The Irish standard., 1891-06-06
NATIONAL Fedora TON.
That Is the Latest Means Adopted IN
The East To Secure
Home Rule.
THE LEADING lRlSH-AMERlCA

/ THE LEADING lRlSH-AMERIC S
They Meet And Decide To forn
/ This New Organi-
1 38 s zation. G s
# DR.. Joseph F. Fox. the Irish membe
Of Parliament who has been in thi
country for some time lately, returned
to New York City from an extended
tour Of the Unites States and Canada
during which he held conferences Will
leading Irish Americans as to the prac
| ticabihty Of putting new life into tht
Home Rule movement.
As result he invited a number o1
gentlemen to meet him in conference al
The Hoffman House. and the following
met on the afternoon Of Thursday
Nav 2l, in the parlor in which so many
of the meetings OF the Irish Parlia
mentary Fund Association have been
held: Eugene Kelly. Col. VIM. L.
Brown, DIR. Thomas Adds Emmett
Miles M. O'Brien. ex-Mayor Grace,
Judge Morgan, j. O'Bren. Judge JOS
eph r. DAILY, DIR. Duncan Emmett, Pat.
rick Gleason. president of the Munici.
pal Council Irish National League;
Joseph P. Ryan, Hugh King, DR.. VIM.
b. Wallace, Major John Byrne and
Thomas Meehan of New York; the
Rev. 7. Barry, Hugh McCaffrey, 2.
Dunleavy, M. j. Ryan, Francis Hag.
gerty and Joseph Sheehan. of Philadel-
phla, Thomas g Fitz and Domlaick
Toy, Of Boston; John FaheY and Pat
rick Cox. Of Rochester; Nj. B. Holmes
and r. Bluett, of Jersey CITY; Gen.
John Nj. Brennan, and Colonel John
Nc Williams, of Rhode Island; and
Donatus O'Brien. of Kansas. Letters
were received endorsing the movement
from Richard Kearns and DR.. Thomas
10 Reilly. Of St. Louis; j., D. O'Connell,
Of Washington. VIM. Purcell and JOS
eph O'Connor. Of Rochester: James
Mooney, Of Buffalo; J. P. Carberry and
James Heekin, of Cincinnatti; D. r.
Sullivan and the Rev. D. O'Callaghan,
Of Boston; the Rev. DR.. r. j. Conaty,
Of Worcester; the Rev. James T.
O'Reilly. 0. s. A., OF Lawrence; E..
Callaghan, Of Lowell; and Col. Linehan
Of Manchester, N. III. +
The body organized by electing Col.
William Il. Brown chairman. and Maj.
Byrne secretary. TIE object of the
meeting having been briefly explained
the following resolutions presented on
behalf of the Irish Parliamentary Fund
Committee by Judge Morgan ]. O'Brien
were unanimously adopted:
Having in view the present deplora-
BILE condition OF the eyicted tenantry of
ireland, who, relying upon the prom
ises Of support and protection held out
to them by their leaders in the plan of
campaign for months past, have for
principle and country suffered hunger,
want, and eviction, which sufferings
are now doubly aggravated by the ap-
parent indifference Of the leaders to
their condition, by the stoppage of
moneys and supplies, and by the with
holding of funds which should be ap
Piled to save such tenantry from fur
ther and greater physical distress and
starvation, the Executive Committee OF
the Parliamentary Fund Association,
under whose auspices portion of the
money now on deposit in Paris was
collected. desirous Of presenting their
views at tile meeting called in this city
Of the representatives Of other Irish or
ganizations Of the United States, in
meeting assembled, unanimously ..
Resolved. That apart from any
political or other question upon which
the Irish Members Of Parliament are
divided. and apart from any consldera-
tion Of the purposes, for which the
moneys were originally subscribed, this
committee ID convinced that in the,
present crisis their first and paramount
duty is TO relieve the distress OF the
9evicted tenantry Of Ireland, and to that
end it requests, urges and demands
that Mr.. Justin McC Carthy and Charles
Stewart Parnell should appropriate all
the MONEYS now on deposit il Paris to.
ttherel1ef of the distress Of the tenantrY.I
and from time to time to release such
sums as may be necessary for that p,lrs
pose until The entire fund is exhausted.
Itis further =s.s ss@5ss
5 8 Resolved, That Werespec ctfuliy ask
and beseech the other representatives
of Irish orRaniz zations in America to
cooperate with us 50 that the present;
great suffering off. hose who have borne:
and still are bearing the brsnt of the
battle shall have imIne nesIlately relieved
Resolved. That these resolutions
he read % and urged for adoption bY
the other reI entatlv ves /. .of the irish
societies In America 81 tho meeting
called IN this cItys. u.