Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-26
An Enthusiastic and Harmon
ious Gathering From all
Parts Of the Union.
The Contributions Of the Year
and the Amount Of Distress
Relieved Thereby.
The Death Of the Land League
Accomplished Without se-
rious CONNECTION.
Preuaratiops For the National Con.
ventfon To-day.
Special Dispatch to THE BIKE.

Special Dispatch to THE BIKE.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-The OBJ.
ject of the convention of the Irish
National Land League of America,
which was called to order In horticul-
tural hall this morning, ia to wind up
the affairs of that body aud merge it
with another body whose gcopo will
be broader. The Land League, as Or
ganized, deals only with the questions
of land law, aud not with those of ma.
tional and local self-government.
The new organization will grapple
with all three of these questions, and
some others besides. TO days CON
vention will first endorse the policy
pursued by Psrnell in his efforts
on behalf of Ireland. 1t will
then devise plans for the organiza.
ton of to.morrow's meeting, which
will be the convention of Irish
= in America and consist of duly
accredited delegates from various ben.
evolent and charitable and other Irish
societies of America. The call for
this second convention states Its OBJ
ject to be to form . new league after
the plan of the National league of Ire.
land, which will blend into one organ.
ization all Irish societies of the United
States and Canada. The new organi.
cation is to be affiliated with the Irish
National league of Ireland.
At II o'clock, the hour for com.
menoing, the Massachusetts and
Illinois men came In, and the galleries
were slowly filed with spectators,
Frank Bryne, a recent dynamite ref
ugeefrom Paris ,!being among the spec
tators. Among the lady delegates
present are Mrs. DR.. Blley, Miss Mary
E. Callaghan and Miss Kittie Fitz.
gerald, Of the st. Louis land league,
and Miss Allie Gallagher of the Par
nell land league of St. Louis, and
twenty. one female delegates sent By
seven female land land league branches
OF rnfs city.
At I've minutes past twelve the
Land Leauge convention was called to
order by President James A. Mooney,
of Buffalo. He announced that for
the benefit of the press and general
convenience each gentleman would, on
rising to address the chair, announce
his name and state. Patrick Egan,
Fathers Cronin and Walsh and q
number of distinguished Leaguers,
together with q number Of lady dele.
gates, took seats upon the stage.
The convention organized by the
selection of the following temporary
officers: President, James A. Mooney,
of Buffalo, president of the Irish
Land League of the United States;
secretary, j, j. Hynes, of Buffalo,
secretary Of the Irish Land League of
the United States; assistant secretar.
les, William T. Sheehan, Of Buffalo,
and j. D. O'Connell, of Washington.
No vice presidents were appointed.
MI. Mooney, upon taking the chair,
made IN address, In which he took
occasion to allude In highly oompli.
mentsry terms to Charles Stewart
Parnell and denounced Gladstone as
50 weak time server who disgraces
the name of liberal"
At the conclusion Of President
MONEYS address, which was heartily
ohesred, Flatley, of Boston moved
the appointment of the committee on
credentials, each state and territory
represented to elect Its own commit
tee men. TIE motion wss carried
and the convention took a recess Of
five minutes to allow delegations
to choose their committee men on
credentials. On reassembling the call
states and territories was made, each
member of the committee responding
In order. The convention then sd.
journed until 2:30.
O'Donovan Rosa was present dur.
ing the morning. For while he was
seated at the reporters table having
been admitted q a representative OF
his paper. He was very quiet and
took notes occasionally. The commit
tee on resolutions met at 2:30, the
hour to which'the convention took O
recess.
Daring the recess Mrs. Parnell en-
tered the hall and was escorted to a
seat upon the stage by Mooney and
Egan. and introduced to the dele gates
as the mother Of the great Irish
leader.
A dispatch p~urporting to come from
the pops caused amusement. II
threatened to excommunicste any
Irish Catholic attacking England dur
Ing this convention, on the ground o.
England's liberallty to all religions.
At 3:15 the convention resumed
business. The names of the lad!
delegates as announced by the com
mittee on credentials were loud!
cheered; also the names of John DE
voy and Redpath.
Secretary Hynes read his genera
statement OF what the League had &C
complished during the year. The re
port of the secretary show that dur
Ing the year SO new branches reportet
to the central Office. There are nov
on the national roll 800 branches o
whose existense the central ofio
have off hal knowledge, aud 289 no
known officially. OF the $50 brsnchs
New York has 1888; Massachusetts,
lao; Connecticut, 40; Psnnsylvania
A; Iowa, 20; New Jersey, 10; Ohio
IA; Missouri, Michigan, an
Rhode Island. IS each, Illinois
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