Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-08-19
AVOID IMPULSES.

The Irish National Land League is now
in Chicago in full session, and consists
of representative Irish American citizens
from all parts of the United States.
O'Connell once said of his countrymen,
that "they are creatures OF impulse"
and no array OF any or all of the words |
in the English language better defines |
them than the simple ones he spoke.
Just now is the critical point in the move
ment for ultimate Home Rule for Ire
land, and all the brains, ingenuity and
talent obtainable, is necessary to engl-
neer the movement, and lay the wires for
success in the coming Parliament. In
the face of this fact, and in opposition to
all the amenities due foreign visitors,
Mr.. John Finerty, OF Chicago, editor OF
the Citizen, of that place, while acting as
President OF an Irish gathering at pop
uar resort in that city, and before some
10000 people, all of whom are heart
bound to the cause of Ireland's freedom,
took occasion to object to Michael Davitt's
words when that gentleman said that
Parnell and his aids did not propose to
let The American contingent tell them
how to run their cause. 1t must be re-
membered that Finerty could not COM
nit this breach of dignity and good feel
ing only that he was the presiding officer,
and he took advantage of that position
to show his boundless conceit and further
turn the people OF Chicago against him.
This same spirit OF desire to lord it over
the poorer and uneducated masses of his
countrymen brought John Finerty to
political grief at the last Congressional
election there, and placed illiterate, but
honest Frank Lawler in Congress in
stead OF him, and all because Finerty
and a few soreheads thought their power
over the poor people was sufficient to
make them bolt the head OF the Demo-
cratic ticket and follow him and his
brother renegades into the Blaine camp.
That he failed overwhelmingly is proven
by the election of Lawler over himself
by vote greater than he ever got from
the same people. This merited defeat
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ture, but they were the bad impulses and
they have ever since been in the ascend
ant with him, and found vent in his con-
temptible snub of n foreign man who
came as his guest to help n mutual cause.
1t is reassuring to read that the people
who heard him so demean himself and
them, will take steps to protect their dis
tlnguished guest from repetition OF the
outrage. John Finerty is q danger to the
Irish cause, because he is OF the rule OF
ruin order, and is deeply impregnated
with the idea that freedom for Ireland
cannot be obtained without his aid, and
SO pushes himself forward at all times fol
notoriety, regardless OF the trouble he
creates by SO doing, and looking only &c
applause for John Finerty. He is mani
festly creature of impulse, and all his
impulses are now for Finerty first, last
and all the time, and the prominence ac
reason Of his known ability as writer
and speaker, makes him more dangerous
to the movement. Without unanimity
of action and intent, the Land League
will be drawback to necessary legisla
tion by which to pave the way to ulti
mate freedom, and it should be borne il
mind that bloodthirsty harangues made
at 5000 miles from the scene OF trouble
is hardly the sure method to win owe
the necessary English votes to accomp
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of the many, not the impulses OF the few
should guide the Convention in its de
liberations.