The Irish standard., 1896-08-29

appear at 1t. Already Canada and Aus
tral.a have given the quarreling clans
who projected it the marble heart. It
will be an assemblage Of nobodies," etc.,
etc.
We are surprised to find an American
journal so bitterly proscriptive as these
quoted utterances show. Were the Tele-
gram the organ Of the assassin Triangle
gang that not only struck down those
whose denunciations they feared. but
well-nigh murdered the Irish cause in
the. United States as well, the foregoing
statement could not be more untruthful
We proceed to substantiate this charge
The Telegram says that the convention
has been projected by ''quarreline
clans" This is falsehood No. !. 1t orig
mated in the brain and heart Of the
Archbishop Of Toronto. 4
The Telegram declares the convention
ALREADY a failure" This is falsehood
No. 2. The Irish press, the lrlsh-Amert-
can papers, the. Irish Canadian papers,
the iah-Australtan papers. we have seen
as well AS the papers in England and
Scotland favorable to Ireland's cause
look to this convention for the most bene-
fetal results. This from the Irish stand
ard epitomizes the prospects OF how
much of failure it is going to be: -.
During the past week the mail ad-
vices and cable news from Ireland con-
tinued to confirm the previous an
nouncements that the Irish national
convention, which opens In Dublin,
September list, Is shaping towards be-
coming a great historical gathering.
Throughout. ireland and In the pop
ulous centers of England and Scotland
the Nationalist societies are appointing
delegations and discussing the probable
heartiest enthusiasm. Adviees from
South Africa and Australia are like those
from the United States and Canada.
From every quarter of the globe, where a
nucleus of Irishmen can be found, suf-
ficient to form an association, delegates
are coming. The conventions will not
only represent the mass of the Irish
race, but will have-besides the repre-
sentative power of numbers working
leverage of money towards the organiza-
ton Of a great united party. That the
convention will heal schisms and regen-
crate Home Rule seems assured.
The foregoing Is confirmed by this
from the Duluth correspondent OF the
:Freeman's journal:
I All Irish bodies will be represented;
all Irish Nationalists,3 of course, for
whatever branch of Irish work organ
lied every Nationalist of a public rep
resentative body, every clergyman OF
a locus standi It is cheering to think
that the old sections of Nationalist
who broke away in the midst of the
great schism few years ago have come
back, at least temporarily, and 1t is to
be hoped that the convention will so
mould their various temperaments that
they may be induced to yield entire al
leqiance henceforth. There will be more
than 500 active organizations represent
ed. and in this representation Parnellites,
McCarthyites, and all other ties have
combined to share with the Nationalist
for the grand object to be attained. DIT
ferences of opinion must obtain there,
hut these will be more or less directed
in shaping the details which go to build
up the one grand thing aimed at.
In the same line are the words OF that
valiant Nationalist paper, the Ulster
Examiner. 1t says:
/ # is gratifying to learn from our Dub
lin correspondent that the success OF the
convention of the Irish race is now be-
yond all doubt. The Irish abroad are
sending strong and influential delega-
tions. The Nationalist at home, through
the branches of the National Federation
and other societies and associations priv
'ilexed to be represented, are by approx
ing resolutions and by the choice. OF ster-
ling Nationalists, showing that they are
not daunted by and do not Intend TO re-
main always dispirited by the troubles
and emba ira ssments which have over
taken the popular movement. Ihere
have been some famous gatherings OF
Irish delegates in the Irish metropolis
hut this will be the first occasion IN our
history of a convention at which the
Irish race at home and abroad have been
represented. The Irish in Great Britain
will send a large contingent, including
some men whose record goes back far
beyond the days of the modern move
rent for Home Rule. The Australian
and South African delegation will be
necessarily small, and 80 also will be the
United States and Canada delegations.
But what these exiles lack in numbers
will be more than compensated Tor in
character and representative capacity.
Perhaps no delegates are likely to meet
with a more cordial reception than those
from Canada, headed, as they will be, by
the gifted Archbishop Of Toronto, the
Most Rev. DR.. Walsh. -. o..
The Telegram asserts that mot dele
gate of representative character from
any quarter of the globe will appear at
the convention" This, which IS false
hood No. 8, we think is sufficiently re-
futed by the foregoing. Nevertheless