The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-20
DAY


treasurer OF the PaTnell fund. re-
ported the total amount received 3d.
668, which was sent to ireland. The
chairman then introduced Thomas
Sexton, member Of parliament, who
was loudly cheered. Sexton said in
| substance: We are on the verge of
| the decisive moment in the history of
! the Irish struggle. The administra-
| ton of the land act has been tested,
! and we have found that the benches
| of the land courts have been filled
| with hangers-On of the landlord class;
that, as a rule, the deductions made
in the rents of Irish tenents have not
| been such as will materially alter
! their condition. The sense of secur-
ity on their farms, as long as they pay
! their rent, may certainly count
| for something, but the final
point cannot be long post
postponed, and that point viii he
upon what terms the land shall be
transferred to the tenants by the
holders. IApplause,] The land Of
| Ireland Is mortgagsd to the tune OF
100000. The Jews are coming
down upon the embarrassed land
lords: the moment for their final de-
scent cannot be long delayed. and
| when the movement comes 1t Will be
| for the people to consider, and for us
to arrange, upon what fair terms, in
| the language Of the original pro-
| gramme of the league, the land shall
be transferred from the men who
have tyrannizsd over the people, to
the men who till the soil. lApplauseI
The league has still upon Its hands in
| Ireland the men who suffered evic-
ton because of their devotion to
principle and to the interests OF the
people. At the present moment the
total income of the league from Ire
land is from $4,000 to elUl.m. This
is spent in the support Of these evict-
ed tenants. We think it of the first
Importance, when the final stage has
arrived, if We have to invite the Irish
people, to take part in another stern
agitation. to be able to point out to
them. SO far as our resources went,
that we never deserted any man who
proved himself a man. Applause.
The next election will be fought,
not between Catholic and Protestant,
not between Orangemen and national
lists, but it will be between Ireland
and England. [Great applause. I
have told you that the gold Of Lon
don. the Golfers of Carleton and re-
form clubs, will be used to support
high bred candidates against us. We
shall be encountered by these men
in the hope that they may exhaust
our energies and exhaust u purses. |
It is, therefore, Of Importance that
Irishmen in America be sensible of
the necessity of aiding the Irish peO-
pie in a material manner. First, to
fight the battle of the general election;
and secondly, for the short time dur
ing which we shall have to continue
this struggle, to enable the parlia-
mentary party in London to be MAIN
tanned to indemnify those men who
are too poor to give their time to the
service of the country, while debarred
from making any income of their
own. II We are supported during the
impending elections, be assured that
the resources of English civilization
for Irish misfortunes are now ex.
hausted, and when we have placed In
the house of commons a party strong
enough to defend the Irish popular
organization against intimidation
when we have there a body of seY-
enty or seventy-five men strong
clog the wheels of England's pol.
and English rule and landlordism
will have reached their last ditch
md will fall never more to rise.
Father Cronin followed in an i'm
FASHIONED address.
Senator Jones, of Florida, was re-
,eived with great cheers. He said he
vas always ready to speak for Ire
and, his native land. He recounted
lis experience on his visit to England
md Ireland, and declared he was in
entire sympathy with the movement
'or the emancipation OF Ireland.
VIM. E. Redmond, member of the
British parliament, said in the course
If HE address, if he had any feeling
If regret at returning, it was in re-
turning to a land where slavery in it's
worst form existed. If there was any
it was that he
could report that Irishmen in Amer
lca W re ready to support those who
were fighting 1reland's battles in par
lament. He could promise, that with
his support, the Irish party would,
a year, have seventy men,
OerS in the commons ana compel Eng
and to grant the first installment of
Irish demand, that Ireland should
De ruled in Ireland according to Irish
IDEAS.
Alex Sullivan was received with
The widest excitement. He said it
understood that st. Patrick had
lriven all the reptiles out of Ireland,
put creatures have been discovered
here which had not been classified in
they were born in slime, in
he crevices of Dublin castle. Those
'reatures had been fought by one who
Welded the pen of John Mitchell
With the grace of Thos. Davis.