The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-12
"Bloody Flag of the
British Empire Ad=
vanced by Plunder
{ and Destruction"

| Stuyvesant Chandler, of New York.
Aid John Reilly read telegram from
| the Independent Irishmen of Boston,
Mass, which said: 1--WE stand by Par
nell's policy, and urge the government
| to disgorge its plunder in the face of
| the distress existing, and we send $lOO
| as evidence of our good faith
The reading of this message was fol-
lowed by three cheers for the stars
and stripes.
Mr.. Redmond. in a long speech, de-
! nounced the Liberals for abandoning
home rule, and declared that the only
hope of Ireland was in Independent ac-
ton, without any alliance with the
English parties, explaining that the
Dillonites wanted the "emaculation
system of federation, a sort of glor1fied
vestry, instead of free parliament. .
Continuing, Mr.. Redmond said there
could be no reconciliation with the
| Dillonites, unless the latter and their
Liberal allies reinstated home rule as
| the first plank in their platform, and
promised to appeal to the country, If
the house of lords defeated home rule.
Resolutions were adopted reaftirm-
ing that the Irish question can only
be settled by the concession of nation
al self-government, and calling upon
all members Of parliament, who, for
the past few years have pursued a
mistaken policy" to "rejoin the inde-
pendent party, unite upon the prlnc1-
pies of Charles Stewart Parnell, and
demand the release of the political
prisoners as an act of simple justice
and humanity.
Resolutions were also adopted urging
the Irish everywhere to commemorate
the centenary of 1898, denOuncing the
government for repudiating the report
of the royal commission of the finan-
cial relations between Great Britain
and Ireland; expressing regret at the
necessity of raising Parnell family
fund and calling upon Irishmen gen
orally to respond to the appeal, and
"'thereby remove from Ireland the
stigma of ingratitude for the priceless
services and devotion" of the late
Charles Stewart Parnell, and calling
upon Messrs Dillon, Davitt and Har-
rington to pay out of the portion of
the Paris fund allotted for that pur-
pose the $4,000 due to the Parnell es-
tate"
Mr. Chandler, who was called upon
to address the convention, made a
ringing speech, asserting that the
Irish would never achieve home rule
until they were united, and expressing
the opinion that they had not allied
themselves with the Tories or the Lib
erals, because both the English gov
just, and never do a generous act un-
less forced to do it by fear
The proceedings of the convention
were finished this evening, and the
predictions made of revolt against
the leadership of John Redmond
proved entirely unfounded. The dele
gates cheered him enthusiastically,
and, on the adjournment. they warmly
praised his speech, pronouncing it to
be most able outline of the policy
of the Irish Independent league.
LONDON, Oct. 11.-Timothy Healy,
anti-Parnellite member of parliament
for NOrthlouth, who has just returned
from a tour in Ireland, says, in the
course of an interview: "The potatoes
are generally bad, but the crops have
been saved where the farmers had the
sense or money to spray them. No
doubt there will be keen distress in
the southern and southwestern cuun-
ties during the coming winner and
spring. In some plasces it may ap-
proach starvation" Mr.. Healy admit
ted that there had been some eXageer-
alton of the difficulty, as he said the
fact that the landlords belittle the
stories of dearth makes the other side
more insistent in order to get hear
ing. He expressed the hope that the
recent improved weather had partial
ly relieved the situation.