The daily gazette., 1881-08-11
How the Irish Funds are Spent.


Gaby Grove, author of the story of
the internal machines to blow English
steamers up, is now in Chicago, SEEM
lnsly intent upon making mischief in
the camp of the friends of Ireland. He
talks loudly of what he knows and
tells much that 1t is believed he is not
sure is the truth. Evidently he be-
lieves there is something wrong in the
manner in which money has been ex-
pended that was collected to be used
to aid the cause of Ireland. A CORES
pondent Of the Herald says:
Internal Machine Grove was in the
city to-day, and was persuaded to talk
about the Convention of SO called reyo-
lutionists. He calls ir "a Clan-na..
Gael Convention" and says no other
societies are represented. He is severe
upon Alexander Sullivan of Hanford
murder notoriety alleging that Sullivan
is serving as a paid organizer. "The
object Of the organization" said
Grove, "when it was formed fifteen
years ago was to free Ireland, but to-
day it il to procure political inf uence
for the bosses who have packed every
convention for the last seven or eleht
years and the same crowd are in Office
all the time. This was true of the
Clanna Gael Conventions in Philadel-
phia, Wilkesbarre, Indianapolis and
other places"
he said that in the past fifteen years
the Clanna Gaels have collected and
spent nearly $500, 900. This, he saws
has been disbursed by the bosses in ar
outrageously extravagant manner
They have failed to account for thu
money and no one knows what thew
have done with it. There ought to bs
an investigation, says Grove. The,
admit that every rifle sent to the ole
country was paid for by the man who
got it.
was told by one of the Upited
Brotherhood in Ireland that they sold
arms there, took them away from tbt
camp with the explanation that they
were going TO buy better guns, and then
sold the rifles to another camp. The
anne man, Who was deleeats to the
thiladelphia Convention, told me they
had to his knowledge sold fifty stand O,
arms three times and got paid for them
each time. They sold them in LINER.
OK, took them away and resold them in
Duohn, getting f3 tor each gun, who'll
iost them only S. According to report
Ut. William Carroll, who was sent d,
europe as envoy extraordinary, cot az ].
00O OF the money; and John Devoy. W M
also went over, got $4,000 for bis az.
penses. Alexander SULLIVAN recei ves !
salary Of 500 per month, and his exnen.
ses are paid. p. Il. Welsh of CIeyeIand
also gets stipend. About fiftv ne,
cent OF the collections have been absorb
ed In salaries and expenses. In reply Ia
the question whether the administra.
ton Of Dewey and Sullivan was popuIar
Grove said :-"No; all the honest men
are leaving because they disagree with
sullivan, Dewey and Carroll. Why they
suspended more than one thousand sew.
en- hundred men In New York becan
they had opinions contrary to those OF
the bosses. They shut out three oamps
u Philadelphis and also ODonovsp
Rosa. They then went to Peoria and
tried to reorRanize the camp there, but
quit when they found out wouldn't be-
Expelled. Men have been black balled
because they have been seen with me-
GROVE was especially severe ON De-
voy. He says he does not believe there
% over 1000 left out OF the skirmisbip pa
fund Of $4,000 "I was toId,V bid
growe, "that s20, 900 was put into the
'nsn fund. DR.. Carroll got $1,000 on