The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
The Irish Convention.

xAO - AVA VIZ
A Set Of Ringing and Pointed
! Resolutions.
By Earnest, Honest and De
termined Men.
Mrs. Parneu Crowns the Bust
Of Washington.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26, IL a. M
The committees on platform and or
%qanization are still in session. The
members said their deliberations
would not be concluded before two
o'clock tomorrow and probably much
later. The chief result will be &C
complished by these two committees,
So far the appointment is without Sc
rious discOrd. The committees are
required to evolve the status and con-
ditions on which all the Irish sOcie-
ties on this continent are to unite.
The Land League convention held
Yesterday has notsyet definitely adj
journed. The results of the commit
tee work tonight will determine
whether the committee OF seven APP
pointed by the Land League shall
pronounce that body adjourned SINE
die or r%econvene it.
The committee on organization has
elected Michael Boland. of Kentucky,
chairman. After a protracted debate
a subcommittee was appointed on
the constitution or plan, to be sub
mitted to the full committee to-mOr-
row morning. The subcommittee
consists of Colonel Michael Boland,
| James Reynolds, Connecticut, John
O. Mahoney, Tennessee, j. G. Don
nelly. Michigan. and G.. J. Smith,
Nebraska. Colonel Boland. a men,
Der of the Land League committee of
| seven,is chairman of this committee,
and the sub committee is regarded as
| indicating the adoption of a Land
| League policy in the national re0r-
g~anization. Col. Boland was of counsel
in John Devery's suit, brought
against him for libel by August Bel
mont. Devery is said, to antagOn-
| iZe the dynamite business or Rosa
! policy. The. most important ques-
ton before the committee tonight
was the second resolution of the
printed programme, to the effect that
free trade for. Ireland is above all
things to be demanded and desired.
PHILADELPHIA, April 27.-Wil-
liam Henry Smith reported from the
| committee on resolutions as follows:
"The Irish American people assem-
bled in convention at Philadelphia
| submit to the intelligence and right
reason Of their fellowmen that the
duty of < government is to preserve
the lives of the governed, to defend
their liberty, to protect their proper
ty, to maintain peace and order, to
allow each portion of people an equit-
able and efficient voice in the lagisla-
ture and to promote the general well
fare by wise, just and humane laws.
We solemnly declare, and cite un-
questioned history and the universal
knowledge Of living testimony there
of, first, that the English government
has existed in Ireland not to preserve
the lives Of the governed but to de-
stroy them.
The resolution then pictures at
length the allowed barbarities of the
English government, how the blaz-
ing torch had been applied to asy-
lums and terrified women, how the
deadly bomb had been discharged
into helpless towns, and adds: AS if
the sword, cannon, torch, scaffold,
dagger, and explosive is not enough,
as it enjoys the unique infamy of
being the only government known
to ancient Oh modern times which
has employed famine for the destruc-
ton of those from whom it claimed
allegiance, forcib]y robbing Irish
people of the fruits Of their own toll,
produced by their own labor, it has
buried not hundreds, not thousands,
but more than millions of the Irish
race unshrouded and uncoffine in the
grave of hunger. 1t has compelled
other millions in compulsory poverty
to seek in alien lands the bread they
were entitled to in their own. There
is no form Of cruelty known to the
lowest savage which it has not prac-
ticed on the Irish people in the name
of the highest civilization. The last
paragraph in this plank refers to
dynamite as it is. There is no form
announced. The committee on reso-
lutions had prepared report but was
not yet ready to present it. The
chairman of the committee on organ
ization would not be ready to report
until after the committee on resolu-
ton had reported. After a long de.
bate the committee on organization
had not been able to agree on the
number Of officers for the National
League or its exact schemes for gov
eminent. The secretary then read,
by unanimous consent, a communj-
cation from S. S. Cox, of New York,
congratulating the convention on
what it.had achieved, and declaring
that it was impossible for Ireland to
remain under British government.
A vote of thanks was then passed to
Cox. Father Boylan, of Ireland,
and Father Agnew addressed the
convention, congratulating it upon
temperate action and declaring that |
England and Scotland would be the |
first to feel the effects of any intem-
perate action. At 20 minutes to II a
reces was taken for 2 hours to await
the reports of committees.
The reading Of the report was hailed
with hearty applause. Al the ar
raignment Of the Government in the
first resolution the entire Convention
rose and cheered.
Chadwick moved the resolutions
be discussed and disposed of scriatem.
Brown, of st. Louis, moved as a SUBJ
stitute that they be adopted as read.
Finerty, of Chicago, hoped the gen.
tleman who moved the substitute
would have the decency to withdraw
his motion. He was opposed to put
ting a court plaster on a carbuncle.
He appealed to Brown to withdraw
his substitute for the sake of Ireland,
and said he (Finerty) would move to
lay it on the table it it was not with
drawn. Brown should not be actu-
ated by a desire for partisan tri-
umph. Brown declined to with
draw his motion. Finertv
moved to lay it on the table. Lost
amid cheers aud hisses. An excited
debate was Interrupted by Doherty.
of Boston, moving the previous ques-
ton on the adoption of the resolution.