The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-30
Irish societies MEET
An Interesting Session Of 0ratory add
Song at Sheridan ArmOry.
SPLENDID ADDRESSES MADE
Speeches by Attorney T. V. powderly and
John Devoy of Chicago The Lat.
ter Stands as an Apologist
70 Physical Force.

wanna avenue, and the session was pro-
ing. The hours sped along and an in
teresting and diversified programme
was enacted.
Senator-elect James c. Vaughan was
presiding officer, and after rapping the
meeting to order he delegated William
Dawson to distribute leaflets of song
and afterward announced that the as
semblage should rise and sing the Star
Spangled Banner."Next was sung God
Save Ireland" and then Mr.. Vaughan
introduced Captain P, De Lacy as the
first speaker.
Captain De Lacy cast his eyes around
the meeting and complimented the
lriShmen and their sons, who had
shown such an earnest response to the
call for the meeting. He said he under
stood the meaning of the meeting and
all present knew that he was now con-
nected with a movement organized to
perpetuate the memory of a soldier who
is credit to the Irish race This gal
liant soldier was Philip Sheridan, son
of an 1rishman, but still a man who
knew no race, creed or color in his
valorous deeds Of courage and daring
recorded in the history of his devotion
to the cause of liberty in the late civil
war.
Sheridan was one of the best cavalry
leaders the world has ever seen, rival
ing the world renowned Murat, who
served with Napoleon. General Grant,
who sometimes made mistakes in Sc
lecting men for political positions,
never was known to have made
mistake in selecting fighters, and he
has proved by the confidence reposed in
Sheridan that the man was equal to
any emergency no matter how exact
ing.
Captain De Lacy hoped that the re-
sponse with contributions for the erec-
tion of statue to Sheridan would meet
with an earnestness and liberality that
will be credit to all Irishmen and
lrish-Americans.
Mr.. Powderly's Address.
When Captain De Lacy had finished
song was announced and William Daw-
son acquitted himself very capably with
a tuneful Irish ballad. Professor NJ. ].
Lovern, the inimitable artist of Irish
airs on the flute, next favored the audi
ence with few selections, embellished
with variations. Attorney II. V. Pow
dely was the next speaker and his ad-
dress boiled over with interesting, in
structing and amusing thoughts. He
had just returned, he said, from a visit
to the south, and while there he stood
in what was veritable city of the dead
1t was a cemetery, but the bodies were
not inferred in the ground. Vaults
above the earth are built and into these
the remains of the dead are consigned.
man who was wealthy and had not
long before that died was inferred in a
crypt or vault of marble that represent
ed through quality and workmanship a
cost of not less than $4,000. All this in
dividual had done to deserve a monu-
ment like that was his leaving behind n
fortune.
When Mr.. Powderly looked upon that
costly mausoleum he thought of General
Sheridan, the hero whose life work was
on the altar of self sacrifice and whose
deeds are emblazoned on the pages of
history. The speaker reflected on the
duty owed to the gallant soldier and he
urged his hearers to be liberal in their
subscriptions for the fund which will
defray the expenses Of a monument on
the court house square.
Mr.. Powderly drifted away from that
thread of his address and spoke of what
he observed on his visit throughout the
south He closed with a very patriotic
appeal to his hearers to unite and be-
come one, particularly, he said, the
| two associations of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians.
Address by Mr.. Dewey.
Thomas NJ. Dulard, Of Wilkes
Barre, county commissioner of Luzerne
county, sang a song, and Chairman
Vaughan introduced John Dewey, OF
| Chicago. Mr.. Devoy's address con-
sumed more than an hour and half
in its delivery and it comprehended a
most interesting history of Irish party
struggles for the past thirty-five years
Thanksgiving Day, he said, Is purely
American day. one that originated with
the early settlers Of New England
Irishmen in America have reason to be
thankful because they are American
citizens, because outside of that they
have very little to be thankful for un.
less 1t be the fact that God made then
fighters and they have not given up the
old fight yet
do nf Il.
said, are tie anniversaries of the exc
cution Of our political martyrs. Oul
first was Robert Emmett and then tn,
Manchester martyrs, Allen, Larliin anC
OBrien, and last, but not least, Charlie!
Stewart Parnell. He died fighting 70,
the cause of freedom of the Irish people,
and their right to govern themselves
without dictation from Englishmen.
Mr.. Dewey took the middle groun(
between the physical and moral fore
men of Ireland. The Fenian move
ment, he said, ended in what looked I,
be disgrace and defeat, and when
went down without any bloodshed tn
world laughed in contempt; but al
though the leaders were crushed o
Obliged to fly into exile, the movemen
was not stamped out.
Must Be Backed by force.
England Is nationsof compromis
and she will not listen to argument un
til that is backed by physical force
without the physical force element n
good would ever have come to Irelan
from England. The oppression of tn
Irish by the English government an
the revolutionary and physical fore
elements of Ireland are like two pol
sons. one antidoting the effect Of tn
other.
Mr.. Dewey ended with an eloquent ap
peal to the Irish to unite In all thei
purposes and present solid and un
divided front in all their undertakings
The next ten minutes were taken u
with serving refreshments.
Thomas Cooney recited. Michat
Schofeld sang 1.-THE Pretty Maid'Milk
ing Her Cow" and A. r. o'Boyle wa
called upon for remarks. He very elc
ouently voiced the recommendation
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