The Irish standard., 1895-09-07
FOR IRELAND RlED0l.
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70 HAr OUT a FLAH Or ACTION
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Headquarters Executive Committee
| New Irish Movement, McCoy's Hotel
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 81, 1895.--To the Irish
/ American citizens Of the United States
| Friends and Brethren: The Irish strug-
4 gle for freedom has reached a momentous
/ period. Ireland, abandoned in the crisis
I OF her fate by the Liberal leaders, is told
| by the Tory secretary to the Lord Lieu
1 tenant 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 En-
glish 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 old English
parties. 3
Ireland must, therefore, look to her
own children and their descendants FOR
support in. her great extremity. Parlia-
mentary agitation has had a long and pa
tient trial, but has utterly failed to &C
complish it's object. 1t remains for us to
consider what other method OF proceed
ure or argument can be used to achieve
her liberation. The Irish race In Ameri-
ca cannot afford to be neutral, or supine,
while the motherland is slowly but surely
being done to, death by the usurping en-
actments of foreign and hostile power.
In unison with thousands of our race dis
| tributed Throughout the union, and after
mature deliberation, the undersigned
have decided to call convention of Irish
Americans in the city of Chicago to take
| into consideration the present status OF
the Irish struggle for freedom, and to de-
wise ways and means best suited to the
accomplishment of Ireland's indepen-
dence.
| Now, therefore, said convention is
called to meet in the city of Chicago, Ill.
at the hall of the Young Mems Christian
Association, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. "a, rs and 26, 1895, the
first session thereof to open at 10 O'CLOCK
| in the morning of Sept.-24. d,
1 The qualifications for membership In
1 the convention are agreed upon as fol.
/ lows: ALI Irish-American military, be,
nevolent, athletic, social, religious ano
! literary organizations that favor the in
| dependence of Ireland, and are willing
Ito aid her righteous struggle for liberty
are invited to send delegates to the con
yention Of the New Irish Movement, ap
i portioned in the following manner: One
delegate for. every fifty members, ant
one additional forany fraction over fifty
4 two delegates for every one hundred
I mem bers, and one additional for any
fraction over one hundred, and SO IL
| proportion.
individual Irish Americans, of soune
patriotic repute, who endorse the objec
! Of the New Movement, and who are will
| ing to give it their aid, will be, on rec
I ommendation of the secretary and th'
| Endorsement OF the committee on creden
tails, admitted to the privilege of tn
i floor
! All societies eligible under this call arr
requested to elect their delegates imme
ldiately.
/ Signed on behalf Of our associates il
4 the movement,
| John F. Finerty, Acting President, Chi
cago, Ill.
i John P. Sutton, acting secretary, s.
1 West Thirteenth street, New York.
Il JTy;1i;o,,, vnoov onfir Of frnei c1Iror. May
York city.
i John j. O'Connell, chairman executive
committee, Chicago, Ill.
John T. Heating, secretary executive
committee, McCoy's Hotel, Chicago, Ill
l John j. Mahoney, Lawrence Henely
Francis Agnew, P. v. Fitzpatrick, w. Il
Joyce, L. R. Buckley, James G. Strain
William Mccoy, Martin Mulcahy, j.
Gubbins, Chicago, Ill. y.
4 M. D. Gallagher, NJ. ]. Langan, John .
ECarroll,s New York; Maurice f. Wilhere
Patrick O'Neill, Philadelphia, Pa; O'Neil
Ryan, Andrew HoOlan, J. j. O'Conn0r, st
Louis, Mo-; M. Conney, M. C. O'Toole, Sar
l'Frahcisco, Cal; John Fitzpatrick, e Mo.
4 roAey, New Orleans, La; William j. Glea
/ son, Patrick Smith, Cleveland, Ohio; Jas
Xillelea, M. Martin, Nashville, Tenn; G
/ T. Driscoll, David Callagihan, New Ha
ven, Conn.,; Patrick T. Moran, Washing
ten, d. c.; T. "A. E. Weadock, M, J. Muir.
ply, Bay City, Mich; O'Brien J. Akin
son, Fort Gratiot, Mich; Thomas Greeyy
John O'Toole, s. M. Hoyar, Altoona, Pa
i christopher A. Gallagher. Minneapolis
! MIN; Maurice Donnelly, Indianapolis
Ind; Thomas j. Dundon, Colum bus, Ohio
John j. Vaughn. West Superior, Wis
John Guthrie, Wilmington, Del; Michae
Mangan. Fond du Lac, Wis; John M
Leonard, Fall River, Mass; P. ]. Judge
1 Holyoke, Mass; James Ryan, Bernard
| Thomas Hanifan, East st. Louis, I'll.
Michael F. Lyons, John; Murray. Michae
| j. Bruin, John j. O'Brien, Lowell, Mass;
i 4. "A. Mccarthy, w. T. Fitzgerald, Nash
va, N. H.: John NJ Mcmahon. JohI
Groves, p. G. Heafy. Omaha, Neb.; JohI
/ FITZGERALD. John Downs, Thomas Bulger