Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — HAD A PLEASANT TRIP [ARTICLE]

HAD A PLEASANT TRIP

And Was Made An Inter-National Trustee of the C. O. P. E. P. Honan and wife returned Saturday from attending the international convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters, at Dubuque, lowa. They report a very enjoyable time. The convention elected Mr. Honan one of the international trustees of the As there are but eight trustees in the United States and Canada, the honor is no small one. Indiana had but three delegates out of about 250, and there were 22 candidates for trustee. Mr. Honan was elected on the first ballott. The highest office in the order was tendered him previously, which carries a salary of $2,000 per year, but for personal reasons he declined it. Both Mr. and Mrs. Honan are loud in their praises of the people of Dubuque for their hospitable entertainment, and say they never had a better time in their lives. The Dubuque Daily Globe-Jour-nal of last Friday, in its report of the meeting, has the following pleasing mention of Mrs. Honan: Mrs. Edward P. Honan of Rensselaer, Ind., from the "Great State of Indiana," as she writes it, contributes the following verse. Mrs. Honan is the wife of one of the new trustees of the C. O. F., and has made a host of friends since coming to the city: Dubuque, with its vine-dad hills and sunny vales, Along which the Father of Waters plays; With its Church spires towering from every hill. And its people, who certainly “fill the bill. With its flags and banners unfurled to the breeze, Welcoming the strangers with the greatest of ease; There’s no need any other city to mention, She’s the best on earth to hold a convention. • The session raised the insurance rates of the order 25 per cent, and the proposition to bar liquor dealers carried by a majority but still lacked the constitutional two-thirds, and therefore failed to be enacted. The placing of emblems of the order in saloons was also called to the attention of the convention, and hereafter when a convention is to be held the officers will notify the local committee to see to it that no saloon displays emblems of the order in their windows, or places of business.