The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30
CHICAGO'S RECEPTION.
A Magnificent Meeting in Honor Of TIT
National Executive COMMITTEES
in that CITY.
In Enthusiastic Gathering Eloquent
Speeches in Behalf Of Ire
lands Cause.

pit to dome on Wednesday, night by the
ptariotic Irish-Anlerlcans OF Chicago |
who thronged there to welcome and TO
honor the members of the National
Executive Committee of the Irish Ma
tional League of America. The ladies
were very largely represented ana
seemed to rival the men in the enthus-
siasm of their plaudits.
Judge Moran, who was greeted with
loud cheers on taking the chair, said:
We are assembled here in the name OF
Ireland on the eve of what may prove
to be one of the most, it not the most,
important periods OF the struggle OF
the Irish people to obtain their Just
rights at the hands Of the English gov
ernrnen. In a 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 tornented
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
rum0rs 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 J
England has reached a period when 1t
| 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
Irishnen fresh from the people accred-
! tied to authoratively 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 te
meet the Irish question by a new coer-
cion bill (hisses) They have tried fiji
| ty-three coercion bills within eighty,
six years, and they viii find it mis-
/ take to try to solve the Irish question
| by the passage of another one. The
| fifty three have failed; another one vii
fan Cheers. 1t goes without saying
/ that, Notwithstanding all the work OF
packed juries and rotten judges, ths
/ fifty-fourth will be more disgusting
failure than any one Of the hfty-thres
iiapplause) Gladstone said he Woui6
! not answer campaign propositions
that IL 10 be time enough to an
swer the accredited representatives O.
The Irish people. " w ell, there tnes ar
iapplause). There they are most grac.
cious Queen-now make your proposals
The Irish people have been taught
lesson Of patience patience III tnt
sense OF confdence-and they are no1
going to be defeated in the first Skin
I.mish Of 's6.
! MIR. Egan, who was received with
storm of applause, said the enthusiasm
/ reminded him of the story told b.
/ Charles Stewart Parnell of the wei
come he had received in Chicago si1
wears ago, and OF the spontaneou;
Irish feeling manifested in this city
/ The question now with England Was
not whether home rule should b.
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 TIT
i Irish National League was then formed
i The people soon rallied around 1T Ii
/ greater force than they ever rallied tx
/ the % Cornell movement. The Engllsl
parties both the Tory and Wing, triet
to crush and terroTize the movement
i but ignominiouslyf failed. The people
hearts were In the work, and so it haf
progressed onward and upward to It's
present promising condition. He fore
saw an early and complete victory
The Rev. Or. 0 Reilly. the Treasures
of the National League. was the mex
i speaker. He began by dwelling on tht
wondrous growth Of the Irish cause IL
recent years. The movement under
Isaac Butt had died of inpotency
/ Nothing of genuine worth was dom
until a young Protestant land ownel
appeared on the scene to lead the PEG
pie to victory, The landlords held tn
4 people In absolute seVritude; rackrenr
!, were the rule, and the people had t
spend their days and years In toillng Z
paw the landlord Is exhorbisant demands
AT last the price of produce was re
drced-America became a competito
with Ireland In the English market
and the people could pay the rentals n
i longer. They could not pay the rent
and they did not. THE people b
DID, was the motto of the Englis
landlords; Parnell changed that. Tn
, motto was reversed. The people said
1.-THE landlords be DID, tapplause.
He wanted To speak OF the Irish-Anne1
, leans. England said of this class
! Is.Parnen We know, Davitt we know Blu
Who are ye2s' The Irish-Amsrican
|. represented Irish emigration. and con
( sisted of Ireland eyiies and their dc
scendents. Man was governed by tv
) great ideas-his idea of the hereafte
i and his idea of the here. In both Q
!, these the Angio-Saxon and the CelIi
) races wore at conflict. England ha
t tried to deprive ireland of religion
! rights as well as Of her civil liberty
! The Catholic Church of England t.