The herald., 1896-09-04
enjoy Themselves After Time.
HOnOred Customs
DILLON WAS NOT DUcKED
Because the Police Arrived Ia Time to
Prevent II
The National Convention Asks Amnesty for
PoliticaI Prisoners ami Will Issue
an Appeal for Funds
ssociated Press snecial Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
DUBLIN. Sep. 3.-With the Most Rev.
erend Patrick O'Donnel in the chair, the
third days session of the Irish national
convention opened at II o'clock this
morning. Dean Harris of Toronto c..h-
mediately commenced a heated talk
upon the Dublin newspapers. asserting
that they "foully insulted the delegate
from Ottawa, Mr.. Heaney. in charging
than he was a companion and consort of
the spy. LIE Caron."
In a moment the air resounded with
yells of Coward" traitor" etc. When
order was somewhat restored, Dean
Harris described Heaney's career in
Canada, asserting that it was most hon.
orable, and finally called upon the Ot-
tawa delegate to stand up. Heaney made
a telling speech in which he repudiated
the charge against him. He was loudly
cheered.
Discussion on the home rule resolu-
tion offered by John Dillon was re-
sumed.
P. ]. Ryan Of New York repudiated
the assertion attributed to the Parnell
press that the American delegates were
nohing more than "a lot of tramps." In
80 doing Mr.. Ryan explained in detail
the position and qualities Of the Ameri-
can delegates, asserting that they were
representative citizens and we'll worthy
of representing the Irishmen Of the
United States
Continuing, Mr.. Ryan urged Mr.. Dill
Ion to "mecilessly crush everyone stand
ing in the way Of unity" and pledged
him the support of every American in
carrying out this policy. A home rule
resolution, re-asserting the Immortal
claim of Ireland as a nation" and de-
claring the necessity of maintaining the
Irish parliamentary party absolutely
independent of English political parties
was then unanimously adopted.
Michael Davitt moved resolution in
favor of granting amnesty to all politi-
cal prisoners and in so doing he strongly
denounced the system Of semi-starva-
tion meted out to them, and compared
the treatment of Irish political prison.
ers with that of DR.. Jameson and his
companions undergoing terms of i'm
prisonment for participation in the
raid of the Transvaal. The amnesty
resolution was also supported by Dele
gate O'Hara of Baltimore. Md, and Mr..
Phillips, PENNSYLVANIA delegate, and
was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. T. p. O'Connor, M p, proposed
the grateful thanks of the people of Ire
land to the delegates from the United
States and Canada, amid tumultous ap-
plause. Dean Harris of Toronto re-
turned thanks. Mr.. O'Connor's motion
was carried unanimously and then Dean
Harris proposed resolution which was
carried, calling upon the Irish parlia-
mentary party to issue an appeal for
funds this autumn to the Irish through
out the world.
Following the close of thee onvention
there was almost riot in Sackville
street and Mr.. John Dillon and number
of his friends were compelled to seek
refuge in the Imperial hotel. After leav-
ing the hall Mr.. Dillon, escorted by fifty
or sixty members of the convention.
walked up Sackville street, which was
densely crowded. The delegates were
followd by a noisy mob of about 1000
Dublin roughs who had been gathered
about theh all and who were evidently
not in sympathy with the Dillonites.
The leader Of the mob kept shouting,
ITO hell with Dillon etc, and missiles
began flying through the air. To these
cries the Dillonites replied by singing,
God Save Ireland, increasing the riot
Gus demonstration. The police on duty
were not able to cope with the roughs
and reinforcements had to be hurried
to the scene. The police soon turned
into Sackville street in strong numbers
and were just in time to stop what was
beyond a doubt growing into riot and
which might have had most serious con-
sequences, for there were theats of
lynching, thrashing and ducking Dillon,
causing him and his party hurriedly to
take refuge in the Imperial hotel, which
was afterwards surrounded by strong
force of police which kept the rioters at
bay.
John Dillon, speaking to the Associ-
ated Press representative, said: cat
least one hundred Parnellites and one
hundred and fifty Healyites have been
present. Yet so impressed were they at
the sincerity and unity of the delegates
that none of them raised voice of pro-
test to deny or dispute anything.
ut is charged that the priests are
against us; yet over four hundred were
present and were eager supporters.
The success achieved far exceeds our
most sanguine hopes.
Regarding the future desire to say
to the American people through the AS
sociated Press, in the most unmistak-
able way possible, that while tonight
after the greatest success ever achieved
for any Irish convention called as this
has been, still uphold and repeat my
offer to stand aside with Healy and
Redmond If they come together and
choose leader for all the nationalists;
yet If they are unwilling in the cause OF
Ireland to do this. then I will execute
the mandate received from the conven-
tion and will fight for unity to the last
gasp. We will have unity even If we
lose many members of the party, and on
unity we will go to the caountry."
Francis Sworn In s~
WASHINGTON. Sept. x-Governor
Francis off Missouri at 12.3O o'clock TO-DAY