St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-17
NJ. Y. CANNON TALKS,
Irish National League Presi-
dent on the Desire Of
the Celts.
With Ireland INDICATED the
Race in America Will Be
Satisfied.
iSg
Charges Against Alexander
Sullivan Are Vigorously
ASSailed.
Written Receipts Produced
for Every Penny Expend-
ed by the Chicagoan.

CHICAGO, Aug. TIC. - Statements
likely to attract wide attention were
made today by Hon. NJ. V. Cannon, of
Omaha, president of the Irish National
League of America. In an interview
PRESIDENT Cannon. speaking of the &C
ceptance in good faith by the American
Irish of Gladstone'S assurances, said:
Our whole idea, and the limit of our
idea has been to place Ireland in the
same relation to the imperial govern
ment that Illinois or Nebraska holds to
the American government. We will
never rest while our mothers graves
are trod by slaves. The only cause of
the unrest of our people is this Irish
question. ana once it is settled. we will
blend with the American peo-
pie and be heard of as
separate nationality no more
will be glad for my boys sake when the
incubus of foreign duty has been re-
moved. We are Americans, but we are
Americans who must take thought of
our Kin beyond the sea. The duty lies
upon US all the more emergently be-
cause England has-not content with
SeoA Ou' PCOpIC Out vi tiiSii itotOAAS
h0ne-fOllUwed them here with
Lies and ISLANDERS
that many people receive. We are glib
betted and pilloried as the buttons of
the earth. We can leave it to our
American friends if the caricatureS are
just.
The Parnellites and the anti-Parnell-
ltes," continued Mr.. Cannon. 'Simply
form this. rnoIpi far "a txUn r1artiaC that
will naturally appear in the Irish par
Lament. The church did not display
hostility to Parnell until his lieutenant
betrayed him, and until Gladstone had
written his historic letter. The young
manhood of Ireland resented the idea
that their leader should be dictated to
oy British minister, and, in his own
language. thrown to the wolves by those
who sought his destruction in the per-
lured Times commission. Here you have
the basis of the Irish parties. of which
there will be two. Free America has
three, free France six, free Italy four,
and Germany six.
DeMaiStre says the English literature
for three centuries has been contin
uOuS conspiracy against the truth. The
facts today show that this is tue. The
stage lriShman is no longer recognized
as the type of our race, with the whisky
bottle in his pocket and his dudeen in
his hat. We are on the threshold of the
Irish nation. Let us cross ii, and Irish
AmericaniSm will he heard Of no more"
A Word for Sullivan.
Asked about the split in the ranks of
the American Irish, Mr.. Cannon turned
rather quickly upon the inquisitor and
said: You mean the fight on AieXan-
der Sullivan? Well, want to tell you
one thing that the papers posi-
bly, do not know. Mr.. Sullivan
is accused of the misappropriation
of 100000 of Irish money. In
my position it has been necessary for
me TO learn all the facts. and | shall
only say this: Written receipts have
been shown to me for every penny that
ever went through Alexander Sullivan's
hands. My own judgment is that when
Ireland gets home rule it will be due to
the fact that Alexander Sullivan had
organized American public opinion. and
that he, and he alone, made it fighting
force in international politics. He is. i'll
my judgment, mere than any other
man, the maker of the Irish nation of
1892. From the time that he, backed by
the Irish opinion Of this country. went
first to President Arthur we began to
succeed. The fruit is now almost in
our hands, out we would be ungrateful
and treacherous if we did not acknowl-
edge heartily, wholly, the services of
the man who. more than any other,
made this result possibility