The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
Messrs. Redmond, McHugh and O'Don-
nell Interested Their Hearers
During Three Hours.
MOVEMENT TO FREE ERIN
Il AGITATORs DECLARE 1T HATES
TO FIGHT FOR ENGLAND.
Great enthusiasm Aroused by Pa
triotic Sentiments and Mr..
Erse.

O'DOnnell-stirred TO enthusiasm an audi
ence that packed Masonic Hall last night.
They had come to Indianapolis early in
the day and had met the leading Irish
American citizens at the Grand Hotel.
The women of the party had been received
by a committee of women. In the evening a
procession Of five hundred or more men,
headed by a band ard the Boys of Father
Mathew Brigade, had marched from Monu-
ment place TO the Grand Hotel and es-
cOrted the guests TO the hall. Messrs.
and McHugh are members of the
British Parliament. and they. with Mr..
O'DonneIl, are touring the United States
to create interest in the movement that is
directed toward Ireland's freedom from
English rule.
The hall was decorated with American
and Irish flags and on the balcony rail
were hung pictures of eminent men that
sympathized with the Irish cause and BAN
ners bearing patriotic sentiments. There
was a portrait of loom Paul' Kruger be-
side a printed declaration by Mr.. Redmond.
The sympathy of Ireland is with the
Beers" and a picture of the late General
Harrison with his statement that Il
would rather be William O'Brien in Tulla-
more JAN imam decorated WITH the star anu
garter of England"
When the visitors and their escort en-
tered the hall the band played THE Wear
ing of the Green and Killarney" and
the bass horn was especially fervent. The
audience cheered. and an elderly woman
in the third row of chairs from the stage
cried out, Three cheers for ould Ireland!'
This raised a laugh and she retorted, And
I'm not ashamed of it," AS the reception
committee appeared on the stage the
woman exclaimed in delight, "Nothin' but
Among these prominent men
were James Quigley, Frank b. Burke, JO-
seph r. Bell and Henry n. Span, the
pro-Boer. Maurice Donnelly introduced
Mayor Bookwalter as the chairman. Mr..
Bookwalter said the great audience repre-
sented the liberty loving people of Indian
apOlis and that the outpouring. though q
tribute of respect to the guests, also was
TO a greater degree a manifestation of in
terest I'm the cause they represented. He
said Irishmen have been for years fighting
the battles of the British and that in South
Africa their hearts are filled with sympa-
thy for the Beers while they are fighting
them. He said the city gave a warm
HoOsier welcome to the visitors.
MIR. REDMOND'S ARRANGEMENT.
When Mr.. Redmond arose to speak he
was greeted with general cheering. He is
the leader of the United Irish League. Both
he and Mr.. McHugh have gray hair and
mustaches. but they also have the appear
ance of youthful strength. Mr.. Redmond's
speech was of a quiet, practical nature.
He said in beginning that Ireland is more
determined to rule itself now than it was
fifteen years ago. He and his colleagues
bring the message to Irish Americans that
Irelard's hope is high and it will struggle
on, and that If its movement for freedom
is nrODprlV summarized n will win i'm a short
time. Ireland takes no pride in having
fought England's battles either at Waterloo
or in South Africa.
The land question lies at the root of Ire
lands misery, said Mr.. Redmond. But the
island is better off now than it was before
Parnell began his crusade. Then the Irish
were the slaves of the landlords and had no
incentive to industry. for the harder they
worked the higher went the rents. Parneil
lifted of a part OF the burden of rent and
capricious eviction. and under a govern
ment concession $4,000 Irish farmers are
buying their farms from the landlords.
But the scheme is slow and under it it will
be more than a hundred years before Ire
land is entirely free from landlordism. The
United Irish League is determined to force
the British government to make it COM
pulsory for landlords in Ireland to sell the
land to their tenants. The tenants are
willing to buy, said Mr.. Redmond. though
the landlords titles rest on robbery, muir
der and confiscatiOn. When the Irish farm
ers own their land and feel their indie
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fit soldiers to fight for Ireland's national
freedom If they are called upon.
The English people have their hands full
and their time Occupied by their own trOu-
bles now, said the speaker, and they pay
no attention to Ireland's affairs unless the
latter country makes itself a nuisance
and a danger, and that is what Ii is doing
now. 1t is England's chief embarrass-
ment, said he. that in its citadel are men
that rejoice at its trouble. He closed by
saying that 1t costs nothing for the Amerl-
n nrh1fO 70 nffan1 nro-Trfch praat41&- n~I
cheer. and what he had TO ask is support
for the United Irish League, not in money
but in branches of the organization. sc
that the Irishmen in the British Parlia-
ment may have a worldwide backing.
Mr.. McHugh described humorously and
sometimes cynically the hardships that
Irish agitators undergo for their cause. He
was six months in jail for c~ondemning jury
packing in his newspaper at Sligo. He
made his audience laugh often, but he
gained the same effect on il that Mr.. Red
mond had with his more serious style. Mr.
O'DOnnell followed Mr.. McHugh. He Is
younger than his companions and seemed
trying TO restrain warmer words. He said
that Ireland maintains its mother tongue
end is proud of its language and its flag
He reiterated what one of the other speak
ers had said-that the Irish were a civil
lied people when the English were savage
ERSE AND a RESOLUTION.
Speak some Irish now" cried some one
in the gallery.
MI. " DOnneu cOmplleu, ana the members
OF his audience that understood the Erse
could be marked by the eagerness on their
faces as they leaned forward to catch his
words.
The speeches lasted three hours, but the
audience was interested. at times fasci-
mated. and there was no lack of applause
Andrew NJ. Sweeney. chairman Of the COM
mittee on resolutions. offered the following
which was adopted by a rising vote:
BE il Resolved. That this large and en-
thusiastic assemblage OF representatives OF
extends 10 that matchless leader. the Hon.
John r. Redmond, and 10 his colleagues,
the Hon. Thomas O'DOnnell and the Hon.
Patrick A. McHugh a cordial cead mile
failthe as they enter our portals bearing
a message OF love and hope as the ac-
credited ENJOYS OF the united people OF
Ireland.
Resolved. That we have watched with
keenest interest the recent successful eff
forts 10 establish the United Irish League
in Ireland. and that 10 the furtherance OF
this glorious cause We now here gladly
pledge our moral and material support;
and that il IS the sense OF this meeting
that a branch, or branches. of the United
Irish League be organized in this city and
State TO aid in the advancement of the
cause that lies so near TO our hearts. and
that all men OF Irish birth or lineage be
invited TO membership therein.
Resolved, That once more England's adj
versity becomes Ireland's opportunity, and
under heavens guidance we will strike an
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