The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-30
The Delegates speak in Chicago.

CuIcAGo, Nov. 3d. Ten thousand people
assembled in Battery d and 200 were in
The Second regiment armory adiourning
tonight to see and hear the Irish parlia-
mentary delegates. The gathering was a
notable one. Among the prominent
figures in the audience was Mrs. ParneH,
mother of the man still at the helm of Irish
affairs. There was a large list of vice
presidents. The meeting represented
practically every shade of Irish
opinion in Chicago, besides many
prominent citizens not directly identified
with the Irish movement. Dillon, O'Brien,
O'Connor, Harrington, Sullivan and Gil
were escorted to the platform amid wild
cheers. AS John Dillon advanced to the
front of the stage, the cheering broke out
again, and it was impossible for him to
begin speaking for several minutes. Dillon
dwelt at considerable length on Ireland's
struggle and the mission of the
delegates. The telling points in his
speech were received with tremendous
enthusiasm. William OBrien spoke
next, and was accorded a warm recep ton
Speaking was then suspended for half an
hour, during which contributions were re-
ceived by tellers appointed to canvass the
audience. Besides the great mass Of small
contributions, fifteen or twenty prominent
citizens handed in amounts ranging from
500 to $500. O'Connor, Harrington, Sulli
van and Gill then spoke, after which reso-
buttons, the substance of which follows,
were adopted, and the meeting adjourned
amid great cheering.
The resolutions, which are quite lengthy,
welcome the Irish delegates, speak in eulo7
CYSTIC terms of their services, and pledge
the assembly anew to the cause of home
rule for the Irish people, Touching on the
all absorbing question of the time, the
resolutions say: awhile conscious that the
cause of home rule is by no means depend
emit upon any individual, we should be IN
true to ourselves and to the iusticeof the
cause did we fail to recognize the
splendid services of Charles Stewart
Parnell. The Irish people owe
him debt of gratitude which can
never be fully paid. When all seemed
darkness and doubt, he sounded the tocsin
which called INTO action that army Of reso-
| lutte and heroic men who for more than
ten long years have stood with absolute
singleness of purpose, unquestioned purity
of cmotive and patriotic forever almost
without parallel in the worlds history
They won for the first time in q century
the attention of England and the attention
of the world. They went to
jail and behind bars proved more
potent than their iailors. In the crisis
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come US to attempt to dictate to the Irish
people as to their course. We recognize
that they are upon the immediate field of
action with infinitely better opportunities
for forming judgment than is presented
to US. The claim of Ireland's right to home
rule presumes the capacity Of the people Of
Ireland for self-government Hence, to
them and their authorized representatives
we leave all questions of policy
and leadership, promising lasting and
hearty support to their Judgment and
choice. 1t is our earnest hope that with
calmness, forbearance and exceeding
wisdom they will so order the affairs OF
the Irish parliamentary party as to silence
all discord and that hand to hand with the
great common people of Ireland they may
move on to victory, which assuredly
awaits them in the near future"
The overflow meeting in the Second Reg
iment armory was almost an exact dupli-
cate of the larger affair.