Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-05
ITS TIME TO ACT.
SO DECLARES AN ADDRESS To
IRISH-AMERICANs.
In n Call for the Convention OF the
New Irish Movement IL Is De-
clared THAI n Crisis Has Been
Reached I'm the Fight for
Freedom.

Chicago, Sept. 8. The official call
fer the convention of the new Irish
movement to he held in Chicago In
the latter part Of this month has been
issued from the headquarters OF the
executive committee OF the new Irish
movement. 1t Is as follows:
1.-The Irish struggle for freedom has
reached a momentous period. Ireland,
abandoned in 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
language employed by successive Eng
lish governments toward Ireland. She
has been alternately betrayed by the
Wings and dragooned by the Tories.
Nothing worth her acceptance is to be
expected from either OF the leading
English parties. Ireland must, there
fore, look to her w children and
their descendants for support in her
great extremity. Parliamentary agi-
tation has had a long and patient trial,
but has utterly failed to accomplish
its object. 1t remains for us to con
1 nhuVI "huN oilbcl ihtNhou Vi plbNtuNI Y
or argument can be used to achieve
| her liberation. The Irish race In
America cannot AFFORD to be neutral
or supine while the motherland is be-
ing slowly but surely done TO death by
the usurping enactments Of a foreign
and hostile power. In unison with
thousands of our race distributed
throughout the Union. and after ma
Il Pm w. IAIshr ra NtNy .-a @In ,nIArutynAI
have decided to call a convention OF
Irish-Americans in the city of Chica-
60 to take into consideration the pres
ent status Of the Irish struggle for
freedom and to devise Ways and
means best suited to the accomplish
ment of Ireland's independence.
Now, therefore, said convention is
called to meet in the city of Chicago,
ILL.,, at the hall Of the Young Mems
Christian association. The qualifica-
tons for membership in the onven
ton are agreed upon as follows: All
lrish-American military, benevolent,
athletic, social, religious and literary
organizations that favor the independ-
ence of Ireland, and are willing TO aid
our righteous struggle for liberty, are
invited to send delegates to the con
VeuIOn OF the New lflSn movement,
apportioned in the following manner
One delegate for every so members,
and l additional for any fraction oyer
so; 2 delegates for every 100 mem
bers and / additional for any fraction
over 100, and so on In proportion. In
dividual irish-Americans of sound
patriotic repute who indorse the oh
ject 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 pdv-
ileges of the floor. All societies ellgi-
BILE under this call are requested to
elect their delegates Immediately"
The call is signed by John T. Fin
erty, acting president, Chicago; John
Z. Sutton, acting secretary, New York:
William Lyman. acting treasurer, New
York; John J.. O'Connell. chairman ex-
ecutive committee, Chicago; John Il.
Kesting, secretary executive commit
tee, and by many others prominent Ia
| the movement.