Morris tribune., 1891-10-07
AN AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Irish Nationalists in Convention at Chi
cago Adopt New Constitution.

Irish Nationalists in Convention at Chi.
cago Adopt a New Constitution.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3.-No business was
done at the morning session of the Irish
Nationalist convention, owing to the
committees not having completed their
reports. At the afternoon session, how.
ever, business went through with d
rush. The new constitution of the
League was submitted and adopted. In
the main it is repetition of the old one
except that it cuts aloof from the home
party and makes the League distinc-
lively American affair, without re-
SpOnsibihty to the parliamentary party.
A clause to the effect that Irishmep
should not purchase English made goods
or patroniZe tradesmen that sell them.
was greeted with loud applause. The
constitution also provides that the
League should be governed by cabinet
of seven together with the president and
the secretary.
The Resolutions Adopted.
In the resolutions adopted, the League
testifies its devotion to the flag of the
United States and love for the institu-
tions of this glorious countro; extends
sympathy to President Fitzgerald and
Vice-President Martin in their illness,
and has the following to say regarding
the present situation in Ireland and the
use of force:
We regret the conditions now existing
in Ireland and attribute it to their
unfortunate tendency toward hero
worship and one-man denomination, which
we hope to see obliterated from the public
life of Ireland.
We have no desire. nor do we deem it
wise, necessary or patriotic to pass judg-
ment upon the questions now so unhappily
separating our brethern in the old land.
We have heretofore rendered our good of
fees in the adjustment of those differences
and that tender has been wholly disre-
garded by the contending elements, but
we may and must speak out the opinions
and wishes of the people whom we repre-
sent and say that it is the duty of Irish
and all other oppressed people to seek free
dom by peaceable methods, and only when
such methods have been fully tried and
found wanting are nations and peoples
justified in resorting to force; but we
strongly and emphatically assert that it is
equally the duty to prepare for every
emergency aud stand ready to aid our kin
dred in every manly way, recognized and
commended by usage in obtaining free
mems privileges in land consecrated to
freedom by the heroic sacrifices of CEN
turies.
As an addition, Judge Donnelly, of
Wisconsin, on behalf of a minority of
the committee, submitted a resolution
which instructed the incoming execu-
tive to recognize the majority of the
parliamentary party or the Justin Nc
Carthy element. McCarthy's name was
greeted with slight cheering and pro-
longed kissing. A prolonged and at
times uproarious debate ensued. In the
result the addition was defeated by SIS
to 81.
Officers Elected.
Hon. NJ. V. Cannon, of Nebraska,
was elected president; Patrick Boyle,
Toronto, first vice president; NJ. D. Gal
lagher, New York City, second vice
president; E. j. O'Connor, Augusta, Ga,
third vice president, and William Ly-
mad, New York City, treasurer. Sec
retary Sutton, of Sutton, of Lincoln,
Neb., was reappointed and the conven-
ton adjourned sine die.