Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-29
FOB IRELAND.
Here's TO the,Land,,of the Sham
rock, so Green,
TO EACH BOY AND DARLING
Colleen, for the Land They Love
Dearest aud Most-Americs's
Irish Enlisted in Federation
for Home Rule.
Irish-Americaas.

NEW YORK. March 2S.-The first public
meeting in this city of the Irish Federation
of America, q new organization which
is designed to supplant the Irish
national league, was held tonight
and marked by disorder, inspired
by Parnellites, who were present in large
numbers. The police, TO preserve order,
had to forcibly eject from Cooper
Union at least twenty men and
women. Notwithstanding the ugly demon
strations OF the minority, who cams
prepared to create disturbance, the meet
ing is considered 10 have been success.
Fully 5000 people were present
Captain Mccullough with fifty men in
uniform was on hand when
foe of Archbishop Corrigan, entered the
hall and took q seat in the rear Prior 10
the meeting being called to order, some
one shouted, s'Three cheers for DR.. Nc
Glynn.n
The McGlynn people had circulated pro-
test against Archbishop Corrigan having
anything to do with the federation, and
they got up and cheered for McGlynn so
that the noise could be heard in the COM
mittee room where Archbishop Corrigsn
was
When Charles A. Dana, DR. Thomas A.
Emmett, Archbishop Corrigan and other
prominent gentlemen appeared on the plat
tu6T6 WelO tue Hall q OI
mingled Kisses and cheers. Many rose, on
their feet, but still the Kisses continued.
Three cheers for the archbishop"
shouted somebody, and the Kisses were
drowned with the cheers that followed.
DR.. Thomas A. Emmett, president of the
organization, arose to call the meeting to
order, but at that moment lank
individual got up and cried out,
three cheers for Parnell-" There was
another storm of Kisses. The man was
hustled out of the hall.
DR.. Emmett then explained thai the
National Federation of America was
formed TO forward home rule for Ireland,
an object held dear by every Irishman out
side of the influence of the Tory party. its
with the National Federation of
ireland and the funds raised through
its influence in this country will be trans
ferred to the committee of the National
Irish party for no other purpose than to
defray the expenses for the coming election
of parliament
Charles A. Dana said it was only by bar
mony among themselves that the Irish
could hope to gain home rule in the near
future.
Professor John P. Brophy of st. Louis
college. the next speaker, was saying that
crisis in the Irish history had now come.
How could Ireland now be best
served7 AT this point Mrs.
Margaret Moore, who has been in Kilmain-
ham, cried out '.you can serve ireland by
following Parnell. "This created the widest
excitement. The Parnelites who resented
the election of several disorderly
persons during DR.. Emmett's intro
ductory speech, cheered themselves hoarse-
When Archbishop Corrigan walked on to
the platform and took his seat, the applause
that greeted him drowned all attempts at
kissing by the friends of McGlynn.
Capt. Mccullough personally elected
John Caffner, a member of the municipal
council of the Irish national league, when
he attempted to interrupt the speaker.
In conclusion President Brophy SAID:
'tAmericanize our politics, and then you
VIII have union of forces that is invinci-
ble'
Between $1,000 and $4,000 was subscribed
for Ireland.
Resolutions were adopted declaring it to
be the first duty OF every friend of the Irish
cause to work in the final effort to hasten
the coming triumph.