The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-16
CLAM -NA.GAEL P[CNICS.
THE CRONIN AND ANTI-CRONIN
FACTIONS DIVIDE.

RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the Former
Declaring That the Murder Was
Ferpetrated to Save Some of the
Leaders from Exposure-The Other
crowd Take the Opposite Side.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15-The Cronin and anti
Cronin sections of the Clan-na-Gael held
the annual Clan-na-Gael picnic at Chelten-
ham 6each and Ogden's grove, respectively.
lhere were the usual series of games. AT
the Cronin demonstration addresses were
made by congressman Foran Of Cleveland
and Lawler of Chicago, John Dewey of
New York and others. Resolutions were
adopted pledging support to Parnen and
the Irish cause, and denouncing the Cronin
murder as the most heinous crime of the
century.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Cronin resolutions are in part as fol-
lows:
Resolved. That we denounce, with all the
iorce OF Indignant language, our utter alb
horrence of the assassination murder, and
moral assassination resorted to by the mur-
aerers Sl of Dr. Cronin, to cover up the en-
oeZziement OF money and betrayal of the peo-
pie, whose devotion to the cause of liberty too
often makes them the victims of designing
knaves.
Kes0!Ued, That we brand as the most malici-
1ous, libel and moral assassination the infamous
report that DR.. Cronin was an agent OF England.
On the contrary, knowing him to have been a
devoted defender of honesty and truth we
hereby delare it TO be our solemn conviction that
for his faithful adherence to the Irish cause,
honesty and truth, he was foully murderei to
prevent the exposure of the actual criminals
VINO nave dragged down that cause in blood
and tears into the dust of our Gethsemane.
The punishment of the murderers is then
demanded.
THE ANTI-CROYIN OUTING.
The anti-Cronin section had for speakers
Senator Thomas F. Grady of New York,
Judge Fitzgerald of Cincinnati and others.
Resolutions were adopted expressing sym
patty with the Irish people, and declaring
willingness to aid them in such peaceful
measures as they may choose to adopt TO
secure home rule from England. The reso-
lutiOns continue:
We meet here to-day, among other reasons,
for the purpose of vehemently denouncing the
atrocious murder Of DR. Cronin in our capac-
lty as American citizens; but we hold that as
Irish h-Americans we have no more right to be
held responsible for that foul atrOciuy than has
any other element of our body
sons to whom they are kindred. We
deyoutly hope that the officers authorized
by the law will succeed in bringing to justice
the assassins of DR.. Cronin. We repudate
both as American citizens and as Irish-Ameri
cans, the claim made by the enemies of oul
race that the Irish element has any desire OIL
any purpose to make the soil of America the
theater of acts of vengeance, because OF the
feuds, factions or dsagreements growing ou
OF political differences or personal hurts.
HOT SPEECHES.
John Dewey, ia his speech, strongly de
nOuncGd Michael DaVitt and Patrick Epan
and Congressman Lawler called ex-Con
gresham Finerty a liar, pal room anc
scOund.el. Rev. Father Toomey of Polo
H., surpassed the others with a hot attach
on Patrick Ford and John Finerty, the
"arch consp rator"