Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-16
CLAN-NA-GAEL.
Annual Picnic of the Chicago
Branch.
1T is HELD IN TWO SECTIONS
The CrOnin and Anti -CrOnin Factions
Resolutions Adopted
by Each.


IAssocisted Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
CHELTENHAM BEACH, CHICAGO, Angus
I5.-The friends of the late DR.. CroniI
held section of the annual Clan-na
Gael picnic here today, with larg'
crowds present. The amusements con.
sisted of athletic games, which were fol
lowed in the afternoon and evening BY
speeches by Congressman Foran, of Cleve
land; Hon. M. j. Ryan, of Philadelphia
Congressman Lawler, of Chicago; Johr
Dewey, of New York; Thomas P. Tuite
of Detroit, and others. A long state
ment, with accompanying preamble snG
resolutions, was read and adopted. Il
recognizes fealty to this Nation as the
first and highest obligation of the Clan.
ma. G ael organization, and next thereafter
pledges support to the cause OF Irish lib.
erty, to be secured under the leadership
of Parnell and Gladstone. The state
ment then reads
Resolved. That we denounce with all
the force of indignant language our utter
adherence of the assassination, murder
and moral assassination resorted to by
the murderers of DR.. Cronin to cover up
the embezzlement OF money and the be-
trayal of the people whose devotion to
the cause Of liberty too often makes
them victims of designing knaves.
Resolved, That, knowing DR.. P. r..
Cronin to have been patriotic, high
minded, pure Christian gentleman, ut
terly incapable of playing the role of 8
syoophant or falsely living the life of 8
spy, we brand as most malicious libel
and moral assassination the infs-
nous report that he was the agent
of England; on the contrary, knowing
him to be the defender of honesty and
truth, we hereby declare it to be our
solemn conviction that for his faithful
adherence to the Irish cause, honesty
and truth, he was foully murdered to
prevent the exposure of actual criminals
who have dragged down that cause in
blood and tears into the dust of our
Gethsemsne.
Resolved, That the crime OF this most
atrocious murder calls forth all the ener-
gies of our civilization for the speedy
and extreme penalty OF the law, and we
pledge our abiding support to the authori-
ties, until every guilty man shall h we
answered to the law for his participation
in the most devilish murder which has
Redeemed the annals of crime.
THE ANTI cRoNIN FACTION.
CHICAGO, August 15.-The anti -Cronin
section of the Clan ma Gael demonstration
at Ogden's grove drew a large crowd Of
people today. The speakers were es-
corted TO the grove by the Clan-na Gael
Guards, Hibernian Rifles and Chicago
Zouaves.. 1t was after l O'Clock when
they arrived. They were Senator Thos.
T. Grady, of New York; Rev. George
W. Pepper, of Ohio ;EHon. O'Neil Ryan,
of st. Louis, and Judge Fitzgerald
of Cincinnati. An address, read an6
adopted by the audience, opened with 8
declaration CT devotion to the laws and
principles of the American Republic
and Interchangeable sympathy with the
cause of Irish liberty, the plan on which
il is to be worked for to be decided by the
people of Ireland themselves. The ad-
dress continues:
We fully recognizs further, that, desti.
tute of those means OF asserting their lib.
erty which would; alore make revolution
justi6able, we are willing to aid them il
such peaceful measures as they may
choose to adopt in bringing the Govern
ment of England to the sense of duty
that it owes to justice and to humanity
by restoring to the Irish people the righ
to make their own laws and to live il
self-respecting manhood upon their Owl
soil.
1t has been asserted by those instru
mental in covering US with defamation
that we wish to screen the murderers o
DIR. Cronin. We meet here today, amon
other reasons, for the purpose of vehe
mently denouncing his atrocious mur
der, in our capacity as American
citizens, but hold that as Irish
Americans we have no more righ
to be held responsible for that fou
atrocity than has any other element o
our body polite for crimes committed b
persons to whom they are kindred. w
devoutly hope that the officers authorize,
by the law, will succeed in bringing t.
Justice the assassins of DR.. Cronin.
We repudiate, both as American cit
zens and Irish. Americans, the clair
made by enemies of our race that tn
Irish element has any desire or any pur
pose to make the soil of America tn
theater of any acts of vengeance becaus
of feuds, factions Or disagreements grow
ing out of political differences or persona
heartburnings.
We return our sincere and most CRATE
full thanks to Hon. John NJ. Thayer
Governor of Nebraska, for his defense O
the honor of our race against the reckles
ISLANDERS of society of professed foreign
ers.