Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-10-20
Old ireland Forever.
THE GREAT NATIONAL CONFERENCE.

LIE OhEA4 CAl1oGNAL SONr EHE1NCEs
DUBLIN, Oct. 1.-THE Irish national
conference opened to-day. Parnell pre-
sides. A letter was received from
Egan, dated at Paris, rendering his
resignation as treasurer of the lard
lea 6 ue, and giving statement of the
funds of the league. The report shows
that total of 9244, $40 passed through
his hands. OF this sum there was dis
bursed in relieving distress in 1879 and
1880 100000; in the defense Of the
state trials over 815,00O, and in ex-
penditures through the general land
league and ladies' league 9148,000,
leaving balance of nearly G32, 600.
Parnell and Davitt were received with
tremendous cheers by the delegates.
Nearly all the extreme Irish members
of parliament are present, and the at
tendance of delegates is large.
Dublin, Oct. 17.-At the time fixed
for opening the conference very few
delegates were present, but in about an
hour there were between seven or eight
hundred in the hall, and ON the plat
form, Lord Mayor Dawson, and Messrs.
Healy, O'Connor, Corbett, Gill, Sexton,
O'Sullivan and Brennan. Eagan, in
his letter of resignation, says: "In view
of the fact that new national organi-
zation is likely to spring from the con-
ference, and it is impossible for me to
longer absent myself from my own
business in Dublin, / must earnestly
beg my friends in the land league to
| relieve me of the treasurership." Egan
then submitted the financial state
ment mentioned in the pre-
ceding dispatch. He gives only
estimated figures as the books oil
the league are in Dablin. Egan speci-
fed the purposes to which the las, 900
pounds were expended through the
general land league and ladies league,
as follows: Support of evicted tenants,
erection of land league huts, payment
of law costs and general expenses of
organization. For his own protection,
| as well as for the satisfaction of mem
bers of league, he asks that two mem
bers of the executive committee be
deputized to examine his accounts.
Davitt proposed and Justice Mccarthy
seconded q cordial vote of thanks to,
and continued confidence in Egan,
which passed. Parnen in an address
to the conference, corrected the
impression that nothing had
been done for Ireland. He
said since the dissolution of the
ladies' league 274 pounds had been
spent in relieving them, and that hum
dreds of families had been placed In
position to avail themselves of the BEN
efits of the arrears act.
Brennan and Sexton were appointed
secretaries of the conference.
Numbers of letters and kilograms
from America approving the move
| ment, were read.
A letter was also received from sew
eral Catholic bishops apologizing for
their absence and expressing conf
dence In the leaders of the movement.
| Parnen then submitted programme
| for the conference and reviewed Its
proposals. He declared he wished 10
reafirm ibis frst utserance on pub
lie platform, namely, that until he at
| tanned for the people of Ireland the
night 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 se-
cure to the farmers the right ef becom-
ing the owners of their holdings by
purchase.
Davitt moved as an amendment to