Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-03
From All Quarters. IRISH-AMERICANS MEET. Platform of the National League of America. NINE MEN HANGED BY LYNCHERS. Great Destruction by Fire
 at Halifax. THREE FEET OF SNOW IN MONTANA. GladstOne's Greeting at
 Newcastle.
THREE FEET OF SNOW IN MONTANA.
IRIsHNIEN IN CONVENTION.

[ 1hlSH EN IN JUN v The Second Days Session at Chicago Tho Platform-Regret Expressed ] For the Condition Existing In Ire. land.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Much enthusiasm was
 manifested at to-day's session of the Irish National League of America. The report of the platform committee was presented by M. V. Cannon of Omaha. Great cheer ing broke out when, contrary to expecta- tion, it took slap at Parnell, though with out mentioning his name, alluding to the differences in Ireland as due to one-man domination. Donnelly, of Wisconsin, pre- sented the expected minority report. Fol lowing is the platform:
 1-The Irish National League of Amer ica, in convention assembled at Chicago on October 9, 1891, testifes it's devotion to the flag of the union and the unquencha- ble love of its members for the laws and institutions of our glorious country, rec ognizing as we do gladly and proudly that our primary allegiance is due to that flag and to those institutions. We affirm that our overmastering desire is to see extended to our mother-land the benefits accruing from equal laws such as have blessed America and made her the hope of suffer- ing mankind, and the model for nations struggling for free institutions.
 2-We regret the conditions now exist ing in Ireland, and attribute their possi-
 bility to an unfortunate tendency toward hero worship and one-msn domination, which we hope to see obliterated from the public life of Ireland.
 3-We have no desire, nor do we deem
 it wise, necessary or patriotic, to pass judgment upon the questions now so un- happily separating our brethren in the old
 land. We have heretofore rendered our
 good offices in the adjustment of these diff ferences and that tender has been wholly
 disregarded by the contending clements;
 but we may, and must speak out the
 opinions and wishes of the people whom we represent and say that it is the duty of the Irish and all other oppressed people to
 seek freedom 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 duty to prepare for every
 emergency and stand ready to aid our kin
 dred in every manly way recognized and
 commended by usage and civilization, in
 obtaining freemen's privileges in land
 consecrated to freedom by the heroic sacri-
 fees of centuries.
 Ave call upon those who are responsi-
 ble for the locking up of over $200, 1000,
 mainly contributed by the people of this
 country, for the support of the evicted
 tenants on the plan of campaign, to raise
 the same and distribute it as originally in
 tended by the subscribers. And we pledge
 ourselves that until this request is com
 piled with we are resolved not to contri-
 bute another dollar to aid those who have
 withheld this money from it's legitimate
 benefciaries.
 5-We hereby resolve to maintain our
 organization for the purpose of being in
 readiness for the performance of such
 duties as the exigencies of the future shall
 show to be fit and proper, and we humbly
 invoke the guidance of Almighty God for
 our brothers and ourselves to the end that
 with his blessing our reunited efforts may
 result in securing for the Irish people the
 land in which he planted them, and gov
 ernment whose personnel shall be so clean
 and pure and whose principles shall be so
 broad, humane and free as to, make it a
 model among the free nations of the earth.
 6tWe extend our heartfelt sympathy to
 our president, Hon. John Fitzgerald, of
 Lincoln, and our first vice president, Hon.
 Patrick Martin, of Baltimore, Md, in their
 illness and earnestly hope for their speedy
 recovery. No cause has ever had braver, truer and more self-sacrifcing sons than
 Fitzgerald and Martin, and the Irishmen
 will, we trust, ever remember with grati-
 tude their great services to their country. I've call the attention of America to the cause of American citizens suffering penal horrors in British dungeons, be- cause of evidence plainly manufactured and the fact that they dared to express themselves in favor of free Ireland and we ask our representatives in congress to press the matter upon the attention of the state department. We tender our sincere thanks to all the executive officers of our organization, particularly President John Fitzgerald, Treasurer Charles O'Reily | and Secretary J. P. Sutton for their able,
 untiring and brilliant service to our move ment.