, 1879-05-21
IRISH COLONIZATION
The Organization Perfected BY thu FIo,
tion Of Directors and 0ilnor, 'S'"
Addresses by bishops slal,l1nE md r..
land''-Saccess Of tho Enterprise.

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Addresses by bishops syal,1tnE anJ r..
land''-saccess Of tho Enterprise.
Tho Executive nonrr Of thc rr,.h hc.
Colonization Association couyenotl In rs.,1!e ra,"o!e
Grattl paci6c Hotel, at II o'c,ork ye.,".' ,.o' .
morning. There werc present thc psa5 n. n'
Bishops spaldlng, ireland anl o'Connor r".'' .a
Kew. u. j. Rtoraan, ten, john in,)or A., 'ne
Kelly, John eos1e o'Rrilly. and ". j, t,n.ha', t,u,
Gen. Lawlur occupied tho chair, md wynn ~ u
0nuhan acted as Secretary, ''''
Letters reFs read from Archblshop- g,bh,.,
nnd Williams, from 7. V. lliekcy. Nav voons vo',
II. L. Hogerty, Now York; b. ]. Folcv. n.",' nnn'
moro; F. l.. Foy, 81. Louis; Maurl,e ,,rame ,s.s'
DutHque, aud Gcorgc a. TwItct, l'ht1at,r1nh,"a'
--all Of which were ut m encouraging na,n".
The Commissioners appointed At the nrer,'".
meeting Of tic .Board to apply for n cha,.."
etc., Under the lnvs Of Illinois, rcnor,e, ,,'a..
tho iicensu hau been procured, and thai tlrv ts,
authority now amplo tho complete To nc,t"s.
tho organization by the election Of Director, and
officers.
The proposed by-laws for the cornoroto.
wcro then Fead' passed on ecrlattm, and tluall,.
after minor amendments, ndoptctl NJ whole;
TIN ELECTION FOR n,REcroRs
undcr tho charter was then cntored luto. v,,h
tbs following result: '"'
For ono 1enr-hrehb!shop Williams. r,n,to,,
n5sea9n nps omnha: qoSni eRsx s'ts9ss sn,s ,hop
isx Baltimore; Il usn ScG cS.caeo an5s' D. j. 70.
nrIop Hyan. ufraio: p.hop spallns,.' ~ per,1, tsp,
s erse. cheaso S aH.' l. chssk esssy iSs Hsw| |
Fur three ycHEs-rnc Rev. Stephen 1Iyrur, Sev.
SEk: ~: y; Gs; nn:, 5oh1 Lawos, rsalfe do chten,
gerald. Nebraska. 1'N@'
Tic allotment OF terms wns made by dtax,no
slips for tho year Or Years as euuh Dlrcs,or,
nama was. read. A majority Of tho pircctor.
beng present, tho election Of officers VA. o,o.
ccoded With, with the following result: President,
tho Kt.-Rcv, J. L. spaldlng; yicc.rresIJent
]. Onahur, Chicago; Treasurer, II. j. uuap' satn
Au executive committee was annotnte,, mn.
hraci1'g thc officers abovc-naued h,u Dsayn,
1eclnENl, D'Con1.or, The Rev, u, j, Kor1Ion, npi
2. j. Towle. Nearly 80 900 Of tic sto:k al the
corporation, was subscribed for by The IT. REV,
nishops md the aagmen present. After ,ho
transaction Of business ii a mtsccIaueo',4
nature the Doard adjourned until 10 o'clock to.
day.
'rllo undertaking may now 10 snid to be fairly
alloat, and the active work Of lle corpuyatIu;t
WI be speedily begun. 1t ls crpcctc,i that tIla
bsstoue, who arc now committed 10 tfu tloyc.
1nent, VIII, on tle occasion Of the ecclcsIas,lea!
cnnclnye III New York next week, proceed to Ell,
list the nid Of Eastern capitalists, md sccura
the general cooperation Of the Catholics OF tho
entire country.
:. 4 cltlzens' meeting, for tic purpose Of giving
tug movement sond-off, was held at o'cloel;
Pacific, hlr. ". j, Guam presiding. ' S'N'N
BISHOP srAIp1au,
OF Peorta, was tho first gentleman to address
tho meeting. After stating tic obtpcts oi tle
accomplish much rood for te Cstho: peoas aotu
OF the country. The Society aimed to nIace Hs ii
many Catholic families as possible Oh Western
soil, to determine nnd mold tllc character Of thu
distrcts yct 70 bo settled. The Society uas
61gotcl, but because !hcy hal sprcisl facilities
tic country. The Irish werc natura!
farmers. the!r exceptional strength ircsh-
neg ness, s., ygor, mi purity Of ebatuetsr
adapting them to ba the foserlnners 81 evIliza-
tfon.. The maintenance Of the faith rcs.el
largely With tho rural population Of tic country.
Gltics bcgat great virtue, but also great sees.
He WIS satisfied from his own experience that
bring its monncfs on 10 INestern Turning lA.p!s
| The project commended Itself, ato, a busI.
mesa one. There was nothing Of the to~eailel
charitable echcme nbout IL. Tllc Association In.
was thoroughly busincss-1lkc, although It ron,-
bsned that feature With tho intention to benefit hu'
manity. Nobody Tas askcd TO give nuaey, ID tas
ordinary acceptatlon OF ula term, but 10 sub
scribe TO paying !nyestnel't Its ortginatoEs
were certain TO raise 500, ,OW yapttal stuck, aad
Chicago ought to Lake tlr lcad, st1ndlny u shs
did. thc great commercial ccntre OF the We.!.
And no lie Hoped taMt MI present, representa-
tycs Of This gteat metropolis, would give tta
| movement tloir earnest, moral and substantial,
support. (Applausc.l
BISHOP 1nEtAxn
that tie. movonent lid .usen , L. Ia lnception ID
ller midst. REFERRING to It's Objects, ho saii
there were many net l!Ylas% hors asul
tnEs amounting to sou or s3]l,-not enough
assisted. The eniKrant to tt1o West generally
| located eighty acfra Of land, nr pt,Fchasfd "
Hin next step WIS to put Il, hs FIRST crups, bu!t
him house, md then walt sixteen or eEe'tea9a
mouths for tho fruits Of hfs labors. Nov. ~
building bis slionts, and putting 70 his csqbs,
| assuring him that he could have all tho tloo
i!lat ras necessary 10 pa. back The money r(Es ha
the Association advanced hin, ct!argiug i1ia' ~,
tile meantime, would secure tlc debt; pMs ms
or six years man thus asslstcd should y .I ao'a
to receive a deed for l!s land. The taplta,' ttp,t,
stock Ut the Association, it bud bean Etlasi'
snouid he siu0, QUO, with s''ares at ~ @ sse. :.
| Nearly $40, QUO liuu alrcaly been sub3dhea 10
ono tiay. Tlle prcsunt was tls timc p ae1 ~.
lhu country rms rapidly CIlEng up A1t 'Ic wy
when colonization Waa practicable 'Etre pass''S
| AHay. w.,
iii, John BOYLE O'Reiily, at V.topt tel,'
Lawlor, of Wisconsin, a,itl Father Tw. N,afaa"t
of this city, luartiy Iulossp4 tlt nlo'Gineu.t
aud promised to give It their Unqualified 'o''
port. ,.x,.oa
the result bsjpg .iat 'p fortyinorc shares wefs
taken riaking thu total subscriptions 1oF me @''
$14,100. ~. wi
After some further rcmdks from sIr, W.: w..
o1ahao' and Mr. u. q. Caltshan' tut mse'"a
adjourned. r,
N11fhrT :TtT,.