Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-29
NO DECISION REACHED.
CONFERENCE OF THE IRISH DELEGATES
IN AMERICA.

1t Will be Resumed Again To-Day Upon the
Journey From Cincinnati to Chicago
All Expressions of Opinion Very Care
fully Avoided.
CINCINNATI, November 28.-John Dillon
and I. Harrington were the last OF the SIX
Irish members to reach the Burnet House,
Messrs. O'Connor and Gill having come in
about noon. 1t was nearly o'clock this
afternoon when the SIX men locked them
selves in parIor to settle the great question
which apparently is left to their arbitra-
ment.
The waiting Nationalists of Ireland, it is
understood, are not straining their ears to
hear simply the judgment of the SIX travel
ing ambassadors in America, but they want
to know what is the judgment OF the Ameri-
can public on the issue presented. Does 1t
stand with the sturdy and Incorporating
Gladstone, or closing its eyes to all else, does
it remember only the courage and brilliancy
of the young Irish leader? Because they
are in America, it is thought these six men
may have the best means OF ascertanlpg
what is the sober feeling of American SYM
pathizers in this matter.
Whatever course estranges American
friends is disastrous to Irish hopes. In this
view, the gravity of this little conference
reaches tremendous importance.
A Vital Question Considered.
- 1t was held as already stated with closed
DOORS but its members have been instructed
by personal talk and by letters from leading
men, all intense in their feeling that vital
question is under consideration. Some OF
the best men among the Irish-Americans OF
Cincinnati have given their Judgment to the
conierees, and their decision will doubtless
be influenced by the earnest representations
of these cool-headed, but earnest men.
1t was 7:3O o'clock when the first intima-
tion came from the room of the conferees.
1t was not verdict, however, not a con-
clusion, and worst of all to the impatient
walters without it was not a statement of
anything definite concerning the progress OF
their discu ssion. A little note was prepared
and sent out with the compliments of the
| delegates, saying:
"The Irish delegates wish it to be dis
| tinctly understood that all statements as to
their views on the present position of the
Irish party are entirely unauthorized: The
delegates have mada no communication to
the press as to their opinions, and they do
not intend to do so for the present"
No Statement Yet Ready.
Mr.. Sullivan, one of the delegates, stated
| in addition that they had agreed to say that
they had no statement to make to the press
at this time and would have none tonight
that there was so much depending on infor-
nation and communication that nothing
could be fairly stated as their conclusion al
this time. 1t was his opinion that nothing
more could be said tonight. The party goes
to Chicago in the morning.
During the early part Of the night it was
suggested that one reason why the confer
| ence could not make known its action was
that there was a desire to know what was in
the manifesto Of Parnell, which wa:
published in London in the afternoon, but
weary nature asserted her claim, for when
the offer was made to permit the delegation
to read the sheets as fast as received on the
wires, the reply came that most of them had
retired, and the others were so fatigued that
they would be compelled to restrain theil
curiosity until morning.
| And so the famous conference will be re-
sumed on the journey to Chicago, tomorrow
morning. The party will leave at 7:55 A.
NJ. The delegates have all been excessively
careful to avoid anything resembling an in.
terview and. above all anything that could b.
| construed into an expression of opinion or
the position of the Irish party.
America an Important Factor.
Said one of them in reply to question
whether so much weight was apparently
given in Ireland TO the judgment of the sl1
delegates in America because it was fel
that, being here, they could better feel tht
American pulse: mo, that view had no
suggested itself to my mind, though it may
have its influence. America is an import
ant factor in the Irish question. But the
fact is the delegation in America is an i'm
| zf Al IL II. -
Ion and O'Brien are among the stronges
men in the party"
Speaking of the suggestion that Mr.
O'Brien would be proper man to take the
leadership in place of Parnell, the same
delegate said: 'Oh. no; Mr.. O'Brien ha!
no such wish or ambition, and will be moved
by no personal consideration in the matter
He will look solely to the good of the Irish
cause. This is great crisis in Irish AFFAIR."
next to the greatest in history-and i
calls for utterly unseltish consideration"