Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-02
HELP FOR IRELAND.


at Chicago.
CHICAGo, Oct. 1.-The Irish National
League of America and societies and IN
viduals throughout the United States
and Canada in sympathy with that or
ganization, met today. Secretary SUIT
ton, who called the convention to order,
read the call. expressing regret at the
absence, through illness, of President
Fitzgerald and Vice-President Martin.
O'Neil Ryan, of st. Louis, was intro
duced as temporary chairman OF the con-
vention, and he promptly launched into
an address foreshadowing the policy OF
the gathering. They were not there,
Ryan said, to uphold any section or fac
ton, but were there, he hoped. to say
to the people in Ireland that when they
presented a strong and united front,
then, and not till then, should they re-
ceive the moral and material support of
the Irish people OF America. Only an
aggressive movement independent Of
both English pal ties could command
unstinted aiu from America.
The speech was cheered throughout
On motion OF Gallagher, of New York, a
committee on credentials was appoint
ed as follows: M. D. Gallagher, New
York Edmund Lynch, Missouri; John
Flannery, Pennsylvania; John f.
Hynes, Ohio; William III. Joice, Hi
nos; Major M. Laughan, Wisconsin;
George Monaghan, Kansas; Lawrence
sullivan, Massachusetts p. NJ. Null
hern, Georgia; z. Boyle, Canada.
A recess was then taken until 2o'clock
this afternoon to await the report of the
credentials committee.
Five hundred delegates in round num-
bers were announced to be duly accred-
tied, and the three or four hundred
present on the reassembling of the con-
vention, this afternoon, at once started
in to make things lively. Moriarity, OF
Nebraska, set the ball rolling with mo-
ton to substitute M. V. Cannon as per-
manent chairman, instead of Temporary
Chairman Ryan. The vote showed,
however, that Ryan had captured the
convention, and Cannon withdrew from
the contest.
Langden, of New York, threw fresh
bone of contention among the delegates
by moving that the chair appoint COM
mittees OF nine each on resolutions,
finance, rules and order OF business and
constitution.
Mcauirk, OF Iowa, demanded that the
committees each contain represents
tiva from every state. He was warmly
seconded by Sharon, of Iowa.
After much discussion and an extra
ordinary parliamentary tangle, the con-
vention acquiesced in the latter plan,
and recess was taken to afford the va
rious delegations an opportunity to Sc
lect their men.
The committee on resolutions was the
one in which the greatest intNrest was
manifested, and when the list was COM
pleted it disclosed a number of we'll
known names, including Daniel CAN
kerry, of Chicago; j. T. Morris, Balti-
more; NJ V. Cannon, Omaha; DR..
O'Relily. st. Louis, and Hugh ]. Car
roll, Providence, R. /.
Cannon was called on for speech.
He made one, which was in effect an
impassioned appeal for renewal of
unity and perseverance. They were all
united he said on one idea, that the Eng
government has no more right to hold
the Irish people in subsection. Their
enemy was never'at a loss how to send
spirits of disruption and disunion among
them, and had recently cultivated
societies in this country, not only hostile
to Irish-American influence, but de-
styuctive to the spirit of the constitu-
tipn of the United States. Nevertheless
the Irish in this country would yet push
forward Ireland's claims to independ-
ence, wrestling it, if not peaceably, then
by other means, helping in the preserv-
ance, meanwhile, of the constitution of
this country from being soiled with the
contamination of British-American
societies. Enough of the old guard
were left, and enough of the spirit from
which would yet be gotten an organiza-
ton that would carry the flag of Ireland
to glorious victory.
Matthew P. Brady, of Chicago, elo
quently drew attention to huge por-
trait of Robert Emmett above the stage,
and argued that the delegates, by con
senting to its retention, assented to the
principles which Emmett promulgated
and died for. County government or
any other temporary amelioration OF
Ireland's condition was as nothing if
ultimately the Irish race were to be left
without status among the nations.
Brady declared that Irish liberty had
never been sold, nor so much as imper-
lied by priest of the Catholic church,
ana ne lmplOreu InaI no maCCer WnaC
point the deliberations of the convention
might lead to, that nothing should ema
nate which could be even tortured into
the suggestion that the Irish hierarchy
were not worthy of their utmost conf
dence.
1t was announced that all resolutions
should be referred unread to the COM
mittee. The various committees were
instructed to be ready to report tomor-
row at 10 a. M, to which time the con-
vention adjourned.
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