The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-21
JOHN WARD, President.
VIM. DOHERTY, Yice-Pres.,
JOHN FOY, Rec. Secretary,
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JOHN sFOY, Rec. Secretary,
JOHN LCGUE, Treasurer.
In the course of this reply, Father
McDermott gave expression of heart
felt thanks to the members of the
Bsllybofey and Donoughmore Divis-
ions in presenting such an address OF
welcome. He had grown up amongst
them. had passed his boyhood years
in their midst. and now 1t was his
qualification to grasp their hand IN
the grip of Hibernian brotherhood. ~
was a happy day for him to take ms
place as brother amongst the trled
and true, whose boast it is-made In
al, humility--th they alone are up
holding the banner of true nationality,
that banner which has ever proudly
waved since the days OF Rory Ogi
O'Moore. The pleasure, too,Was ms
that, in these days of calumny and
wanton persecution carried on by Mr..
Cummings and his allies against the
Board of Erin, Hibernians bound by
allegiance to the Board of Erin. should
thus honor an annointed one of God,
giving the direct lie to those who have
1oolishly dared to assert that the A..
o. H. (Board of Erin) is not in unison
with the grand old Catholic church.
Conclusively Father McDermott prov
ed that Mr.. Cummings not only failed
in his recent socalled mission, but
much more misplaced the trust re-
posed in him by the A. O. H. in Am err
| lea MI Cummings has signally failed
because he opposed tie expressed
wish of the overwhelming majority
/ of the Irish poop e, who have de-
clared in season and cut OF season
their loyalty to Mr.. Redmond and the
Irish parliamentary party. Not only
SO. but Mr.. Cummings has misrepre-
sented the Irish in America who have
hitherto supported, and do support,
the parliamentary party, satisfied TO
! follow the dictum of the Irish people
4 in ireland, that expression of conf
dence in the parliamentary party peri
od'cally registered at the polls. And
precisely ON this point is the Board
/ of Erin at variance with Mr.. Cum.
mings and the Clan ne Gael. The A.
4 o. H. (B. o. Ed gives its unqualified
support to the Irish party, while MT
Cummings says it's humbug to do 60
Well NAV he utter such an expression
la man who has never been Known
to support morally or financially any
cause which tended to the uplifting g
ireland, a nation No wonder such
pseudo ambassador has failed, ano
none will be more highly pleased a.
his futile efforts than the tried ane
true members of the A. o. H. N Amer
A lea. for the rank and file OF the A
O. H. in America are firm supporter'
Of the policy of parliamenta..-....sm
Just an instance: Last August in thu
state convention of the A. o. H. low
there was passed an unanimous vol
of confidence in Mr.. Redmond and tn
, parliamentary party, and at that dis
tinguished gathering of Irishmen il
the See City of Davenport there wa
I read letter from one of the dlstlr
! g,,ished members of the America
Hierarchy. Bishop Davis. who in hi
eloquent words was merely giving e.
preston to the opinion shared In b
i MANY of his brothers in the Hierarch.
l And today that letter is significant, II
, asmuch as it lowers to the dust tn
! standard of Cummings and he allie
' May that letter speak for itself, an
> its every word find space in the new
/. napers of our land, those which loy
g Justice and hate oppression.
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