Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-18
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Report of Treasurer Esan.

The Irish national conference opened here
TODAY. ParneIl presides.
A letter was read from Egan. dated Parls,
rendering his resignation as treasurer OF the
land ls.gue, and giving a statement OF the
fund of the league. The report shows IA,
$40 pounds sterling passed through MS
hands. OF this there were discussed IN re-
lieving distress in 1879 and 1880, 5o,OOO
mounds: in defence at state trials, over l5,f
900 pounds; and in expenditures through
the general land league and ladies's league,
las. 900 pounds, leaving a balance of nearly
80 900 pounds Parnell and Davitt were re-
ceived with tremendous cheers by the dele
gates. Nearly all the extreme Irish men,
bers of parliament are present The al
tendance of delegates is large.
At the time fixed for the conference very
few delegates were present. but In about an
hour there were between 700 and 500 pre-
sent. On the platform were the LORD Mayor
Dawson, Messrs. Healy. Power, OConnor,
Corbett, Gill, Sexton, O'Suliivan and Bren-
nan Egan, in his letter Of resignation says,
sin view of the fact that new national OF
ganizatisn is likely TO spring up from the
conference, and il is impossible for me 10
absent myself from my own business IN DUB
lin, must earnestly beg my friends IN the
land league to relieve me Of the treasurer
ship"
Egan then submits the financial statement
mentioned previously. He specifies the pur-
poses for which the fl4S 200 were expended
through the general land league and ladies
league 1t was applied as follows: Support
Of evicted tenants, erection of land league
huts, and in the payment of law costs and
general expenses of the organizations. For
his own protection as well as for the satls-
faction of members of the league, Egan asks
that two members of the executive commit
tee be deputed to examine his accounts.
Mr. Davitt proposed and Justin Mccarthy
seconded, warm vote of thanks and OF con-
tinued confidence in Egan. which was passed
Parnell in an address at the Irish confer
ence, corrected the impression that nothing
had been done for evicted tenants. he SAID
that since the dissolution of the ladies'
league f2774 had been spent in relieving
them. and that hundreds of families had been
placed in position TO avail themselves of
the benefits of the arrears act.
A numbers of letters and kilograms from
America approving the movement were read:
Letters also were received from several
Catholic Bishops expressing confidence III
the leaders of the movement. Parnell then
submitted the program of the conference and
reviewed its proposals.
Parnell declared that he wished to reatfirm
his first utterances on public platform,
namely, that until he attained for the people
of Ireland the right to make their own laws,
they would never be in accordance with their
wishes No solution of the land question
could be final that did not secure to farmers
the right of their holdings BY purchase
He estimated that fair amendment OF the
Uealy clause would result in an average of
20 per cent. further reduction in Judicial de-
crees fixing rent He said the Irish party
required SIS to 90 members in parliament but
they could not hope for this until the fran
chise was placed on the basis OF household
suffrage In relation to the assertions OF an
English paper, with regard to their alleged
differences with their kindred III America,
Parnel denied that there had been any die
tation from that quarter. He for one would
have declined to obey such dictation. On
whatever points they might have differed,
they had agreed to leave the issue to the
Irish people Despite the most tyrannicaly
coercion act the world had ever seen, they
would vet attain the measures on which they
had set tfeir hearts. The scheme for the
establishment of the Irish national league
was adopted.
Dayitt then addressed the convention. He
spoke in somewhat more pronounced terms
than Parnell He declared that until land
which was stolen from the people was re-
stored to the whole people as national prop
ertv. there could be no final and satisfactory
settlement of the land question. At the same
time he wished to be distinctly understood
that his declaration did not separate him from
Parnel on the land question.
Parnell accepted an amendment to the pro-
posed land scheme to the effect that increased
taxes should be placed on grassed land and
that all covenants against Tilton should be
declared void.
The conference unanimously adopted an
amendment to the program in favor OF the
payment of the Irish party in the House OF
Commons. On the motion of Davitt it was
resolved to include the establishment of
workingmen's clubs and reading rooms
among the objects of the conference.