The Irish standard., 1908-10-10

1rishman in Ireland. rich or poor, high
or low the right to own and keep his
own rifle or other, firesrm OH payment
of $3.50 per annunl-a thing unkncwn
for many generations. 1t may be news
to some of the people who wan, us to
declare war upon the British arr.y and
navy.
In view of these things feel JUS
titled in saying that the cry Of those
who wculd have the Irish party with.
draw from parliament and rssor. to
the upbuildings of an Irish army au.i
navy to free Ireland is simply silly. I
further believe that no man living
thousands Of miles away from the
scene of battle has a right to dictate
the policy to be pursued. And we, the
representatives of the Irish party.
represent ireland, the nationalist. OF
Ireland as they have expressed their
wish through ballots"
To show the need Of funds Mr.. Red
mond then read an "anti-home rule >
appeal for funds to fight the cause
among the electorate Of England sign
de by over score of the dukes. eorls,
lords, marquises and other titled land
lords of ireland.
Three hundred thousand dollars was
called for and the first response from
these wealthy foes OF ireland was
100000 Our people are poor. and
without the aid Of the Irish race in u
fight against such odds of powev and
wealth, the long and weary contest
will have to struggle OIL for many
more years. In. spite Of all this we
are beating them, and we ask our kith
and kin and the friends of liber'y liz
America to sustain us with moral and
material aid for a little while '..nEer,
and we must win. But even II you
abandon us. we still will fight ard
with Gods help will triumph.
II belle. &c in the coming of homo
rule much in the same way. AZ be-
lieve in the existence Of God. IL We. =
saerilege to believe otherwise
Contributions Come Rapidly.
The meeting was then turned over
to Levy Mayer. who. after 2 ,fhor- ad-
dress, asked who would gain the hon.
or Of making the first contribution. Ne
dill Mccormick made donation Of
$500 and Levy Mayer covered It with
another $500. Charles F. CoLke is
not in the habit Of taking s.coni ]
place and he speedily put up 81 third
$500. Then Judge NbridEe Hanecy
handed in $500. According to the Tri-
bune report $50 subscriptions rolled
ur to about $500, $25 env. opes
reached about $500. The United
Irish Societies pledged $1,000. Then
smaller amounts from $50 down pour
ed in until it was estimated that fully
$4,000 had been subscribed
| In the meantime the chairnla in
troduced Mr.. Joseph Devlin, Nj T..
who, owing to the latcness Of the hour.
made only a brief address. but suffi-
cient to show that the Irish gift Of
eloquence and classic diction is not
the least of Mr.. Devlin's accomplish
| ments in addition to his reputation as
fearless, tirelcss and able worker in
his countrys cause.
Although very late, sturdy John
F'itzgibbon gave All absorbing, btcause
we'll drawn, picture Of the change of
affairs in Rosconmon county, of which
he is chairman. You men of Ros-
common know said lie. that when
you were at home the craftsmanship Of
the county was beyond the reacl, Ct
the people, and the close possession OF
the lords. Thank God the loris are
going and the people are coming into
their own" The meeting then closed
with the reading Of resolutions by
Hon. FrSnk j. Barry and the singing
of God Save Ireland" by Hon. Mich
ael McInerney, the audience rising and
joining in the chorus.