The Irish standard., 1886-05-08
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.
The Monster Meeting in Market Hal
Tuesday Evening Endorses the
Home Rule Bill.
SPEECHES BY PROMINENT MEN

Hon. W. E. Gladstone E1logi2ed and Sym
pathy and Encourag cement rendered
Charles Stewart Pa1nell.
According to announcement large
and enthusiastic audience gathered at
Market Hall Tuesday evening for the
purpose Of endorsing the Gladstone
Irish Home Rule measure, and drafting
resolutions OF respect and sympathy
for the grand old man. VINO has ad-
vanced the Irish cause SO much. The
programme was not begun until nearly
8 o'clock i'll consequence Of the non-ar-
rival of many who were to take part in
the proceedings. The following gem
tlemen occupied seats on the stage:
Mayor a. A. Ames, Judge j, 2. Rea,
James r. Corrigan, w. FL. Donahue,
Thomas Canty, j. j. McHale, p. H.
McPartlin, g. A. Gallagher: Rev. Ste
phen Burns and Col Nj. w. Glenn.
President J. J. McRale explained at
some length the object of the meeting
and read letters of regret from the fol-
lowing gentlemen, who were unable to
be present: Prof. O. Y. Tousley, FL.
M. Simmons and Hon. w. ". Wash
burn. Mayor Ames was then intr O
duced as chairman Of the evening, and
he was greeted with prolonged APP
plause. His Honor said he had always
been in hearty sympathy with strug-
Cling Ireland in her effort TO secure a
system of self government. The first
step by Ireland towards freedom was
referred to as a small, but all important
movement. and the belief was ex-
pressed that Gladstone and Parnell
would lead Irishmen to victory. His
Honor concluded by paying a well-de-
served compliment to the British
Premier.
The next speaker was J. r. Corrigan,
Esq. He said he was surprised that he
had been called On SO early in the even~
ing. but he was proud Of it. He as
sured the audience that it could ma
terially help the passage Of the Home
Rule bill, by free expression Of feel
ing in the subject at this meeting. Agi-
tation, he thought, was the only way in
which to conquer some evils, and the
oppression Of the Irish was one Of
them. Home Rule will be opposed by
some who see that in case it succeeds,
as it surely will, it must equalize the
power that is now held, but by a few.
Our endorsement of a. set CT resolutions
will encourage Mr.. Gladstone, who will
then learn that the eyes OF a great Re-
public are on him. The day will come
when we will have a free land over
there. -
Judge Rea was next introduced in a
pleasant manner by Mayor Ames, who
paid him quite a tribute. The judge
said the greatest thing tins generation
had produced was William e. Glad
stone. The picture Of him standing in
The House of Parliamentupholding Ire
land will ever live in the breast of
every honorable man. The day is dawn
ing and this movement will rot go
backward. Home Rule is now assured
and not a thing that can only be looked
forward to in the dim and unexplored
distance. The civilized world has at
last.learned the great wrongs Of Ireland
and is now determined TO right them.
There is sense of justice down in the
hearts of. even the English, and you
can depend upon it that they will not
permit this tyranny to longer continue.
1t goes without saying that Ireland has
been wronged, but is soon going to be
righted. When Gladstone tells the peo-
pie that the only way to right the
wrongs done Ireland is to allow the
Irish to rule their own land, he touches
chord in every human heart. Par
nell, Judge Rea held up as fit model
for every Irishman, and paid him one
of the highest tributes it is possible for
one educated man to pay another.
There is an influence pouring into Eng
land that can not pass unheeded, and
in less than ten years Dublin will once
more be the capital Of new kingdom,
His remarks were well received and
greeted with rapturous applause.
PHI. McParttin was the next speak
er. After 700 years Of persecution and
suffering, the speaker said, the Irish
people were about to gain the freedom
for which they had struggled. There
was not a country in the world but
what had the benefits of the Irishman's
arm in gaining any move for freedom,
and at last they were about to secure
their own.
Perhaps the most lucid and best re-
ceived speech of the evening was that
of W. II. Donahue, who stated clearly
the position Of Ireland, and the speak
er predicted that in a very few years,
Ireland would be free country.
G. A. Gallagher was next introduced
as a genuine Irish martyr, who had