The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-11-13
HIGHLY HONORED.
Members of the Irish Nation
alist Party Given an OVa-
ton at New York.
An Appeal for Aid From Lib.
erty-LOVing Americans
Receives a Response.

NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-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 a
public reception to the Irish representa-
tives, Messrs. O'Connor, O'Brien, Dillon,
Sullivan, Harrington and Gill. There were
about 4. 600 people in the house, 8, 200 were
seated and the remaining 1900 were on the
platform and were standing around the
hall.
Broadway, from the Hoffman house at
Twenty-ffth street to the Metropolitan
opera house at Thirty ninth street, was
thronged with crowds who waited patiently
for an hour to see the distinguished Irish
men pass on their way to the meeting.
Many of these people had tried to purchase
tickets for the demonstration but were
turned away.
Among the early arrivals on the stage
who were recognized by the audience and
warmly applauded were Gov. Albeit of
New Jersey, Eugene Kelly and ex-Chiet
Justice Charles B. Daily, DIR. McGlynn was
also recognized as he took his seat in the
audience. The boxes were on the first bal
cony, and were occupied principally by la
dies. Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Sullivan and
Mrs. O'Connor occupied the first box to the
right of the platform. The list of vice pres
idents contained among Others these names:
Hngh J. Grant, Grover Cleveland, Levi P.
Morton, Charles A. Dana. William NJ. EVarts,
William C. Whitney. Judge Charles H; Van
Brunt, Gen. W. T. Sherman. Leon Albeit,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, William r. Grace, Joseph
H. Choate, Carl schurz, Whiteaw, Reid. Noah
Davis, Joseph J. Donohue, Bourke Cochran,
John A. Cockerill of the World: Oswald Often
dorfer OF the staatz Zeitung; Postmaster C. n
Van Cott, Roswell P. Flower, Daniel Dongherty,
Collector Joel P. Erharkt. Gen Daniel F. Sickles.
Seth Low, Thomas c. Acton, Thomas L. james,
Eugene Kelly, Elbrjdge T. Gerry, John T. Agnew
and Richard O'Gorman.
When the loud outburst of cheers had
ceased Mr.. O'Donohue called the meeting
formally to order. 1t was no political gath
ering that he saw before him, he said, but
one of patriotic people among the American
people who had come to pay their respects
and give welcome to Messrs O'Brien. Dill
Ion, OConnor, Sullivan, Gill and Harring-
ton They were there to express their rev.
erence OF these men, who have have spent
all their time and energy, enduI ed suffering
and engaged in long fight for home rule.
John Dillon opened his address with
high tribute to the late John Boyle OReil-
ly. He said that he and his friends had
come here to ask whether they had fulfilled
the promises made to the people WOO had
while thousands of people in Ireland are
threatened with starvation about $1O0, ,OO0,
600 worth of food as being exported out of
that country this year into England to pay
rents of the Irish landlords, He claimed
that Ireland was losing 500, 600 per year and
that the chief business of the police was to
pull down the houses of the people.
O'Brien also spoke feelingly of John
Boyle OReilly. He told the story of the
battle against Iandlordism in Tipperary and
strongln denounced the acts of Smith Rars
ry. Sullivan, Harrington and 0Tonnor
also made addresses.
This evening a meeting was held at the
Globe theater which was crowded. O'Con-
nor. Harrington, Dillon, OBrien and Sui
livan spoke. The box Office receipts at the
two meetings aggregated $5, 100 in addition
to which the audience pledged about $3 600.
James 81. Stark, member of the British
American association of this city, who has
recently made q tour of investigation
through Ireland, spoke in Music hall to-
day. He asserted that people in
Northern or Protestant" Ireland ap-
cared to be prosperous and that
there was no potato famine, The suffering
in Southern Ireland, he declared, Is the re-
suit of the plan of campaign of which
Messrs, Dillon and 0'Brien are the authors.
He claims that the tenants bitterly regret
the introduction OF the plan of campaign,
| and would settle with their landlords if
| they were free agents.