The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-02
IRISH CONVENTION
Some Lively Scenes in the Chi
cago Meeting.
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
Its Corn Position Causes Some Trouble-There
Must Be No Attack on the Catholic Church
Freedom for Ireland.

OniNA"o' Wv. 1.-Ine convention or the
Irish National League of America and
societies and individuals throughout the
United States and Canada in sympathy
with that organization, met to-day. Secre-
tary Sutton, who called toe convention to
order, read the call expressing regret at the
absence through illness, OF President Fitz-
gerald, and Vice-President Martin O'Neil.
Ryan, of st. Louis, was introduced as tenn
porary chairman of the convention ana he
promptly launched into an address fore
snatoowlng the policy of the gathering.
"Ihey are not there,n Ryan said, stto up
hold any section or faction, but were there
ne hoped to say to the people in Ireland
that when they presented a strong and
united front, then. and not till then, should
they receive the moral and material sup
port OF the Irish people in America. Only
an aggressive movement Independent of
both English parties, could command I'M
stinted aid from America
The speech was cheered throughout. On
motion OF Gallagher, of New York, com
mlttee on credentials was appointed as fol-
lows: M. D. Gallagher, New York
EDMUND Lynch, Missouri; John Flanpery,
pennsylvania; John +. Hines, Ohio; Will
liam II. Joyce, Illinois; Major M. Laugan.
Wisconsin; George Monaghan, Kansas
Lawrence Sullivan, Massachusetts; p. Nj.
Mulhern, Georgia; Patrick Boyle, Canada.
A recess was taken until o'clock this
afternoon to await the report of the Gre
dentials committee.
Five hundred delegates in round num-
bers were announced to be duly accred-
lted and three or four hundred present.
On the reassembling of the convention this
afternoon the delegates at once started in
to make things lively. Moriarty, of Ne
oraska, set the ball rolling with motion
to substitute M. V. Cannon as permanent
CHAIRMAN instead of Temporary Charm an
Ryan. Inc vote showed, however, that
Ryan had captured the convention. and
Cannon withdrew from the contest.
Langden, of New York, threw a fresh
bone OF contention among the delegates by
moving that the chair appoint committees
Oh nine each on resolutions, finance, rules
and order of business and constitution.
McQuirk, Of Iowa, demanded that the
committees each contain representative
from every state He was warmly sec
onoed oy Sharon, of Iowa. After much
discussion and an extraordinary prelimi
nary tangle, the convention acqniesced in
the plan and recess was taken to afford the
various delegations an opportunity to se
lect their mon.
Inc committee on resolutions was the
one IN which the greatest interest was
manifested, and when the list was com
plated 1t disclosed number of well known
names, including Daniel Conkery, of Chi
csgo; J. L. Morris, Baltimore; M. V. Gan
non, Omaha; DR.. O'Reilly, ST. Louis
Hugh S. Carroll, Providence, r. L
Cannon was called on. fora speech. He
msde one which was in effect an impas-
stoned appeal for a renewal of unltv and
perseverance. They were all united he
said on one idea, that the English gov
eminent has no more right to hold the
Irish people in subsection. Their enemy
was never at loss how to send spirits
OF disruption and disunion among them,
ana had recently cultivated societies in
this country not only hostile to the Irish
American influence but destructive to the
spirit OF the constitution of the United
States. Nevertheless the Irish in this
country, putting behind them any hatred
OF one man or dozen men, would vet push
forward lreland's claims to Independence
wrestling it, If not peaceably, then by other
means, helping to preserve meanwhile, the
constitution OF this country from being
solled with the contamination of British
American societies. Enough of the old
guard were left and enough of the shirt
from which would yet be gotten an orsani-
cation that would carry the flag of IreIspd
to glorious victory.
Matthew P. Brady, of Chicago, elo.
quently drew attention to huge portrait
OF Robert Emmett above and argued that
the delegates by consen ting to its retention
assented to the principles which Emmett
promulgated and died for Country GOV
eminent or any other amelioratIon of Ire
lands condition was as nothing if ulti-
mately the Irish race were to be left with
out status among the nations. Braiv de.
clared Irish liberty never had been sold
nor SO much as imperilIed by priest of the
Catholic church. and he implored that from
the dehoeratlons of the convention nothing
should emanate which could be even tor
tured into suggestion that the Irish hier-
archy were not worthy of their utmost CON
fldence. 1t was announced that all resoln-
lions should be referred 20 the committee
The various committees were instructed to
be ready to report to- morrow at 10 a. m.
to which time the convention adjourned.