The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-10
SYMPATHY FOR ERIN.
MASS MEETING OF PROMINENT NEW
YORK CITIZENS.

Resolutions of Sympathy for GIadstone's
Home RuIe Measure - Kossa Attends
and Is sGueIched--A Cabtegram Sent 10
the Premier r-Prominent Speakers.
New YORK, May 10 "A mass meeting
of the citizens OF New York crowded tie
Academy of Music Friday night to express
approS al of the II ensure oi home RUE for
Ireland that Premier Gladstone and Charles
Stewart Parnell are now endeavorlng to
pass through parliament When Governor
Hill took the chair, 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 interfere with the govern
mental affairs Of Great Britain; but their
sympathies were their own to place whore
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
}. Tilden, which was received with a great
shout
Prof. Gireener had got fairly started with
his reading of this letter when tall, whisk-
cred man arose in the audienle and said:
Mr. Chairman, desire TO offer an amend
ment to the resolutions Then there was
roar of disapproval
O'Donovan Rosa, the dynamiter, was at
once recognized, and he was greeted with
shouts of No MOI Put him out " The
meeting seemed to be on the point of disso
luton in an uproar Halt 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 ont!f
grew into a roar hut wiser counsels pre-
vailed
Governor Hill stood a moment as if in
doubt and then took the situation in hand
and mastered it in way that elected the
admiration of the house
Rosa kept his feet, and when he got a
chance to he heard he sail; Il have a
right to be heard. | demand the right
TO offer an amendment to the resolution
As he said that h. waved paper in his
hand, and eNcteily sought a chance t.
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 mom-nt Then the gov
ernor, with dignity and iirmnesS, said:
L must lihIOGm Int gentleman Indb tue
chair waitel and CAV" every gentleman
present an opportunity, if he so desired, 10
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 the good of the Irish
cause at heart, and that he will therefore
acquiesce in the rulings of the presiding OF
| fcer."
| The house rose to its feet in tumultuous
applause of the governors obviously happy
| method of getting over very uncomfortabl,
| dilemma Rosa could not stand the forct
| of circumstances, and finally sank helplessly
| into his seat, and sat there during the even
| ing in sullen silence The resolution whici
| he wantei to read, and which the meeting
would not hear, was the following;
That inasmuch as Mr. Gladstone ha
| given nothing to Ireland yet but chains anC
| coercion aud eviction and determination
| and starvation. it is not meet nor proper t.
thank him for what he promises to give, n,
Irish people or any other people should pu
no trust or faith in Englunl's promises
Among the speakers who followed wer,
John Sherman and Cen Grosvenor, o
| Ohio
A cableGram bidding Gladstone Godspee,
in his work of justice to ireland was for
| warded to the premier.