Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-16
Resolutions Condemning the Assassin
ton of DIR. p. II. Cronin.


Resolutions Condemning the Assassina-
ton of DIR. p. III. Cronin.
CHICAGO. August 15th.-The friends of
the late Dr. Cronin held section of the
annual Clan ma Gael picnic at Cheltenham
Beach to-day with large crowds present.
The amusements consisted of athletic
games, which were followed in the after
noon and evening by speeches by Con-
gresham Foran, of Cleveland, Hon. NJ. j.
RYAN, of Philadelphia, Congressman Law
Ter, of Chicago, John Dewey, of New York,
Thomas P Tuite, of Detroit, and others.
A long statement accompanying pre-
am5le and resolutions was read and
adopted. It recognizes fealty to this ma
ton as the highest obligation, and next
thereafter pledges the support to the cause
of Irish liberty to be secured under the
leadership of Psrnell and Gladstone. The
statement then reads:
Resolued. That we denounce with ali force of
indignant language our utter adherence of
assassination. murder and moral assassination
resorted to by the murderers of DR.. Cropin to
betrayal of people whose devotion to the cause
of liberty too often makes them victims of de
signing knayes.
Resided, That knowingD DR. P. H. Cronin to have
been a PATRIOTS high minded, pure, Christian
gentleman, utterly incapable of playing the
role of sycophant or falsely living the life of
a spy, we brand as most malicious libel and
moral assassination the infamous report that he
was an agent of England. On the contrary,
knowing him to be defender Of honesty and
truth, we hereby declare it to be our solemn
conviction that for his faithful adherence to the
Irish cause, for his honesty and truth, he was
foully murdered to prevent an exposure of the
actual criminals, who have dragged down that
cause in blood and tears into the dust OF our
Gethsemane.
Resotred, That the crime of this most atroci-
Gus murder calls for all the energies OF our civ
nization for the speedy aud extreme punishment
OF the law, and we pledge our abiding support
to the authorities until every guilty man shall
have answered 20 the law for his participation
in this most devilish murder, which has red
dened the annals of crime.
The anti-Cronin section of the Clan-na-
Gael demonstration at Ogden's Grove drew
large crowd of people to-day. The speak
ers were escorted to the grove BY the Clan
na-Gael Guards. Hibernisn Rifles and Chi
cago Zouayes. 1t was after o'clock wbeu
they arrived. They were Senator Thomas
F. Grady, of New York Rev. George W.
Pepper, of Ohio; Hon. O'Neill O'Ryan, of
st. Louis, and Judge Fitzgerald, of Cincin-
natl.
An address was read and adopted by the
audience, which opened with declaration
of devotion to the laws and principles of
the American republic and interchangeable
sympathy with the cause of Irish liberty.
The plan on which it is to be worked is
to be decided by the people of Ireland
themselves. The address continues 1--WE
fully recognize further that destitute of
those means of asserting their liberty
which would alone make revolution iusti-
fable. We are willing to aid them in such
peaceful measures as they may choose to
adopt in bringing the Government of En-
gland 10 sense of the duty that it owes to
justice and to humanity by restoring to the
Irish people the right 10 make their own
laws and to live in self.respecting man
hood upon their own soil.
at has been asserted by those instru-
mental in covering US with defamation
that we wish 10 screen the murderers of
DIR. Cronin.
I'VE meet here to-day, among other rea-
sons, for the purpose of vehemently de-
nouncing his atrocious murder, in our
capacity as American citizens, but hold
that as 1rish-Americans we have no more
right to be held responsible for that foul
atrocity than has any other element of our
body polite for crimes committed by per-
sons TO whom they are kindred.
we devoUuy hope that the officers
authorized by the law will succeed in
bringing 10 justice the assassins of DIR.
Cronln. We repudiate, both as American
citizens and as Irish Americans, the claim
made By enemies of our race that the Irish
element has any-desire or any purpose to
make the soil of America the theater of
any acts of vengeance because of feuds,
factions or diSagreements growing out of
political differences or personal heartburn
in2s.
1--WE return our sincere and most CRATE
ful thanks to Hon. John NJ. Thayer, Gov
ernor of Nebraska. for his defense of the
honor OF orr race against fha reckless alan
ders of . society of professional foreigners"