The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
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| Organization Formed to Succeed the Lane
League Resolutions Protesting Against
| an Anglo-Amerlcan Alliance.
Marshalltown, May 1O.-The repre-
i sentatives of the Irish-Amerlcans OF
Iowa met in this city to-day, pursuant
to the call issued by Hon. John Bren
nan, editor Of the Northwestern Cath
olic published at Sioux City, and after
a busy and interesting day closed theil
/ session at a late hour tonight with ar
elegant spread arranged by the loca
freshmen. The convention WAS called
for the purpose of formulating plans
for the formation of an organization tt
take the place of the present Irish LAND
League, and the purposes are we'll SCI
forth in the resolutions. 1t was decid
ed to hold state convention within
ninety days.
The leading spirit of the convention
was Mr.. Brennan, who is known tc
almost every Catholic in the west
Among other prominent Irish-Ameri
cans present were r. e. G. Lally OF
Denison, DIR. FITZGERALD and j. III.
Crosby of Cedar Rapids, and p. d. Nc.
Mahon of Charter Oak. Twenty OF
more were in regular attendance from
this city.
Father M. G. Lenihan, the temporary
chairman of the conference, called the
assembly to order at 1920 a. m. The
invocation was by Father Thomas Fitz-
gerald, and following this Mayor Pierce
was introduced to make the address OF
welcome.
Hon. John Brennan of Sioux City re-
sponded to the words of welcome.
A committee on permanent organiza.
ton was selected by Chairman Lehman
in the persons of Z. e. G. Lally of Den
ison, j. c. Welch. Marshalltown, and
DR.. Fitzgerald of Cedar Rapids.
Father Lehman, in closing the morn
ing session, referred farther to the OBJ
jects of the conference as one to secure
better conditions for Erin and also for
the Irish Americans of this country.
The Irish-Americans are not here by
tolerance, but by right. Lord Montjoy
in the British Parliament said that
England had lost America through ire
land, and now it was hoped that it
could be said that she had lost Ireland
through America. More than one half
of the army for independence were
Irishmen. Many of those who partici-
pated in the war of 1912 were of the
same nationality, and the rosters of
both the civil and the late Hispano--
American wars contain many lrishmen.
The committee on resolutions late
this afternoon recommended the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted
unanimously:
That we extend our heartfelt and
warmly sympathy to fathers and
mothers of our race whose patriotic
sons have so unselishly taken up the
gage of battle in behalf of the republic
and SO magnifcently fought to success
full issues alfour nations battles, in
Guiding the late Hispono- American
war.
That as American citizens we protest
against any alliance by this republic
with England or any other country,
still thinking with the father of his
country that the nations watchwOrd
oh no Fri vr,stb oil
entangling alliances with nOne."
That we view with satisfaction the
effort made by our kinfolk in Ireland
to rise above local strife and dissension
| and congratulate them on the latest
evidence of a restored unity shown by
Tue nationalists returned to county
councils, winch we hail as the precur.
sOr OF home rule and full national
| liberty.
That we favor holding a state con.
vention Of our race in Iowa to aid and
encourage in a financial and moral way
our brethren in the old land to secure
| the full measure of home rule and thus
attain the blessings of liberty and law
peace and prosperity necessarily incid
emit thereto.
That we favor and encourage thu
unity of all Irishmen at home an(
| abroad to the end that the Creates
good may be had in the near future fol
Ireland's freedom.
The most important action of the
entire convention came in the way O
an amendment to the original report O
the resolutions committee which wa
unanimously and enthusiastically adop
ted, providing for the appointment OF
committee of six, with the permanen
chairman as an ex-ot1icio member, an
instructed to call state conven ION o
rish-Americans at once.
The committee is instructed to wor
in harmony with the executive commit
tee of the Irish National league 9
Iowa aud prevail upon them to call
meeting at the same time of their ow
convention, but it for any reason thu
\ committee refuses to issue a call with
: thirty days then the committee appoin
> ed is instructed to call it.
$ Chairman Lenihan said this evenil