, 1879-03-19
IRISH COLONIZATION.
The Scheme Beginning to Take
Tangible Form.
Proceedings Of itsleraaY's Sessisn...Ths Delegates
and the Organization.

1Hu tut VI GAHtLAAs"Ht
The Irish National Colonization Conference
resumed It's scssons Ycstcr]ny forenoon al tho
tisab1 Pacific Hotel. uen. dulln Lawlcr, Of
Prairie du Chen. occupied tl,e chair. and ". c.
Conslot,, uf Ehlcago, nn Charles Collins, Of
Deatlwnosl, u. T., acted nj Secretaries.
Tie Committee oD Credentials submitted It's
rcport, and nttcr Il was rcn,l the Rev. Fnther
Bitter, Of ST. f6uis+ obIcctrd To The admission
vi certain gentlemen rs Representatives, I'll Tie
ground tha They were nut prnpcriy accredited.
liz argued against the admission Of any ,,ersous
representing lard companies.
Mr. W. ]. Maskcll desired to explain III.
.rcsetce rs representative Of colonization
organization, but thu Chair cnlcd hin to order,
uni snitl lie could nut he permitted ~ speak.
After sutir further discussion Tx. rernrt VAS
retcrsed l'ack to the Committee, With ina.rur-
ttDha t0 confer with the Rey. Fatlcr iIutler, AMI
obtain la views III regarll tn the qualifications
he considered Il requisite ior tbs delegates io
have.
Tl1e Committee retired With the Rev, Father
I'uslur for dclfherat!on, mud whlle they wcrc
out sfr. Onahau moved the appointments OF
committee to walt OIL
nisnor IRELAND,
Of st. Paul, n'Ht request him to nt1t!rcss The
Convention. Tic nloscr mn! alr. Rcr1urd Cal
laghan wcro selected. and kuuu returned with
tle Bishop, who was iiltrutlnccd by thu Chair 10
tic Gonventlnt. fio said he fclt this deep iH.-
purtancc uf tho Convention, md 1t was II SOL
emu OCCASION. They were assembled together
for the pur,,aeo uf Irish Catholic cnouizatton,-
most solemn obJcct,-an they hui tIlc inter
est to do what they cuutsl. The Irish racc WAS
most intimately connected With the Church.
1r fact iltnt tl.y t. lral,) did not ~cslpy tho
Positions they should arose trntn The pcnnl lava.
1t was tlIe duty, then. OF Irish and Catholics IL
conc inrwnrd nlltl assist them. Colonization h1ti
ucrI, proposed M tne vi the movements to Mtl-
vance tin interests Of tho Irish lcopfe, aint he
ron6i,lrreh II nue Of ttm wisest ttnt could BE-
to t,e recognized rs aitu Vi ttrt lie spoke uf
tho rtIurts That 1lai LccN naltr to colonlzc the
JrlsL lsuopc. AMI sa!d THE Catholic usess alr-
Earycd cungy fur tts Efforts IN ilnlt '1lrccttn,.
They Nnrtcu To mike It moro general. TkeT
were called tuErthrr to adopt measures. AMI
liz cyrs os ttlrlr rountrYInen we're utN'D them.
What did It matter II they dihncrtcd OIL little
thnEa! If there was anything tlnportant lut
fnctltnrv differences fur thu good Of tllc grand
uhtcrt they lind assembled for. II llud burn
satil that the lrlst.ncn who lab,rcsi III, the
miucs nf Pennsylvania am! the uoctiyarAs OF
New York would not n'akn ;,.,s. Euoa fasn,, n,
scarcely = ,cr cent Of thosu who cn'le 10 The
West vrrc dissatisfied Whit. The l1,sf,Hp touk
Ills seut amid ,u applause oE Tic Convention.
rhc Cnuitutttee On Credentials returned, am!
Mr.. Doruu, Is Chairman, reported that they hud
ttrci.lcu t0
EyC1uDn THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM DAE0TA,
IN nccordanca with tbu recommendation Of lm
Rev. Falirr Butler, whose objection was tint he
lad ,lu crrtlcUttals,
Tile latter gentleman nrose md sold that lle
lIa,l nt,L ue1lrud tint Ar. Doran slulld mention
u1lY tinllles, hut since Ii" ntl d01c 20 llc Qhtler
would assnlnc tile responsibility.
Mr.. UtlaI,.n moved that tllr report. us revisrl,
bs adopted.
hatl t,ren rle OF the chief promoters Of eolnnl-
zatton In Dakuta, had been invited 10 q seat In
thu Convention, s.nd iIe hoped ha would hot bu
excluded on merely technical grounds.
Mr. Kelly, Of st. rnnl uskctl If 1t WIS neccs-
sary for ,nuu to bo Caihullc tn order to take
lnrl III The Convention. Even IL tile gentleman
wns II Protestant Or an Orni'Ecmn1s he should be
iu!iun ilv, ntnl the ltucs Of sgctMrlAnsm hlnttcd
out II, tile 1noru important uattu,,a! question
before tllc Convention. lie moved thai tie re-
lort Of thc Committee Us originally presented
TIC Nlontcl.
sir. Chnries Collins, ono OF the Secretaries.
a,,l proprietor of The nlack Hill Champion, suli
tton ,.s thu representative Of MI uniagonlstic
clement, ,nd llc would withdraw tronl il. 1tu
accordingly picked p llls hut Mltl coat nsNl storf-
csl out. hit severn! gentlemen inssicd upon hts
remaining. lie refused, lluYerer, nnd walked
'ilc Rev. Fnthcr Butlcr said he did not w!.!,
to nppear bigotcd, nor oppused to tue gentle
p!, Maa hesaatS ! hs did not 4eppcn to be of hts
III. Onalla,'s motion was nut to vote a,.il
iost, a,M Mr., Ku.Iy'a (St. PAUL to adop. the
| orisinut report, hlm!ttins Mr., Collins. .wns
eurf,cd. The following Ii tho list Of tile tlelr.
gates:
Miancsota--antl,ony Kolly, tho 1.cv. James Nc
fOlrtE, the ftry u, l., J., Powers, md Ir. Col.