Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-24
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Land League Meeting.

A regular meeting of the Michael Davitt
Land League was held in Robert Emmett hall
last evening. Every available inch in the hall
was occupied by enthusiastic members. Con
siderable routine business was transacted and
a sum of money collected. Roger Vail being
introduced, reads speech made by the eloquent
Wendell Phillips, upon the occasion of the re-
ception of Mr.. O'Connor, M. P, in Boston,
recently. Mr.. Vail supplemented the reading
by spirited reference to the power of the
public press. He said he would rather con
tend with 900 bayonets and rifles than three
speech and the press in this country as COM
pared with the manner in which
the freedom of the press in Ireland was muz-
zled in Ireland by the British government. He
thought tn man who opposed the press was
fool But if the press should throw dirt at
you, hurl it back into their faces, SO that it
shall blind them. He hoped to soon greet an
Irish daily in Minneapolis, through which
medium the Irishmen could speak freely.
The Germans have paper, as have the scandl-
navians. Why should not the Irish? Surely
the Irish were as intelligent as any nation and
any true Irishman who should start paper
here would receive hearty support.
He then referred to the manner in which the
Land League meeting of Tuesday had been
treated by the Pioneer Press. He said all the
Irish people wanted of paper of its ilk WAS
civility, but instead it had heaped upon them
contemptuous abuse. But he thought that
the paper was feeling the effect, as every
Irishman would renounce it, ard by the time
its circulation in Minneapolis and st. Paul ad
been whitfield down, the editor would come
around whining for their support.
At the close of Mr.. Vail's address a song
was excellently rendered by Miss McGuirk
and appropriate recitatiOns were delivered by
Misses O'Brien and Mahony.
1t was moved, that inasmuch as the Clio BE
was the only paper which had given fair
report of the meeting of the league on Tues
day night, and which had been copied, by the
Northwestern Chronicle, the only Irish paper
in the northwest, vote of thanks be rendered
to the St. Paul GLOBE. Carried unanimously.
A committee of three was appointed to wait
upon A. Oyit, who had recently returned
from visit to ireland, and solicit an address
from him before the league at some future
meeting.
Alderman Walsh made a brief, practical
speech. He thought more solid work was
needed at the meetings. He said that the
time had Gomez when all who were not with
| the Irish people were against them. They
could not be neutral. He was in favor o.
uniting the three Minneapolis Leagues in ont
organization. He thought that pleasant riv
airy was healthy, but still, everything consid
cred, he thought it best to unite, as in unior
there is strength.
A committee of three to confer
with the Parnell Land League and
arrange preliminaries looking towards {
| union of the two Leagues, consisting of Pete
McKierman, Roger Vail and Mr.. McGurick,
| was appointed.
The meeting was closed with the announce
ment that the Ladies Land League would NEE
on next Sunday evening. fine programm
| would be presented.