The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-26
AnE TN FUN TIT WHh.
Full Speech of ChairmanFinerty
at Chicago.
Mission is to Sound the Knell
of Whiggery.
ENGLAND is DEFIED,
The Irish Will Help Any of
Engiand's Enemies.

vigor the delegates to the Irish con-
vention began their second days work
at Association hall.
ANY doub BITS as to the earnestness OF
the new movement" toward freedom
for Ireland were set at rest, when
Chairman John F. Finerty in an adj
dress to the convention declared for
an Irish American standing army
which shall be ready to do battle for
Ireland whenever opportunity may
present itself The boldness of the
plan ID outlined by the ardent speaker
created a sensation. That the chair
mans views met with the approval OF
the delegates was proved by the hearty
enthusiasm with which his speech was
received He outlined plan by which
young Irish a merieans throughout the
country shall be organized INTO mill
fary companies when viii as whole
constitute standing army that may
a. proper time strike Tor Irish lib
erty.
Mr. Einerty's address was made af-
ter he had been chosen perman ent
chairman. He said: American papers
question the prudence of no ding this
convention and debating to US policy
and hoping we will do nothing to Of
lend English sen-im emit What do we
care for English sentiment? Laugh
ter We don't want 10 offend Ameri-
can sentiment. nor French sentiment,
nor Russian sentiment, but we want
to offend most seriously our hereditary
and merciless foe! Cheers. We are
here to-day to sound the death kneu
of Whiggery in Irish politics. We
stand on our rights to advocate the u b.
solute independence of the land that
gave US and our fathers life. Our
friends, the editorial writer's, may
preach the doc rine of prudence. We
will follow their advice so long as it
NAV be necessary. l will remind my
American editorial friends that when
America b I'd grievance against Eng
land they did not stand on the order
in viii. h they threw the British teaches
into Boston harbor.
"rhe English press will say that we
are here for other purposes than the
accomplishment of the liberty of Ire
land. 1t is physically and morally i'm
possible for the English press to tell
the truth. (Cheers.) We do, however,
desire to tell Britain and France and
Rus ia. and every other possible
enemy of Britain that we are in sthis
fight to stay. (lheers.) We are mot
in for one year or three but for the
war. Tremendous cheering). We do
n It care if we are to be beset by whole
battaions Of English soies. We do
not care if al Scotland Yard was with
in hearing tonight, because we are
meeting in public and with an avowed
purpose
Continuing, the speaker said: ENG
land stole our parliament We have
asked it back. We have gone out of
our way 0 humiliate ourselves at the
! feet of England. Are we to remai in
thus forever? We are not here to be
told that we contemplate murder or
/ swindling. These properties belong co
/ England. We are here to invite the
i sym patty of the whole world to our
! cause. We are here to tell oul beloved
/ Uncle Sam that if he draws the
sword in defense of the Monroe doe
trine the Irish of America will be
! behind the stars and stripes when
{ the struggle comes. We are here
/ to tell Russia if she desires the con-
que7t of India, that our hearts and
hands are with her; the French. who
hate England, that whenever they get
tangled up in a dispu tie with England
over the colonies, that :hey can rely
! upOn our support We are here to en-
! courage the enlistment of young Irish
men, whether in independent or regu-
! lar battaions, to be ready when the
/ time comes Prolonged cheering.
Mr.. Finerty having thus espoused
the cause and purpose of the meeting,
! concluded with a ringing peroration
that brought the an iience to it's feet
! again and aga u. The close of the
speech produced wonderful scene in
/ its way, the audience standing and
cheering for fully ten minutes. After
this two resolutions were offere-I. ex-
pre- sing sympathy with the Cuban
/ revolutionists. A communication was
/ present ed from the Polish alliance of
! the n ted States expressing svmra-
thy with the objects OF the convention.
/ Several other resolutions and eonflu-
n.catious were then handed in and
t lrhed over to the committee on plat
! firm and resolutions.
In the afternoon session the chair
man read a clipping from the Pail
Mall Gazette which favored meeting
| TIE Irish half way in their struggles
/ for independence. The reading was
received wi h loud applause, and the
de. egates seemed to think it was the
| first symptom that England would
| give attention to their demands SEW
eral C mmittees were appointed. Will
lam Lyman OF New York beinq an
/ pointed chairman of the national com
mittee of ways and means Calls were
then made for other speakers and
O'DOnovan Rosa, O'Neill RYAN of st.
Louis, and Delegates O'Leary of Mon
ma. Langdou of New York and
Withere of Pennsylvania responded
Rosa was given an ovation when
he arose to address the meeting. lie
said in part: Il am not in favor OF
waiting. In my Judgment the time to
strike is when you re ready and the
place to strike is England All this
talk of organizing to fight the English
out of England is very well, but it
has no terror for England. She is
more afraid of the Irish in England
and Ireland than in any other place.
Now is the time for Us to strike, and
the quicker the better"