The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
PARNELL AND DILLON.
Enthusiastic Reception 1t Chicaxo-A Great
Procession and Immenso Mestlnx.

Proce esion and Immense Meetip4.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-The reception to-nieht
of Psrneli and Dillon wa . spontaneous
ovation. They arrived at tho Michigan Con-
tral depot about 8 O'Clock, but it was 9 be-
fore the long procession, which contained
several thousand people in regalia and sup
piled Literally with banners and Transparent
oies, had escorted them to the exposition
building. The police, tho Clan na Gael
guards, the Hibernian benevolent societies, .
number Of Catholic total abstinence and
benevolent societies, Knights of st. Patrick,
Ancient Order Of Hibernians, council of
regular trade and labor unions, besides Q
very large number Of organizations from
outside the city and many persons not reg
ularly connected with any of tho above soci-
cites, but in full sympathy With tho reoep-
ton and the mission Of Parnell, constituted
the procession. Admission Was fifty cents
and reserved seats 81 each, and the capacity
Of the building was tested to it's utmost.
It is estimated that 2O, 600 to $4,000 people
were inside the space allotted to speaking.
The crowd VAS 60 dense and the confusion
20 great that it was with difficulty that those
even in proximity to the speakers could hear
them. It was impossible to get through into
or out Of the crowd, which surged and
cheered around the stand. The enthusiasm
vas unbounded, and was by no means
confined to the Irish citizens. Gov. Cullom
introduced the speakers with IN expression
OF sympathy for their suffering countryman
and of hope for their speedy relief from
present distress. He was followed by Hon.
Thomas Hoyne, who vindicated Parnell
from tho aspersions which have been cast at
him, oomplimented him on the gallant fight
he had made in parliament, traced
his connection with the Ameri-
can war for Independence
through his ancestry, denounced the British
government for its neglect to provide against
famine and suffering in Ireland. and against
the oppression which bore heavily on the
Irish tenant. He extended hearty welcome
to the Irish agitator. Regrets were re-
oeived from the governors of all States of
the northwest, from the Chicago Congress
men, from Senators Blaine and Window,
from Representatives Hayes and Springer,
Green B. Raum, and some thirty others.
Speeches by Psrnell and Dillon followed,
but nothing was said which had not already
been heard in other cities, their addresses
being simply foroible presentation of the
demands and sutferings of their countrymen.
They were warmly received by the audience
and frequently interrupted by hearty ap-
plause. The other speakers were John
Charles Black, John Murdock and VIM. J..
Hynes.
Resolutions were adopted expressing pro-
found sympathy With the cause of the people
in their cruel sufferings and promising sub
stantial assistance; that the periodical
famine which is constantly recurring in Ire
land is not the fault of the soil nor the
habits of the thrifty Irish people, but to IN
Infamous land system, to maintain
which the country is drained of
food and the hereditary nonresident land
lords send no equivalent back for what they
take away; that the efforts of the Irish Land
league has the unqualified endorsement of
this assembly in their efforts to secure
amendment of the Irish land laws, for their
having made known the sufferings and
w1ongs of their starving people; that the
Irish people are entitled to make their own
domestic laws on their own soil and to self
government; that the British government
having robbed its Irish subjects and con-
dignstion of the civilized world by proposing
emigration as the only remedy; that a
hearty greeting be extended to
John Dillon and the Irish martyrs
here, and John Murdock, the intre pid
Scotchman, who is demanding of the British
government justice to Ireland; also welcom.
ing Parnell as the descendant of man who
stood in parliament with the American
rebels Of the revolution. The meeting broke
up about midnight. The receipts are esti-
mated at not far from $4,000.