| Show ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS Four Thousand People Participate in the larade Omaha May 9Tho hours of theN the-N iIonal convention Of the Ancient Order of Hibernians were passed today in listening to the address of National Delegate Wilhere Resolutions were adopted on the death 0f Bishop OFar rell of Trenton N J The national delegates dele-gates were instructed to report amend ments to the constitution tomorrow Fully four thousand people participated partici-pated in the convention parade this afternoon Marching companies of Catholic Knights were in line from many Nebraska aJriff Iowa cities and St Joseph Mo contributed a delegation of 100 and a band The procession marched through the downtown business portion por-tion of the city amid lines of waving flags and decorations The march ended at Exposition halt where an open meeting was held J A Kilroy state delegate for Nebraska Ne-braska presided and addresses w remade re-made by Maurice Wilhere of Philadelphia Philadel-phia Philadelphia national delegate P J OConnor of Savannah Georgia Edward Swfeeney of Cincinnati M D Fansler of Logansport Indiana Congressman Con-gressman Weadock of Detroit Rev Dr Shaihan of the faculty of the Catholic Cath-olic university Washington D C and others Tomorrow the election of officers will be held and the convention will clOse f with a grand reception and ball in the evening I Ait the opening meeting held at Exposition I Ex-position hall Congressman Weadock of Michigan who brought the attention atten-tion of Congress to the A P A scored II that organization unmercifully Coming to the matter of American citizenship and foreign birth he said I This is a country where none of our civil rights can be impaired because of our religious beliefs We employ men because of their capacity for work and do not ask them at what shrine they worship it is treasonable to di I rect persecution in this country toward i l the Catholic or any other church and the A P A is founded upon treasonable treason-able principles These people sneak be I hind I closed doors to do their work I i I ask them to stop their lying slanders I repeatedly published in obscure papers I and refuted long ago This American I Protective association is of English i parentage Look out for it for these I men are trying to dethrone the government gov-ernment founded by George Washing I ton and reestablish that of King George III We now get men from Canada Can-ada whom we do not want and they I get some of our citizens whom our of I ficers want but cant get I |
