The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-15
A PARLIAMENT IN COLLEGE GREEN.


A PARLIAMENT IN COLLEGE GREEN.
Last Tuesday an aggregate assem-
bly, of delegates from all parts of Ire
land, including seventy-tive members
Of parliament who absented them
selves from Westminster, met in Dub
lin to discuss matters pertaining TO
their native land. 1t was a national
convention in every sense of the word,
and judging from the meagre de-
spatches to American papers its pro-
ceedings were watched with consider
able interest by the British press.
John Redmond, the Irish parliament
airy leader. opened the meeting and
presided thercat. The Rotunda was
filled to it's utmost capacity by sew
eral thousand delegates representing
county councils, borough corporations,
district councils, branches of the Unit
ed Irish league and kindred bodies,
and Mr.. Redmond was right in calling
the assemblage "the parliament of the
Irish people,"
One celebrated Irishman was not
overwhelmingly NJ. Healy, NJ. p. and
Q. G. In defiance Of William O'Brien
he went over to London and partici-
pated in the work of the British par
lament. He may regret his temerity
in defying the will of the Irish Nation
alists, for by 4 resolution introduced
by William O'Brien the doughty Tim
was excluded from the councils of the
Irish parliamentary party. The fact
that out of thousands of delegates only
twenty-five voted against the resolu-
ton shows that William O'Brien
yields tremendous influence in Irish
national affairs.
The London Daily News recognizes
his standing with his countrymen and
refers to him as "a generous, single
minded enthusiast, of whose fervent
pau IOIlSu4 IuCLC Citll DG uV uOuDl.
The British paper is sharp enough to
see that William O'Brien is an unset
fish Irishman whose sole object in pub
lie life is to elevate his country to the
rank of a free nation, and that he is
willing to make any personal sacrifice
to attain that end. He is altogether 4
different man from Healy, who has
been a disruptionist for the past ten
years and is apt to remain so until he
wears the ermine like Peter O'Brien.
A man like Healy deserves not the
confidence Of his countrymen any long
er, and it is well that the representa-
tives of Ireland in national convention
assembled have administered to him
a rebuke which may bring him to his
senses or compel him to join the che
my openly and receive his reward for
his betrayal. 1t is useless for Tim
Othy Harrington to espOuse the cause
of Healy in the face Of the action of
the national convention, and if he con-
tinues as his advocate he may meet
the same fate as his unruly client. 1t
is high time that peace and unity exist
among the Irish leaders.
The recent elections demonstrated
that the Healyites had lost their grip.
and like sensible men they should bow
to the voice Of the majority. Healy
himself could accomplish great good
by cooperating with the Irish party,
but he won't do it, and consequently
he deserves to be excluded from its
councils for his recalcitrancy. For
some unaccountable reason Uealy has
been endorsed in his course by the
Catholic clergy. and one of them at
the convention tried to save him from
the humiliation in store for him by
proposing an amendment to O'Brien's
resolution which was rejected over
whelmingly.
Resolutions of sympathy for the Beers
were adopted unanimously ut the
Dublin convention, and the same were
ordered to be cabled to the president
of the Africandcr Bund After an ad-
dress by John Dillon on the cruelty Of
the Boor war. the assembly broke
forth into fierce cries and protests
against the British government,