The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-21

Another Tilt with Davitt and Has To b,
forcibiy seated-speeehes by Redmond
aud Others.
CHICAGO. Aug 2l.-Redmond's address
TO the Irish convention Thursday was a
Hear declaration in favor of resistance I,
any sort of English rule inIreland He de
clared the policy of the league to be the un
/ ieestloned recognition of the nationality ol
trin and said Ireland could long ago have
secured national prosperity if she would
have bartered her political rights for it.
Scotland had done so, but Ireland would
not and never would. The rule of strangers
must cease. So long as England ruled Ire
land they must be forced to do so by coerc
ion, and now that the home rule bill had been
defeated, the resolve was that Salisbury
should be compelled to coerce-the tenants
would compel him to do so without encour.
agement from their leaders The speaker
was cheered at almost every sentence when
ne spoke in the most fiery manner He in.
;isted, however, that Parnell and his col,
leagues must be permitted to lay out the
policy to be pursued
| At the afternoon session of the conyen-
ton the constitution which was adopted a,
Boston in 1881 was readopted, an animated
debate springing up over IA motion to strike
out the paragraph urging tho boycoUting
of English manufacturers The motion
was finally defeated amid much tumuIt
Rev George Pepper, Methodist clergy
man OF Louisville, KY, was vigorously
applauded when he said that if war took
place before the contest was decided there
would be one vacant pulpit in Louisville
ne treasurer's report was then read show
ing that in round numbers $50 800 had
been subscribed to the parliamentary fund,
S5ff7O0 sent to Parnell, and but Ss1 ,I3j
; had been subscribed by tho 40 branches of
| the league proper.
The election of officers resulted in the
choice of John Fitzgerald, of Nebraska.
| for president by a vote of 7U3 to IA for
Hugh McCaifrey, of Philadelphia: Nc
| Catfrey was made vice president in spite of
his protestations that he did not want it.
Rev. 2. A. Jckenna, of Marlboro, Mass.
was elected second vice president, and Pat
! rick Martin, of Baltimore, third vice presi.
dent, and DR.. O'Reilly, of St Louis, the
incumbent treasurer, was reelected, as was
the incumbent secretary.
Speeches were then declared in order.
Responding to many calls, John T. Fin
erty clambered upon the stage, where no
was introduced by the chairman as "the
| tall Sycamore of Illinois Mr. Finerty ex-
| pressed his qualification at the outcome of
the conventions work. In happy manner
| he alluded TO himself and the chairman a i
"uneonvicted felons' in the English sense
"Davltt, he said is convicted felou in the
same sense, at which sally there was great
| laughter. He spoke of the English race as
brave, and bold and single tongued, and
| gave expression to the hope that the Irish
might become such a nation. There
Is something braver, however, than
Walking up to the mouth
of cannon" said the speaker. 1--WE have
done it in times gone by, and we can do it
again ] am not here to fight Mr. Paruells
policy. Nobody shall compel me to sub
scribe to any thing that my conscience tells
me- is wrong. | do not think that Mr.
Gladstones bill is final settlement. As
soon as you haul down your flag the brave
Englishman despiseS you l do not want
Gladstons's nor Salisbury's nominee rule in
Dublin castle | want to see ParneIl or
Davitt there. Nobody has any respect for
bee hive inhabited by drones. England
tells You boldly she will not let you go
without lighting. | believe her. Then
fight While applause was not wanting
to Mr.. Finerty's remarks, it was not so
heartily as one might have expected after
the enthusiastic calls for him In conclu-
sion, Mr. finerty alluded to the threaten
ing war cloud i'll central Asia.
which, be said, was Ireland's great
opportunity. II the Irishmen were
not men enough to take hold of this
opportunity then they deserve to remain
slaves. Whenever Ireland should call on
me-, she will find me ready" exclaimed the
speaker. "lf il has TO come to war. in
Gods name let it come Those American
lrishme1 that were willing to sacrifice life
and blood for the freeing of 1000, 600 slaves
will certainly be ON hand when the issue is
the liberation of 5,00@,0O0 of their own. |
have nothing against Davitt and his policy
but if his proposition is not accepted where
are we them | believe the ma jority of vou
are with me"
Tn this point the assemblage was decid-
edly divided, the ayes and noes" being
about even Still nobody seemed to be tired
to listen and the speaker was urged time
and again to go on He did SO by euloeiz.
ing the men who fought and bIed and died
for Ireland
Mr. Davitt Immediately rose when Mr.
Finerty had closed and expressed his regrets |
Mt being again compelled to speak. but |
coming MS the speech did, it could not pass |
without a few words of reply "Mr. Fin |
erty, he said, has gone over the facts of |
Irish history ana found many faults with |
England He did not go back to creation |
and find fault with God Almighty Mr. |
flnerty spoke Of a beehive inhabited by |
drones. Ay, the drones are mostly those
that do the talking but no work"
Here Mr. Finerty, who had remained
upon the stage, jumped excitedly in front
of Mr. Davitt and shook his fist in the face
Of the latter. Mr.. Davitt blanched psr
ceptbly, but be did not recede an inch. In
an instant there was a terrible row but be
fore it came to blows Mr. Finorty was
forced back into corner by Chairman
Fitzgerald and his presidential namesake
MT Davitt proceeded II have never
ooasted OF what have done for Ireland or
what 1 am ready to do, but il it should be
necessary that use what is known as phy-
steal force am ready to do so.p The
speaker continued to demonstrate how the
parliamentary policy had elevated Ireland.
lie believed even Mr.. Finerty would admit
hat
Again John F. Finsrty jumped before
lis adversary in discussion, but this time
10 had the audience clearly against him
md again he WIS cornered by the two
who sat down in such man
,er as to keep him close to the wall The
houts OF "Sit down. ana Put him out,u
we're perfectly defening During the tu.
nult one individual in the west gallery got
. wild that he had to be elected by sew
raj po.lcemen.
Then John L. Redmond rose and ayowed
hat Re would not father Mr.. Finerty's re
marks. The official utterances of the con.
'entton would go forth to the world in the
esoutions passed, but still MIR Finerty's
peech would also be board on the other side
# the Atlantic, and therefore it was hut lit {
md meet that the members of parliament !,
present should aplainly state that Mr. Fin.
rty spoke only on his own individual be
Ialf.
Speeches were made by Deasy, Davitt /
md Mrs Parnell An executive commit |