Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-07
SPEECH Vi the Chairman ia Favor u Jai-
yersai Suffrage.
The Convention FayOrs the Admission Of
Negroes into Trades Unions.

CHICAGO, Juy 6.-The Irish Ma
tiOnal Republican Convention met at
Fanuel Han, in this city, yesterday at
lOa.m. The Hall was appropriately
graced with flags and notices. At
the hour named the Convention was
called to order by Mr.. Bell, OF the
Irish Repu6}ioaR, who proposed as
temporary Chairman, J. ". Fitzger-
aid. of Cincinnati, and he was declared
elected. Mr.. Fitzgerald then adj
dressed the delegates at considerable
length, taking grounds in favor OF
universal suffrage to all classes and
cOlUrs, and also in favor Of protection
to American industry This he urged
aS a cardinal point.
John Pope Hadnell, of DacOta, l..
Kelly, Of New York, and J. ID. OCon-
nell, OF Washington, were elected tenn
pOrary Secretaries.
4 Committee on Credentials was
appointed from each State, among
whom was John Mullins, of Tenn.
The Convention then took a recess
till three o'elGek, at which time i re
assembled.
The Committee on Credentials made
their report The following States and
Territories were represented: Con-
necUicut, 10 delegates; DacOta, /; Dis
trict of Columbia, ,; Illinois, -
Iowa, L; Ohio. p; Nebraska, g; New
Jersey, /; North Carolina, 8, Aaichi-
gan, s; Missouri, q; Pennsylvania, l3;
Kentucky, }; Louisiana, s; Minnesota,
:; Massachusetts, 6; Wisconsin, "A;
Kansas, 3; New y Ork, 30. Total num-
her Of delegates on the rolls, are
not here,
On the motion Of Mr.. Quinn, %
North Carolina. the chairman of each
delegation was authorized to strike of
the names Of those not present; and
after some delay the Committee on
Permanent Organization made the
following report: President, j. W.
Fitzgerald Of Ohio; Nice-President,
NJ. Mckinley of Tennessee.
The report was adopted, end aftei
the appointment Of a Committee on
| Resolutions, the Convention adjourned
until 9 O'Clock to-day.
The platform Of the Irish Republi-
can Convention faYOrs freedom to all,
regardless Of color or sex, the mainte,
nance Of the American Union, eulo
| gizes Sumner and Chandler, and de.
/ clares in favor of enforcing the Monroe
doctrine, asks American sympathy
I for Cuba, denCUnces flee trade, objects
/ to the congregation Of the Irish in
/ great cities, pledges support TO Grant
| and fayOrs the repeal Of the neutrality
| laws.
A resolution WAS offered and passed
J "a ignf
! Congress to pass a law making for
/ eigners citizens in one year after theil
arrival in this country.
AresOlutiOn was also passed In fayoI
Of the formation Of immigration soci
! eties, aud also one against any dis
crimiHstion as TO race or color in tht
membership Of Trade Onion AssOcis
tiOns.
/ There can be scarcely doubt bJ,
| that John A. RisdOn, who repOrteC
the loss Of Maj. Powell's exploring
! expedition, is a liar and cheat.
4 dispatch from Lasalle, where
Risden claimed to belong, says tha
no man Of that name is known there
A dispatch from Atlanta says JOhf
A. Risden was sent 10 the peniten
tiaFy from that city in 1888, and is !
thief and liar.
| Yesterday while a large crowd wa
gathered at Elgin, Ill, on an irol
bridge which spans Fox river, wit
/ Messing tub race, one Of the span
gave way and precipitated about 1)
men, women and children into tn
river in almost Undesirable confusion
and also a span of horses. FOrtu
nately she river is not more than fou
/ feet deep, and it is believed that non
were drowned, although quite a mum
ber were more or less injured-twO G
whom are not expected to recover.