St. Paul daily globe., 1888-12-11
MINNEAPOLIS MITE.
Substantial Sysnnathy for
Parnell and the Cause Ae S
Fighting For.
Harmonic Hall Rings With
Praise for the Gallant
Irish Leader.
Police Sergeant MeKiernan
Suspended for Conduct Un-
becoming an officer.
Eighteen Women, Fair But
Very Fpail, Charged With
LeWdneSS.

HE movement to InfuSG new llfe INTO
the cause Of Irish home rule and raise
a fund for the defense OF Parnell
eliminated in mass meeting at Har-
monia hall last night. The hopes of the
projectors were net entirely realized,
but it was a large meeting and an en-
thusiastic one, numbering most OF the
prominent Irish citizens OF Minneapolis
and quite few Americans who warmly
sympathiZe with the cause. Intelligent
and witty addresses were made, and
the speaking was varied by musical
numbers furnished by Miss OBricn.
John Ii. Steele called the meeting to
order and introduced Rev. James Nc
GOlrick as the presiding officer. Father
McGolrick has but recently returned
from Ireland, and was well prepared to
paint very graphically the situation.
He gave an outline of the Parnell suit
with the London Times and the cause
which led to- it, as we'll as the logical
outcome of the action in any case. Par
nell represented the cause of home
rule, and it was really the cause now on
trial. The speaker made an eloquent
plea for Ireland, and was frequently i'll
terrupted by applause.
Chris A. Gallagher was then intro
duced as a gentleman "who is nothing
if not PRACTICAL Mr.. Gallagher paid a
high tribute to the priests who have
done more for the cause of Ireland than
any other class. He spoke of the Serv-
ices which some of our OWE citizens
have given to the cause, mentioning
Rev. DR.. Shutter and President Cyrus
Northr0p, OF the state university. one
of whom, he said, when told that a car
riage would call for him, said that
he did not want it. but would walk and
turn the carriage hire into the fund.
The newspapers received their share OF
praise for the great service they have
rendered free of charge. The attack, he
said, which the Times is making upon
Mr.. Parnell, it is making upon 10,000,-
900 IriShmen, and money given in his
defense is given for the cause of Ire
land. Envelopes, he said, would be dis
tributed in which each could place his
contribution, and he hoped that the
prayer in the breasts of all would be
'GOd save Ireland"
Rev. NJ. ID. Shutter, the next speaker,
said that this was not the first time that
he had spoken in behalf of Ireland, nor
would it be the last until Ireland should
receive Justice. The voice Of the Irish
is lifted up and we will heed it. A
most peculiar spectacle is now present
ed. 1t is the attacks of the London
Times. Notwithstanding the attack OF
this paper, which acts at the beck of
the Tory party, the faith of the Irish
aud of the American people in Mr.. Par
nell is unshaken. England has tried
everything to keep Ireland in
subjection. 1t has tried banish-
ment, death and Imprisonment. Now it
is catching at the last straw, a newspaper
attack. Mr.. Shutter saw in this that
Parnell was to be acquitted and the
cause of Ireland would soon be success
full. / espouse the cause Of Ireland be-
cause it is the cause of justice. The
Irish, he said, took the part of the
United States in the war for independ-
ence for the same reason. The only
way England could get an Irish regi-
try was to tie them on. Go through our
Irishmen ineXtricably intWined in it.
In closing, he said: II hope that Ireland
may soon be the home OF the free as
well as the home OF the brave"
President Northrop was the next
speaker. He said he had supposed that
this was an Irish meeting until he saw
that the foremost lrishman was Nor
wegian. What the speakers, who had
pleaded, had said was all true. Ireland
was the only country where the Irish
had gone that they had not governed.
81 once" he said, ran for congress
down in New Haven, Conn.,, and was
saved from disgrace because all the
Irish voted against me. After making
several more witty remarks, he made a
strong argument in behalf OF Ireland
and home rule.
The English say that the Irish cannot
govern themselves, but L for one, am
not afraid to trust them. Give
them home rule, as Canada
has it, as Australia has it.
we are lovers of liberty and for that
reason we have sympathy for Ireland
in her struggle for freedom. The con-
test between Parnell and England is in
reality contest between Ireland and
England. England trembles when she
hears the mention of American gold.
That is what Parnell needs, and it
would be q crime for us to desert him
now."
The exercises closed with masic, dur
ing which the envelopes were passed to
the stage. The total amount donated
was S446.