A. O. H. NAME THE COUNTY DELEGATES

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1912-08-29, p.7

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Sub-head: "Men Who Will Represent Local Divisions at the State Convention." Silver Bow county AOH naming delegates for the state convention at Anaconda, 5–6 September 1912. Six weeks before JJM is elected county president (Oct 14 1912). **Division No. 1 delegates:** Judge J. J. Lynch, James J. McCarthy, James Cummins, T. J. McCarthy, John Gribben. **Division No. 1 alternates:** Con J. Murphy, Peter Shannon, Pat Craig, Dan Leahy, James Gleason. **Division No. 3 delegates:** Tom Kiely, Patrick Wallace. **County board delegates:** Denis O'Neill, C. H. Gallagher, James F. Hurley, Maurice Goggins, James Connolly. **County board alternates:** W. J. Sewell, James Murphy, John J. Crowley, Thomas Kenny, W. P. McCarty. Closing note: "An interesting meeting was held last evening. Extended remarks were made by Judge Lynch, James Murphy and others." The Anaconda program includes a banquet (night of Sept 5), a ball (night of Sept 6), and visits to Warm Springs and Gregson Springs. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) Pre-coronation snapshot of JJM as one of the speakers at the August 1912 delegate-naming meeting — he is named as a county-board alternate ("James Murphy"), then six weeks later he is elected county president. (b) Direct confirmation that the AOH treated the Murray-Davis "Gregson Springs" Hot Springs (the 1886 resort whose ownership transferred from Pat Murphy + Eli Gregson — see person_patrick_murphy_butte_gregson_1886) as a stop on its 1912 convention itinerary. The hot-springs node persists in the social calendar 26 years after the transfer.

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Division No. 1 of the A. O. H. elects its delegates and alternates for the state convention at Anaconda on September 5 and 6, with Judge J. J. Lynch, James J. McCarthy, James Cummins, T. J. McCarthy and John Gribben as delegates; Tom Kiely and Patrick Wallace are chosen from division No. 3, and the county board names Denis O'Neill, C. H. Gallagher, James F. Hurley, Maurice Goggins and James Connolly, with W. J. Sewell, James Murphy, John J. Crowley, Thomas Kenny and W. P. McCarty as alternates. Judge Lynch, James Murphy and others spoke at length, and the delegates are to meet Saturday night after the meeting of division No. 3. The Anaconda program includes a banquet on the night of the 5th, a ball on the 6th, and visits to Warm Springs and Gregson Springs.

  • “The Anaconda Hibernians and the ladies auxiliary of that city are doing all they can to have everything in readiness for the convention.”

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  • James Gleason · division_1_alternate
  • Patrick Wallace · division_3_delegate

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# A. O. H.Irish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → NAME THE COUNTY DELEGATES ## Men Who Will Represent Local Divisions at the State Convention. *The Butte Daily Post, Thursday, August 29, 1912, p. 7. (Header: "THE BUTTE")* Division No. 1 of the A. O. H. elected the following delegates and alternates last night for the state convention, which will be held in Anaconda September 5 and 6. Delegates — Judge J. J. Lynch, James J. McCarthy, James Cummins, T. J. McCarthy, John Gribben. Alternates — Con J. Murphy, Peter Shannon, Pat Craig, Dan Leahy, James Gleason. Tom Kiely and Patrick Wallace have been elected from division No. 3. The officers of the county board and their delegates follow: Delegates — Denis O'Neill, C. H. Gallagher, James F. Hurley, Maurice Goggins, James Connolly. Alternates — W. J. Sewell, James Murphy, John J. Crowley, Thomas Kenny, W. P. McCarty. An interesting meeting was held last evening. Extended remarks were made by Judge Lynch, James Murphy and others. The delegates will meet Saturday night after the meeting of division No. 3. The program prepared for the Hibernians in Anaconda includes a banquet the night of the 5th and a ball the night of the 6th. Visits will be paid to Warm SpringsGovernment & wartimeWarm Springsfrom 1877The Montana asylum for the insane, in the Deer Lodge valley north-west of Butte; run under contract by private physicians until the state took it over in 1912. Commitment followed a hearing in district court.More in Key terms → and Gregson Springs. The Anaconda Hibernians and the ladies auxiliaryIrish societiesDaughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.More in Key terms → of that city are doing all they can to have everything in readiness for the convention.

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  • place_warm_springs / place_gregson_hot_springs — add to /vocab/places.yaml if not already.
  • W. P. McCarty — same as the W. P. McCarty / McCarthy who repeats through the cluster? Spelling drift between McCarty and McCarthy is rampant.