The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-04
John. E.Redmond, Patrick MCHugh
and Thomas 0'DonneII Dele
gates of the United Irish
League, Speak in Carnegie Hall
PROCLAIM THE UNITY
OF PEOPLE AT HOME
And Ask Support of IriSh-Ameri-
cans in Making Government of
ireland by England Difficult
and Dangerous, and Finally
Impossible

New York, Nov. 3.-Irish-Americans
to the number of 5000 or 1000 gathered
at reception given at Carnegie Hall
tonight in honor of John e. Redmond,
M. p, leader of the Irish Nationalist
party in the British parliament. The
reception was given under the auspices
of the Amalgamated Irish societies in
| New York, the Irish Nationalist Club
and the United Irish League. The
boxes of the upper and lower tiers were
occupied by delegates from the various
Irish societies in this city.
Mr.. Redmond was accompanied by
Patrick McHugh and Thomas O'Don-
nell his fellow delegates from the
National League. William Temple
Emmett read a letter from Bishop
Clancy of Elpin, who is visiting the
| Bishop of Rochester, N. Y, in which
the bishop regretted he could not be
present and said: LAS a member Of the
! Irish Episcopate, l desire to emphasize
the fact that at present there is abso-
lutte unanimity amongst all classes of
| Irish nationalists regarding the present
Irish parliamentary party as the most
able and authentic spokesman Of the
| Irish cause, and as the most uncompro-
missing advocates of our country's in
| terests, that Ireland has ever sent to
the English House of Commons.
| W. A. McAdoo, former assistant sec
rotary of the navy was chairman of the
evening and introduced Mr. Redmond,
who said in part:
when l last spoke here ireland was
torn by discussions. She was divided,
distracted and weak. The leader who
had banded the Irish race together all
over the world, and had brought the
cause Of Ireland to the very threshold
of victory, had disappeared, the great
movement which his genius created had
been wrecked, the hopes of the Irish
race had been dashed to the ground,
and the enemies of Ireland were ex-
ultant and triumphant. Tonight, thank
God, the situation is changed. 1t is
true, unfortunately, that the grave can
not give up its dead; it is true that
there is no great political genius today
presiding over the councils of the Irish
nation. but the Irish people themselves
have come together again.
My object in coming here. is in the
first place, to proclaim the unity of the
people at home; second to explain the
unity which these people at home have
unanimously adopted and finally to say
| to the Irish race in America that If
they approve of that policy. they
ought to support it, but that whether
they support it or not, whether the
| Irish people at home are left in. this
crisis of their country's history to carry
on this struggle against England with
out the aid of their brethren through
out the world, or not, we at home are
disciplined enough, and strong enough,
and earnest enoU -, to carry on this
movement ourselves, and at any cost
we shall do So"
Mr.. Redmond said the policy of the
United Irish League movement was to
advance the national cause of Irishmen
| by making the government of Ireland
by England, as at present, both in Par
lament and out of it, difficult and
dangerous, and finally impossible.
| He said ii was proposed to accom-
plish this by means Of the United Irish
League organization the lineal sue
cessors of the Land League.
! Mr.. McHugh and Mr.. O'DonneI fol-
lowed Mr.. Redmond in speaking and
resolutions were adopted endorsing the
policy of the league and pledging the
support Of the meeting to its policy.