Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-11
HAVE FAITH IN GLADSTONE
National Federation Criticises the
League Circular.
Denounced as the Bluff OF Hot Headed and
irresponsible Physical Force Men,.
The New Irish Society Salts.
tied With the Outlook

New YORK. Feb. G.-Thc address to
the Irish people, which was sent out
hy the president, secretary and treas
urer of the Irish National League Of
America, and which in some quar-
ters is regarded rs call to arms,
has stirred up the opposition Irish so-
ciety. whose title is the National Fed
Grafton Of America In the address
sent out by the National League Mr..
Gladstonc's home rule measure was con-
demned in strong terms The address
concluded:
We stand today at the parting OF the
ways betwiyt resistance and conciiiation.
We have advised the latter until patience
has ceased to be a virtue and further tenn
porizing has become crime.
These are the declarations of the
physical force party. The National
federation call themselves the moral
force party. Thomas Adds Emmett is
the president Of the latter organization:
Eugene Kelly. treasurer: James 5. Cole
man, secretary, and Joseph y. Ryan,
assistant secretary VIM. II. Grace. ex-
Mayor Grant, Colonel VIM. l.. Brown,
eN-Judge }. J. O'Donohue and other
NbilN tlliLcllS VI New 1DFh are bn the
executive committee.
Secretary Bryan was asked what he
thought OF the address sent ont by the
opposition.
"Do you really want me to answer
that question:" queried Mr.. Ryan.
Yes
Then, sir will say this much. I
regard that declaration as too idiotic to
deserve notice. Why? Because the
men whose names are attached To that
address don't know what they are talk
ing about Now, let me show you how
tittle pin is required to prick this
bubble. The address is signed by NJ.
V. Cannon. of Omaha: John =. sutton.
of Lincoln, Neb., and William Lyman.
of New York. 1t must have been sent
from Omaha to Lincoln for one Of the
signatures. then sent on to
New York to Mr.. Lyman for
his name. The address conse-
auently must have been written some
tune before parliament was opened
How. then, can they truthfully say
that they have carefully studied the
provisions of the home rule measure?
They have not seen it.
''Who are the men who issued the
address,"
These gentlemen represent the
Sullivan ring of the Clan-na-Gael under
the cover Of the National league" said
Mr.. Ryan. This is not the first time
they have advised "a resort to physical
force. But it is really not worth while
to notice what they say"
why not?"
because they are not what they
represent themselves TO be. AS mat
ter Of fact, there is not single branch
of the National league existing in
America today They have simply
taken the name of the league. Some
of these men went to Ire
land last year. calling themselves
peace commissioners, a. they said, TO
unite conflicting parties. But il was
for. Inspector Mallon, of Dublin, went
to them and said: i know what YOU
are after. You are not here as peace
commissioners, but to MAKE connections
with the physical force people. I'll
take care of YOU while you are here"
Mr. Ryan smiled broadly as he added:
But they did not wait to he taken
care of. They got out as soon as they
cOulu.
O'Neil Ryan, of St Louis, will be
interested in this last statement, as he
was one of the commissioners who Wis
tied ireland
Mr.. Ryan, of New York. said that
the National federation did not profess
to know the main features of the
Gladstone home rule measure. but that
the federation had the utmost con-
fdence in Mr.. Gladstone. He submit.
ted the following, which he said he
had received from John Bvrne, the
chairman of the executive board of the
fedora ion, who had visited Mr. Glad
stone:
Mr. Gladstone assured me and hon
ored me with a message of assurance To
the friends of home rule in America.
He said that home rule would be the
leading question in parliament; that a
measure would be framed and he hoped
carried: that to the question of justice
TO Ireland through home rule he had
consecrated the remaining days of his
life. II was the link that bound him to
political life, and he might also say to
physical life. But he could not so well
as ii younger man resist the unfriendly
attacks or bear the disappointments of
desertion and he hoped for the contin-
uance OF that friendly and generous
sympathy and encouragement from
America always so grateful to him.