The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
CHICA COS REC ITO
"a Magnificent Meeting n Honor Of the
# National Executive COMMITTEES
III that CITY.

Al Enthusiastic Gathering 4 Eloquent
Speeches in Behalf Of Ire
lands Cause,
Central Music Hall was filed from
pit to dome on Wednesday night by the
ptariotic Irish Americans Of Chicago
who thronged there to welcome and to
honor the members of the National
Committee of the Irish Ma
tional League of America. The ladies
were very largely represented and
seemed to rival the men in the enthus-
siasm of their plaudits. .IsI
Judge Moran, who was greeted with
loud cheers on taking the chair, said:
4 We are assembled here in the name OF
Ireland on the eve of what may prove
to be one Of the most, if not the most,
important periods Of the struggle Of
the Irish people to obtain their just
rights at the hands of the English gov
ernmen Ina few short hours the min
istry Of England, through the medium
of the Queens speech, will have de-
clared their intention towards Ireland.
We who watch eagerly the cablegranls
from the other side have been tormented
by the various conflicting rumors re-
garding the intentions Of the English
leader. The cable unlike the news
papers cannot be relied on, but from
what we can gather from the various
rumors and conjectures transmitted to
us we are justified in believing that
about this time every politician in Eng
land feels that the most important
question they have to deal with is how
to deal with the Irish people( applause.)
England has reached period when it
becomes absolutely necessary to do
something. The Irish people have re-
sponded to England's proposition.
Make known you wants. said Eng
land. Well, they have sent eighty-six
Irishmen fresh from the people accred-
tied to authoratiyely announce to that
parliament the desires of that people.
And now 1t would seem, if the London
Times (hisses) indicates anything, that
the English leaders are disposed to
meet the Irish question by new coer-
cion bill (hisses) They have tried if
ty-three coercion bills within eighty
six years, and they will find it mis-
take to try to solve the Irish question
by the passage Of another one. The
fifty three have failed; another one will
fail (cheers). It goes without saying
that, Notwithstanding all the work of
packed juries and rotten judges, the
fifty-fourth will be a more disgusting
failure than any one Of the tifty-three
(applause), Gladstone said he would
not answer campaign propositions
that Il w I'D be- time enough to an
swer the credited representatives Of
the Irish people. " Or, there they are
tapplause). There they are most grace
cious Queen now make ) our proposals.
The Irish people have been taught a
lesson Of patience patience in the
sense of confidence and they are not
going to be defeated in the first skir-
mish Of 's6.
MIR. Egan, who was received with a
storm of applause, said the enthusiasm
reminded him of the story told by
Charles Stewart Parnell OF the well
come he had received in Chicago six
years ago, and OF the spontaneous
Irish feeling manifested in this city.
The question now with England was
not whether home rule should be
granted, but what measure OF home
rule would be sufficient to satisfy Ire
land. Six years ago Home Rule seemed
a forlorn hope. Under what seemed
most discouraging circumstances the
Irish National League was then formed.
The people soon rallied around it in
greater force than they ever rallied to
theD Cornell movement. The English
parties both the Tory and Wing, tried
to crush and terrorize the movement,
but ANONYMOUSLY failed. The peoples
hearts were in the work, and so it had
progressed onward and upward to its
present promising condition. He FORE
saw an early and complete victory.
The Rev. DR.. 0 Reilly, the treasurer