The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-10
of being in readiness for the performan-
ce of such duties as the exigencies Of

, Ce or Such duties as the eXlQoncle6
the future shall show to be fit and pro
per; and we humbley invoke the guild
ance of Almighty God for our breath
rem and ourselves to the end that, will
his blessing, our reunited efforts mayr re
suit in securing for the Irish people the
land in viii b he planted them, and {
government whose personnel shall be sc
clean and pure, and whose principles
shall be 80 broad, humane, and free al
to make 1t q model among the free nat
ions of the earth.
Sixth-We extend our heartfelt SYM
patby to our president. Hon. John Fltz.
gerald, of Lincoln, and our first vice
president, Hon. Patrick Martin, OF
Baltimore, in their illness, and earn
estly hope for their speedy recovery.
No cause has ever had braver, true OF
more self elf-sacri6cing SONS than Fitzger-
aid and Martin, and Irishmen will. we
trust, ever remember with gratitude
their great services to their coun-
try.
| Seventh-We cali the attention of
America to the cause of American Cit
izens suffering penal horrors in British
dungeons. because Of evidence plainly
manufactured and the fact that they
dared to express themselves in favor
of free Ireland, and we ask our rep
resenatatives in congress to press the
matter upon the attention Of the state
department..
| THE MINORITY REPORT.
Before a motion for the adop-
ton Of the platform could be put.
Judge Donnelly, of Wisconsin. arose
and announced that rhere was min.
orlty report from the platform COM
mite. He proceeded to argue that
the minority did not disagree with any
thing in the minority report, except
that it did not 60 far enough, SIN the
language OF our distinguished fellow
citizen, ex-President Cleveland" an
uproarious outburst Of applause instant
lv interrupted the speaker. With some
imbarrassrneut, he proceeded; lit is a
condition, not a theory, that confronts
u.s. In Ireland"
McGuirk Of Iowa, demanded, on a
point of order, that Judge Donnelly
first read the minority report, but the
convention allowed the Wisconsin dele
gate 70 continue TO explain. He wished
the convention to recognize govern
ing party in Ireland. Assumptions Of
neutrality are we'll enough, he said, but
deceive no one. They should boldly
and manful]y meet the issue, and de-
clare that IN Ireland. as elsewhere, the
majority should rule.
| Lyman. Of New York, called upon
the chair to cut short a long speech,
and order the reading of the minority
report. The convention was yisibly
growing impatient. and Donnely pro-
ceeded to read the following, signed
by himself, Sharon. of Iowa, O'Byrne.
OF Georgia:
| We, the minority of your committee
on resolutions, while heartily approv-
ing the majority report, so far as it
goes, beg leave to submit the follow
ing amendment to be inserted therein
as resolution, and move its adoption.
| Resolved, That as American citizens
and firm believers in the principles on
which our government is founded, we
can recognize the claim of no person to
the chairmanship of the Irish parlia-
mentary party which is not founded on
the consent and approval of the maiori-
ty Of the Irish parliamentary par
| ty. ....
Everybody saw a battle royal was
imminent between the adherents of JUS
tin Mccarthy on the one hand and the
bulk Of the delegates, who favored iu-
dependence, reinforced by those who
are still upholding Parnell. At this ill.,
teresting junction. Corkey, Of Chicago,
slipped in suggestion that, as it was
claimed the Dunnelly production was
not q minority report but a supplement
tary resolution, the thing to do was to
adopt the platform and then vote on
the supplement- This seemed exactly
what the McCarthites did not want,
but it was their own argument, and
they submitted as gracefully IS they
could, while the platform was adopted
with hurTah.
Like flash now came motion to
lay the McCarthyite report on the table.
The motion was not debatable, and, to
the chagrin Of Judge Donnelly and his
supporters, was declared carried, viva
voce. They rallied promptly, however,
Sharon, OF Iowa, demanding call of
states. Kelly, Of Wisconsin. impetu-
ously called upon the convention to put
itself on record .'in favor OF somebody
or something, somewhere or somehow, !"
but he was shut off by point Of order.
Sharon, ,of Iowa, and SweenV OF Ohio,
had similar unpleasant experiences,
and champion parliamentary puzzle Of
motions and amendments ensued. with
the apparant obj to prevent 9 call Of
states. s. ,ss5s,