The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-30

Fully 1900 or 10000 were congregated in
| and around the two buildings The par
liamentary party appeared before the bat
terry d. meeting first. On the stage were
| the following we'll known Americans, act
! ing as vice presidents, among many Others:
| Archbishop Feehan, Robert I. Lincoln.
Bishop Spaulding, Phillip d. Armour,
| George NJ Pullman, Carter Harrison,
| Charles T. Yerkes, Marshall Field. C.. H.
| Fargo, George T. Adams, Gen. L. c. New
berry, A. I. Wing Abner Taylor, S. NJ
Cullen, J. NJ Palmer, Henry F. Donovan,
| Benjamin ButterwOrth, Charles Kean,
| Thomas Courtney, George K. Davis, Rev
| John II. Barrows, Rev. DR.. j. S. McPher-
son, Walter O. Gresham and Franklin
| McVeigh.
On motion by Melville E Stone chair
! man of the committee on arrangements,
the gallant six mounted the step, led by
John Dillon. The instant they came into
view, the audience broke into a wild cheer,
which was caught up again and again. as
O'Brien, Sullivan, L. p. O'Connor. Gill
and Timothy Harrington were espied, fol-
lowing closely behind in the order named.
Mr. Stone introduced Mayor Cregier,
who welcomed the visitors TO Chicago and
who introduced Mr.. Dillon to the audi
ence. Mr.. Dillon was most enthusiastically
received. In the course OF his remarks
Mr. Dillon said Eve have advanced so
last ten years, that we feel at this hour
the most absolute confidence that, with
the united Irish race very few months
at the furtheSt q couple or years a voice
with Parnell as leader" and loud con-
tinued applause. cannot roll over our
heads without bringing within your grasp
that victory for which so many Irishmen
in the past have laid down their lives for
the sacred cause of their country" Long
and continued applause
Mayor Cregier next introduced the Hon.
William O'Brien.
The speaking of the evening was then
suspended for half an hour, during which
time contributions were received by tell
ers appointed to canvass the audience.
Contributions flowed into the hat in sums
of 500 to 800.
AT 1920 D. m. Mayor Cregier introduced
Hon. L. p. O'ConnOr, who spoke eloquent
ly in behalf of the Irish cause.
Timothy Harrington, Nj. P, was the
next speaker, but owing to the failure of
his voice, he spoke briefly. The overflow
meeting in the Second Regiment armory
was an almost exact duplicate of the gath
ering in Battery D., except chat the order
of the speakers was different, beginning
with Mr.. I. 2. O'Conner, who was followed
by Z. ID. Sullivan, Dillon and the others
Judge Moran announced toward the close
of the proceedings that the resolutions
winch he Sal0 haQ already Deen adopted IN
the Battery D. meeting would be read by
r. w. Morrison.
The resolutions welcome the distin-
guished guests, and endorse them as the
faithful and Jealous champions of liberty's
cause; pledge the meeting anew to the
cause of home rule; denOunce the robbery
of Ireland's legislative independence, and
characterize the infamies of the past cen
fury as darker than any of the atrocities
of the Seventeenth century. The time
has come" theT assert, TO arrest such
methods of government" Continuing,
the resolutions declare as follows:
while conscious that the cause Of
home rule is by no means dependent upon
any individual, we should be untrue to
ourselves and to the justice of the cause,
did we fail to recognize the splendid serv-
ices of Charles Stewart Parnell. The
Irish people owe to him q debt of graft
tude which can never be fully paid. While
all seemed darkness and doubt, he sounded
the tocsin which called into action an
army of resolute and heroic men. who for
more than ten long years have stood with
absolute singleness of purpose and with
unquestioned purity of motive"
The mention of ParnelfS name elected
considerable applause. A vote on the res
olutions was called for. So rousing were
the ayes in response that it was unneces-
sary to ask for the nays. The meeting adj
journed by the audience rising and giving
three ear-splitting cheers In honor OF the
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