Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-27
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THB NATIONAL LEAGUE. Second Day of the Irish
 Convention. ATELEGRAM FROM PARNELL Laying His Views Before the
 Assembly. COMMITTEES IN SESSION ALL NIGHT. Working to Get Together a
 Platform.
COMMITTEES IN SESSION ALL NIGHT.
PENNSYLVANIA.

The Irish ConventIon-Enthusf
 Which Occasionally Lapsed Into Diser-
 der-A Telegram from the Irish Chief
 The Committees Working en a Plat 1 form-DetaiIs of the Days Proceedings.
 PH1LADELPH1x, April 26.-To days Irish American national convention was composed
 of nearly twice as many delegates as that of yesterday, and was attended by an increased
 number of spectators, who crowded the for
 ward part of the galleries It was not less
 enthusiastic than that of the land league, and while being of a more mixed character, and comprising a number of men far from intel l ligent, the great majority were apparently heartily in accord, and the dissenting ele-
 ment was far from large or powerful. Ap-
 plause was quite as plentiful and pronounced
 as yesterday, and the speakers, who seemed l to vie with each other to pronounce stirring 1 platitudes and give forth patriotic sentiment, l were repeatedly interrupted by hand-clapping
 and, at times, by cheering and the wild way | ing of hats. O'Donovan Rossa was in the
 hall again to-day, but refused to say what his | intentions were. He took no part in the early proceedings, but paid attention to everything that occurred, and now and then
 scratched down a note on the bit of paper ! he held ln his hand
 | At 12 o'clock Alexander Sullivan, young 1 lawyer of Chicago, called the body to order, at the request of the Committee of Seven whose names were appended to the call for the convention, in 8 speech which was i'm pressively delivered, and, while being utterly devoid of rant and buster, had the effect of
 raising further, if it were possible, the ardor | of the assembled sons of Erin. The official
 call was then read by Rev. Dr. Betts, who presided over the last national convention at Chicago. MT. Sullivan then arose and said
 nominations for temporary chairman were
 HOW in order. MT. Mooney nominated Rev.
 Maurice J. Dorney, of Chicago, and the mo- | tion was seconded by Col. Michael Roland, of | the Committee of Seven. Now came the first | sign of dissension, when Daniel Purcell, of I Conshohocken, man with 8 pronounced ' brogue, 8 low brow, and otherwise distinct 1 lively Irish physiognomy, arose and shouted ''We don't want any machine rule here!" l 'tPut him out!' shouted some one, and for | time there were signs of excitement, which
 only ceased when John Ffnnerty, of Chica- | go, whom Purcell wished to put in nomina- | ton, declined to stand. This was the begin l nil ng of considerable turbulence, which be- 1 came more marked when Dr. O'Reilly, of Michigan, offered series of rules to regu-
 gate shouted that he wanted no gag law. He had his credentials in his pocket, and he had a right to speak. Considerable l confusion ensued. A hundred delegates ! were on their feet at one time, each striving to be heard, and for time the ! convention was babel of yelling Irishmen. Men shouted themselves hoarse, while the more level-headed hissed in disapproval and | did their utmost to quell the disturbance. The chairman, who was mild spoken Ro- 1 man Catholic priest, of exceeding good na- 1 ture stated that he did not think it was dis 1 order-only an ''ebullitiou of good feeling and a desire to have everything perfect" After l the storm came 8 calm. Things were finally strengthened out. The rules were adop- ted, and the convention proceeded to organ ize Four secretaries were elected after l warning from the chair that the whole con- 1 vention was not needed to act in that capac- | ity These were MT. Melvin s. Roach of l Troy, Mir. Brown of St. Louis, Mir. J. J. l Hynes of Buffalo and Mir. William Gleason of ! Cleveland.
 ! A recess was then taken that a committee I on credentials of one from each State and 1 Territory might be chosen. Disorder reigned l awhile, the whole convention standing up on l the benches and creating the widest kind of ! 8 hubbub At 1:30 the convention was again called to order. The roll of the committee | on credentials was called. The convention
 soon after adjourned till half past four o'clock l the committee on credentials meeting imme- l diately in the hall.
 1 It was 5 o'clock before the convention re- 1 stunned. MT. Fitch, of Arizona, submitted ! the report of the committee on credentials. 1 All the delegates to yesterdays convention | were admitted. and the committee had passed IfavorabIy on the names of POS new delegates. There were some disputed cases, but these | were left for the decision of the chairmen of laIa o9n fad Mir Gallagher, of New York, wanted to com plain about 8 report of the proceedings in | the Philadelphia News, but he was checked ! by the chairman, who decided that it was out | of order at this point. The convention on \ motion of MT. Cannon, of Iowa, passed \ resolution of condolence with Mrs. Parnell | on the death of her daughter Miss Fanny 1 Parnell. It was stated that her tomb would
 be appropriately decorated on Decoration \ day. 'I am sure," said the chairman, "you ! will have the same love for the | son that remains to do our work
 as for the daughter who has gone" (Ap- \ plause.) The work of selecting permanent officers was turned over to the committee on credentials MT. Dunne, of Chicago, wanted every organization to have a representative stNo! No !'') Ut was, he said, ''the duty | of the convention to hear the views of the \ organizations if they wished to go away in ' unity.'' He offered motion to this effect | which was voted down. A recess was taken ! again to allow the delegations to select repre- sentatives on committees on permanent or N ganization and platform and rules.
 On coming to order again MT. Fitch pre- scented the report of the permanent officers | for the convention as follows: Chairman, W. A. Moran, of Ohio; secretary, J. J. | Hynes, of Buffalo assistant secretaries, J. J. G. Wright of Michigan, Ed. Fitzwilliams ! of Massachusetts, E. Morgan of Pennsylva- ! mia, J. D. O'Connell of Washington vice | presidents. Patrick Egan of Ireland, Rev. N J. Masterson of Massachusetts, M. s.
 bin of Montreal, James Key. holds of Connecticut John H. ParneH ! of Georgia, John Carroll of Indiana, Dr.
 William B. Wallace of New York, c. J. \ Smith of Nebraska, Rev. James Mckay of ! Ohio, Hon T. V. Powderly of Pennsylvania, ! Joseph Mullin of Rhode Island, W. J. O'Con- nor of South Carolina, Hon. Thomas Fitch ! of Arizona. P. McGovern of Virginia, J. c. \ Carrigan of Wisconsin, P. O'Meagher Con- \ don of Washington, William Condon of Della Green of Illinois, Hon. J. Fitzpatrick of | Louisiana James Doyle of Indiana, pr. O'Reilly of Michigan, Captain c. Mccarthy of Minnesota, Dr. Thomas O'Reilly of
 Missouri, John P. Hayes of New Hampshire, IJ. J. Berry of New Jersey, Rev. Father Slatterv and MT. Gallagher of Australia. The report was unanimously adopted. Father Dornsy made humorous speech in intro 6ucing his successor. MT. Moran delivered
 brief address in which he urged expedition and harmony "We owe debt to Ireland, he said, but we can pay it without severing
 our allegiance to this government. We can create sentiment in this esuntry, an Irish national sentiment not only among our own
 people, but among the people of all nations
 who have sought an asylum on these shores (Applause.) The old bell that rang forth in 1776 proclaiming liberty to all the earth has not ceased to reverberate yet. We have right to say to the
 American people,a part of whom we are, that
 the genius and spirit of our institutions
 breathe liberty everywhere and that so long ! as there is 8 down trodden and oppressed people on the face of the earth it is the duty \ of every lover of American independence and | universal freedom to extend helping hand
 to that people (Cheers. We only ask for
 the people of Ireland what Henry Grattan ! said of them He said, We only desire to I breathe in this our Ireland in common with
 our fellow subjects the air of liberty. We ! never will be satisfied so long as the meanest N 1a0 1ink If RrItI cn