The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-27
met with instant approval at the hands
of the convention:
Military Companies.

Military Companies.
Resolved, That this convention
recommends the formation of military
companies wherever practicable, in
order to foster and preserve the mill
tary spirit of the Irish race and to be
prepared for action in the hour of Eng
lands difficulty
After the resolutions We're disposed
of, J. J. O'Connell of Chicago, pre-
scented the following as the report of
the committee on organization and
ways and means:
1.-THE new movement, organization,
shall be known by the style and title
of the Irish National Alliance"
1t shall have for its object the secur-
ing of the independence of Ireland by
any means within its power, and con-
sistent with the laws and usages of
civilized nations.
The qualifications for membership
shall be good moral characters, birth
on Irish soil, or descent fnom Irish
parentage, on paternal or maternal
side, or both, and the taking of the
following pledge of honor:
I hereby pledge my word of honor
to aid, by every means within my
power, conformity with the constitu-
tional Alliance in securing the indepen-
dence of Ireland"
Elections.
The elections of the newly created
Irish National Alliance was declared
in order and resulted as follows:
President-William Lyman, New
York; vice-president, O'Neill Ryan. st.
Louis; treasurer, P. V. Fitzpatrick,
Chicago.
Executive Council-J. j. Donovan.
Lowell, Mass; Girls Gallagher, MINI.
Martin Kelly, Tennessee; Captain
Managan, Wisconsin,; j. Sheehy, San
Francisco; j. NJ. Kennedy, Anaconda,
Mont: Thomas J. Dundon, Ohio;
Thomas H. Greevy. Pennsylvania; and
James Lawler, Texas.
All the officers elected made short
speeches. O'Neill Ryan was the only
one OF the newly elected officers who
made any extended remarks, the
others merely thanking the convention
for the honor conferred and promising
the faithful discharge of the duties i'm
posed. Mr.. Ryan alluded to this fact
by the remark that the officers had
been selected because they We're men
of action rather than words He eulo-
giZed this characteristic in President
Lyman particularly and paid high
tribute to his courage and strength of
purpose.
There were a number of Catholic
clergymen in the audience, one or
two being delegates to the convention.
One of the incidents of the afternoon
session was a slight tilt between J. ].
Heating and Father O|Mahoney. Mr..
Heating, in addressing the convention,
used the words Comrades" and ex-
planned that from that time on they
would drop the term Brothers" which
they had formerly used in addressing
each other and adopt the word Com
Tades OF the Irish Republican Army
Finerty is Warm.
Father OMahoney interrupted at
this point, and seemingly without
waiting to hear what the priest had
to say, Mr.. Heating retorted some
what hotly: For the first time, the
cloth of Gods ministry interferes with
the cause of Ireland
The convention closed with the
singing Of a new Irish song composed
by Mrs. Teresa Beatrice O'Hara, OF
Cleveland, o., called God Bless Ire
land after which the delegates arose
and sang America" and God Save
Ireland"
While waiting for the reports of the
! committee during the day, Chairman
| Finerty read extracts from several OF
| the English papers on the convention
He characterized them as Good aver.
| ing samples of England's blackguard.
ism and brutality" and wound up by
saying the English would soon have
an opportunity to see whether the new
| movement meant anything.
The majority of the delegates left
the city tonight, but the officers and
members Of the executive committee
will remain here to perfect their plans
! for the future.
There was a conference at McCoy's
hotel during the afternoon of the del
egates who have had experience ir
military affairs. This meeting was helG
behind closed doors and all inquiries
| as to methods of organizing the mill.
tary arm Of the alliance were met BY
the response that all such details would
be left to the officers and executive
council.