The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-12
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Great Meeting ut Albany, n. r., Presided
Over by Governor Hill.

Great Aeetinx ut Albany, n. r., Presided
Over by Governor Hill.
ALBANY, \. Y, March IA grand
demonstration was held last evening in the
Leland Opera House presided over By Gov
fund. The auditorium was thronged in
every part Many prominent citizens. IN
GLIDING most of tire Roman Catholic clergy
men. were seated OH the stage. Soon after
eight O'Clock the Governor entered, accom-
panied by the speakers of the evening,
Alexander Sullivan, Of Chicago, and BourEe
Cochrane, OF New York. Their appear
ance was greeted with long continued ap-
pause.
Governor Hill In assuming the chair said
he disagreed with those who Thought II i'm
proper for public official to participate in
such q demonstration as this. Congress
had passed resolution Of sympathy with
Greece on one occasion and he thought it
equally proper to sympathize with strug-
Cling Ireland.
The Governor then introduced Sullivan.
who was greeted with hearty applause. In
the course of his remarks he said: How
ever the people OF America may differ on
other subjects. they all agree in
supporting ireland In her heroic
struggle for liberty. America is
directly interested in the struggle now GO
ing on. 1t was estimated as early as ls4S
that the Irish in this country, then compar.
ativeiy poor and few i'm numbers, sent e.
100000 sterling annually to aid their
kindred in Ireland against absentee land
lordism. From that day Until this stream
of American money has gone to aid in sus-
tanning Government which the Ameri-
"A &l,.x- t,.,,
1t had been stated by many that the
English Government was the most enlight-
ened and humane in the world.
America for time lived under
that Government and It was not
many Gears before that constitution and
Those who administered it were swept from
the country. That Government was char
acteriZed then by intolerance, brutality and
iron handed oppression. although the seat
of Government was 5000 miles away. The
Irish people were simply across little arm
of the sea, where tie weight ct that
Government was infinitely greater. Eng
land, the speaker declared. had two
constitutions, onS for the gaze of the
world, the other which they administered
in ireland. The former was sugar-cOaied
with liberty, and under the other an IRISH
mans house. popularity supposed to be his
castle, could be- and was ruthles>ly invaded;
the people were dispersed at the point of
the bayonet, the utterances of the people
and the press were suppressed, and other
crimes were committed in the name of lib
erty. 1t was against this system of devil
ish ingenuity intended to stamp out Irish
nationality that the Irish were IN revolt.
In conclusion Mr.. Sullivan reviewed the
Irish land system. He declared that the
Irish were not intoerant in religious mat
tiers. and cited the fact that Mr.. Parnell,
their leader. was not Roman Catholic. He
said: I'VE have given up beating each
others brains out for the love of God. We
are now engaged in beating our eIemy's
brains out for hatred of the devil. The Irish
people are entirely capaale of self-gov-
eminent. Ii the English thought they
were DC. they should give Ireland home
government in order to have them fail.
England feared to fill the Government. be-
cause I meant the downfall of the House
of Lords"
Letters of regret were received from Sec
rotary of the Treasury Daniel Manning
Lieutenant Governor Jones ami Others.
About $1,000 Was subscribed by those pres
ent for the Parliamentary fund. The meet
ing closed with au address BY Bourke Coci-
ran, of New York