The Irish standard., 1895-12-28
|aSCUSSES TIE ALLIANCE
As Irish Nationalist Takes Issue
with the Irish
Stand ard.
10 CONFIDENCE IN TIE METHODS
Tells How Hundred Thousand Dollars
Was GambIed
Away.

To the Editor of the Irish Standard.
"A late issue of the Standard had q
long editorial defending the Irish Ma
tional Alliance and criticising with con
siderable asperity those Irishnen who
failed to give the alliance their counte-
nance and support. Then became fio-
pant and sarcastic in referring to those
Catholic Journals and persons who re-
fuse to bow their knee before your idc,
You say, "Will the fault finding gentle
men who sheer and shrug tell US what is
best to be done?' AS one who has for
years taken deep interest in Irish az
fairs and who is familiar with what has
been done by the various Irish organiza-
lions in this country, will give you some
reasons why thousands of my country
men do not look with favor on the So
called new movement.
First, let me say that | am not one OF
the fault finding" class I respect the
opinions of all men who are patriotic and
honest, and whose public record will
bear close scrutiny, but | am one Of the
thousands of Ireland's sons who are not
In accord with the present movement for
good and sufficient reasons, some OF
which will state:
First-Messrs. Lyman and Sutton, who
are the chief officers of this new organic
alton, and in whose brains was conceived
the formation Of the same, are men who
are not looked upon with favor by Irish
men on either side Of the Atlantic. Both
of these gentlemen are interested in the
publication of a series Of exposures in a
New York paper asking honest, patriotic
y&;c1,r hor Of
1utiOnary organization in Ireland, what
they have done with money alleged to
have been sent them, which they them
selves know was stolen in this country
by their friends and associates. They
. know that those men in Ireland are in
The 'lion's dem and cannot defend them
=, selves in the public press.
These men came to this country and
satisfied the members Of the organization
from which the money was stolen that it
was never forwarded. They detied those
Blanderers who have been pointing them
out to Scotland Yard detectives to pro-
huce the return drafts, showing that the
money had been sent but they could not
do SO. Later investigations showed
that nearly one hundred thousand dol
lars (s1O0O00) was gambled On the Chi
cago board of trade by one Of the men
who pretended to have sent this money
to Ireland, and who is an idol Of the new
movement.
Second--In all past conventions in
which those gentlemen have participated
fraudulent schemes have been resorted
to in order to place themselves in power.
Men have been furnished with creden-
tials as representatives from organize
lions which had no existence. The writ
err can furnish proof that LIE Carron, the
spy, was furnished credentials to attend
an important Irish convention by a men,
her Of the executive committee of a GER
tain organization Of which Mr.. Lyman is
the chief officer, to represent an Irish
Sriub at Braiowood, lli., which was not
In existence for years previous. Several
pther bogus representatives were intro
duced into the convention by members
of the same association. so that they out
number the duly qualified representa-
tives in voting against an investigation
into the conduct Of Messrs. Lyman, SUIT
ton and Co. S friends or charges of mall
feasance in office, misrepresentation OF
funds, and betrayal of honest Irishmen
to the British government which resulted
In their being placed in British dungeons
for life The writer can prove that like
methods were used in packing the recent
~
the alliance in Chicago. Here in our own
eity a certain honest but misguided
freshman furnished credentials to the
faithful to attend the convention in or
der to have votes enough in case an
emergency should arise. I have the
word Of an honest, patriotic Irishman,
who attended the convention and who
does not belong to any Irish organization
and therefore was not qualified to be a
representative, that he was furnished
with a credential on which he was adj
mitted by the party referred to while
men like Mr.. Paul Sheedy and John Mad
den, Of Pittsburg, VINO were elected by
the divisions Of the American board Of
the A. O. H. of that city were excluded
simply because they were posted on the
methods pursued by the gang" and
with them on the floor Of the convention
the program may fail to carry. This is
the Representative" convention you
wonder why all Irishmen should not sup
port.
Third-A public revolutionary organ
ization can do no good for Ireland even
If its membership were sincere and pat
riotic. Nothing in the way of revolution
can be accomplished without a co-opera-
tion, Of the men at home. A union be-
tween an open organization in this coun-
try whose meetings are Of a public char
acter with an organization in Ireland,
which have to be secret because it's oper-
atoms are illegal under the British laws
Is out of the question for the reason that
it would be an easy matter for the emf
ployes Of Scotland Yard to discover the
names as we'll as secure evidence against
the men at home which would consign
them to living tombs for the rest of their
lives The Catholic press have just as
much sympathy for the cause of Ireland
as they ever had and I have no doubt
but that they will support any movement
In which the cause will be best served.
The Irish people are ready today. as they
have always been to support any pat
riotic movement to aid the people Of
the n1otherland in achieving their lib
erty. But they will show disapproval of
unworthy men who have been trading on
the Irish vote" for the usual consid-
erations with the gullible American poll
ticians as also the ''dupes" who figure
locally as men of power and influence
amongst Irishmen by staying away from
their meetings. as was evidenced by the
recent fiZzle at Harmonic hall, where
there was barely a 'corporaIs guard" to
commemorate the anniversary OF Allen,
Larkin and O'Brien, men whose memory
is revered by every Irish Nationalist,
! and which anniversary under any other
auspices would have resulted in a crowd
4 cd hall AN IRTSII N NATIONALIST :