St. Paul daily globe., 1890-11-11
BIG MONEY FOR IRELAND.
Generous New Workers Contribute
$37, 900 for the Cause.


$4,000 for the Cause.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Rarely has the
Metropolitan opera house held such an
audience as it did tonight when the
Irish societies of the city of New York
gave public reception to the Irish rep
resentatiyes, Messrs. O'Connor, O'Brien,
Dillon, Sullivan, Harrington and Gill.
There were about 5000 people in the
honSe, 5000 were seated, and the re-
naming l,SGO were on the platform and
were standing around the hall. Ate
O'Clock people began to demand admiS-
sion, and when the doors were thrown
open at z the top galleries were imme-
dlatelY packed. There were few
decorations in the house. An Irish
flag was hung Oh either side OF
the first balcony, and the back
g:ound of the stage was formed by two
American flags with golden harp
pointed on square of green in the CEN
ter. The SiXty-ninth regiment band
was early in attendance and held the
attention of the audience previous to
the opening of the meeting by playing
such airs as wearing Of the Green,''
the 'Star-Spangled Banner" "March-
ing Through Georgia. etc. The au-
dlence filed the intervals by cheering
alternately for Parnell and the members
of the Irish party and Kissing Balfour.
Broadway, from the Hoffman house at
TWenty=dfth street. to the Metropoli-
tan opera house at Thirty-mnth street,
was tlirODged with crowds who waited
patiently for an hour to see the dis
tlngulshed lrishmen on their way to the
meeting. Many of these people had
tried to purchase tickets for the demon
stration but were turned away.
Among the early arrivals on the
stage who were recognized by the
audience and warmly applauded were
Gov. Abhett, of New Jersey; Eugene
Kelly and exChiet Justice Charles b.
Daily. DIR. McGlynn was also recog-
nized as he took his seat in the audi
ence. The boxes were on the first bal
comy and were occupied principally by
ladies. Mrs. UBrien, Mrs. Sullivan
and Mrs. OCOnnor occupied the first
box to the right of the platform. The
list OF vice presidents contained among
others these names: Hugh j. Grant,
Grover Clev land, Levi P. Morton,
Charles A. Dana, William NJ. Evarts,
William G. Whitney. Judge Charles ii.
Van Brunt, Gen. William t. Sherman,
Leon Albeit, Chauncey NJ. Depew.
William r. Grace. Joseph III. Choate,
Carl SchurZ, Whltplaw Reid, Noah
Davis, Joseph j. O'Donohue, Bourke
Cochran, John A. Cockerill, of
the World; Oswald Ottendorfer, of
the Staatz Zeitung. Postmaster G. n.
Van Cott, Roswell P. Flower, Daniel
Dougnerty, Collector Joel p. Erhardt.
Gen. Daniel E.. Siekles. Seth Low,
Thomas c. Acton, Thomas l.. James,
Eugene Kelly. Elbridge I. Gerry, John
L. Agnew and Richard O'Gorman.
a few minutes after O'Clock Messrs.
O'Brien and Dillon walked on the stage.
This was signal for loud and enthusi-
astic plaudits. the heartiest of which
came f1om the gallery, where the en-
thusiasm was of the widest kind. The
Irish party were escorted upon-the plat
form by Gov. Hill, Mayor Grant, Re-
corder Snlyth, DIR. M. B. Wallace,
Amos J. Cummings and Joseph j.
O'Donohue. The Irish patriots
took seats on the right of the
stage after shaking hands with many
OF those on the platform. Gov. Hill
took the chair in the center of the
stage. When the loud outburst of
cheers had ceased. Mr.. O'Donohue
called the meeting formally to order.
and. after announcing the purpose of
the meeting, introduced Gov Hill as
chairman of the evening. Gov. Hill
made brief address, and then intro
duced as the first speaker John Dillon.
The cheers that greeted Mr.. Dillon
demonstrated better than words could
describe the feeling of the immense
audience toward him. He stood Silent
for several minutes, while his admirers
shouted themselves hoarse. Then he
made lengthy address, detailing the
mission of the Irish parliamentary
party to the United States. At the con-
clusion of Mr.. billions address. which
was loudly applauded. William o. .3ren
made brief speech, and subscriptions
were then solicited. Before the meet
ing adjourned $4,000 had been raised
for the Irish cause.