Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-05-11
IRISH NATIONALLEAGUE.
phia of Representative Irish Citi-
zens of the United States,

zens OF the United States.
Formation of a NeW League for United
and Active Efforts tu Behalf of
Ireland.
The Convention ofthe Irish National Land
League Of America, held at Philadel-
phia on Wednesday and Thursday
OF last week. 1t consisted
of duly accredited delegates from the vari-
GUS benevolent, charitable and other Irish
societies in America. The call for this Sec
ond convention states that its object is to
be to form q new league after the plan of
the national league of Ireland, which will
blend into one organization, as Irish socie-
ties OF the United States and Canada, the
new organization to be affiliated with tie
Irish national league Of Ireland. The prin-
ciples of the Irish national league, which
was formed in Dublin in October last was
as follows: First, national se'f-government;
second, land law reform; third, s%elfgovern-
ment; fourth, extension of parliamentary
and municipal franchises; fifth, develop
Inent and encouragement of the labor and
industrial interests of Ireland. The Phila.
delphia convention was largely attended
and was called to order by President James
A. Mooney of Buffalo, of the Irish land
league of the United States; secretary ]. ].
Hynes, of Buffalo, secretary OF
the Irish land league of the Uni
ted States; assistant secretaries, William f.
Sheehan al Buffalo and ]. D.. O'Connell u1
of Washington. No vice presidents.
Mr.. Mooney, on taking the chair made a
very sensible speech Various committees
were appointed and financial and other re.
ports received and accepted. The report ol
the secretary shows that during the year
1888, the new branches reported 70 the
central office, and now on the national roll,
number $50, Of whose existence the central
office has official knowledge, and 2s9 not
known officially.
Total amount of money received by the
secretary from April IL, 1882, to April Is,
1888, was $79,03S.
Among the committees appointed was the
following, appointed to consider the method
Of merging the Land League with the new
organization:
Arizona, James Redpath; Connecticut,
James Reynolds; Georgia, Col. ]. F. Arm
ana, James Fl. Allen; Iowa, NJ. v. Cannon;
Kentucky, Matthew O'Dougherty; Lo lisi-
ma, T. Mahones; Maryl nd, Col. f. T.
Joyce; Mich, Rev. DR.. Charles O'Reilly;
Minnesota, NJ. G. Mccarthy; Missouri, Dr..
Thomas O'Reilly; Massachusetts, Rev.
Father Conaly; Maine, 10 II A. Gallagher;
New Hampshire, William H. German; New
Jersey, John II. Sanderson; New York. D.
G. Feely; Nebraska, John Fitzgerald; Ohio,
Major John Byrne; Pennsylvania, Rev.
Thomas Barry; Vermont, William Mullen;
Rhode Island, Col. f. S.. O'Reilly; South
Carolina, NJ. M. Kennedy; Virginia, Patrick
McGovern; Wisconsin,, James G.. Donnelly;
District of Columbia, Arthur Rooney.
On Thursday the convention continued
its session. Mrs Della Parnell entered, es-
corted by Alex. Sullivan of Chicago, who
introduced her, amid applause, as greater
than the mother of the Ora chill" Mrs.
Parnell was loudly cheered upon entering.
On motion of Mr.. V. Cannon of Iowa a res
olution OF respect and sympathy for mother
Fanny Parnell was adopted by a rising vote.
1t is stated the central league OF Boston
would decorate Fanny Parnell's grave.
Permanent organization was effected with
the following officers: chairman, M. A.
Foren of Ohio; secretary, John J. Hyeres;
assistant secretaries. John j. Wright of
Michigan. Edward Fitawilliams of Massa-
c%nusetts, Cornelius Koran of Pennsylvania.
]. d. OConnell of Washington. A num-
ter of vice presidents were also chosen.
The following telegram from Charles
Stewart Parnell was read which is notable
for its apparent depreciation ofwhat is termed
the dynamite policy. His most noteworthy
recommendation is that the convention
frame a platform that Will encourage aid
from Ar erica, while the British govern
ment should at the same time have no pre-
text for entirely surprising the national
movement in Ireland.
LONDON, April 26.-James Mooney, ESQ.,,
President oftne 1rish-American Convention,
Philadelphia: Ny presence at the openi =
of the most representative convention OF
Irish. Americans, in my opinion, ever as
sembled, being impossible, owing to the
necessity OF my remaining here to oppose
the criminal code bill, which ~re-enacts
personally the worst provisions
of the coercion act, and if
passed, will leave constitu-
tional movements at the mercy Of the gov
my views before the convention. / would
respectfully advise that your platform
should be so framed as to enable US to con-
tinue to accept help from America, and at
the same time avoid afording q pretext to
the British government for entirely sup
pressing the national movement in Ireland.
In this way only, can unity ofmovement be
preserved, both in Ireland and America. l
have perfect confidence that by prudence,
moderation and frmness the cause OF Ire
land will continue to advance, and thou b
persecution rests heavily upon US at presel t
before many years have passed we shall
rave achieved those great objects for which
through many centuries, our race has strug
gled. CHAs STEWART PARNELL.
The committee on merging the old with
the new organization not being ready to re.
port, the day was mostly spentin discussing
minor matters. Ofthe result he has still per
feet confidence. The speeches made were in
the interest nf harmony and united national
action.
Friday was the last and most important
day OF the session. In the afternoon the
committee on resolutions reported a very
lenthy series, constituting a very min.
ute md terrible arrangement o.
England fer her course towards Ireland
and concluding with a declaration of pria-
ciples, among which and the most impor.
tant were the following: Resolved, By the
IriFsh.American people in convention as
sem bled, that the English government il
Ireland, originating in usurpation and p,r
petnated by force. having failed to discharg,
any of the duties ofgovernment, and never
having acquired the consent of the govern
ed, has no moral right whatever to exist ip
Ireland, and that it is the Guty ofthe Irish
race throughout the world to sustain the
Irish people in the employment ofall legiti.
mate means to substitute for it national self
government.
Resolved. That we pledge our unqualified
support, moral and material, to our coun.
trymen in Ireland in their efforts to recover
national self-government, and in order more
ehectually to promote this object by the con.
so.idation of oil our resources, and the ere.
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