The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-18
TELEGRAPHIG NEWS
irish National Conference.


Dublin, 1.-THE Irish national con-
fersnee opened to-day, Parnel! presides.
A letter was read from Egan, dated
Paris, rendering his resignation as treas
urer Of the Land League, and giving
statement Of the standing of the league.
It shows q total of G244, $50 passed
through his hands. OF this sum there
was disbursed in relieving distress in '79
an6 80, ESQ, 600; in the defense Of the
state trials, over ESQ, 900, aud in expen-
ditures through the general Land League
and Ladies' League, 9t45 600, leaving a
balance Of nearly se32, 600.
Parnell and Dsvitt were received with
tremendous cheers by the delegates.
Nearly all extreme irish members of
Parliament were present. The attend
ance of delegates was large.
At the time fixed for the opening of the
conference very few delegates we've
present, but in about sn hour there were
between 700 and SEQ 10 the ball. Ga the
platform were Lord Mayor Dawson and
Miss Healy, Thomas Power O'Counor,
Corbett, Gill, Sexton, O'Sullivan and
Brennan. Egan, IN his letter Of resiGna-
nation says; Ia view Of the fact that q
new national organization is likely to
spring from the conference, and as it is
impossible for me TO longer absent my
self from my own business In Dublin,
must earnestly beg my friends in the
Lsnd League to relieve me OF the
| treasurarship. Ryan then submits the
! financial statement mentioned above. He
gives only round figures as the books Of
| the Lesgue are in Dublin.
Egsn apecif IS the purpose TO which the
9l48. coo was expended through the
general Land Lesgue, and the Ladies'
League. It was applied as follows: Sup.
port Of evicted tenants, erection of Land
League huts, payment Of law suits and
general expenses Of the organization.
For his own protection ss well as for the
satisfaction of members Of the Lesgue,
be asks that two members of the execut-
i've be deputed to examine his accounts.
Ds7itt proposed and Justin Mccarthy
seconded q warm vote of thanks to, and
continued confidence in Egsa, which
passed.
Parnell, in an address to the confer
| ence, corrected the impression that NO.
thing had been done for the evicted ten
ants since the dissolution of the ladies'
league; 81, ia had been spent In reliev-
ing them. One hundred families had
been placed in 8 position to avail them
| selves of the benefits of the arrears act
Parneu wished to resfirm his frat utter
snce on the public platform, namely,
until he attained for the people of Ireland
| the right to make their own lava they
would never ba'in accordance with their
| ton could be final that did not grant
/ 70 Aho r.yr- ~
of their holdings By purchase. BE esti-
mated that the amendment to the Healy
clause would result in an average OF 20
| par cent, further reduction in judicisl
| DEGREES, fixing rent He said the Irish
party required eighty-fve TO ninety mem
beTs 10 Parliament. but they could not
on the basis Of household suffrage. In
relation to reports of English papers with
regard to alleged differences with their
kindred in America, Parnell denied there
had been any dictation from that quar-
ter.
Brennan and Sexton were appointed
secretaries of the conference.
| Numbers Of letters and kilograms from
America approving the movement we're
read, Letters were also received from
several Catholic bishops, apologizing for
! their sbsence, and expressing confidence
in the leaders Of the movement. Par
nell then submitted programme for the
conference and reviewed its proposals
For one would one would not obey such
dictation. On what points they might
have differed they had agreed tn leave
the igsu9 to the Irish people. Despite
| the most tyrannical coercion the world
had ever seen they would attain the
measures on which they had set theil
hearts.
A scheme for the establishment of an
Irish National League wGs adopted.
Davitt then addressed the convention
He spoke in somewhat more pronounced
terms than Parnell. He declared tina
until the ls1d which was stolen from tn
people was restored to the whole peopl
was restored to the whole people 2
! national properly, there could be no tins
and satisfactory settlement of the LAM
question. At the same time be wished i
distinctly understood that the declara
ton did not separate him from Farnel
on the land question.
Psrnell accepted an amendment to the
proposed land scheme, to the effect thu
increased taxes should be placed O.
, grass lands, and that all covenant
against tilling should be declared void.
: The conference unanimously adopte
an amendment 10 the programme in fl
vor Of the payment OF the Irish party il
the House of Commons.
On motion Of Davitt it was resolved t
include the establishment of working
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