The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-09-21
were subjected was of the strictest kind ;

were subjected was of the strictest kind;
and it was not until about 2 clock P. NJ.
on the 9Th, that the Committee were able
to complete their labois and issue cards
of admission to those de'eeat who were
identified as being qualified for seats.
The Congress having duly assembled,
a Committee on permanent officers was
appointed, ard after some deliberaton
Francis B. Gallagher Esq of Buffalo was
appointed Speaker of the House Of Dele,
gates; James Gibbons, E>q., of Philadel-
phia taking the chair as President Of the
Senate. T. c O'Brien, of Rochester.
was chosen clerk. One Of the first acts Of
Congress on permanent organization be-
ing etiecied was the passage Of resoln-
ton that no portion Of the proceedings
thenceforth should be given TO the press.
as further publicity was detrimental rather
than advantageous to the advancement Of
the cause in which the organization WAS
engaged. This resolve created quite
breeze amongst the correspondents of the
daily press, Of whom large number had
come to Troy, on the lookout for
Items"
DaIing the continuance ofthe Congress,
sessions were held during the day and
evening, with the exception Of the even
ing Of the 5ib inst when ;he public were
admitted to the hall, and most enlhusi.
astic meeting was held On the other
evenings meetings were held in Rahds
Hall At these gatherings. eloquent ads
dresses were delivered bv General O'Nieli,
Senators Gibbons and Morrison, MessrS
Iiynes, McWii.ams, Brennan, Meehan,
end others, who ably advocated the cause
Of Irish freedom.
The work of the Congress was distrib<
uted under various heads 10 committees,
who closely investiga ed all the workings
of the organization, and reported on its
general condition and prospects. The
most important Of these were the COM
inttses Oh military anil civil affairs, on
Constitution, and on finance, all Of whose
reports ~were very satisfactory. 1t was
shown that the organization was iu
! sound and progressive condition, that new
,, circles were being rapidly organized in
places where none had existed previously;
and that the spirit Of the organization was
never better or more determined than at
present. The administration cf the finan>
ces WAS found to be of safe and econom-
ica character, showing thu. the officers
Of the organization were careful to make
every thing subordinate to the grand OBJ.
iect of putting large military contingent
into the field.
Saturday, the S:h inst, was the busiest
Gay of the session, the Congress con.inu-
ing its sitting with only two hours inter-
mission) from s o'clock in the morning
until 6 o'clock next morning. A mum.
Der of important reports were acted on,
and the officers COR the ensuing year were
chosen. Col. W. Il. Roberts was re. elec.
ted to the Presidency of the organization.
The new Sena ors (whose number has
been reduced to nine) are AS folIows:-
James Gibbons, Philadelphia (PresidepD:
VIM. Fleming. Troy, N. Y; A l. Morri-
son, Kansas City, Mo; John Carleton,
Bordentown, N j.; Francis B. Gallagher,
Buffalo, n: Y; }. G. O'Brien, Rochester,
n. Y; VIM. McQuirk, New Haven, CT !;
Thos. Redmond Lafayette Ind; Park J.
Neehan, Hudson City, N. j. James W.
Fitzgerald, Cincinnati, Ohio, was chosen
Speaker of the House of Delegates, and
George @. Carroll, of Geneva, N. Y,
Clerk. Patrick keenan,. Esq of Brook
lyn, has been appointed treasurer of the
Brotherhood, in place of Edward l. Carey,
resigned. Mr.. Carey was compiimen,ed
in the handsomcst manner, both by Pres
ident Roberts and the Congress, on his
retirement from the position, which he
filed with much advantage to the Bro
therhooG.
The Congress then adjourned sine die.
President Roberts has appointed Gen
eral O'Neill Inspector General Of the Irish
Republican forces.
Colonel Michael Bailey, of Buffalo, who
distinguished himself in the action at
Limestone Ridge, and was wounded in
the subsequent. skirmish a, Fort Erie, has,
been appoiated one Of the military
organ;z zers.