Morris tribune., 1886-05-12

Resolutions of Sympathy for Giadstone's
Homc-R Rule Measure Rosa Attends
and Is squelched--A CableGram Sent to
the Prsmier-Prominent Speakers.
New YORK, May 10 "A mass mee6ng
of the citizens of New York crowded the
Academy of Music Friday night to express
approval of the measure of homo rule for
ireland that Premier Gladstone and Charles
Stewart Parnell are now endeavorlng to
pass through parliament When Governor
Hill took the char, with Mayor Grace on
his right and Eugene Kelley on his left, the
enthusiasm of the house was prolonged
The governor said that Americans did not
propose to interiors with the govern
mental affairs of Great Britain; but their
sympathies were their own to place where
they would do most good. Resolutions of
sympathy with the spirit of the meeting
were adopted and letters were read from
many prominent men, among them Samuel
j. Tilden, which was received with great
shout
Prof. Greener had got fairly started with
his reading of this letter when tall, whlsk-
cred man arose in the audience and said:
Mr.. Chairman, desire to offer an amend
ment to the resolutions Then there was
roar Of disapproVaL
O'Donoyan Rosa, the dynamiter, was at
once recognized, and he was greeted with
shouts of No. Nor Put him out" The
meeting seemed to be on the point Of disSo-
luton in an uproar. Half the immense
audience rose to their feet The hot blood
of some of the most impulsive men on the
platform came very near putting an end to
the meeting. The cries of 'Put him out"
grew into roar, but wiser counsels pre-
vailed
Governor Hill stood moment, as if in
doubt, and then took the situation in hand
and mastered it in a way that elected the
admiration of the house
Rosa kept his feet, and when he got a
chance to be heard he said: II have
right to be heard demand the right
to offer an amendment to the resolution"
As he said that he waved paper in his
hand, and excitedly sought a chance to
read it Meanwhile the tumult grew again.
The governor advanced TO the front and
waved his hand for silence, and the storm
was settled for a moment Then the gov
ernor, with dignity and firmness, said:
Il must inform the gentleman that the
chair waited and gave every gentleman
present an opportunity, If he SO desired, to
offer an amendment The gentleman did
not then offer an amendment, and the chair
announced that the resolutions were adopted.
We have now passed to another order Of
business, and the order which the gentleman
proposes to amend has passed assume that
the gentleman has got che good Of the Irish
cause at heart, and that no win therefore
acquiesce in the rulings Of the presiding Of
ficer."
The house rose to its feet in tumultuous
applause of the governors obviously happy
method of getting over very uncomfortable
dilemma Rosa could not stand the force
Of circumstances, and finally sank helplessly
into his seat, and sat there during the even
ing in sullsn silence The resolution which
he wanted to read, and which the meeting
would not hear, was the following:
That inasmuch as Mr.. Gladstone has
given nothing to Ireland yet but chains and
coercion and eviction and determination
and starvation, it is notmset nor proper to
thank him for what he promises to give, as
Irish people or any other people should put
no trust or faith in England's promises"
Among the speakers who followed were
John Sherman and Gen. Grosvenor, Of
Ohio
A cablegram bidding Gladstone Godspeed
in his work of justice to Ireland was for
warded to the premier.