee — the user's filename suggests this is the "textbook Irish history" committee that JJM and Gallagher are paired on. OCR confusion on the committee name is heavy; page-vision back-pass is needed to confirm the committee's actual title (likely "Adoption of Irish History textbook" or similar) and to verify JJM as a member rather than just James Murphy.
  • Many proper names in the committee lists are OCR-garbled beyond confident reconstruction. Captured in transcription as presented in the OCR.
  • The JEREMIAH J. LYNCH signature on the resolutions confirms Judge Lynch's given name. Consider consolidating person_jeremiah_j_lynch_ballycrovane and Judge J. J. Lynch references into the single Jeremiah record on a future back-pass.