Daily globe., 1879-03-22
IRISH COLONIZATION.

Conclusion Of tho Chicago Conventional
Permanent Organization Perfected Tho
Chicago '"Timos" Censnred.
The following report Of Tho Irish ooloniza-
tion convention in Chicago is extracted from
the papers of that city Of the Goth:
The committee on resolutions presented
the following report:
WHEREAs, a national conference Of delegates
accredited by societies and organizations
identified and in sympathy with tho cause of
Irish Catholic colonization was convened in the
CITY of Chicago on st. Patrick'a Day, 1879, at
CITY, at which meeting large number Of dele
gates assisted, representing many different
States, Territories and organizations; and
WHEREAs. The said conference has thought
fully considered the evils, moral social and po-
litical, which have attended the lamentable
overcrowding of the Irish immigrant popula-
tlon IN the large cities of America, and the
perils and miseries incident thereto, arising
from causes not necessary to recapitulate here,
but which serve to excite the sorrow Of every
true friend and well-wisher of that people; and
& WHEREAS, II ia apparent that remedy for
those evils and dangers must be sought by aid
ing and encouraging our people to occupy and
by and through the generous, united aud per-
severlng action of our people, both lay and
clerical, operating through the agency OF an
influential national organization which shall
command the confidence and invite the sup
port and sympathy of the Irish people through
out the entire country, and which, under the
blessing Of God, by wise and energetic manage
ment, may mako its power and influence Of
fectual for the moral and social elevation of
our race in their adopted country; therefore,
be it 81 - go i l-'-,sT>,'
RESOLVED, That we, the members Of tho ma
tional colonization conference, have, with sat
isfaction and assured hope, the prospect Of the
formation of an effective national organization,
such "a is contemplated by the action already
unanimously taken by this conference, viz:
The nomination of q board of gentlemen, COM
posed of the Rt. Rev. John ireland, of ST..
Paul, Minn.; the Rt. Rev. James o. 'Connor, of
Omaha, Neb., and five other bishops to be asso-
ciated with them, and also seven representa-
tive laymen, viz: Hon. John Lawler, Prairie
du Chien, Wis. Anthony Kelly, Minneapolis,
Minn.; John A. Creighton, Omaha, Neb.; W..
J. Onahan, Chicago; Peter u. Foy, st. Louis,
Mo-; John Boyle o. Reilly. Boston, Mass; p.
conference, will engage in this great Catholic
and patriotic work.
1tes0tved, That we now earnestly appeal to
the representatives and well-wishers of the
Irish race in the United States and elsewhere
to give their aid, encouragement and hearty
support to the efforts of the gentlemen thus
chosen, to whose hands is committed in full
trust and confidence this sacred and benefcent
undertaking. e55f 52a5
Reso1ued, That we respectfully recommend to
the said board, in addition to the primary OBJ
jects already agreed on, the early organization
OF a national bureau, with headquarters in the
city of Chicago, for the collection and dissem-
ination of the careful and authentic informa-
ton of the Immigrant and intending settler,