The Northwestern standard., 1885-12-12
I THE NOBLE WORK. !.
An Eventful Week The Different Branches
Working Earnestly IN 3 Pa
triotic Cause.
East Minneapolis Comes Nobly to the
Front West st. Paul also
Organizes.

At the regular meeting Of the
Michael Davitt branch Of the Irish Ma
tional League, held at Window hall
last Sunday evening, the proposition OF
Dan Morris Sullivan to give the league
ten per cent. of the net proceeds OF his
weeks engagement at Pence Opera
House was accepted, and committee
appointed to procure speakers to ad-
dress the audience at each performance
of Mr. Sullivan, $ combination. Messrs.
Steele, Gallager and 0 O'Connor were ap
pointed on that committee. The ball
committee reported that they had pro-
cured Window hall, and decided to
give the ball on New Y Year's Eve. The
meeting was addressed by Messrs. d.
Morris Sullivan, Steele, O'Connor, Nc
Partlan, Gallagher and others. Mr..
Sullivan favored the meeting with
some popular Irish songs which We're
most heartily received. The meeting
then adjourned to meet on next Sunday
evening at the same hail.
Thursday evening a large number of
the Irish Americans of the East side
met in Germania hall for the purpose
of organizing branch of the National
Land League. The meeting was called
to order by j. III. NlcP Partlin, president
of the West Side Land League. After
other gentlemen Of the different Organi-
cations had taken seats Oh the plat
form, Mr. J. r. Corrigan state president
of the Irish National Land League OF
Minnesota, was announced as the per-
manent chairman. In accepting the
position Mr.. Corrigan spoke briefly of
the purpose for which the meeting had
been called, and hoped that all willing
to contribute to the success of the Irish
cause would join the new League. An
address was also delivered by Roger
Vail, who spoke specifically of the bur-
densome taxes imposed upon the Irish
people by the English government, and
the arrangements for meeting Mr.. Par
nell in Chicago on the Goth Of January.
G. A. Gallagher made a stirring appeal
in behalf of the Irish cause, and Father
O'Reilly made the closing speech, in
which described the suffering of the
Irish people through tyranny, starya-
tion and persecution, and spoke OF
Messrs. Parnell and Davitt as the deliv-
erers of Ireland. He hoped that the agi-
tation would be kept up until English
tyranny and Irish landlordism were
buried beyond all hope of resurrection.
President Corrigan then read the by
laws Of the League and extended an iil-
Hitation to join, John M. Hoy being
made temporary secretary. Thirty
members paid their fees land the follow
ing temporary officers were elected:
President, Martin Ring; treasurer, Capt
NJ. Hoy; secretary, John NJ. Hoy. The
meeting then adjourned until Tuesday
evening next at the same place, when
the permanent organization will be
perfected. The receipts of the even
ing were $35.
On Saturday evening last large and
interesting meeting of the ST., Paul
branch Of the Irish National League,
was held at Crusaders hall on Waba-
sha street. Mr.. Timothy Reardon pre-
sided, with Capt. M. J. O'Connor as
Secretary and Patrick Keigher as Treas
urer. Subscriptions to the fund were
numerous, Robert A. Smith paying in
500. Some time was taken up in talk
ing over proposition to change the ev-
ening for holding of meetings from
Saturday to some other day in the week.
After brief discussion the matter was
dropped, as it seemed rather difficult to
select any other evening, that would be
more convenient for the majority
Mr.. j. j. McCaferty, in few well
chosen remarks, introduced Christopher
A. Gallagher late of Manchester. N H.,
but now resident of Minneapolis, to
the audience, who, he said, was good
speaker, and formerly the president of
the Land League in Manchester. In
facing this fattering introduction Mr..
Gallagher opened his remarks by say
ing that the subject had been spoken of
and about so mauy times that it was
very difficult to say anything new or in-
teresting in regard to it. He then
branched out into an eloqent eulogy
upon America as the land Of liberty to
which Ireland, in all her woes, looked
for sympathy He touched upon the
statesmen, poets and soldiers that Ire
land had produced, and followed this
with very touching picture of Ireland
declaring that Erin looks across the
ocean to her sister, Columbia, for aid
and assistance, and as not being dis
appointed. His description of the sys-
tern of ssland1OrdismD az Dracticed in