The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-10-08
IRISH CONVENTION.
THE .-LsI. AaEE1GA. LEAGUE As
sEMBLED IN CHICAGO.
A Gay Time Is Expected Before the. flna
Adjournment, as Already Many Petty
Discussions and Disputes
Have Arisen.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Possibiy inc
mosi important public gathering Oh
the Irish race ever held on this SIDE
of the Atlantic began here today. III
wa. the convention Of the irish Ma
fional League of America and OF So
cie es and individuals throuShouI
Tho United States and Canada in SYM
pathy with that organization
Secretary John p. Sutton caused a
sensation at the very outset. He had
caIIed the convention to order and
when the cheering, greeting his APP
nearance, subsidized, proceed to read
fhe call, expressing regret at the alb
sence, through illness, of President
John Fitzgerald and Vice President
= Patrick Martin of Baltimore. Secre-
Rotary Sutton said the delegates had
come at their own expense, in spite of
the hostile public opinion, created by
men, he was sorry from his
heart to say, were Irishmen, but he
urged them to think only of their holy
cause and put it at once as it should
b, on a business basis.
After appointment of committee
on credentials, the convention made
Joan Flannery of Pittsburg Sec
rotary and then adjourned until 8 p.
m, pending report from the creden-
Uias committee.
Five hundred delegates, in round
numbers, were announced TO be ready
TO reorganize. Moriarity ofNebraska,
set the ball rolling with q motion to
substitute w. V. Cannon as perma-
nent chairman, instead Of Temporary
Chairman Ryan, whose continuance
seemed imminent. A vote showed,
however, that Chairman Ryan had
captured the convention with the
sentiments he had expressed and to
make matters more binding; Cannon
withdrew from the contest. LandOn
Of New York, then unwittingly threw
Il fresh bone of contention among the
delegates. He moved that the chair
appoint committees of nine each on
resolutions, finance, rules and order
Of business, and constitution. Nc
CURE of Iowa, was the first
He in stentorian tones from the plat
form demanded that each committee
contain representatives from every
state. Sharon of Iowa, warmly sup
ported the proposed change, declaring
that while the committee m ght per-
haps be as properly made up by the
officers of the convention, they were
there to suit the expressions Of the
delegates rs a whole, and their
method must not only be right but
above suspicion. The committee
should, he urged, represent the con-
yention beyond all preadventure.
Upon that question he warmly stated
might hinge the continued existence
Of their organization. With much
discussion and an extraordinary par
llamentary tangle, the struggle ended
in the acquiescence of the convention
ny a good majority in the plan having
u complete reorganization of all states
in the make up of the committees and
a recess was taken to afford the var
i0us delegations an opportunity to
select their men,
The committee on resolutions was
one in which the greatest interest was
taken, and the list disclosed number
of we'll known names, including
Daniel Cookery, Chicago; Il. Morris,
Baltimore; M. V. Cannon, Omaha;
DR.. O'Reilly, st. Louis, and Hugh j:
Carroll, Providence, II. |. Daniel
Cookery of Chicago secured from the
chair ruling of all resolutions
should, under the bylaws ofthe last
convention, which were still in force,
be required of the committee on reso-
buttons before being passed upon by
the convention. The various com
mittees were instructed to hold their
meetings tonight and be ready to re-
port tomorrow at 10 o'clock sharp, to
which time the convention adjourned.
The resolution committee, it was said,
would have an all night sitting.