Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-21
THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE
To Meet i'm Convention at Chicago fu
 August.

| To Meet i'm Convention at Chicago In August.
 I LINCOLN, Neb., June 2O.-The executive l officers of the Irish National league in Amer ! ica have issued the following address:
 We say to the officers and members of branches, we are glad to be able to conGratu- l late you upon the splendid progress our cause has made since we last addressed you. In & parliament elected on very different issues the bill granting home rule to Ireland was only defeated by the narrow majority of thirty votes. After the general election now about to take place We believe Mr. Gladstone
 will be in position to undo by an over
 whelming majority the so-called union which that great statesman himself in his recent address to Midlothian so truly described as a paper union obtained by force and fraud and never sanctioned CT accepted by the Irish nation. The measure of home rule proposed by MT. Gladstone will we believe be produc- tive of permanent peace and good will between Ireland and England, while the twenty years coercion alternatives of Lord Harrington and thess Marquis of Salisbury could result only in more deadly feud than any that has ever before existed between the two coun- tries, accompanied by consequences which every lover of liberty, every friend of human ity should deeply deplore. The provincial committees scheme of MT. Chamberlain is unworthy of consideration. in face of the desperate and disgraceful attempts of Sails bury, Churchill and Chamberlain to foment religious strife throughout Ireland our peo- pie have acted nobly, and with the exception of few misguided loyal fanatics in Belfast they have shown to the world that the days of stupid religious bigotry and intolerance amongst Irishmen have forever passed away. The issue of home rule is now plainly before the English people and we feel confident that the great mass of fairminded intelligent Eng ishmen will support MT. Gladstone and by hac fn wifi majority enable him to solve bene6cially for England as well as for Ireland the greatest and most dangerous problem that the Brit, ish empire has had to deal with during this century.
 In pursuance of the powers conferred up- on by the national executive com mittee of the league we hereby summon the third regular convention of the Irish Nation al league of America to be held in Central Music Hall, Chicago, on Wednesday and Thursday, August 18th and 18th, 1886, and 1 we earnestly trust that every branch of the 1 league will be fully represented thereat. | All branches and societies affiliated with | the league that have subscribed regular dues | for the current term have contributed to the parliament fund sum equal | to the amount of dues shall be en- titled to representation. The basis of representation shall be as follows: One delegate for every fifty members in good l  try districts where the number ot fifty can not be easily reached any number from l twenty-five to fifty shall be entitled to one delegate. We look for the attendance of an | important delegation from the home league l and parliamentary party. All arrangements | for the reception of delegates and all other | details of preparation for the convention | shall be under the sole charge of the com 1 mittee of arrangements of Chicago already | and of which e1-President Alex | ander Sullivan and the officers of the | league for the city of Chicago and State of l Illinois gre members. Every branch of the | league should set to work promptly to pre- l pare for the coming crisis and should remit I all funds on hand immediately to the na- tional treasurer at Detroit so the money may | be forwarded to Ireland and be made availa- l ble if necessary by him for the approaching 1 All true friends of Ireland should l by active and earnest organization endeavor l to make our approaching convention one ! worthy of the sacred cause in which we are 1 engaged, the cause of Irish liberty. We re- 1 main, Your Very Faithfully,
 PATRICK EAGAN, President,
 CHARLES O'REILLY, Treasurer,
 T p SUTTON Secretary