Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-03
HARMONY THROUGH COERCION
7. P. 0Connor Demands that DissensiOn Be
Crushed by Determination,
7lsA FACTIONS RESOLVE FOR UNION
Foreign Delegates Resolve to supp1y
Financial Aid to IA Parties
Represented ut the
on-DilIon's Plea.
tcorytlsht. 1896. by the Associated press.l

(Copyright. 1896, by the Associated Press)
DUBLIN, Sept. 1.-The national Irish con-
vention resumed its session at ii o'clock
this morning in Leinster hall with every
prospect Of a lively day before the dele
gates. There were rumors of war on every
side and little prospect Of the harmony which
the convention was organized to bring about.
Shortly after the convention had been
called to order Rev. Father Flynn moved the
appointment Of a committee Of arbitration
to be composed of home and foreign dele
gates with instructions to draft rules and
a platform to unite all the factions OF the
Irish party. The motion was greeted with
enthusiasm.
Mr.. r. Z. O'Connor, NJ. p, then took the
floor and his eloquence aroused the greatest
breezo of the day. He read Father Flynn's
original resolution, suggesting that a COM
mittoe be selected from the three sections
of the Irish parliamentary party to prepare
a basis of union, which resolution has since
been amended and which was believed to
have been written by Mr.. Timothy NJ. Healy,
NJ. p, himself. Mr.. O'Connor then fiercely
attacked the disruptionists who are fighting
the convention with every dirty eNpedient.'
Mr.. O'Connor's attack on the Healyites
was received with deafening cheers from
Dillonites and others, during which Canon
NuT0dnt Oh LOuuUu SutCttuth III uuldlIlLS
the floor and objected to Mr.. O'Connor's
language, which. he said, was defeating the
object which the convention had in view,
that of bringing about unity among irish
men Of all sections. A scene of great dis
order followed and was continued until
Canon Murnane was ruled out of order.
Mr.. O'ConnOr then resumed his remarks
and declared that the only way to kill dis
sensiOn was to crush 1t by the united de-
termination Of angry people and urged
AhA- yrApt al IN ufun tho rtG lnnl
means of uniting the Parnellites with the
Irish party. He appealed to the delegates
to uphold constitutional methods, which, he
added. If abandoned, meant a return to the
use of dynamite.
The discussion Of Father Flynn's resolu-
tion, which was the first test of strength
between the Dillonites and the Healyites,
was long and bitter and the resolution
was finally withdrawn in the interest of
harmony.
Later the convention adopted resolutions
recording its conviction that it was of the
first Importance that nationalist representa-
tives In Parliament should be reunited in
one home rule party, in which every sup
porter of that policy would be cordially re-
ceived and treated according to his capacity
to render service to the common cause.
Mr.. Edward Blake, NJ. P, moved a reso-
luton recognizing as an essential element
OF an effective party, the hearty co-opera-
tion and cheerful subordination of each
individual member of such a party. Mr..
Blake spoke at length on this subject, and
during the course of his remarks asserted
that a change was needful, as otherwise
there would be a collapse of the Irish par
liamentary party. Continuing, he said:
1--WE must abandon the ship or reorganize
the crew. The present situation is intoler-
able and must be ended"
Mr.. o. Fl. Higgins of Boston, Mass, sup
ported Mr.. Blake's motion in a speech which
was full of defense of England and the
resolution was eventually adopted.
Mr.. John Dillon, NJ. P, chairman of the
Irish parliamentary party, who received an
ovation when he rose to speak, moved the
usual home rule resolutions and called UPON
the men whose names were the shibboleth
of factions to meet in the autumn, abdica.e
as leaders and choose a new leader to whom
all can give unbrokGn support" Adjourned.
No decision had been reached on Mr..
Dillon's home rule resolution when the
convention adjourned.
A meeting of the foreign delegates was
held after the convention adjourned and.
following an animated discussion, a resoll-
ton was adopted that the foreign delegates
would hereafter afford financial support to
the parties represented at the convention.