Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-26
IRISH NATIONALISTS.
Gathering for the Great Convention in
Chicago.
Remarks of MIR. OsBrIen In Response
to the Speech OF MIR. Finerty OF
the Committe OF Reception.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE train bearing the
Irish parliamentary delegates west from New
York. was met at Michigan City at 500
o'clock this evening by q Michigan Central
special train containing a delegation Of about
fifty from the Chicago reception committee.
John Finerty, chairman of this committee,
was accompanied among many Others by John
NJ. Murphy, William Fogerty, M. P. Brady,
2. McHugh, Father Dorney, Father Waldron,
| and John Ennes Michael Davitt was also
| one of those who went to meet the delegates,
| The representatives Of the Irish Parliament
airy party to the Chicago Land League Con.
| vention, John E.. Redmond, William O'Brien
| and James Deasy, were accompanied from
New York by a small party of well known land
| leaguers, among Nhom were Patrick Ford, of
the Irish World, Rev. DIR. G.. W. Pepper and
DR.. Thomas O'Reilly. Mr.. Finerty welcomed
the visitors briefly, and O'Brein responded
warmly nearly as follows: Mr.. Finerty: l
am indeed very proud to make your acquaint.
ance and am most happy to approach Chicago
in such company. We are only humble repre-
sentatives of our common cause but In the
name of that cause and its noble leader we
accept your kind welcome most gratefully. 1t
| is with great satisfaction that we receive your
| assurances that the interest we have long
known the citizens of your great city and the
| people of the west felt in the affairs OF Ire
| land has suffered no diminution, we too, are
| confident that, as you say, the small differ
ences which exist as to the policy to be pur-
| sued do not eudanger the principle, which Is
| the emancipation of Ireland.
We approach Chicago full of hope and in
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| result in a manner that will strengthen the
hand of our leader and be of lasting good to
Ireland. Again we thank you for your well
| come. AT the close of O'Brein response the
parliamentary party was conducted through
cars occupied by those Of the receiving dele
cation who could not hear the address owing
| to lack of room. Each delegate was presented
and greeted with prolonged cheers. After the
| reception given the delegates as the train
pulled out of Michigan City O'Brein gave an
associated press reporter an interesting recital
| of his view regarding the Irish problem. 'The
| failure of the home rule bIll," he said, 'has
| temporarily deferred the hopes Of the Irish
| tenantry. When the policy of Salisbury shall
| have compelled him ask Parliament for q
| coercive measure then the tug of war will have
| come" O'Brein said in explanation of his ex-
preston. "The tug Of war;" that up to the
| present time the Land League had made no
| organized effort to reduce rents, rather en-
| couraging the payment Of them without muir
| muir, in order not to obstruct the progress Of
| Gladstone's home rule. Now that the home
rule scheme had failed, the National League
could no longer, If it desired, induce or en-
force the people to pay rents which had al
ready brought them to the verge Of universal
bankruptcy, O'Brein could not predict exactly
what the result would be, but it was certain
that the League would be driven to attempt,
| by perfectly legal methods, to secure for Irish
tenants the relief which English landlords are
voluntarily yielding 10 their English tenants.
| When these methods made it necessary for
| Salisbury to ask Parliament for coercive meas
uresGladstone's opportunitywould come and he
would get support which had previously becn
| denied him. Mr.. Redmond said in the course
of conversation with the associated press re-
porter that the remainder Of Gladstone's ca
reer was consecrated to the securing Of home
rule for Ireland and that when the opportun-
fly came Gladstone, If living, would conduct
the second campaign in the interest of SELF
government for Ireland with all the vigor that
characterized his recent great effort in that
direction.