Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-26
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is WdnlGu 10 Fight Tor
SECOND DAYS WORK.

Chicago, H.. Sept s5.-with renewed
vigor the delegates to the Irish con.
vention began their second days work
at Association hall today. LATHE time
] was lost In prelimlnnries and the elec-
| ton Of permanent officers was put
| through Mt u rapid pace and with un-
| Interrupted harmony. The report Of
| the committee on permanent organ
ization met with not the slightest OPP
position. tho following officers being
| unanimously elected, Hon. j, II. fin-
erty. chairman. ]. y. sutton score
tary; J, II, Heating, n. N. McGrevy
ana j. %, Strain, assistant secretaries;
ylce-presldents. j. NJ Kennedy, osnu-
hai NJ, O'Brlen, 81. PAUL. c. +, Drls.
coll. New Haven, j. =. Judd. lIolyokc.
Cornelius Vardlng, plttsburg.
When the committee ON credentials
report was read n was received with
come dlsfavor by some OF the dele
gates and convention OF lrlsh-Amer-
lean citizens OF Allegheny county, Pa,
were refused seats In the convention,
An amendment seating them was Of
fered and bit OF row was threat
cned for Il time but the committee
was sustained by a liberal majority
aud the matter was dropped. the claim
being that the credentials OF the con-
testanls were not sufficient Considcra-
BILE enthusiasm was created by mos
ton to add oponovan Rosa TO the
list OF Independents, but Mr. Rosa
declined,
Any doubts as TO the enrnestncss
OF the new movement toward free-
dom for Ireland were set AT reel when
Chairman John T., Finerty, In his adj
dress 20 the convention when he was
elected permanent chairman, declared
for an irish American standing army,
which shall be ready TO do battle for
ireland whenever opportunity may
plan as outlined by the ardent speak
er created u sensation. That the
chairmans vlewa met with the APPROX
al Of the delegates was proved by the
hearty enthusiasm with which his
speech was received. He outlined u
plan by which young irish-Americans
throughout the country shall be or
ganlzed Into military companies which
VIII as u whole constitute standing
army that may at Il proper time strike
FOR Irish liberty. He said.
American papers question the prud-
ence OF holding this convention and
debating to us II policy and hoping
we VIII do nothing 60 offend English
sentiment What do we care for En-
gliah sentiment 0aughter). We don't
want 10 offond American sentiment;
nor Froneh sentiment, nor Russian
sentiment, but we want 10 offend most
seriously our hereditary and merciless
foe tchcerD.
we are here today to sound the
death knell OF whlggery IN Irish pol
ltlcsi We stand on our rights as a race
10 advocate the absolute Independence
OF the land that gave Ms and our fam.
ers life. Our friends, the editorial
writer's, may preach the doctrines OF
prudence. We VIII follow their advine
30 long US It may be necessary. / Will
remind my American editorial that
when America had n grievance against
England they did not stand on the
order Of which they threw She British
chests into Boston hArbor"
Mr.. finerty, having outlined the
cause and purpose OF the meeting.
concluded with u ringing porora,ion
mat brought tho audience to its feet
again and again. The close of the
speech produced a wonderful scene In
us way, the audience standing and
cheering FOR fully ten minutea. After
this TWO resolutions were offered sx-
pressing sympathy with the Cuban
revolutionistH.
A communication was presented from
the Polish alliance OF the United states,
eApressing sympathy with the objects
OF the convention. Several other reso-
iutions and communications were hand.
cd In and turned over 10 The commit
tee on platform and revolutions,
a number Of kilograms and cable |
grams were received In addition 10
thohe OF ythtefuhy. approving the con-
yentlon and ipdoraing the cause. A
noticeable fact was that many tele-
grams from ireland came from the
Northern end. where the national idea
was supposed TO have but few ad-
herenth
a motion by o'Nelli Ryan OF Mis-
souri, that a committee OF one from
each state be appointed TO draft feno-
lutlonH was adopted. VIM. u. Lyman
of New York moved the appointment or |
"A committee of organization and ways
ana means. which was adopted. Re
cess.
Al the afternoon session committees
were appointed. VIM. Lyman OF Now
York being appointed national chair |
man OF the ways and means commit
tee.
Calls were made for speakers, ana
O'Donovan Rosa, O'Nel1l Ryan Of IL.
Louis and Delegates O'Leary OF Mon
tana, Langdon or New York and VIII
Der OF Pennsylvania responded
Tomorrow the real work OF the con-
vention viii begin. and all the commit
tees were Instructed tonight TO be
ready TO report in the morning.