The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-11-15

| I believe Americans will be electrified when
| they hear the story OF Tippernry. Foe the pres
| ent the question of National fighting fund
| and the question of n charitable fund are wholly
| separate. The danger OF famine along the
western portion OF the western seaboard 10
unquestionubly real and horrible. The Irish
| party are watching the situation with the
| utmost solicitude. They had called for bill
| suspending evictions for nonpayment OF rent
| on small holdings in the distressed districts.
| A measure of this kind combined with n largo
| system of public works and more liberal ad-
4 mnstration of the poor laws would go for to
| avert any danger OF general famine. The opin.
ion OF the Irish party Is that any general Amer
lean fund poured into Ireland at this timo
would probably have the effect OF confirming
Mr.. Balfour in his policy OF leaving the relief
| OF distress to private initiative and afterward
boasting that the distress was imaginary while
| large sums disbursed with an imperfect knowl-
| edge of the circumstances of the country would
! inevitably find its way into the pockets OF tho
| landlords, whom the prospect OF American aims
would encourage to extort rent from their fam
| ished and coercion-wronged tenantry." -s.
AN ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
An address of welcome presented
| to the visitors expressed tho deepest
sympathy of all true Irish-Americans
and all liberal Americans for the Irish
|
| "As the messengers of hope from struggling
| people to n free people we extend to you tho
hand OF warm friendship We believe in your
| policy of home rule for Ireland as advocated by
Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Parnell. We believe
that IL is the only means that will put end
to the discord of centuries and conduce to tho
true union between the English and the Irish
people, willing union founded on friendship
and mutual interests, and not u forced union
founded on oppression and hate.
I'VE believe the truest friendship and warm
est sympathy we can extend TO Ireland is to
furnish you the means necessary to remove tho
cause OF recurring famine and ever.prcsent dis
tress. This we feel can be accomplished only
by tho rescue Of your land from political
slavery, by the substitution Of self-government
for the present persecution to which IL is sub
jected.
Say to the people of Ireland and to your
comrades In the British Parliament the heart
OF free America is with them in this contest.
The mission you represent interests not alone
mon Of Irish birth and blood but men OF other
nationalities, and the heart OF every true Amer.
ican responds to the appeal for help TO break
the chains which fetter Ireland"
The address was signed by Governor
Hill, Mayor Grant, President Patrick
Gleason, of the Municipal Council of the
National League; Eugene Kelly, chair
man of the Parliamentary Fund Asso-
citation, and the chief officers of the
Irish societies.
Sunday evening the Parliamentary
Fund Association gave reception to
the delegates at the Hoffman House.
About 200 invited guests were present
The address of welcome was read by
James O'Gorman and each of the dele
gates made brief speech. Mr.. Dillon
dwelt briefly on the situation in En-
gland and Ireland, laying particular
stress upon the crisis that is at hand.
He made stirring appeal for aid and
pictured the condition of his own con.
stituency, the poorest in Ireland. The
potatoe crop, he said, was total fail
ure. 1t was question of life and death
there.
PLANS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
The party will remain in New York
until Wednesday evening, when they
will go to Philadelphia. On Thursday
evening they will address their first
meeting in the Academy of Music there,
at which Colonel Mcclure will
preside. Another meeting will be
held in the same place on the
night following, at which Governor
Beaver will be asked to preside. Two
meetings will be addressed in Boston on
Sunday, and the meeting in New York
will be held on Monday evening. Gov
ernor Hill may preside at this one. T.
p. O'Connor will arrive here on Wednes-
day in time for the Philadelphia meet
ings. meeting will be held in Jersey
City on November II and one in Newark
on November IA. After this the dele
cation will divide into pairs and ad-
dress meetings throughout the country.