The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-10-10
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lnEeTeHG Ol lalI play polult d IOu CtsAA
) Delegate Joyce, another Chicag0an
wanted the convention to understand
what the roll call would indicate whet.
4 her or not the convention proposed to
). indorse Justin Mccarthy as leader.
Il Confusion reigned for moment, but
4 }deprecatory LOOKS and gestures On all
sides somewhat qnieted the more hot
i headed, and interest centered in the
polling OF each OF the states, particu-
larly Illinois.
Chairman Corkery, OF that delegation,
declared the result unanimous for plac-
ing the McCarthyite resolution on the
table. This was questioned, and Fa-
ther Foley, Of Iowa, shouted for
a recount, and wanted to know how
many delegates there were from Illi-
nois. Much cheering followed when
a rising vote OF Illinois delegation show
ed 153 ayes and s nays.
Father Foley now jumping to his
feet. and, widely shaking roll Of pap
or at the Illinois men, announced lowa's
as ayes, Is noes passionately adding:
"And they represent more money, too
than the men from Illinois.
Patrick Bo7ie, Toronto, was elected
first vice: M. d. Gallagher, New York
City, second VICE; E. j. O'Connor, Au-
gusta. Ga, third vice: William Lyman,
New Y ork City, treasurer, Secretary
Sutton, of Licoln, Neb., was reelected.
President Gannon's cabinet, Or nation
al council, was announced by him as
follows: Daniel Crockery, Illinois; Capt.
George Sweeney, Ohio; John j. Dono-
van. Massachusetts,; James Mangan,
| Wisconsin; Fl. j. Carroll. Rhode Island,
Nicholas Ford, Missouri; a. L. Nc
Guire, Iowa; after which tho conyen-
tion adjourned sine due.
suTToN's SENSATION.
| Probably NO more seusatl onal dOcu-
ment was ever submitted TO q public
gathering Of Irishmen that the report
to-day laid before the delegates by
John P. Sutton, the secretary of the
organization. The secret cores CON
dence of the leaders revealed in the
report and the strange conditions
under which the league would appear
to nave existed could not but Cause sur
prise, even 10 many who have most
closely watched the current OF affairs.
"Your present executive" the report
said, ''accepted office at che convention
held in Chicago in August, 1886. Pfesi~
dent John Fitz gerald was declared
elected by three-fourths assembled del
egates, the treasurer aud secretary we're
reelected without opposition. There
was at that convention an element of
discOrd, but OyeraWed by the prepon
derance OF men who loved the cause
too dearly 10 prostitute it at tine Shrine
OF factionisno, they were poweTless to
mar the harmony Of that great gather
inc OF IEishmHn, who would nO5 and
could not listen 10 men whose whole
falling TO prove chem. President FltZ-
gerald returned CO his western home IN
the full belief That great organized
body Of Irish Americans stood behind
him, united Like brothers IN che holy
cause Of Irish liberty. He found his
mistake. Like Garrett, the great Earl
of Desmond, ard the still nobler Lord
Edward, he found the Irish traitors
ready to stab him in the back. The
cowardly conspirators who. falling in
their vile purpose Of creating dlssension
and disunion, had sneaked out like
beaten ours from the last Chicago con-
v9n1ion. renewed, under cover OF secret
plots, their attempt TO demoraliZo and
disrupt the league
| Beginning With letter from Par
nell, a few weeks after the Chicago con.
venlioD, entraatlng President Fitzxer.
aid to raise funds TO help the unfortu-
nate evlcted tenants. as che treasury OF
the Irish league was almost exhausted,
the report narrates a startling MARIA
tive, With letters and teiegrams Chrome
logical order, il order to show tnat tine
and again convention Of the Ameri-
can league was prevented from crossing
water, while the officers of the league,
for not holding one, were abused by
factionists 10 this country, encouraged
| by Parnell and his colleagues, WHO are
exhibited as sedulously ignoring the
league Officials whenever opportunity
| offered. President Fitzgerald is stated
! to have headed the anti-eviction fund
with personal subscription Of $1,000,
| and to. have raised q total Of nearly
$lOO, 600 in his first effort for the strug-
Cling farmers IN Ireland, while rev.
cred editor 10 Buffalo was sneering at
his want Of education
Parnell's neglect short later in
March, 1887, only six months after the
Chicago convention, to acknowledge
the receipt of anti coercion resolutions,
which were adopted, by the Nebraska
legislature, within four hours after
request for such action was received
from him by President Fitzgerald, is
alluded to ii contrast with Gladstone's