The age-herald., 1901-11-04
THOUSANDS GREET
 JOHN E. REDMOND
Irish Societies of New York
 Give Him Reception
REDMOND EXPLAINS VISIT
ProcIalms tho Unity of the Irish Peo- pie at Home and Asks the Irish Of Thls Country to Sup
 port Their Policy.

New Yc~k. November S-Irish-Ameri- cans to the number of three or four thousand from this city and vicinity gathered tonight at a reception given at Carnegie Hall in honor of John E. Red :. mond, leader of the Irish nationalist party in the British Parliament The reception was given by the Amalgamated Irish Societies in New York, the irish Nationalist Club and the New York Irish League.
 Mir. Redmond was ac ,ompanied by Patrick McHugh and Thomas o I'onell, his fellow delegates from the National League.
 William Temple Emmett read letter from Bishop Clancy of Elphin, who is visiting the Bishop of Rochester, N. Y., in which the bishop regretted he could not be present and said:
 "As member of the Irish Episcopate I desire to emphasize the fact that at present there is absolute unanimitv among all classes of Irish Nationalists regarding the present Irish Parliament ary party as the most able and authentic spokesmen of the Irish cause, and as the most unoompromising advocates of our country's interest that Ireland has ever sent to the English House of Commons"
 William McAdoo. former assistant sec retary of the navy, was chairman of the evening and introduced Mr. Redmond, who spoke in part as follows.
 MT. Redmond's Speech.
 When I last spoke here Ireland was torn by dissensions. She was devoted, distracted and weak. The grent leader who had banded the Irish race to the very threshold of H3sJ y. had disappear ed, the great movement which his genius created had been wrecked the hopes of the Irish race had been dashed to the ground and tho enemies of Ireland were exultant and triumphant Tonight. thank God, the situation has changed. It ,s true, unfortunately, that the grave cannot give up its dead. It is true that there IS no great political geniIs today presid ing over the councils of the Irish nation, but the Irish peopls themselves have come together again
 My object in coming here Is in the first place to proclaim the unity of the Irish people at home; secondly, to explain the policy 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 1t. but that whether they support 1t or not-whether the Irish people at home are left in this crisis of their coun- try's history to carry on this struggle against England without the aid of their brethren throughout the world. we at home are disciplined enough and strong enough and earnest enough to cary on this movement ourselves and at any cost we shall do so."
 Policy of Irish League.
 MT. Redmond said that the policy of the United Irish League movement was to advance the national cause of Irish men by making the government of Ire land by England in every department, both in parliament and out of parliament difficult and dangerous. and finally im- possible. He said it was proposed to &C., complish this by means of the United Irish League organization, the lineal suc- cessor of the land league.
 MT. McTIugh and MT. ODonnell follow ed MT. Redmond in speaking, and reso- lutions were adopted endorsing the policy of the league and pledging the support of the meeting to it's policy.