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Show federation of j gai&olic Societies, j Notes by Anthony Alatre. Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. 6, ,1902. r-ar sjri gladly seize this oeca-H"n oeca-H"n to express to you my most sincere Wishes for the permanent success of (the American Federation of Catholic Societies, called to do much good. May j God bless it and prosper its noble -end. P. BOURGADE, Archbishop of Santa Fe, N. M. ?inee the publication of my last re-- re-- l'ort the following bishops have en- A oors.-d federation: Bishop H.' Alerdindr Fo,t Wayne. Ind.; Bishop P er- dRu.-r of p.rownsxille, Tex.; Bishop TV "!in of Natchez. Miss.; Bishop A. Van de vwer of Richmond. U., Kisn-P Kisn-P E. P. Allen of Mobile, Ala.; Bishop , I lii-an of Alton, Ills.; Bishop L M. .Fink I Iavenworth. Kan.; Bishop T M I I'urk, of Albany. N. Y.. and Abbot F. A ('onrad of Conception, Mo. V r Ohio state council of the Cath- ' I "c KniKhtR of America, recently he'd I t ,-in(.innati. heartily endorsed feder- 1 ' f tion, and joinedd the A. i. of C. b. in h body. The state treasurer was or rd to pay the per capita for all the 1 C. K. of A. members of the state of ! Ohio. 4 I ?? I Communication has been opened with I the Centro-Catholico of the Philippine I islands, inviting that body to join the I American federation. It is believed 1 that in this way much information of the correct state of affairs in the Philippines Phil-ippines can be ascertained. i S The new constitution provides that, in future,' representation in the National Na-tional Federation shall be from state federations, where such exist from state leagues and from county federation, federa-tion, where no state federation exists. Such representation shall be on the basis of one delegate for each 1,000 members or major fraction thereof, but each county or state federation shall be entitled to at least one delegate. dele-gate. j .$ The annual per capita tax to the National Na-tional Federation has been reduced from 3 cents to 2 cents. No initiation fee will in future be required. ' . The Pennsylvania jurisdiction of the Young Men's Institute, which held its biennial convention at Atlantic Cltj recently, passed resolutions endorsing federation and the consolidation of all youDg men's societies in the United States. Each county and state federation shall have full direction and control or the method of its organization and may i select its delegates Mn such a manner ' as shall fairly represent its component - ' , ,; I societies. It shall also provide for the raising of its own revenue. A meeting of delegates from the various va-rious Catholic societies of Milwaukee will be held at the Cathedral hall on Sunday, Sept. 14, for the purpose of effecting ef-fecting a county federation. ? S Mr. M. F. Girten and Hon. Thomas Vannon will take the lead in federating the societies of Chicago. A similar move will be made by Vice President F. J. Kierce and Judge A. F. St. Sure of San Francisco. S S The proceedings of the late convention conven-tion is being carefully edited and condensed con-densed by the officers and will j be mailed to all delegates in a few weeks. The new constitution and other instructions in-structions will also be mailed shortly. Catholic societies of thirty-one states, the District of Columbia and Porto Rico Ri-co are now represented in the federation. federa-tion. The report of the committee on credentials shows that 480 representatives representa-tives were entitled to seats in the convention con-vention recently held at Chicago. -$? All national organizations are entitled en-titled to send delegates-at-large to the national convention, i. e., one for each 10,000 of its membership These delegates dele-gates have the same rights and privil- eges as other delegates. The fee for each delegate-at-large is $10. 3 ? . Mr. G. B. Cortelyou, secretary to President Roosevelt, writes that the resolutions of the American Federation of Catholic Societies will be brought to the attention of the president of the United States. ! It has been frequently asked what positions do the national officers of the American Federation hold in their respective re-spective communities. To this question we make the following reply: Hon. T. B. Minahan of Columbus, national president, is president of the Ohio state federation. - Mr. L. J- Kaufmann of New York, first vice president, is an officer of the Central Verein and of the New York Staats Verbund. Mr. F. J. Kierce of San Francisco, second vice president, is the suprema president of the Y. M. I. of the United States. ' Mr. D. Duffy of Pottsville, Pa., third vice president, is supreme president of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of the United States and Canada. General Henry J. Fries of Erie, Pa., treasurer, is supreme president of the Knights of St. John. . Mr. Anthony Matre of Cincinnati, secretary, was the founder and first president of the Cincinnati federation, and is secretary of the Ohio state federation. fed-eration. Mr. M. P. Mooney of Cleveland, O., chairman of executive board, is the president of the Cleveland (O.) federation. feder-ation. Mr. Nicholas Gonner of Dubuque, la., executive board member, is supreme president' of the German Central Verein Ve-rein in the United States. Mr. E. Reardon of Anderson, Ind., erecutive board member, is a supreme representative of the Catholic Knights of America. Hon. Thomas H. Cannon of Chicago, Ills., executive board member, is high chief ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters in the United States and Dr. J.' W. Fowler of Louisville, Ky., executive board member, is president of the Louisville federation. Mr. F. W. Immekus of Pittsburg, Pa executive board member, is president presi-dent of the Pittsburg federation, and an officer of the Pennsylvania German Ger-man Staats Verbund. Mr. John Galvin of Brattleboro, t., executive board member, is state president pres-ident of the Catholic Foresters of Vermont. Ver-mont. ... Mr. C. O'Brien of Chicago is the marshal mar-shal -of the federation. |