The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-08-29
I!HE DUBLIN CONVENTION.
Michael Davitt Discusses the Sub
iect in a Hopeful
Tanner.
Dublin IS Ablaze With Enthus'
r iasm Over the Coming Great
Event. ...-.. w..
From Every Corner of the Earth
Will Come Represent"
atiVeS.

/
A correspondent Of the Chicago Times
Herald. writing from Dublin, August 9,
SAYS:
| Whatever the Parnellite and Healyite
factions in parliament may say about
the. pan-Cclt:c reunion as "a flzzle," one
cannot be in Ireland for day without
Ireaiizing that the idea Of such a conven-
/ ton has caught the imagination OF irish
men in every quarter Of the globe. Let
tiers of acceptance are coming i'll from the
| United States, Canada. Australia, New
| Zealand, Jamaica and from such different
districts OF South Africa as Cape Town,
Kimberly and Johann asburg. The Irish
men OF the Rand nave instructed their
/! delegates to the convention of the Irish.
race in Dublin that they shall not ally
| themselves with any section OF the Irish
parliamentary party, Dut shall by all
honorable means, and TO the best OF their
| ability, endeavor to unite all sections In
one solid body and under one common
| leader.
s'The delegates this copy OF i'll
strnctions may be taken as the type OF
! most of the others, from different quar-
| ters. shall inform Messrs. John Dillon.
John Redmond and T. Healy that the:
irish people on the Rand, in common
| with their countrymen ali over the world,
regret and 1eplore the unfortunate diff
| ferences existing between them, and that
we solemnly appeal to them to sink such
differences and act in unity for the cause
| of Irish nationality in the British house
OF commons
The delegation from Canada is a very
strong one, and among the Toronto rep
resentatives are Archbishop Walsh, Sir
| Frank Smith, Hugh Ryan and other lead
| ing citizens. Among those who will sail
! from New York on Saturday, Aug. "a,
are Thomas Adds Emmett, NJ. D., John
y. Crimmins, John Bvrne. Michael Muir
ply. William L. Brown, Patrick Gallagh-
| er. Martin T. McMahon, T. G. O'Sulliyan,
! and Joseph P. Ryan, New York City
James Duggan, Norwich Conn; Dennis
}O'Rei!ly, Edward Tracy. Patrick Kinney,
John w Corcoran, DR.. P. j. Timmons,
Rev. Dennis @ Caliaghan, Boston; Ed
nuud O'Connor, Binghampton N. y;
John eastman, James O'Sullivan, M. D.,
NJ. Fitzgerald, Manchester, N. H.; Rev.
George f. Marshall. Milford, N. H.; M
J. Ryan and Patrick Dun]evy, Philadel-
phia; T. C. Boland, Scranton, Pa; John
B. Devlin, John Quincy and Edward
Mackin, Wilkesbarre, Pa; John Fahey
! and Patrick Cox, Rochester. n. Y; Tino-
| thy Moroney New Orleans, La; Col. j.
r. Burke, Atlanta, Ga. james +. Min
turn and Rev. Father Tighe, Jersey City;
! Patrick Martin, James Doyle, Colonel
| Morris and Bernard Dorohue, Baltimore;
M. Gavin. Memphis, Tenn. ~
! [ have been familiar with Dublin for
fhi,tv vQarc and now I
! look around me. after an absence Of nine
| years, I feel great satisfaction in being
able to say that Dublin seems TO me more
gay and jubilant this morning than I
ever remember to have seen it. Perhaps
the fine weather and the good crops ac-
count for it, or it may be that the dele
gates to the convention who have come
or a holiday two weeks ahead OF time
| add new hustle and variety to the streets;
! but l certainly saw more people around
the city this morning than I ever saw
before at such an early hour.
TWO Chicago men, Major Mcclure and
Captain William Buckley, have been here
fer some time, and are more Hibernian
! than the aborigines. Major Mcclure
made capital speech on Wednesday ey
eriins at the monthly meeting of the Ma
tional Federation in Rutland Square,
Michale Davjtt, NJ p. presiding. The
crowd WAS big and enthusiastic. After
/ the chairman had concluded the speech
/ in wilici, lie fully explained the aims
| and methods of the coming convention
! he said ''Bafore Call upon Alfred Webb
! will ask Major Mcclure to address the
meeting. I wish to say to the major-if
] he does not know it sulraady-tf,at we are
not afraid OF physical force ideas in Ire
Hand If !l2 is an advocate of physical
force he ,nilI not frightasl rs by putting
| his ideas before us. We will Ee glad to
! bear him, because We know that he has
! always been a. stsnah supporter Of the
Irish cause IN tfe great city Of Chicago,
| where we have always iad some OF the
truest friends We co1:i:i possibly have
across the Atlantic.
! Now, haze known the major for many
years in Chicago, and EnaS that he
/ was tiD-tOD at tete-a-tet2, nut had YET
to .eal;l that upon q g1eat public occa-
sion he could Issue forth like (. yeritable
Chicago edit;on-reyised and corrected
| Of the boy orator Of the Platte. He began
| by saying that when he entered the room
he had no iCsa of being called upon for I,
speech NJ He came to learn something for
lthe benefit of the cause in Chicago. He
was sprung from an old Irish Presby-
terian stock. like John Mitchell and John
/ Martin and had to leave Belfast years ago
because Of the opinions he then held and
/ still entertained.
! Like Mitchell, he was descended from
the men who met in the Presbyterian
church in Dungannon and swore that Ire
|. land by right belonged to the Irish and
lthat no foreign power should rule over
Them After reviewing the recent legis-
lation, which he characterized as ridicu-
|lous, he gave some good advice. The
Irish people must be firm aud determined
Land get a little of;the American spirit into
! them The majority should rule. There
! should be 40 minority faction, kicking
and fighting and snafling. There could
be only one party in which the power
was vested by the people He hoped that
| God would bless the deliberations Of the
convention and that prosperity and s!lc-
lces5 would be the result. The major Was
hoard with marked attention and res
Icelved several hearty rounds Of applause
/ AS you may have heard more about
1.-THE squabb!i in London than about the
lfreal poaition here in Dublin. take the
Iopp.ol fun of sayins hat III ssold
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