The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-12
GLADSTONE'S NAME KISSED
ALLUDED TO AS STHE"ENG GLISHMAN
 WHO BETRAYED IRELAND"

John Redmond's Address to Irish Inde-
 pendent League-wilIiam Redmond's
 Passionate Words in Pronunciation of
 England-He Calls Her a "Bully, Pi-
 rate and Savage"
 Dublin, Oct 1.-The first general na- tional convention of the Irish Indepen- dent league, organized by John Red- mond, M. P, the Parnellite leader, was opened this afternoon in the Ancient Concert rooms here. Eight hundred delegates packed the hall, and partici- pated in cheering vociferously every point in the speeches which met with their approval, and in jeering the names of Dillon, Healy and Davitt, as well as hissing the name of MT. Gladstone, when MT. Redmond characterized him as "the Englishman who betrayed Ire- land.' Every reference to the struggle of 179S as greeted uproarously, particu- larly MT. Redmond's reading of the oath taken by the Revolutionists. All the speeches paid tribute to the patri- otism of the late Charles Stewart Par- nell, and warm cheers greeted the en- trance of the Redmonds, John Parnel1 and Patrick O'Brien into the hall John Redmond i'll a long speech de-
 nounced the liberals for abandoning home rule, and declared that the only hope of Ireland as in independent ac- tion,without any alliance with the Eng fish parties, explaining that the Dillon- | ties want an "emasculated system of federation, sort of glorified vestry, in-
 stead of free parliament He said there could be no reconciliation with the Dillonites unless the latter and their liberal allies reinstated home rule in the first plank in their platform, and promised to appeal to the country if tho house of lords defeated home rule. Resolutions were adopted reaffirming that the Irish question can only be set- tied by the concession of national self government, and calling upon all menl-
 bers of parliament who for the last few years have pursued a mistaken policy" to "rejoin the independent par- ty, unite upon the principles of Charles Stewart Parnell, and demand the re- lease of political prisoners, as an act of simple justice and humanity" Resolutions were also adopted urging the Irish everywhere to commemorate the centenary of 1798, denouncing the government for repudiating the report of the royal commission on the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland, expressing regret at the neces- sity of raising a Parne11 family fund, calling upon Irishmen generally to re- spond to the appeal and thereby re- move from Ireland the stigma of in- gratitude for the priceless services and devotion of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, and calling upon Messrs. Dill Ion, Davitt and Harrington to repay out of the portion of the Paris fund al- loted for that purpose, the 95,00O due to the Parnell estate.
 Louis Stuyvesant Chandler was call- ed upon, and he made a speech, assert home rule until they were united, and expressing the opinion that they should not ally themselves with the tories or Liberals, because both the English government and Englishmen are never
 just, and never do a generous act un- less forced to do it by fear"
 The climax of the convention was reached during the speech delivered by
 MT. William Redmond, M. P. Incfden- tally he said that when the Dillonites rejected Parnell they "alienated the United States, thus killing the goose
 which laid the golden egg"
 | Continuing, MT. Redmond said he would never walk into any room to be controlled by Dillon and Healy, though he was for unity, adding: with all the royal precessions throughout
 streets, it is time for Irishmen to say
 something. The great mass of the Irish people are to day, and will be- until
 liberty is given them, enemies of Eng
 land. England is a bully, pirate and
 savage. Whether in India or in Af
 rica, the bloody flag of the British en-
 pire has been advanced by plundering
 and destroying the poor people. Our
 sympathy goes out to these poor peo-
 pie. God bless them and give them suc-
 cess in their efforts. Three cheers for
 the men in India who are fighting Eng
 land''
 The delegates thereupon climbed up- | on their seats and shouted: Down with Britain"
 | The meeting had up to that point | been of a somewhat mild descriptions;
 but, much denunciation of England and talk of 1798 followed. MT. Kelly of
 Manchester, for instance, saying that
 Ireland would have her jubilee in 1893 | lover the attempt of honest men to do
 honest work for Ireland
 | There was also much denunciation of
 Great Britain's proposal to give Ireland
 a Catholic university, the participation
 of the priests in politics being de- nounced.
 | The Healeyites were characterized as
 the "assassins of Parnell,' but there
 were no discords whatever, the resolu- tions were all adopted with enthusiasm
 and the reading of a cablegram from
 the Irish Independent league of New
 York was heartily cheered.
 SENORITA CLSNEROS IN NEW FORK. | She is Joyfully Received at Headquarters