Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-26
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THB LEAGUE CLOSED UP Absorbed Into The Irish
 National League AFTER A WHOLE DAYS DISCUSSION Mrs. ParneII Votes Against The
 Change.
 A Priest Brings Up Politics. Demanding That President Arthur Be Censured.
A Priest Brings Up Politics.
Demanding That President
 Arthur Be Censured.
PENNSYLVANIA.


 Wants the President Censured-sat l Down on by the Presiding Officer.
 PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-Ihe stars and stripes waved over Horticultural Hall this morning where tue Land league convention was in session, and the sidewalk was crowded | throughout the day with men and women who wore green badges, bearing the words Delegate, Union freedom" Within about eight hundred delegates, each wearing the green badge, were gathered, and gave en- l thusiastic attention to the days proceed ings. It was an intelligent as well as enthusiastic l body, and among the throng the clean shaven face of the Roman Catholic priest was quite as prominent as the distinctively Irish fea- lures of the Ulster county men, of which the coal region of Pennsylvania sent a goodly number. Seated on the platform were the lady delegates, as well as many gentlemen who have been prominent in the movement for Irish liberty, Patrick Egan and Father Cronin occupying front seats on the left of President Mooney. Father Walsh, of Water bury, was also on the stage. O'Donovan Rossa, who was admitted to the hall as 8 representative of the United Irishman, sat near the reporters tables, holding in his hand small roll of paper. and paid strict attention to the proceedings attending the organization, though it was noticeable that he did not take note, and once, apparently forgetting that he was a journalist and not 8 delegate, called upon the chair to put a question.
 As early as 10 o'clock the committee of fif- teen on credentials, appointed by President Mooney, Michael Roland and Patrick .Egan, were in session in smaller hall near by. By II o'clock, the hour for commencement, the Massachusetts and Illinois men came in and occupied front seats and the galleries were slowly filled up with spectators. Frank Byrne, the recent dynamite refugee from Paris, occupied seat in the right hand sec- tion of the balcony, he and his wife being here as spectators. At five min utes past twelve President Mooney cal led the convention to order and the following temporary officers were chosen: 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 secretaries- | William F. Sheehan of Buffalo, and J. D. O'Connell of Washington, D. C.. There were no vice presidents. MT. Mooney, on | taking the chair, made g speech in which he
 
 | nell, whom we love and revere in America no less than they do in Ireland itself. (Ap- plause.) To our great disappointment he cannot be here to direct or inspire our labor. I have to convey to you his deep and sincere regret that, owing to the present aspect of Irish affairs, it was absolutely inn possible for him to absent himself from Parliament. Though he is not here to I help direct our labors on 6 plan approved by him of the new national league in Ireland,  of h1s views, will unable us still to work un- der his guidance. After paying a compi- ment to Patrick Egan, the speaker referred l to the present condition of Ireland and the misrepresentations of England in regard l thereto. He said, let England restore justice 1 to her Irish courts, protect women and chil- dren from her brutal constabulary, feed her famishing multitudes her landlords | system has given over to starvation, cease to throw out the aged and dying upon the wayside without shelter, before she appeals | to nation that once cast off her hateful l yoke for tyrannies less than these to check | the passionate outburst of those who have ! suffered in her prison pens or still remem- 1 Der her persecution. In spite of England l the Irish American will be most important factor in the Irish question till that vexed question shall have received @ solution. recess WAS then taken.
 Mrs. Parnell came up to the convention hall shortly before o'clock She was re- ceived with a storm of cheers. Alexander | Sullivan, of Chicago, does not think the pa | pal pronunciamento genuine. If it is, he says it will create consternation in the Irish ranks here. The clergy who are present seemed dismayed over the news, and it may lead to applications. The convention did not resume until $40 p. m. Mrs. Par nell was on the platform. The committee on | credentials reported the list of delegates en- titled to seats. It was stated that l hod cd hr ha tion. J. J. Hynes read the treasurer report, which showed that $61, ,976 had been re- ceived from the various branches of the league from April 12, 1882, to April 25, 1883 Of this $27, ,102 had been remitted to MT. Egan, SIP, ,9O3 to Mir. Parnell and $23,- 355 to the famine districts. Father Walsh entered into details of the disbursements of the funds and paid glowing tribute to the memory of Miss Fanny Parnel. Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, T. J. Doherty and Dr. Case were appointed an auditing committee. Colonel John Byrne, of Cincinnati, moved that committee be appointed to consider the ques- tion of merging the land league into the na- tional league. MT. O'Brien, of New York, seconded the motion. After @ long debate motion for the appointment of member from each delegation as 8 committee to de- wise a plan for the merging of the land league into the national league was car- ried. recess was then taken to allow the delegations te select their representatives on the committee which was finally formed as follows: Arizona, James Redpath; Connecticut, James Reynolds; Georgia, J. Armstrong; Illinois, Rev. Morris J. Dorney; Indiana, James H. Allen; Iowa,
 W. B. Cannon; Kentucky, M. O'Dougherty; Louisiana. P. Maroney; Maryland, B. Joyce; Michigan, Rev. Dr. O'Reilly;
 Minnesota, c. M. McCarthy; Mississippi, Conaty Maine, John A. Gallagher; New Hampshire William H. German; New Jer-
 sey. J, H. Sanders New York, B. c. Feeley; Nebraska, John Fitzgerald Ohio,
 John o. Byrne Pennsylvania, Rev. Thomas
 Barney; Vermont, Millam V: MuHen He1a ]:
 lima, M. M. Kennedy; Virginia, Patrick Mo-
 Govern: Wisconsin, John G. Donnelly; . District of Columbia, A. Rooney. On mo. ton of Mr. Collins, sf Massachusetts, all matters concerning the reorganization or the league and all impressions in the nature of resolutions were referred to the commit
 tee. A recess was taken until o'clock p m.
 The convention came to order again at 9:20. 1 Father Cronin moved that debate on The
 question to be conGidered be limited to hVe
 minutes for each speaker Fms was agreed
 to. and Cushing's manual was adopted as the
 guide for further proceedings. Father Mo 1 Kenna- of Hudson, N. r., called attention to
 the fact that the committee appointed at the
 last convention to wait upon the President
 and ask an explanation or Mlnister I | MT. Collins. who was chairman of the com-
 mittee. said: II do not believe
 that the committee was expected to make any
 report or should have prepared 1ormai l one. The committee waited on the fres1den1
 of the United States and presented the reso.
 lutiona of the convention. The President
 pleased to ssy that pending aiplosis flor si |, to eFnress an opinion of what was ' best to be done or taking action, but if the time came for the ezeoutlys s to to ! act he gave us the assurance that he wou1d @ De
 na said. II now move that since President Arthur has not found out the right side it ii
 the sense of this convention that he be % cen,
 sured for his lack of honesty eSensation
 and cries of ssNoI No!") We understand
 he proposes himself for reelection;
 think it is right he should not have
 the Irish-American vote of this country.
 Of course we do not want poiiflcs brought !