The sun., 1913-10-06
mitchell MEN ANNOY
HOME RULE MEETING
Candidate Embarrassed by His
CampaignPr>' Tactics at
Carnegie Hall.
LAST CALL FOR THE CAUSE
Speakers Predict There Will BE
No More Need to Raise
Funds for Ireland.


John Purrov Mitchell button men
turned UP at the hom" riile meeting at
Carnegie Hall last night. frsked upon the
front steps and insisted on decorating all
comers with the little campaign disks
bearing Mr.. Mitche.s picture. other
Mitchell partisans raised the cry OF
Michel for Mayor" while the nome rule
speechmakng was going on. The man
ayers of the meeting ordered the button
distributors away and squelched the tact-
less shoutefs.
Mr.. Mitchell was one of the PRINCIPAL
speakers at the meeting. which naturally
was supposed to he devoid OF local politi-
cal suggestion, He seemed omha rrasSed
by the want OF taste shown by his cam
paigners
II there wer. Orange,nen N the audi
ence. they were as quiet as mice. although
they had many opportunities to make
trouble Chief Magistrate McAdoo fur
nished one Of the opportunities when he
called Sir Edward Carson Sir Furioso,
and said that the Ulster revolt was made
up of few lords and their dupcs.
The meeting WIS called by the United
Irish League to raise money TO help tn"
home rule cause. to congratulate the home
rule champions and to speak out against
tho Ulster maNontents. Seats cost 81, but
that may not have been the reason why
the audience was smaller than had been
expected Barely third OF the seats
were taken. but there were plenty of en-
thus,asm and lots Of hearty cheering
The chairman was Dr. John Grant
Coylc. Among those on the platform were
Supreme Court Justice Eugene \. Philhn.
Michael r.. Corbley. president ~ the Mu-
nicipal Council OF the United Irish League ,
Patrick Egan cx-Minis,er to Chile, and
Col. Edward Duny. Around the balcony
front were draped the flags of many
county associations. Cavan. Westm"ath.
Cork. Wexford. sligo and Galway being
among those represented
Mr.. Mitchell. a grandson Of John Mitchell
the Irish patriot, was splendidly received.
He complimcnted the league on its services
to the cause OF home rule.
This will probably lie the last meeting
called in New York tn advocate home
rule" he said. We are on the eve of
accompl. shment, Every Irishman in this
country. every American in fact must
sympathize with the movement which will
| give people the right to govern them
selves In their own way without foreign
| interference.
John Rcdmonds predictions and prom
ises have been fulfilled and kept The
home rule bin will get final action early
next spring. The bill IL not perfect. but
II IN IThuknt WIN sbou ~ eNfS ~ lnt
| Irish people such opportunities for self
| government that no reasonable body of
men should object to H. II applies to
/ ireland for the first time the principles
OF constitutional law"
Chief Magistrate McAdoo. himself an
| Ulster man. told the audience that Ulster
has "A "Brother Jasper OF her own. a
Brother Jasper who insists that the sun do
move and that, conversely, the earth must
stand still.
II mean Sir Furioso' said Judge Me
| Adoo. although the hest established
political principle In the world il that IA
majority must govern, Carson says no.
In a little corner of the island he has se.
up the principle that "A minority IL to rune
| The Orangemen's movement IN made up
Of few lords and their dupes. but they
will not be able to block the home rule
movement"
The meeting adopted unanimously a
! resolution congratulating the Irish people
at home upon the noble work accom-
! piished by their elected representatives
in the English Parliament under the in
domitable leadership OF John II, Red-
mona