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The Conyention Of The Irish National Land
s League Of America, held at Philadel.
phtas 81 on: Wednesday and Thursday
K OF last week. It consisted
of duly accredited delegates from the yari.
Gus benevolent, charitable and other Irish
Societies in America. Tho cali ior this sec.
Sond convention states that It's object is to
H &c De TO- form q new league alter the plan of
the national league Of Ireland, which will
4 blend into one organization, as Irish socie.
Z ties Of the United States and Canada, the
new organization to be affiliated with tie
Irish national league OF ireland. The p,in-
,ciples of the Irish national league which
was formed in Dublin in October last was
4 as follows First, national elf-government;
second, land law reform; third, selEgoyern-
ment; fourth extension of parliamentary
and municipal franchises filth, develop
ment 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
~. Mooney of Buffalo, of the Irish land
league of the United. States; secretary J. J..
H13ynes, of Buffalo, secretary of
ted States; assistant secretaries, William f.
Sheehan ri Buffalo and J. D. OConnell IF
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 of
the secretary shows that during tue wear
1883, 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 289 not
known officially.
Total amount of money received by the
secretary from April IL, 1882, to April 25
$685. 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. j. F. Arm
strong; Illinois, Rev. Morris Downey; Inoi-
ana, James H. Allen; Iowa, M. v. Cannon;
Kentucky, Matthew ODougherty; Lo ISL
ana, 7. Mahoney; Maryl I'D, Col. +, T,
Joyce; Mich. Rev. DR.. Charles O'Reilly;
Minnesota, NJ. q. Mccarthy; Missouri, DR..
Thomas o'Reil!y; Massachusetts, Rev.
Father Conaly; Maine, 10 IL A. Gallagher;
New Hampshire, William H: German; New
jersey, John 81. Sanderson; New York. d.
Q. Feely; Nebraska, John Fitzgerald; Ohio,
Major John Byrne; Pennsylvania, Rev.
Thomas Barry; Vermont, William Mullen;
Rhode Island, Col. F. S. O'Reilly; South
Carolina, M. M. Kennedy; Virginia, Patrick
McGovern; Wisconsin, james @. Donneliy;
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 a.n4d applause, as greater
than the mother of the Ora chit" Mrs.
Parnell was loudly cheered upon entering.
On motion of Mr.. v. Cannon of Iowa res
olution OF respect and sympathy for mother
Fanny Parnell was adopted by rising VOTE
It is stated the central league of Boston
would decorate Fanny Parnelps grave.
Permanent organization was effected with
the following officers: chairman, NJ. A.
assistant secretaries. John ]. Wright Of
Michigan. Edward FitzWilliams of Massa-
cnusetts, Cornelius Koran of Pennsylvania,
J. D. O'Connell of Washington. a num-
Ter of vice.presidents were also chosen.
The following telegram from Charles
Stewart Parnell was read which is notable
TOR its apparent depreciation of what is termed
the dynamite policy. His most noteworthy
recommendation is that the convention
frame platform that will encourage aid
from America, while the British govern
ment should at the same time have no pre-
text Tor entirely surprising the national
movement in Ireland.
LONDON. April 26.-James Mooney, ESQ.,,
President tue Irish-American Convention,
Philadelphia: My presence at the openi. g
Of the most representative convention OF
sembled, being impossible, owing to the
necessity OF my remaining here to oppose
the criminal code bill, which re.enacts
Of the coercion act, and if
passed, will leave constitu-
tional movements at the mercy of the gov
ment, would respectfully ask you to lay
my views before the convention. would
respectfully advise that your platform
tinue to accept help from America, and at
the same time avoid affording pretext to
the British government for entirely sup
pressing the national movement in Ireland.
In this way only, can unity of movement be
preserved, both in Ireland and America.
have perfect confidence that by prudence,
moderation and irmness the cause OF Ire.
land will continue to advance, and thou, b
persecution rests heavily upon US at presei t,
before many years have passed we SHAH
have 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 spent in discussing
minor matlers. Ofthe result he has still per-
feet confidence. The speeches Inade were in
the interest If harmony and united national
action.
Friday was the last and most important
day of the session. In the afternoon the
committee Oh resolutions reported o vsry
lenthy series, constituting a very min
ute and terrible arrangement OF
England for her course towards Ireland
and concluding with declaration of pril-
ciples, among which and the most jn,por-
tant were the following: Resolved, By the
Irish-American people in convention as.
sem bled, that the English government in
Ireland, originating in usurpation and per.
petuated by force, having failed to discharge
any OF the duties ofgoyernment, and never
having acquired the consent of the govern.
ed, has no moral right whatever to exist III
Ireland. and that it is the duty # the 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
eftectually to promote this object by the con-
alton of one responsible and representative
h0dv tn Qnoak tor tho uroatoe TrolorI