St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-15
IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The Proceedings in Session at
Faneuil Hall Yesterday.
Unanimous Adoption of Platform
Declared for Continued Agita-
ton.
Irish Independence Favored and the Irish
Parliamentary Leaders Indorsed.
Officers of the League Complimented-
Father Walsh's Memory Honored.

League convention Chairman Cannon read the
following:
MILWAUKEE, Aug. ID.
To the Chairman of the Irish National League
Convention, Boston:
The Irish National league os Milwaukee sends
greetings to the convention and contributes
$1,000 to the parliamentary fund.-
Dispatches were also received stating receipts
OF S25 on account of the Fairmount branch, of
Philadelphia, and from st. Patrick's Alliance of
America expressing sympathy with the objects
OF the meeting and urging measures for the ex-
tension of the work.
1t was announced that Mr.. O'Sullivan. of Ire
land, was on the floor bearing letter from Mich
ael Davitt. AT the mention of Davitt's name
there was an outburst of applause.
The chairman announced the business in order
was the report of Mr.. O'Neill, chairman of the
committee. He reported it had been his pleas
ure to audit the treasurer's accounts. AS every
thing was found correct the report is given.
Money received by DR.. OReilly from his pred
ecessor Rev. Father Walsh treasurer of the land
league, So, 150; from branches from May 1888 to
August 1884, S34, ,465; for parliamentary fund,
81, 767; other branches, S115. Total, S42, ,529
The remittances and expenses conneced there
with 10 Ireland were S24,397; balance on hand,
S6,364 total amount remitted, S29, ,762, leaving
a balance of S12, ,767.
O'Neill further reported the accounts of the
secretary of the Boston national league correct
in every particular.
The committee on resolutions reported the
following.
The representatives of the Irish National
League of America in convention assembled af-
tirnng the principles adopted at the Philadelphia
| convention, congratulate the people of Ireland
| l,o.-
on the heroic efforts and untiring zeal which
have SO signally marked the history of the past
year, abouhding in evidences of gratifying
progress in placing the people of Ireland on a
higher plane and securing for them and their
natural rights a more adequate consideration
from the intelligence of mankind. We renew
the protest which for seven centuries has been
altered with every heart throb of our race
against the cruel and unjust usurpation of power
by government alien to our people in all that
distinguished one nationality from another, and
We pledge our moral and material support to
! every legitimate means for establishing the
God-given rights Of the people of Ireland to the
possession and government Of their native land.
| To this end we finally propose to direct all our
efforts to the creation Of an Ireland of complete
| national life, for the development of all the di-
versifed industries which renders people self
sustaining and prosperous, not merely by the re-
| duction of rents, nor a change from idle people
| to working proprietors but also by the revival
of Irish manufactures to the exclusion of
| English goods, and to the promotion of an eco
nomical and civil life, by the development of q
sincere, noble and effectua cohesion of all her
people for the common welfare; now, therefore,
! it view of these facts be it
| Resol0cd, First, that the Irish National league
OF America hereby expresses its unqualified
! approval of the course pursued during the past
year by Chas. Stewart Parnell and the Irish
/ porl rlioun I, IT, Il
| pledges itself to support them by every moral
| and material aid i'll the contest which they are
waging against Landlordism and on behalf of the
| Irish National independence, and to this end we
| comment the parliamentary fund recently opened
| by our executive for such purpose to the gen.
erosity which characterize our countrymen.
ResOLUed, That we congratulate the Irish
National league of America on its success in
| stemming the tide of the forced emigration OF
| the artifcially impoverished and in causing the
| United States government to compel Engan
| to take back those whose poverty is the direct
result of hermisgovernmeet.
ReSO!Ued That we record with satisfaction
! the opposition Of this league to land grabbing
| in America by non resident aliens has been by
| the efforts our executive adopted as the dec
| trine of the American people In their political
| platforms and we recommend that the efforts of
this league to end this evil does not cease until
complete remedy be enacted into the laws Of the
| land.
ReSotUed That we congratulate VIM. O'Brien
of the United Ireland in his struggle against i'm
morality, the abomination of which is consist
ent outcome of English misrule in Ireland, and
we commend him for tearing the mask from cas-
tie officialsm in bringing its hideous practices
under the execration Of mankind, notwithstand-
ing government resistance.
Res0tUed, That we note with approval the
revival of the study Of the Irish language as one
of the elements in the general progress of the
race, and encourage the efforts OF those engaged
in its cultivation.
ReS0ioed, That we endorse and encourage the
work of the promoters of Irish colonization in
their efficient efforts to provide homes in the
United States for Irish emigrants who would
otherwise be compelled to toll without hope of
competence in the larger cities.
ReSOtred, That the gratitude of the Irish race
is due in particular manner to the executive of
the league, Alexander Sullivan, for his uuselfis sh
service to the cause of Ireland, and that in his
course he has shown consummate skill and pa
triotism. We also express our commendation of
the conduct in Office of Rev. Chas. 0'Reily, d..
D., treasurer, Rev. Mr.. Conatty treasurer of the
Parnel fund, and other officers of the organiza-
ton.
Resolrsd, That the death Of Rev Lawrence
Walsh gives us occasion to record eur high es-
TEEN for his marked fdelty during the years OF
his service as an official of the Land league, and
causes us to lament him the loss Of sterling
patriot, whose voice never faltered in denounc-
ing English misrule and whose life was spent in
advocating the causes of Irish national inde-
pendence.
The resolutions were adopted without dis
cussion.
Father Conaty, treasurer of the Parnen fund.
reported the total amount received at Sf7.6Gs.
which was sent to Ireland. Chairman Cannon
then introduced Thomas Sexton member of parli-
ment. He was vociferousy cheered Sexton
said:
gentlemen, have to thank you for the spe-
cifc declarations which you have made in your
resolutions that you adhere to the policy orig
inally formulated by the league, and ratified by
the Irish people. have to thank you for de-
claring the confidence you feel in the Irish party.
and its leader ApplauseI. 1 have to thank
you for the promise YOU give of the continu-
ance Of material support in the struggle
which we are waging. First to main
tain the league in Ireland
in an effective condition. and second, to main
tain and increase on the floor of the English
house of commons the strength of the Irish par
liamentary party. Applause. We have
reached, or the verge of reaching. the critical
the decisive moment in the history of the Irish
struggle. The administration of the land act has
been tested. and We have found that the benches
of the land courts have been filed with hangers
on of the landlord class, with men whose sym-
pathies lie upon the side of that class and whose
support has been gained by adhesion to its inter-
Ssts. We have found that, as rule, the reduc-
tons made in the rents Of Irish tenants have
not been s1ch to materially alter their
conditions The sense of security in their farms
so long as they pay their rent may certainly
count for something, but the short experience
we have had with the land act has convinced us
that the final point cannot long be postponed,
and that point viii be upon what terms the land
shall be transferred TO the tenants by the hold
ers- Applause. Why is it it cannot be long
postponed: Because the landlords have been
driven to the wall The land of Ireland is mort
gagged to the tune of Ss00, ,000, 900. The Jews
are coming down upon the embarrassed landlords
and the moment for the final descent of the Jews