Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-05
SENTIMENTS OF MANY.
American Irishmen want On Account.
ing for the Money Sent TO the
Home League.
This Members OF New York City Branch
OF tho American National League
Speak out IN Meeting.

NEW YORK, Oct 4.--Something In the
nature Of an open revolt against the Irish
National league and parnell took place
yesterday az a meeting Of the Twentieth
ward branch, held AZ No. 1852 West Thirty
fiith street II arose In the course Of
discussion ae 70 whether the branch should
respond 10 the circular Issued by Parnell
to President Fitzgerald Of the Irish Nation
al league Of America. Jeremiah b. Muir
ply, secretary otthe branch, said that the
time would come when some determined
stand should be taken IN relation TO the
thousands Of eyictions threatened by the
landlords, and actually taking place.
Snow the league perhaps forwarded"
continued the speaker, "enprmous
sums OF money TO Ireland to hep
fight the battle Of the people in that
country, and What is the resultY Not
alone has home rule been refused, but
there IL no sign whatever that II will he
granted, and now again there Is a call for
money! Money! Money Where, | ask
Ia the hundreds Of thousands of dollars
that have gone into the treasury OF the
leaguel think this thing should be pat
an end TO, and now IL the time TO begin.
We see that peaceful agitation leads to
pHupeflsm, the determination OF our peo-
Pile, and the general Generalization OF
those who remain. The time has surely
come when other means should be tried
OF freeing Ireland than by sending repre-
sentatives TO the English parliament to
be laughed at" Applause
Col. j. p. O'FIynn said al fairly
agreed with this view. Every possible
form Of pursuading England, in an argu.
mentative sense,' he said "has been
tried and we are face TO face with con
dition OF things worse than has existed
for the last 100 years. Three thousand
eyictlons are threatened this coming
week, and hundreds have already taken
place. have wished and prayed and
hoped that Ireland would some day man.
fully fight for her freedom, as all strug.
Cling nationallties have done. want,
and we all want some other measure be-
yond parliamentary agitation, for we are
heartily sick of policy that has brought
us a crop Of evlctions and nothing more.
! am for the use henceforth OF any means
10 help free Ireland from the grasp Of
England"
The chairman said. ''NOt one penny
more of my money shall 90 to the anti
eviction fund, or 10 any form of parlla.
mentary agitation, aud we want an ac-
counting for the million aud more OF dol
lars that have gone into the treasury Of
the league from this country before
sending over any more money. II Is not
long since ] was In Ireland, and / can
safely say that In many of the western
and southwestern counties the unfortu-
nate people who took the advice of the
league and allowed themselves to be
eYicted, got no support at ali
from the league, while some
OF the gang and members Of parlla-
ment from Ireland could drive about
Dublin In state aud live upon the money
that we sent over. There was a resoln
ton before the Chicago convention TO
boycott English goods. Well, you say
the parliamentary delegates TO that CON
yentlon were dressed Ia the latest Lon
don fashions. II any more money is to
be sent over, let Il be intrusted for dis
tribution 20 the parish priests and
Protestant ministers In the different
parishes so that the unfortunate victims
OF landlordism may receive the aid which
was Intended for them" Applause
Others made speeches to the same
effect.