, 1877-08-26
a Grand Nationa! Demonstration
at Ogden's Grove.
he Is Ready to Turn Russian il It Wiu
Help on the Good Cause.
The Rev. George Pepper Represents the
Views Of His Protestant
0ountrymen.


The Irish National demonstration was,
point Of numbers and enthusiasm, a grand sl
cess. A more suitable place might have bet
chosen than the out-ofthe way space digniae
by the name OF Ogden's Grove. For all tina
the crowd came, some Of it early. some at a
hours OF the day, and some fnr into the n6u
of the night. The procession, as Is usual {
great occasions, was late in forming and star
ing, it being long after II O'Clock before 1t lc
the Exposition Building It wasn't long, hov
ever, SO that when its heal reached the ground
the tail was not far Oft 1t was composed Of
battalion Of police, after whom cam
she Grand Marshal, John Council, Ii
aids, the Great Exposition Band, til
Elan-Na-Gac1 Guards, Irishmcn OF a
grades ranks, and societics, Oh foot and the
the people who could afford Carriages Tb
line OF march was very direct one no doub
TO tue indnite satisfaction of the marchers, tn
streets ho1sored fn giving it way being Mich
gan avenue, Washington, State, Lake, Clark
Michigan, Dearborn avenue, North avenue, am
Clybourn avenue rs it marched along, tn
weary ttampcrs i'll the hot sun we're rcwarde,
Tor their patriotic excrtions With the cheers o
those On the sidewalks, on th,
eoorstc2s, and in the windows. Ar
irving at the grounds the procession dis
banded, and for an hour or more the demon
.stratiouists devoted themselves to painstakine
effort to provide for creature comforts.
After allowing time Tor the retrcsbment- Of the
body through the satisfaction Of the demands
vi appettcs already raised to lively state OF cx-
pcctatiai, tic ball WAS set in motion by tile
e:.:'d stTikln. up quadrillc. Although the
weather was rather uneomfortably warm for
!!Da.:-eoatiluca !, directions to the worship Of
Gffa Il
about O'clock, Ut which time
THE DEMONSTRATIONS PROPER BEGAN,
thu af ~ ~. H. a .o :s .;ss.s ' 'an u
a..otumcnts 4A .m,o, e, hasa, 2o a,,o osner oaa,;r
ped seats on the platform were
~ Mayor Hsat, Gen. To1Tence, Michacl Sheridan,
CORPORATION Counsel bonilcll, Daniel O'lIara,
Gen. r. +, Eo,.rhe Of New Ys,r;. ex-Sh,.riff Framl
Arucw. shrr1y Err,, pet n;9rn lt,tr,'1n,, '.,,
of r1t, Eyrr,,t;u, Ho,,.,;t+aa 1,,,,' S.aani>.'
.Ilhn p islant es.,,an .4 E1sN1'o''
Moran. IT + Hrnes uars1,n1 },hn con.
nrJ p r. Hyceno Et7w1,ti = Dmn,, aIa.oaJ~
Suiliynn, y. r. Condor. tb. Krr. Jnhn Val
dron, the Rev, Thomas E;usl,nan. Jnhn rnr-
sy1he, and Others of more or less prominence.
Al well-kuown County Commissioners, inclul-
ing McCaffrcy. Ayars, and Coniy. Snr;p rintend-
ent Hickey, anu others.
The assemblage was called to order by Pat
tH. fEi a
sound Of his voice. ani tt:rn rean thc fnilUvino
list oi officers w1,n lad f:ccn no,n;notr,1 ~, ia
Executive COMMITTEE: ~ '@'<''''@'>>& y law
rresident-ghe Hon ". ]. Hyues. yice-prefi-
l'rindiville. the Hon. i. L. Sullivan. the nes.
John Ncldron, Dr. John Guerin. AlcxsnGer Sui
hSan, the Kew. Thon,as casLmsn. John Forsythe,
y: y; caliaghan, r =: Fitzpatrick, ". II. Condonr
ta.,; tanouas etenan, Ihomas Lynch+ Pete: Fooie,
To,, NJ seaman, Jns,lGe Matthew Fleming OF
H,i,.,rr = - c1.aa nsvmasa y. het"'n; =! tnoMas A.
scuiiy' IL + WEE Thon"a Toa" Hcs' H. onss' nanles
Resting, The Hon, II. ". trI;r1sn, ~ :Jnhn r.
Qcxk. James Kincadr Michael Rnrtr u =
Aaskell. John McNally, John EnTya1. Patrics. |
Rafferty,, Michael Hcaly, of Morris, iii. William |
Fon*rtal. Of t7salle, Ill: Capt Patrick O'Con-
IT, s;a,!ab;, III 'ass pas nnr19ns spfinsns,d na
Ioh Ioy| ,'rr nHous'ovh, III J2hn Lynch M1lwauSee;
monI spet,o H., ~; " e1ea1r, L.
pas;ck acHa@h' C. Nctanrn no' ioSn r. Hcgn gnnne'
Good an3 carIcs tne nonahn 19n niles henoe' pan'e' y.
=, fne Rn;en Nominations m sa;':o were adopted and Mr.
Mr.. ursrs,
.,',, VIZ "1sn aIpanse. ano who, after
'un,s '.,.1 nte'e deEs' proceeded t. address his
r,e'. ,f .,,;1 q neun % saying snat the pur=
;h:nS, possible, e practicable nature for
re:and. I his v:lsts sather1ng, be said, repre-
sented the Grand m 'aea OF the rcnieuS there was
II loste. Ihsr t.e1ierrd in the genius, the
holM 1orce OF O'Connclls agitation and leac-
:rsllip, but it had lcca demonstrated that asita~
aon under the most fortunate circumstances
c could not alone do anything great for Ireland.
lnc l;l' twin so1noination Of agitation and force
Apo1arse.l It rruutred agitation to
trousc . people from tic lctharrr
nduecd BY lose-continued oppression, but !
.., y stt,on without force ne!cr had accomplished,
!rcland's wrongs were NOT iinaginary There
vas not time to relate her grievances, although