Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-16
THE DELEGATES SELECTED.
Action of the Land League and Order O
Hibernians Yesterday With Reference {,
the Philadelphia Convention.

Action of the Land League and Order OF
Hibernians Yesterday With Reference 10
the Philadelphia Convention.
called meeting of the st. Paul lard
league was convened yesterday afternoon
in the district court room,C. M.MacCartby
presiding and P. Hogan officiating as sec
rotary. The object of the meeting was the
election of delegate to the Philadelphia
convention, and after the disposition of
routine business President MacCarthy de-
livered an address in which he discussed in
graphic terms the wrongs and indignities
to which the Screen Isle' had been sub
jected, and was to-day afflicted with. He
referred to the labors put forth by Mr.
Parnell in behalf of constitutional liberty.
which had gone forth to foster the fondest
hopes among friends of the cause of right
and justice. But these hopes had
been disappointed. The duty of
the Irish people to-day, was to take one
step forward and demand rights the ap-
plication of which had been denied them
For the purpose of obtaining the views of
Irishmen in America as to the course to
be pursued, convention had been called
by representatives of the Irish race in this
country and Patrick Egan in Ireland.
At this convention their position on the
question would be determined. They
would decide what was necessary to be
done to put stop to the tyrannical acts
of the British government, under which
no Irishman was permitted to go forth af-
ter dark, and by the provisions of which
If any violated the curfew clause of the
act, they were imprisoned, tried and con-
victed and punished, or given the alterna-
tive of emigrating toAmerica. This question
of repatriation was a question which in
volved the rights of Americans, and upon
which Americans have a right to speak.
This question Of exile without crime was
one that demanded the attention of all
Americans, and could not be ignored-in
spite of the fact that some American
papers, and notably a paper in this city,
had the hardihood to champion the cause
of England. After some further remarks
Mr.. MacCarthy concluded with reference to
the necessity for harmony in the delibera-
tons of the convention as Indispensable to
promotion of the sacred cause for which
ii would assemble.
He was followed by Messrs. j. j. Ahern,
formerly of Dubuque but now of ST. Paul,
W. L. Kelly and Mr.. Markoe, who spoke to
the employment of every available means
that would tend to the Liberation of Ire
land.
Upon motion of P. Hogan the nomina-
ton of a delegate to the Philadelphia
convention was proceeded with, and
after some debate the secretary
was, on motion of p. r. Mcdonald,
instructed to cast the vote of the meeting
for G.. M. MacCarthy as delegate, which
Il
the compliment IN few appropriate re-
marks, after which the meeting adjourned.
THE HIBERNIANS.
A meeting of the county board of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians was held yes
terday morning in the society rooms, at
which William McTeague was elected
delegate to the convention. The meeting
was largely attended and the deliberations
were characterized by expressions Of har-
mony and a unity of action in the efforts