Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
Mourning for Parnell.

Mourning for Parnell.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. Central Music
Hall was crowded to the doors Sunday
night upon the occasion of the memorial
meeting as a token of respect to the
memory Of the late Charles Stewart
Parnell. The women in the audience
almost outnumbered the men, and at
times many of them gave way to out
bursts of emotion. The gathering was
presided over by Richard O'Sullivan
Burke, and upon the platform were
many of the representative Irishmen of
Chicago and vicinity. Appropriate
musical selections were rendered. The
principal address of the evening was de-
ivered by c. j. Adams, rector of St.
Luke's Episcopal church, who paid an
eloquent tribute to the patriotism of the
deceased and dwelt at length upon his
services in behalf of the freedom of his
native land. He frequently emphasized
his remarks by pointing to a life sized
oil painting of the deceased which oc-
cupied a prominent place upon the plat
form. At the close of the address the
following resolutions were submitted
and adopted by a rising vote:
Whereas, No Irishman within the pres
ent century, including even the great
O'Connell, labored so s%trenously and sue
cessfully to secure from both the great
English parties recognition for his coun-
try's demands as Charles Stewart Parnell,
who by his surprising ability as Il ma
tional leader and statesman made Ireland
both felt and feared in the counsels of
Great Britain; and
Whereas, Charles Stewart Parnell
within the comparatively short period of
his public life wrung from rival and
equally hostile ministries substantial con-
cesslons for MS country, and detached his
followers from the flesh pots of Egypt and
the "hungering for spoil" uniting into q
solid phalanX one of the ablest and best
disciplined parties in political history;
and he himself leading them an example,
and as an Irish country gentleman with
drawing from that class with whom bv
birth and interest he was identified to cs-
pouse as a patriot and philantlropist
the cause of his oppressed and downtrod-
den country, and
Whereas, Because of the unparalled
services and sacrifices, Charles Stewart
Parnell has p~re-eminently entitled himself
to immortal honor and undying gratitude
at the hands of Irishmen at home and
abroad, and because, notwithstanding his
matchless tactics as a politician and his
brilliant achievements as a party leader,
many of his once trusted associates in par
lament after protestations to him of fdel-
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and his unsverving devotion as an Irish
patriot, deserted him at the hour of trial,
and at the dictation of Mr.. Gladstone, act
ing in the interest of an English party,
and because these insincere followers Law
ishly emulated the Irish bishops. and the
foreign enemies of Charles Stewart Par
nell in rendering the last days of his life a
living torture and finally drove him to a
sudden and unexpected death, be it there.
fore,
Resolved, That we, Irish American citi-
zens of Chicago, in public meeting as
sembled, deplore the great loss which Ire
land has sustained by the death of her
most devoted and illustrious son, and as q
mark of our esteem for his memoir and
of duty to our native land, hereby pledge
ourselves anew to the principles for which
he struggled and call on all Jrishmen to
preserve them in their heart of hearts and
spread and perpetuate them by every
legitimate means in their power.
Resolved. That the ideal of Irish ma.
t~ionality handed down to us by ou1
fathers includes control of all Irish affairs,
legislative and administrative, and com.
plete private and religious liberty guar.
anteed to all 1rishmen without distinction
of creed; and we warn the Irish people
that these principles should be specifically
embodied in their platform.
Resolved, That a final settlement of the
Irish question will require the united eff
forts of the whole Irish race and that to
effect a union satisfactory to all it must
be based on a clear recognition of Ireland's
inalienable rights, a policy of indepen-
dence of all English parties and the choice
of a leader whose character and ~associa-
tions would command the confidence of
the Irish race, remove the fears of all
Protestant fellow countrymen n insure
respect from all English leaders and peo-
pie alike.
Resolved, That the time has come when
religious differences should no longer be
the cause of separating the Irish people
politically, or be a bar to a union for their
common material interests, and therefore
we regard the recent efforts of the Irish
hierarchy to establish ecclesiastical domi-
nation in the affairs of Ireland as a most
dangerous obstruction to Irish self-govern-
ment.
After the resolutions were adopted
MI. John Dewey spoke and defed the
men who he said had bounded to death
the greatest leader Ireland had ever
possessed. Flinging the gauntlet to
Michael Davitt, Dewey dared him to
deny that Parnell had unfalteringly ad-
hered to that programme which Davitt
had forsaken because two other men
who signed the secret compact of 1879
were unable to divulge it. At that time
John Dewey was a refugee, an outlaw in
hiding. He described a meeting be-
tween Parnell, Davitt and himself which
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