Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1900-12-22

ton with an organization IN ireland. he
would go further than that and say that a
Parliamentary party in the House of
Commons was worse than no good If it
did not act with the organization in Ire
land, because a party in the House of
Commons which did not go with an
organization in ireland always deceived
the people, and unless the united repre-
sentatives of Ireland acted in hearty and
constant cooperation with the organized
people at home they might be perfectly
certain that the influences which were
brought to bear upon their representa-
tives in London would prevail, and that
those representatives would forget the
people who sent them to the House of
Commons. If they really desired to
sweep landlordism out of the country
and to enable the people to live in pros
perity and peace in the land they must
look to their own parochial organizations
and after that to any party in Parliament
which would take its directions and
work in close cooperation with the peo-
pies organization in Ireland. That
brought him to consider for a moment
the present situation. They had made
a fresh start in Ireland. The great split
which had divided the National ranks
for the last ten years had been brought to
a termination and a new start had been
made. They owed that start to the in
fluence of the United Irish League, and
but for the spread of that organization
through Ireland and the late general
election they would have been divided
into hostile camps, as they were
before. In one of the resolutions
they called upon the delegates from
the country to use their influence at
the convention against the inclusion Of
any man who had persistently flouted the
decision of the great National convention
held last Jnne. He agreed with that res
0lution and he wanted to ask every man.
present whether. in going to this great
convention in Dublin they meant bust
ness or notl When the convention was
admitted to be fully representative of the
whole OF Ireland its mandates must be en-
forced, or they never could have unity in
Ireland. If they were not enforced, he
asked what would be the use of delegates
going to Dublin. He trusted and believed
that the voice of National Ireland would
at the next convention insist on the man.
dates of the convention of June being en-
f. - f,,Ila TerT srno ocf
the convention decided that the League
as then constituted was and should be
recognized as the only National organiza-
ton in Ireland. 1t then directed that the
Directory of the United Irish League
should have control of the general cleo
tons and should have control of the
funds provided by the people for the gen.
eral elections, and therefore he said that
the new party was, according to the de-
cision of the convention, to be United
League party, and it was absurd for any
man to contend that in the new party,
which would be constituted at the next
convention, any open avowed enemy of
the League should find a place. What
the county and the Irish race throughout
the world demanded was that in the new
party-be it large or small, whatever its
numbers may be--there will be unity.
How could the country expect unity if
they constituted a party of friends and
enemies of the United Irish League. On
the very day on which they made
a new party they would have two Sec
tions-the friends and the enemies of the
League, and he said therefore this was
a question that must not be decided by
any individual. but by the delegates of
the people-and if they were wise,
and he had unlimited trust in the wis
dom Of the peoples representative
they would take care that at the start
of the new party there was no element
of discord. and that it was composed of
friends and supporters of the United
Irish League, and that they would have
harmonious and united party, which
would fight the battle of Ireland in the
House of Commons on the old lines, and
let any man who liked stand outside that
party-they made no objection to him
but he thought that in time every honest
Nationalist would Join the party. If any
man wanted to come into the Irish party
he should do SO through the United Irish
League. They wanted no back doors or
no enemies of the League planted in the
heart of the party, for II they had enemies
of the League in the party they could
have no peace. People said to him to
admit that man or this man into the Irish
party and II he did not conduct himself
properly they could put him out. Yes.
but that meant that they were to COM
mence the career Of new period Of fresh
discord and fresh faction. Give them
new party and an organized country be-
hind it and then the people could call
upon the party justly to fight the battle
OF the people with confidence. with cour-
age and with success but unless the peo-
pie gave them united party they could
not make that appeal to them. Continu-
ing, he pointed out that for the past ten
years they had received no assistance
from Irishmen abroad, but since the re-
union in the Irish ranks money COM.
menced pouring in again.
Richard inches, late M. P. for South
Louth, also spoke. Patrick Brady, Of
BalIinamore, supported the resolutions,
which were adopted.