Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-02
ABANDONED IRELAND.
The New Irish Movement in This
Country VIII Try to GOunteract
the Treachery Of Their PrOfeS8ed
Friends in the British Parliam9n
a Convention Called.

Chicago, September 1.-The official
call for the convention of the new Irish
movement to be held in Chicago Sep
tember "A, % and 26, has been ISSUED
from the headquarters Of the executive
committee of the New Irish Move
ment" It is as follows:
The Irish struggle for freedom has
reached a mOmentOus period. Ireland,
abandoned i'm the crisis of her fate by
the Liberal leaders, is told by the Tory
Secretary TO the Lord Lieutenant that
the British government is sternly and
unalterably opposed to the granting Of
any measure OF home rule whatever.
This is the old policy and the old Ian
guage employed by successive English
governments toward Ireland. She has
been alternately betrayed by the Wings
and drago0ned by THE Tories. Moth
ing worth her acceptance is TO be eX-
pected from either of the leading Eng
lish parties.
Ireland must, therefore, look to her
own children and their descendants for
support in her great extremity. Par
liamentary agitation has had long
and patient trial, but has utterly failed
to accomplish its object. 1t remains
for us to consider what other method
of procedure or argument can be
used to achieve her liberation. The
Irish race in America cannot afford TO
be neutral or supine while the mother
land is being slowly but surely done to
death by the usurping enactments OF
foreign and hostile power. In unison
with thousands of our race distributed
throughout the union, and after mature
deliberation, we, the undersigned, have
decided to call a convention Of Irish
Americans in the city Of Chicago, to
take into consideration the present
status of the Irish struggle for freedom,
and to devise ways and means best suit
ed TO the accomplishment Of Ireland's
independence.
Now, therefore, said convention is
called to meet in the city of Chicago,
Ills. at the hall of the Young Mems
Christian Association, September "a, %
and 26. 1895. The qualifications for
membership in the convention are
agreed upon as follows: All Irish
American military, benevolent, athlet-
ic. social. religious and literary organi-
cations that favor the independence of
Ireland and are willing to aid her
righteous struggle for liberty, are in
vited to send delegates to the conven-
ton of the New Irish Movement, appor-
toned in the following manner: One
delegate for every fifty members, and
one additional for any fraction over
fifty: two delegates for every hundred
members and one additional for any
fraction over one hundred, and so III
proportion.
Individual Irish-Americans, OF sound
patriotic repute, who indorse the OBJ
iect Of the new movement, and who are
willing to give it their aid, will be, on
recommendation of the secretary and
the endorsement of the committee on
credentials admitted to the privileges
of the floor.
All societies eligible under this call
are requested to elect their delegates
Immediately.
The call is signed by John F. Finerty,
acting president, Chicago; John p. SUIT
ton. acting secretary, New York; VIM.
LYMAN. acting treasurer, New York;
John 7. O'Connen. chairman executive
committee. Chicago; John T. Keating,
secretary executive committee, Chica-
90 and many others prominent in the
movement.