The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
John E. Redmond, Patrick A.
McHugh and Thomas 0'DOn-
NELL Irish Members of ParIia-
ment viii Visit Worcester
MECHANICS HALL TOO
SMALL FOR RECEPTION
Mayor 0'ConneII viii Preside at
the Big Meeting and Francis
P. McKeon Will Conduct the
Overflow Meeting in Washburn
HaII-ReCordS of Men

The biggest event thar has happened
among the Irish societies of Worcester
for several years is scheduled for We'd
nesday night, when John E. Redmond,
Patrick A. McHugh and Thomas
O'Donnell, Irish members of the Brit
ish Parliament, will tell the story of
Irelands recent troubles and the eff
forts that are being made to relieve
them to a representative audience OF
Worcester county Irishmen. The meet
ing is not confined alone to the mem
hers of the race in Worcester Big
delegations have signified their inten-
ton of coming from Fitchburg, Leo
minister, Clinton, Leicester, Blackstone,
Uxbridge, Spencer, Millbury and west
boro, insuring a cordial greeting for the
Irish ENJOYS. The sale of tickets Tor
the reception at Mechanics Hall is al
ready so large that the committee in
charge has found it necessary to hire
Washburn Hall for an overflow meet
ing. Mayor Philip ]. O'Connel Will
preside over the main meeting, ana
Francis P. McKeon, principal of Mill
bury Street School, has been elected
to preside over the Washburn Hall as
sembly.
The representatives of Ireland's cause
are now in this country to arouse in
terest in the movement, and they eX-
pect to tour the country from one END
to the other, addressing 1rishmen in
all the big cities. Worcester is one of
the fortunate cities to have the three
distinguished visitors speak, because
the itinerary that has been arranged
for them will necessitate split in the
near future. Mr.. Redmond is to jour-
ney across the continent to San Fran
cisco, leaving his associates to address
the meetings in the Middle West.
The object of their present trip to
the United States is best explained by
Mr.. Redmond himself, who says: our
object is to explain to our American
friends, and especially to the people of
our own race. Just how the situation
stands in Ireland at present, and the
position of the Irish national cause.
1t is well that they should realize what
an absolute reunion there has been in
all the national forces of the old coun-
try. There never was a time when
real unity among the Irish race was
more likely to be of benefit to the ma
tional cause than today.
England is not only completely iso-
lated from the public opinion of the
world, but she is divided among her
own people She is weak and despised
at home ana sseaten to her knees in
South Africa by the brave burghers of
the Boer republics. Mr. Chamberlain
and the Tory press, which speaks Tor
him, have said that l have come to
America to address murder clubs be-
cause my colleagues and l have come
to tell the people of our own race and
our friends of other races that this
Irish national movement has again
powerful force in Ireland and that we
are banded together to fight to fin
ish in the near future. MIR. Chamber
lain's name will be eXecrated by the
whole world when the Irish cause will
have reached its final triumph.
Il have not come to America on any
begging expedition. Neither have my
colleagues. What l mean by that is
that the Irish people themselves, out
of their own poverty, have contributed
during the past year and half enough
to maintain the national movement, so
far as the support of it's Parliamentary
party is concerned l have no doubt
that the same will be done in the flu
ture. But outside the needs of the
Parliamentary party there stands a
great popular organization in Ireland
which is engaged in the task of fight
ing landlordism, of securing the people
in their own homes, of endeavoring to
break up the rich grass lands and dis
tributing them among the people in
stead of having them held by few in
dividuals. This work can only be car
ried to a successful conclusion by
somthing in the nature of a revolu-
ton similar to that accomplished by
the Land League.
IF any portion of our race in Amer
lea choose to hold aloof and give no
aid to us to fight the battle of Ireland
which do not believe for a moment
of course they are free to act on their