Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1900-12-22
Resolutions Were Adopted De-
claring Against DiscOrd
and DisuniOn.
Thomas McGovern Opposes the
Exclusion of Certain
Members.
ASSISTANCE RECEIVED FROM ABROAD

On SATURDAY, OeCculDci y P"Dh~
meeting, under the auspices OF the
United Irish League, was held in Cavan
for the purpose of furthering the organ
ization in the district. The meeting
was veIy largely attended. The priuci-
pal speakers were John Dillon, M. p,
and Mr.. McGovern, M. P.
Patrick McManus, presided, and said
in their Parliamentary representatives
they had a very fine army of soldiers
commanded by an able general (cheers).
Their duty was to maintain the Irish
members in the British House of Com
mons, and in order to do so they should
put their hands in their pockets.
Mr.. Hale proposed resolutions approx
ing of the principles of the United Irish
League, in favor Of Catholic University,
calling on the Parliamentary representa-
tives to do all they could to improve the
position of town tenants, and calling on
the local councils to provide laborers
and artisans with suitable dwellings.
He also proposed the following resolu-
tion-"That we consider the time has
now arrived that it will be impossible for
any man or set of men calling themselves
Nationalist to oppose the only national
organization now existing in the country,
and we are strongly of opinion that 1t
would be great calamity to the national
cause if any man was permitted to enter
the ranks of the Irish party who does
not agree to give hearty support to
the United Irish League, and we further
call upon all the delegates from the
county to use their influence at the conf
ing national convention against the
inclusion of any man who has persist
emily houted the decision Of the great
national convention held last June. -
Thomas McCovern, NJ. P. for West
Cavan, spoke in support of the resolu-
tons. He thanked them for having
elected him as their Parliamentary
representative. Having referred to the
evils of emigration, he touched on the
land purchase question. and said that
the best sign that compulsory land pur-
chase would come into force was that
the land agents were forming a society
through the country for the purpose of
getting compensation for themselves.
Referring to the resolutions, he said he
could not agree with the one calling for
the exclusion of certain members from
the Irish party. He thought they had
already had too much discord and dis
union during the past ten years. Those
dissensions had been the curse of Irish
politics, ard it was time they should
have an end of them. He thought every
man who was willing to work for the
country should have an opportunity for
doing so. They were not so large in
numbers that they could afford to lose
one man. He thought the Irish Parlia-
mentary party should be the custodians
of their own honor, and that they would
be able to assert it. He thought no man
was so mean that he was not able 10
strike a blow for his country. They
should try to get every man they could
into the organization. 1t was said that
great sinners made great saints, and who
knew but those men might undo all the
evil they had done, and act as good and
faithful servants in the future. Refer
ing to the question of Catholic Univer-
sity, he said they should agitate for the
disendowment of Trinity College. They
were all in favor of remedying the griev-
ances of town tenants, and of the labor
ers and artisans, who were entitled to
have a share in everything that was
going in the line of improving Their
condition.
Mr.. John Dillon, M. p, who was
loudly cheered. referred to the union
among Irish Nationalist, and said there
should be no mistake about II that the
work of recognizing the National forces
had been the work of the people them
selves, and he trusted that the people
having experienced for seven or eight
years the bitter fruit of disorganizatior
and of faction, would never tolerate any
man who sought to divide the National
ranks again. He hoped they would re
main united in the great work of killing
landlordism and driving II out of the
country. He wished to say word about
the burning question of landlordism. In
70 they raised the standard of rebellion
against that accursed institution of land
lordism. which was planted in this coun
try by the English Government to tram
pie upon the people and to keep dowr