Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-17
In Principal and to John Red
mond IS Entrusted Suit
able Amendment.
a REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING.
Irish Wit and EIoquence sustains Its
ACCOMPLISHMENTS from Audi
ence Quite General--conferenc 10
Be Held Saturday.

Dublin, April 17-By a unanimous
vote the Irish National convention &C
cepted in principle the Irish land bill
introduced in the house of commons
by Mr.. Wyndham, chief secretary for
Ireland, and entrusted to John Red
mond and his party the task of seetr.
ing in the house of commons that
serious amendment in various points
of vital Importance" which the Ma.
tional convention may consider essen
tial The convention will outline the
shape that the amendments should
take and on Saturday Lord Dunrayen.
Lord Mayo, Captain ShawTaylor,
John Redmond, William O'Brien and
T. w. Russell are likely to meet at a
round conference table to discuss the
landlord and tenants opinions on tho
land bill and try to arrive at a com.
mon basis of parliamentary action.
The proceedings at the convention
revealed discomfort with various fea-
lures of the bill, but nothing SO seri.
Gus as to indicate a danger of its ulti-
mate rejection. Even Michael Davitt,
who had an opportunity of dividing
the delegates into two bitterly oppos-
ing camps and who. amidst dramatic
excitement, subordinated his own
views, pledged himself to abide by the
verdict John Redmond and William
O'Brien triumphed over all objections.
Indeed, the DIRECTORS, save Michael
Dayitt, were scarcely given a hearing
by the delegates.
An Enthusiastic Audience.
Every available seat in the round
room Of the mansion house was taken
by the delegates. who surged up the
aisles in solid mass and overlooked
the surrounding rooms. For six hours
without a break the delegates sat or
stood listening to the speeches Of
their leaders, spiritual and political
Not for many day has such a repre-
sentative gathering been seen in Dub
lin. Irish wit and eloquence lived mp
to its reputation. Speaker after
speaker brought the audience to that
pitch of enthusiasm where hats We're
thrown up and men stood upon the
chairs yelling with delight. When a
platform speaker failed to please, com
ments from the audience supplied an
impetus to the motions The crowd
was irrepressible. Old men, white
haired relics of the land league. young
farmers, rising factors in the United
Irish league, fresh from the fields of
Connaught and Munster, country coun-
cillors, priests, young and old, rose
constantly from their seats to hurl
some intersection of approval or 9th.
erwise at the speaker. The force of
habit was far too strong to prevent
the sons of the soil from cheering
madly when some speaker referred to
the landlords as "blood suckers, -
which not infrequently brought the
response from the body of the hall,
ITO hell with them" Good man. +"
The audience would shout when viii
liam O'Brien Michael Davitt or some
other popular orator voiced the pre-
vailing sentiment.
Great Welcome for Russell.
Throughout the day this gathering
Of Irish tenants, so picturesque. so
terribly earnest, so swayed by the elo-
quence Of the Irish leaders, never
ceased to make a fit setting for the
heroic epithets in which the speakers
describe the convention and the is
sues depending its decision. Through
all the various waves of emotion John
Redmond sat in the chair impassive
and keeping order like Parnel," as
an old Nationalist said His head was
constantly endangered by the swing
ing hands and arms of the speakers
William O'Brien and Michael Dayitt
were the heroes of the hour. T. w
Russell, the Ulster member, who un.
expectedly appeared in the hall, re-
ceived great welcome from his for
mer opponents. Much significance is
attached to his presence, as he is not
. member of the Nationalist party.
Eager for peace but ready for war,
ir case the English wish to continue
was, to quote one speaker, the keynote
Of the convention.