The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-10
$1,000 FOR IRHLAND.
Grand Meeting for Home
Rule, in the Academy
Last Night.
JUDGE FITZGERALD,'S SPEECH
Resolutions of sympathy and Money
for the Cause Of Ireland Many
Contributors.

When the Irish Home Rule meeting
was called to order by Secretary Michael
B. Holmes, of the committee IN the
Academy of Music last nighr, the OUT
look was not the brightest. There weie
only about two hundred persons in The
theatre But all these were there on
business They had money to give for
the cherished cause and the audience
grew larger for an hour until there were
few vacant seats.
Upon the platform were Judge James
Fitzgerald, OF the Court of Sessions OF
New York; Judge John Kenny, County
Clerk Deunfs Mclaughlin. President
John 2. Feeney ana Commissioner Kelly,
Of the Police Board; Finance Commits
sioner John Edelstein, County Superln-
tendent James + cannon Ponce : Jasslcs s,ae.S,
NJ. j. O'Donnell, William y. Penny, CLERK
OF the Sessions, Court of New York; City
Collector p H. O'Neill. Coroner
William Edward Murrer, John Eng-
lish, District Justice Taomas f.
Noonan, of Bayonne, Assemhlyman
Hugh a. Kelly; ex-Assenbiymanh an no pert
Byrne, Freeholder Michael HenEessy,
Patrick Conion, Robert Blewltt, A. }.
Corcoran, Major Duffy, OF the Sixty
ninth Regiment of New York, Captain
Patrick Connolly and Thomas Graham
of the HiDernian Rifles; DR.. Francis 4.
Murphy. William E. Meaher, OF HOBO
ken, John Powers. Tnomas H. Dillon,
Patrick Hart, Counsellor James D. Man-
ming, Patrick Gleason. of New York,
Vice President of the National irish Fed
GRAFTON; Daniel Donegan aud William }.
Moran.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Secretary Holmes read tie folloWlug
xvf afrh ~ "a zn0n1an
hearty unanimity:
Whereas Ireland's long and heroic struggle
for seif-goyernment, SO yaliantIy waged by her
eloquent son, Daniel O'Connell, for which
the patriots OF '4S and '6f We're willing to FISK
their liberty and their lives to which lreland's
beloved son aud greatest political leader. Charles
Stewart Parnell. devoted the best years OF his
life, for which the gallant banu OF patrlouc
men who now represent Ireland in the British
Parliament are feariessy contendin@, and TO
ihe accomplishment OF which England s greatest
statesman, Rlght Hon. VIM. e. Gladstone, has
pledged the balance OF his political career. IS
now about to be accomplished Be it there
lore
Resolved, That we sincerely congratulate
the Irish people On ths approaching triumph or
their Just cause, and also congratulate MI
Gladstone OF his determination to settle the
Irish question on basis of justice and conciha-
tion which cannot fail to result in the establish
mt of peace and good will between the people
of England and Ireland. and which VIII Dring
about not a union upheld by Dayonetes ana
brute force. but q union OF hearts depending
for lis maintenance on the friendly relations
and mutual interests OF the people or both ma
tions
Resolved That recognizing the pressing need
of the Irish National party for financial assist
nnce to enable tdsnl 10 keep their ruli quota OF
members in attendance in The House OF Com
mons, we renew our pledge of contfnue1 sup
port, and appeal to the friends of Ireland in this
county, and throughout the State OF New Jer-
sey. to contribute as generously as they can
afford to the fund for the maintatnance or the
Irish Parliamentary party. ?
Resolved. That this great pubic meeting.
composed of citizens of Hudson County OF differ
eut religious beliefs, and OF every shade or poll
teal opinion, seud greeting to Mr. Gladstone,
aud Irelaud's national representatives, and bid
them God speed in their efforts to establish
peace prosperity, and Home Rule Ia Ireland
JUDGE FITzERALD's SPEECH.
Judge James Fitzgerald WAS greeted bv
cordial cheering aud baDa clap ping when
he was introduced. He thanked the au-
siience for the fiattering reception and
said he had done very little for the cause
of Ireland. but he had willingly done all
it was in his power to do. That every
Irishman and every American with Irish
blood in his veins WAS willing do.
"1he sympathy OF all lovers of liberty, no
matter what Jheir nation, iswith the Irish
cause The wrongs of the Green Isle
have been pictured with an elequence
and force that stirred the blood of man
hood For over seven centuries the spirit
of Ireland has resisted oppression. Prior
TO this csntury Ireland had separate
Legislature which would not have been
surrendered but for treachery. We of the
old race Kpow that the men who sold it
Gid not represent the people, although we
blush when 1t Is said That the
Irish Legislature sold itself. The
Parliament we hope TO see is not such as
the old, but one that will represent every
element of the people. We hope to see
every vestige of religious persecution re-
moved. The Irish people have been work
ing to get buck their Legislature ever
since its removal, Daniel OConpell
struggled for the repeal of the union,
they called it. Then came the struggle
of IS aud ''67, when the British Govern
ment was forced to recognize the move
inent BY tue disestablishment of the So
called Irish Church.
..Your resolutions mention distin-
guished Irisliman, who always recognized
tie principle of Irish nationality The
principle champtoned by Charles Stewart
Parnell (applause) In hard uphill light.
We know what greas effort it required
at the start to get the ear of the
Irish people to listen to the plan
of parliamentary agitation. Another
difficulty was the trouble III
getting people to believe In Irish wrongs.
Hut sacrifice aud Individual effort have
accomplished great things. The people
have learned there is something In this
struggle. that it is a fight against a great
wrong. In 1885 tia snisll Irish parliament
tary party demonstrated its power by de-
faatInc the Liberals. Then il defeated
the Conservatives. AT length it won over
the sympathy aad support OF q great Eug
lishman. who had not before believed in
Irlsb Home Rule. He had the greatness
TO admit he had been wrong in his former
belief That the irish people did not want
Home Rule. It would not be Irish, it
would not be manly not to express un-
stinted admiration for man who put
asidehis previous views ana jeopardized
his political future as William Ewart
Gladstone has DONE" (ADplause)
HOME RULE DEFINED
"What is Home Ruler we who have
always enjoyed ii may not aDpreciste it,
nor realize how mucn it means. AS Ire
Ind Is governed, no municipality or in
tiYiduaI can build a bridge or erect
telegraph pole without az appeal to some
central bureau in Dublin. Everything
is centralized in bureaux in Dublin ul-
terly irresponsible to the people What
Is the cause OF Irish want. poverty
and immigration. The Home Rule Dill
creates two legislative chambers aud
witndraws Ireland from concern IN the
House Of Lords 1t provides for Coun-
eli OF z8 members with eight years terms
!, half of whom will go out of uffice every
four years. That body could correspond
to Cur State Senates. The other cham Der
is 10 have 1C3 members elected for five
aud xynuid hura rrnctfc2iiV the