Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-05

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COMMITTEES OK RESOLUTIONS.
committee on resolutions met at the
uranu Pacific hotel at S O'Clock this
evening and elected Mi, VIM. Nc.
iMuniey, ", OF Ohio chairman, and
William Walter Phelps of New York
secretary. A subcommittee, consist.
lug OF Cabot Hodge OF Massachusetts
ana j.. n. Baker of Indiana,
G Is, n, Peck of Kansas. Maj. w. Il
ELAN Of Virginia, ], NJ. Bynum of
mississippi Judge Gilbert of Colorado
ana Horace Davis OF California, was ap-
pointed, who, with the chairman and
secretary. mentioned above, viii
prepare the platform TO be submitted
10 me convention and report Ia the
iuil committee ut o a. IN. tomorrow.
Alter the appointment Of the sub
committee Alexander sullivan ap-
peared before the committee on behalf
OF the executive committee of
THE IRISH NATIONAL. LEAGUE
and delivered n long and Interesting
address ON the subject OF the owner
ship OF American lands by foreigners.
"A resolution requesting the
committee on resolutions to consider
this subject was adopted at to-lay's
session of the convention. Thcaddress
which Mr.. Sullivan, read after showing
That II was the intention Of the found.
ers OF the government that the prin-
ciple that American citizenship shall
be indispensable to the ownership OF
land In the United States, and that II
Is distinctly 30 indicated In the explicit
terms upon which the thirteen states
ON .t..Ral Ia ,i -
government for the use and benefit of
the entire people. He goes on TO say
that the intention OF the founders
OF the republic has been
thwarted by events which they could
not foresee.
In 1886 and again In 1860 the ma
tiona' Democratic vention APP
proved OF n resolution recommending
the national government 10 aid in the
construction of the Pacific railway.
The national Republican conven-
ton followed that example and the re.
suit Is that quantity of tho public
domain nearly equal 10 the entire area
of the thirteen original states has been
presented TO mopopolies by which II
has been disposed of IN manner d.
rectly hostile to the spirit and terms
upon which those states SUR
rendered the land trust 10 the
national government. IL Is chiefly
through these land grants by
corporations which have proved them
selves superior to popular control, that
"a danger which would have been
| ayerted by constitutional prohibition
has stealthily and silently fastened IT.
self upon our country, namely, the
..f al.
lordism by which the riches of your
soil and the results Of the hardy labor
of our citizens are TO he drained out Of
the country to swell the fortunes of
hereditary monopolies, who hate our
institutions and despise our laws and
who by the cOnpivance of the benet-
Charles of our mistaken generosii are
in legal possession of ut least 20, 600, 900
acres of our soil. We have seen the
effect of the system of great estates
which IL now stealing all over our
| Western domain In india, where the
foreign land proprietor has permitted
~ ,00O,0D0 OF the inhabitants, workers
of the soil, TO perish OF famine during
the reign OF the present monarch,
while annually extracting from the
country exports more than sufficient
W ictu VIC cIilue popuinVou' wv
have seen IL In Ireland and
Egypt, and II the legislative power
OF our nation does not forestall violence
by law, the industrious tlllers Of our
prairies and the hardy delivers In our
mines will continue 10 rid the country
by such means IA they find available
of n curse too malignant.
The COMMITTEES also received and
ri Ia t..la "A h.4layu.
ton of the
KNIGHTS or LABOR
and other kindred organizations.
workiigmep. The principles for
enforcement of the eight-hour law;
the right Of labor 10 organize
in The same manner as capital does;
the enforcement OF compulsory educa-
ton and the prevention OF the lmpor-
tatiOn OF contract labor 40
The committee on organization were
In session until late hour this even
ing. After electing Geo. Is. Williams OF
Indiana, chairman, the committee pro-
ceeded to the election Of u
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
and secretary of the convention. Hon.
GA. Grow OF Pennsylvania was put
| In nomination by the friends OF Blaine.
and j. u. Henderson of Missouri by
! the opposition. Henderson was
elected by vote OF 20 To II.
Chas. w. Clisbee OF Michigan was
unanimously elected secretary.
Mai. Mckinley, chairman OF The
committee on resolutions said tonight
that II was easy 10 indicate the points
| ~ fha tlaf firm lint that me intended
10 make an effort TO have reasonable
tariff pink inserted In the resolutions
and would probably be successflil.