The Irish standard., 1892-08-20


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The Slogan Of Liberty Sounded by John =.
Finerty, Of Chicago.
One Of the greatest gatherings Of Irish
Americans ever held in the West as
sembled last Monday in Ogden Grove,
Chicago. The announcement that Hon.
NJ v. Cannon, of Omaha, president OF
the Irish National League of America,
would be present at the annual outing
of the Irish societies Of Chicago, and the
accomplished accession Of Gladstone,
with the resulting crisis in the Home
Rule movement, gave the gathering
widespread significance. Besides Mr..
Cannon the speakers were John F. Fin
erty and Hon. Matthew P. Brady, each
of whom was enthusiastically cheered by
the huge throng. The 1st regiment Hi
bernian Rifles, companies A and B,
Clan-Na- Gael Guards, the Robert EN-
NETT Guards and the numerous clubs of
the Gaelic Athletic Association presented
a decidedly martial appearance as they
proceeded to McCoy's hotel at p. No.,
and escorted the speakers to the big
grove, where the eager thousands of Irish
men, women and children we're in ait
ing.
j. FitzGibbons, of the South Chi
cago National Bank, acted as chairman.
Resolutions were adopted declaring that
if the British Parliament, permeated by
the evil spirit of the past, should again
dash from Ireland's lips the cup of peace
and justice, it should be the duty of all
who abhor tyranny and love liberty to
! consider and use other means to right
the intolerable wrongs that have made
Ireland byword among the nations.
The resolutions urged upon the Irish
leaders the absolute necessity of union
and harmony, applauded the resolve Of
both sections Of the parliamentary party
to act independently of all English par
ties, and repudiate the idea of the &C.
ceptance Of Office under the English gov
eminent by Irish members until an Irish
parliament duly invested with sovereign
power over the internal interests Of Ire
land is in session in College Green.
The feature Of the day was the address
of ex-Cong FRESHMAN John Finerty, who is
president of the United Irish societies Of
Chicago. He drew attention to the re-
markable analogy Of the Home Rule
struggle, to the agitation of the British
reform bill in 1882 foreshadowing what
may now soon be expected from across
the water. Mr.. Gladstone, said Mr..
Finerty, adroitly refused to believe that
the House of Lords will reject the Home
Rule bill when it passed the Commons,
but Gladstone knew in his heert that the
upper house would reject, as it had re-
jected all other measures of reform, un-
til forced to recede. After reviewing the
history Of the celebrated reform bill Mr..
Finerty said:
'The members of the Irish party, no
matter to what section they belong, can
not accept any Home Rule bill that
would fail to give Ireland control of the
judiciary, the police and the revenues of
the country. The control of the militia
should be included in it, if possible. A
Judiciary nominated by England would
be constant menace to justice in Ire
land. A police controlled by London,
instead of by Dublin, would be as they
are to-day only formidable portion of
the English garrison. Without control
of the revenues of the country it would
/ be impossible for an Irish government to
maintain itself independently. The mill
tia should be organized on the principle
of the several American States, but,
owing to the recent stage of organization
in the British army, the Irish militia
force had become practically portion OF
the regular establishment, the battal-
lions being virtually Incorporated with
those of the line. But the control of
the police and Judiciary was more vital
than the control Of the militia. If the
three cardinal points he stated were not
guaranteed in the bill, he failed to see
how the Irish members of the Home
Rule party could conscientiously adopt
it. ANY lack of vital perfection in the
bill at the outset might be fatal to Irish
self government at later period.
As to the retention of the Irish Nom
bers at Windsor, it would be much bet
ter not to have them there at ali, be
cause their presence in London would
tend to make the Dublin legislature q
secondary body, mere animated satel-
lite of the English parliament. But if
there was no way out of it; if the Home
Rule bill cannot pass without some such
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