The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
kYEY WILL NOT BE INVITED.
ryr PARNELLITE LEADERS NOT IN
FAVOR IN SAVANNAH.

a.. Indications Given by Savannah
,risbmen of a Desire on Their Part
IN Have Lord Mayor Talon ana
No, Mr.. Redmond of Dublin In
,;ted 10 visit the City-MayOr My
ers writes the Secretary of the
New york Committee According
He Advises Them That They
,,ouId Not Further the Purpose
rbev Have in View by Visiting
savannah.
.r7s RI. Hon. Daniel Talon, Lord Mayor
If puhin. and John e. Redmond, NJ. P,
,-m address a gathering at the Academy
~ Music in New York for the purpose
..s,,netng interest in the subject of erect
Inc monument to the memory of the
r,rs charles Stewart Parnell, the once IA
nous Irish political leader
Hon Herman Myers, Mayor of Savan-
r,b will not be present to occupy a seat
,pon the stage, though having received a
.,rs.sfog invitation to do so. Neither will
mere be letter or telegram from the Mayor
- t7s chairman of the committee having
,bs affair IN charge extending an invita-,
,on 90 the honorable Lord Mayor and the
lion Mr. Redmond, in behalf of the Irish
citizens Of Savannah. to visit this city in
f1rtberance of their object.
The fact is that there seems to be no
craving on the part of Savaunahs Irish
ci-izens for the presence of the two WISH
to-s from The Emerald Isle and sympathy
with their mission seems to be also lack
ing This was very plainly evidenced yes
ter5av when the correspondence of the
.7airman of the New York committee,
which had been entrusted by Mayor Myers
10 Capt John r. Dillon, was returned to
the Mayor without any intinatlon from
can't Dillon or any one else tEat hey We're
aware of any desire on the part of their
Irish friends to have the Mayor extend an
invitation in their behalf TO Messrs. Talon
and Redmond After the failure of the day
before to secure a meeting of representa-
tive Irish citizens at the Mayors Office
TO discuss the adVisabiity Of inviting the
prompters of the Parnell monument fund
10 Savannah it was painfully evident that
further steps in the matter were unneces-
sary.
Mayor Myers accordingly addressed a
letter TO Mr.. H. G. Bannon, secretary of
the Parnel Monument Committee of New
York stating the situation here and in
formed him that owing to a division of
opinion among the Irish citizens of Savan-
nah he deemed it inadvisable to extend an
invitation to Messrs. Talon and Redmond
10 visit Savannah for the purpose they
have In view Newspaper clippings were
inclosed for the purpose of showing the
codness with which the suggestion was
received As evidence of the state of af-
fairs. he made mention of the fact that p
j. O'Connor, Esq, ex-president of the Ma
tonal order of Hibernians, and now pres
i5ent of the Catholic knights of America,
had replied to the invitation to attend a
meeting called to consider the matter that
for reasons best known TO himself he
could not attend the meeting, quoting this
portion of Mr.. O'Connor's letter. Mayor
Myers concluded by stating that he hardly
thought it worth while for the gentlemen
to visit Savannah, as he did not think
they would succeed in advancing the OBJ
ject they have in view though for his
part he would have been pleased to enter
tain them
Mayor Myers as has already been stat
cd had the matter brought to his attention
while in New York recently. After his re-
turn here he received an invitation to at
tend the meeting at the Academy of Music
tonight, and also a letter from Secretary
Bannon, altt4d!ng to a conversation in New
York and following up the question of hav-
ing an invitation extended to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin and Mr.. Redmond to visit
Savannah in furtherance of their object
Based upon this information and request
Mayor Myers took steps to ascertain the
wishes of the Irish citizens of Savannah
IN the matter. He is now satisfied on this
point and hence his letter of yesterday to
Secretary Bannon
1t was somewhat amusing, in this con-
nection to hear the confessions of prom
lnent Irish-Americans TO the fact that they
mad lost track of the political conditions
fkof IL
know when the subject was first preached
70 them with just what political faction
me Hon. Mr.. Talon and Mr.. Redmond
were allied hence their unwillingness to
commit themselves Even Mr. P J.
OConnor is said to have telegraphed Pat
TICK Ford, editor of the Irish World. for
Information as to the political affiliations
oil Messrs, Talon and Redmond
Inc issue of the Irish World, which ar
IHel mere yesterday, set at rest all doubts
winch the Irishmen of Savannah might
la'e mad on the subject of the political
s,atus Of Messrs. Talon and Redmond
Inc nrst article on the editorial mage is
column and a half roast for these two
Sehuemen in which they are charged with
eHs the leaders of a small faction which
hinlcal TO the best interests of the
.tisn party. 1t is further charged that
ny movement to erect monument to
uIAeiI IS not so much for the purpose of
.2noIlhg the memory that distinguish
sl ieader as to further the interests Of the
''Slioh Which these gentlemen represent.
,NQ'Wlthstanding the severe attack of
az, ~ lflsa World, it is evident that many of
e Ieadlng Irishmen of New York have
1Io-aled themselves with the Parnell
'Ynutnent movement. William Temple EN-
,a.9 the chairman of the New York Com
,tuUee' and his associates, being among
, most prominent Irish Americans Of
rnat city. The manner in which the move
tu' is received in New York is likely to
~ considerable reflex influence upon
sentiments of the Irish citizens of sa-