The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
IN FAVOR or HOME RULE.
Boston Business Men Express Their Sym
pathy with the Irish Ma
tionalists,
.PARNELL'S POLICY ENDORSED,
Over ST. 200 Subscribed to the Support
Of Home Rule for Ire
land,

"A IJlGSIIIlG Ol IIO0poAi fANS'''tAStI'0
who synlpathize with PaTneh snd lhe
cause Of Home Rule, was held n that
citv. at 8 O'Clock on the afternoon OF
Tuesday of last week. The meeting
took place in the Meionaon, and was
largely attended by merchants ana pro-
fassional men. Great enthusiasm pre-
vailed throughout, and Il glance over
The aales OF a few of those present.
and a plusal Of the speeches delivered,
will prove conclnsively that tue good
people Of Boston propose toavall them
(. selves Of every opportunity presented
TO grant aid and sympathy to the Irish
Natiouallsts. Among the prominent
Dersons assembled might be mentioned
the following
Hon. Robert r.. Bishop, Asa t.. Po6-
Z ter, Of the Maverick National Bank,
Col. G. II. Taylor, editor OF the Globe,
Hon. J. e. Fitzgerald, fire commission
Ell, Thomas Flatley, deputy collector OF
tho port OF Boston, T. B. Fitz, Of
Brown. Durrell & Co., a.. Shuman, or
A. shuman & Co, DIR. D. z. Welsh, M.
J. Flatley, Eben D. Jordan, OF Jordan,
Marsh s. Co., Hon. Joseph II Walker,
z. J. Flatley, Esq, Edward G, IoWne,
w. w. Doherty, Esq, Representative
d.. Mcguire, Representative PhlIp
J.. Doherty. j. G. Paige. Hon. Roland
Worthington, Hon. Mellen Chamber
lain. DR.. e. Morris, Rev A. A Miner,
Robert Treat Paine, i. a. Harris,
hi. D.. Solomon Friedman, ex-senator
J. i. Andrew, Col Charles f Wilder.
The meeting was called to order by w.
w. Doherty, Esq, who introduced
Hon. Robert r. Bishop, of Newton, as
the presiding officer. A round OF APP
plause greeted Mr. Bishop on his APP
pearance, aud, when it had ceased, the
gentleman spoke as follows:
[ thank you, gentlemen, for The IN
expected honor of presiding for short
time over this meeting. My engage
.nents. which are imperative, viii take
me FROM the meeting, am afraid, be
fore it is closed, but | am certainly
very happy to act in any capacity IN q
meeting Of this nature. We ought all
to be proud and willing to give our as
s,stance to the great effort which is
now going on across the water TO AID IN
the Freedom and enfranchlsen1ent OF
great race by legal means This is the
effort in which Mr.. Gladstone and Mr..
Parnell are now engaged. Ihe c1tlzens
of Boston would be other than the citl-
zens Of Boston, and be untrue to their
history, to their instincts aud to their
character it they did not, with all the
force of their feelings, aid and help
them aud wish them godspeed i'll such
an endeayor. The objects OF the meet
ing will be stated to you very clearly
by Mr.. w. w. Doherty, whom ! have
the pleasure to introduce to you.
A salvo of cheers saluted Mr.. DO
herty as he arose to address the meet
ing. His address was as follows: Al
the request Of several gentlemen inter
ested Ia this movement. have consent
ed to come here to state III very few
words something of the object for
which these gentlemen have been asked
to gather to-day. [ don't propose to
take up much of your time in telling
you the story of Ireland. 1t is an ln-
tsresting story. 1t is a bitter story.
But we are engaged in something to-
day that is practical. The movement
across the water which Mr.. Parnell
represents, OF which he is the recog-
nized head, is a movement in the difec-
ton of self government. 1t IS one OF
the long-continued efforts of the Irish
people to obtain for themselves the
saying OF what laws they shall live un-
der, and how they shall be governed. 1t
is the repetition of the old story OF re-
sistance to oppression. It is the effort
to get again for themselves what they
had 100 years ago, the right OF seIf-rule,
the right OF legislation by an Irish Par
lament FOR the Irish people. While
the American revolution was in pro-
gress the Irish were enabled to secure
for themselves that right. Itwas taken
from them by means contemplate, in
famous. She asks for that right now
because she desires to take her natural
place among the nations OF the earth.
she asks simply for the right which all
will say she ought TO have.
Hon. Joseph Il. Walker of Worces-
ter was then called upon, and, in re-
sponse, spoke as follows; Nhensmy
friend D1Eerty asked me to come IN
here this afternoon to give you word
of encouragement from the heart Of the
commonwealth. / replied to him that
III i could be Of any service whatever
4 ii might be in this which it seems to me
is an exceedingly righteous cause, I
was very glad to render it. In Wor-
cesfer we were not content with simply
formal expression of opinion. We, as
individuals, expressed our Individual
sympathy and approval of the course