Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-03
/ THE IRISH LEAGUE CONVENTION.
Plth of the New Constitution and Reso-
buttons Adopted.

Plth of the New Constitution and Reso-
buttons Adopted.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3-The Irish convention,
came to an end yesterday. There was no
| morning session because the committee on
| resolutions were having a time of it putting
together u declaration that wou Id satisfy
mem bers thsreof, but when the convention
| came to order In the afternoon there were
| over 500 delegates present. The first thing
in order was the report of the secretary,
John p. Sutton, the pith of which was
that when the convention of 1885 ad-
journed President Fitzgerald thought he
had united body behind him, but was
mistaken as he found as in the case of other
prominent Irishmen, Irish traitors ready
| to stab him in the back" aud under
| cover of secret plots" attempt to disrupt
the league. He then went on to score Par
nell, who he said had treated the Ameri-
can league with discourtesy and con-
tempt, and only used them to get money
out of them.
Adopted a New Constitution.
The new constitution was then submit
ted and adopted. 1t is in the main a repe-
tition of the old one, except that it cuts
aloof from the home party and makes the
league distinctively American affair,
without responsibility to the parlia-
mentaIy party A clause to the effect that
Irishmen should not purchase English
made goods OF patronize tradesmen who
| sell them was greeted with loud applause.
The constitution provides that the leagu
should be governed by a cabinet of seven,
to be appointed, together with the secre
tary, by the president. Ryan of Missouri,
objected to the boycotting resolution, but
was howled down.
The leagues Declaration.
The resolution committee submitted
declaration renewing the love of the
mother land while testifying to the de-
votion of Irishmen to their adopted
country, whose institutions they desire to
see extended to Ireland. They regret the
lack of unity in Ireland and hope to see
~one-man domination obliterated. The
good offices of the Irish in America are
rendered in aid of the necessary unity of
1rishmen in Ireland, and it is declared
that it is the duty of the Irish to seek
freedom by reaceable methods, but equally
their duty to prepare should such
methods fail to resort to force, and the help
OF Irishmen in this country is pledged to as
sist in any emergency. Those responsible
for the locking up of 500, 900 subscribed
to support the evicted tenants are called
upon to release the same, and notice is
served that until this is done Eve are re-
solved not to contribute another dollar"
to aid the withholders.
Will Maintain the Organization.
1t is resolved that the organization be
maintained so as to be ready to help when
called upon. Sympathy is expressed for
John Fitzgerald and First Vice President
Martin in their illness, and the attention
of America is called TO American citizens
suffering the horrors of British dungeons
upon manufactured evidence because they
spoke in favor of a free Ireland, and the
request is made that "our representatives
in congress press the matter on the atten-
ton of the state department"
Refused to Indorse Mccarthy.
As an addition Judge Donnelly, of Wis
consin, on behalf of a minority of the
committee, submitted a resolution which
instructed the incoming executive to rec
ognize the majority of the parliamentary
party, or the Justin Mccarthy element.
McCarthy's name was greeted with slight
cheering and prolonged kissing. A pro-
longed and at times uproarious debate en-
sued. In the result the addition was de-
feated by SIS to "a. Hon. NJ. V. Cannon.
of Nebraska. was elected president; Pat
trick Boyle, Toronto, first vice; NJ. D. Gal
lagher, New York city. second vice; J.
O'Connor, Augusta, Ga, third vice, and
William Lyman, New York city, treasur-
er. Secretary Sutton, of Lincoln, was re-
appointed and the convention adjourned
sine die