The Irish standard., 1895-09-28
YIN 'FI0N|
Gsneralf ssntInSnt 4 Is toe Fight .loiin
Rai, u Ail cornsrs Of
the Earth. s3s55$
rlHERFY Is PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
Ills spseoh Elloits the Most Prolonged
Esnonssratians Of APP
:. r-oyal. Is 81

tuesday, DIli on the SeClHus udS lES WY
was vigorously continued at Assoc atlon
Hall. Little time was lost in preilmIi-
r,ariss, and the election Of permanent
officers was put through at a rapid pace
and with uninterrupted harmony me
report OF the committee on permanent
snization. met with not the sligheesssStt
opposition, the following. officers being
unanimously elected: X
Hon. ]. r. Finerty, chairman; j. =.
gntton. secretary J. F. Heating. - II.
NcGrevy and ]. o. Strain. assistant sec
retaries; vice presidents, j. M. kennedy,
Montana; C. u. O'Brien, st. Paul; 9. Z.
priscoll. Nav Haven; P. J. Judge, Hoi-
yoke; Cornelius Harding, Pittsburg.
When the report of the committee on
Credentials was submitted 1t was received
With some disfavor by few OF the dele
gates because Or. Paul NJ. Sheedy ana
John Madden from the Ancient Order o.
Hibern;ars and convention of Irish
American citizens OF Allegheny county,
Pa. we're refused seats in the convention
An amendment, seating the two was Of
feresl, and bit of a row was threatensu'
for time, but the committee was sus-
tanned by liberal majority, and the maj
ter was dropped, the claim being that tae
credentials OF the contestants We're not
sufficient. Considerable enthusiasm was
created by a motion to add OeUonoVaA
Rosa a., the list of vice presidents, bur
Mr.. Rosa declined. s
Any doubts as to the earnestness OF the
"new movement" towards freedom 1or
Ireland were set at rest when CHAIRMAN
John F. Finerty, in an address TO 1he
convention. declared for an Irish-Aner-
ioan standing army which shall be ready
to do battle for Ireland whenever oppor-
t,,uitv may present itself. He SAID:
american papers question the pru-
denee of holding this convention and dlc-
Eating to US a policy and hoping we Will
do nothing to offend English sentiment.
What do we care for English sentiment:
d,apghter.) We don't want 10 oHehu
American sentiment nor Russian sent!-
,cent. but we want to offend most seH-
Ously our hereditary and merclless zoe:
Cheers, We are here today to sonno
the death kneli OF Whiggery IN rlsh pol
isics. We stand on our rights as q f9ee
10 advocate the absolute independence %
the land that gave us ana our ia. ,lA'
life. Our friends, the editorial WRITER'S
NAV preach the doctrine OF prudence.
We Will follow their advice as long as y
NAV he necessary I will remind my
sr,ar;can editorial friends that when
America had a grievance against England
1hey did not stand on the order on Wnlch
..er threw the British tea chests into
Boston harbor.
The English press will say that we
are here for other purposes than the ac-
c,up!ishnent CT the liberty OF lreianns
II is physically and morally Impossible
far the English press to tell the trutn.
(Cneers.l
we do, however, desire to tell France
AND Russia and every other possible en-
cry of Britain that we are in this ngnt
70 stay. Cheers, We are not In for one
wear or for three, but for the war.
Tremendous cheering) We 40 not care
If we are to be beset by whole Dattalioh Is
Of English spies. We do not care al
Scotland Yard was within nearlns' ns-
.a:,se We are meeting in public and VITA
an avowd purpose.
.sEnzland stole our parliament. We
have asked It back We have gone OUT OF
orr way to humiliate ourselves at che
fst OF England, and are we to remain
TINS forever? We are not here to DE JOio
that we contemplate murder or sWind-
ling These properties belong to En8-
land We are here to invite the SYM
r,sthy of the whole world to our cause.
we are here TO tell our beloved Cncie
sam that If he draws the sword IN de-
tense of the Monroe doctrine the Irish OF
America will be behind the Stars and
Stripes when the struggle comes. we
are here to tell Russia ii she desires tne
conquest of India that our nearB and
hands are with her; The French VINO mate
England. that whenever they get tanelea
I'M in dispute with England over l ll
caIonies they can rely upon our SUPPORT.
.syp. are here to encourage the enlist
mont of Young Irishmen, whether In IN
de,en,lent or regular battalions. to be
ras.iv when the time comes" prolonged
eheering.)
Air. Finerty having thus outlined the
cause and purpose Of the meeting con-
Guided with ringing perorattonf that
brought the audience to its feet again
and again. The close of the speech pro-
,,ycsd q wonderful scene in some way,
the audience standing and cheering for
fully ten minutes.
After this two resolutions were otTered
EXPRESSING sympathy the Cuban re-
y7olt.ionists. A communication was pre-
santea from the Polish allies of the United
States expressing sympathy with the obs
;ec,s of the convention. Several other
resolutions and communications were
then handed In aud turned over to the
committee on platform and resolutions.
number of kilograms and cablegrams
received today in addition to those Of
serday, approving the convention and In
fsorsing the cause, were read by Secre-
sary Sutton. ..ss !:
A motion by O'Neill Ryan, Of Missouri
ths. a committee of one from each tate
IN appointed to draft resolutions was
ADOPTED. William Lyman, Of New York,
moved the appointment Of q COMMITTEES
an or9enizatlon and ways and means,
xhieh was adopted. ,sssss55
n the afternoon the chairman read q
.Hnuinr from the Pail Mall Gazette which
fawred ! meeting OF the Irish half way
IN fheIr struggles for Independence. This
re.liiug vsas received with loud applause,
snd the delegates seemed TO think TINT a
rzrs she frst sympton that ngland would
vtve atNenfiun to their demands. Several
- 1tteee were appointed, William Iay:
- e New York, being Appointed chair:
5 .,sn a lie rational WAYS and means. u
: -rSlls = made for % 1er 1,eakefs and
Z nTx,nSSSh Rossa, O'r1eiIl, Ryan, OF Sc
800 fe,ss OF xAYv M ARSSfts