The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-08-16
CRONIN NOT A SPY.
The Question of the Doctors Assassi-
nation the Leading Topic at
Two Pienics.
The Annual Outing of the Clan-na-
Gael Shows the Breach in
the Order.
Cronin's Friends Pass Some ResOlutions'
and the Anti-Cronfn Faction MaEes
Statement.

CHELTENHAM BEACH, Chicago, Aug. Is
The friends of the late DIR. Cronin held a
section of the annual Clan-na- Gael picnic
here to-day with large crowd present
| The amusements consisted Of athletic
games, which were followed in the after
noon and evening by speeches by Congress
man Foran, OF Cleveland, Hon. NJ. ..
RysA, of Philadelphia. Congressman Law
ler of Chicago. John Dewey, of New York
Thomas Pruitt, of Detroit, and others.
A long statement accompanying pream-
bic and resolutions was read and adopted.
It recognizes fealty 10 this nation as the
first and highest obligation, and next there
after the pledge 70 support the cause OF
Irish liberty, to be secured under the lead
ership of Parnell and Gladstone. The
statement then reads:
50 Resolved, That we denOunce with all
the force OF indignant language our utter
adherence of the assassination, murder
and moral assassination resOrted 70 by the
murderers OF DIR. Cronin TO cover up the
embezzlement of money and the betrayal
OF the people whose devotion TO the cause
of liberty too often makes them the victims
of designing knaves.
have been a patriotic, high-minded, pure
Christian gentleman utterly incapable OF
playing the role of sycophant or falsely
loving the life of spy, we brand as moral
assassination and q malicious libel the re-
mort that he was an agent of England; on
the contrary, knowingshim TO be defender
of honesty and truth, we hereby declare
il to be our solemn conviction
that for his faithful adherence TO
honesty and truth he was foully murdered
10 prevent the exposure of the actual Grim
inals, who have dragged down that cause
in blood and tears into our Gethsemane.
"Resolved, That the crime of this most
L. Htaaa4 Ntl2z
of our civilization for a speedy and extreme
punishment by law. and we pledge our
support to the authorities until every
guilty man shall have answered to the law
for his participation in the most devilish
murder which has Redeemed the annals of
crime"
THE ANTI-CRoSIN WING.
The anti-Cronin section of the Clan-na-
Gael demonstration at Ogden's grove drew
a large crowd of people. The speakers
were escorted to the grove by the Clan-na-
Gael guards, the Hibernian rifies and Chi
cago Zouaves. Ii was after O'Clock when
they arrived. In the party were Senator
rhOs- +. Grady, of New York, Rev. Geo
W. Pepts, of Ohio, Hon. O'Neil Ryan, of
ST. Leuis, and Judge Fitzgerald, OF Cincin-
natl An address was read and
loyalty to the laws and principles
of the American government and un-
chgngeable sympathy with the cause OF
Irish liberty which is To be worked for on
q plan TO be decided on by the people of
Ireland themselves. The address contin-
ues: ave fully recognize further that des-
titute of those means of asserting their llb-
erty, which would make revolution jus
tifiable, we are willing to aid them in such
peaceful measures as they may choose 10
adopt in bringing the government of Eng
land to a sense of the duty that
IL owes to justice and 70
humanity by restoring TO the Irish people
The right to make their own laws ard 20
live in self-respecting manhood upon their
own soil. Ii has been asserted by those in
strumental in covering us with defamation
that we wish To screen the murderers OF
DIR. Cronin, We meet here 10 day among
other reasons for the purpose of vehement
ly denouncing his atrOciOus murder in our
capacity as American citizens, but
we hold that as Irish Americans
we have no more right 90 be
held responsible for that four
strOcity than has any other element OF our
body polite for crimes committed by per
sons 70 whom they are kindred. We de-
voutly hope that the officers authorized by
law will succeed in bringing TO justice both
assassins of DIR. Cronin- We repudlate
both as American citizens and as Irish
Americans the claim made by the enemies
of our race that the Irish element has any
desire or any purpose TO make
the soil OF America the theatre
of acts of vengeance because of
feuds, factions OF disagreements growing
heart burnings. We return our sincere and
most grateful thanks to Hon. j. NJ. Thayer,
governor of Nebraska, for his magnani-
nous defence of the honor Of our race
against the reckless ISLANDERS of a society of
professional foreigners"