Onahan, William J.: Chicago, Illinois, 1892 January 6

Minutes of meeting of Executive Committee, held in Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, on Jan. 6, 1892. Attendance is given. Archbishop Feehan called the meeting to order. Onahan, the secretary, read letters from Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Corrigan, Bishops Foley and Keane, and John D. Keiley and Partick Farrelly. Minutes of Archbishops meeting at St. Louis were read. Onahan declared his refusal to accept a salary, but the refusal was not accepted. The time of the Congress was set for the first Monday to Friday in September. Delegates were apportioned, the total not to exceed 5,000. The official title of the Congress, Columbian Catholic Congress of the United States, was agreed upon. Archbishop Ireland was empowered to submit the programme of the Congress, through Cardinal Gibbons, to Pope Leo XIII. Charles C. Bonney addressed the Committee on the facilities to be provided for the Congress. A "Ways and Means" Committee was chosen from leading cities. (Five typed copies, one autograph copy attached.)