The morning call., 1891-10-02
! FOR HOME RULE.
Convention Of the Irish National
League.
Election Of a Permanent Chairman and
appointment Of Committees.
The Policy Of the Gathering ForeshadOWed.
An ImpassiOned Appeal for Unity
and Perseverance,.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-The Convention of the
Irish National League of America and So
eieties and individuals throughout the
United States and Canada in sympathy
with that organization met to-day. Secre-
tary Sutton, who called the convention to
order, read the call, expressing regret at the
absence. through illness. Of President Fitz-
gerald and Weep resident Martin.
POLICY OF THE CONVENTION.
O'Neil Ryan of ST. Louis was introduced
as temporary Chairman of the convention.
and he promptly launched into an address
foreshad0wing the policy Of the gathering.
They were not there, Ryan said, to uphold
any section or faction, but were there, he
hoped, TO say to the people in Ireland that
when they presented strong and united
front. then, and not till then, should they
receive the moral and material support of
ihe Irish people in America. Only an az
gressive movement, independent of both
English parties, could command unstinted
aid from America.
The speech was cheered throughout
COAlMll1EE ON ChtD%N lIALS.
On motion of Gallagher of New York a
Committee on Credentials was appointed as
follows: NJ. ID. Gallagher of New York,
Edmund Lynch of Missouri, John Elan
merry OF Pennsylvania, John +. Hynes OF
Ohio, William III. Joyce OF Illinois, Major
NJ. Laugham of Wisconsin, George Mon
Afghan of Kansas, Lawrence Sullivan of
Massachusetts,, p. NJ Mulheru of Georgia
and Patrick Boyle of Canada.
A recess was then taken until o'clock
to await the report of the Credentials Com
mittee.
SELECTION OF PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
FIVE hundred delegates, in round num-
bers, were announced u be duly accredited.
and three or four hundred were present on
the reasSemblng of the convention this
afternoon and at once started in to make
things lively.
Moriarity Of Nebraska set the ball rolling
with a motion to substitute NJ. V. Cannon
Us permanent Chairman instead of tenn
porary Chairman Ryan. The vote showed,
however, that Ryan had captured the con
yention and Cannon withdrew from the
contest.
Langden of New York threw fresh bone
of con n,ention among the delegates by NOV
ing that the Chair appoint committees of
nine each on resolutions, finance, rules and
order OF business aud constitution.
McGuirk of Iowa demanded chat the COM
nittees each contain a representative from
v; ary State. He was warmly seconded by
Sharon of Iowa.
After much discussion and an extraordi-
nary parliamentary tRngle the convention
acQuesced IN the llan and recess was
taken to afford the various delegations an
opportunity to select their men.
APPEAL FOR UNITY.
The Committee on Resolutions was the
one in which the greatest interest was mani
tested. and when the list vas completed it
disclosed number of well-known names.
including Daniel Conkery of Chicago, }. L.
Morris Of Baltimore. N. V. Cannon of
Omaha, DR.. O'Reily of st. Louis and Hugh
J. Carroll of Providence, r. |.
Cannon was called oil for speech. He
made one which was in effect an mpassoned
appeal for renewal of unity and persever-
ance They were all united, be said, on one
idea-lhut the English Government has no
moral right to hold the Irish people in sub
lection. Their enemy WAS never at a loss
how TO send spirits of disruption and dis
union among them, and recently cultivated
societies in this country not only hostile to
Irish American influence, but destructive to
the spirit of the Constitution of the United
States. Nevertheless tine Irish people in
this country were quitting behind them any
hatred of one man or a dozen men, and
woHld yet push forward lreland's claims to
independence, wrestling it, If not bly,,
then by other means, helping to preserve
meanwhile the Constitution of this country
from being sOiled with the contamination of
British American societies. Enough of the
old guard were lett and enough of the spirit
from which would yet be begOtten an or
ganiZati0n that would carry the flag of Ire
land to q glorious victory.
Matthew p. Brady of Chicago eloquently
drew attention to huge portrait OF Robert
Emmett above the stage, and argued that
the delegates by cOnsenting to its retention
assented to the principles which Emmett
promulgated and died for. County Gov
ernment, or any other temporary ameliOra-
tion of Ireland's condition, was as nothing
if ultimately the Ifish race were to be left
without status among nations. Brady de-
cared that Irish liberty had never been
sold, nor so much as imperied by priest
of the Catholic Church, and he implored
that no matter what point the deliberations
of the convention might lead to, moth
ing should emanate which could be even
tortured into a suggestion that the Irish
hierarchy were not worthy of their utmost
confidence.
The various committees were instructed
to be ready to report tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock, to which time the convention ad-
j0urned.