New-York tribune., 1918-06-17
Cohalan Party Routed by
Faction Led by j. j.
O'ConnelI
Name Justice Bowling
loyal" Irishmen Declare
They Are Fighting the Cause
of All the Allies

United States Marshal Thomas D..
Mccarthy and John J. O'Connell, to-
gether with a few other fighting Irish
men, have routed the Sim Fein forces
in battle over the election of a mar
shall for the Irish-American section of
the loyalty parade on July 4.
When Mr.. O'Connell. who was the
floor leader of the Progressves at the
national convention in Chicago two
years ago. and Marshal Mccarthy and
their assistants got through, the Co
halan party, led by Justice Cohalan's
court officer, Roderick J. Kennedy, and
his secretary, John McTigue, were hot
footing it away from the verbal shrap-
mel which filled the Catholic Club Sat
urday night. AS a result, Supreme
Court Justice Victor j. Bowling was
elected grand marshal and an executive
committee named with power to fill any
vacancies which may occur between
now and the Fourth.
j. I. C. Clark, of the Mayors Loyalty
Parade Committee and a former presl-
dent of the Friendly Sons Of st. Pat
rick, presided at the meeting. The
anti-Sinn Feiners, who hate all that
jeremiah OLeary and Irishmen OF
his type stand for, knew they would
get square deal with Mr.. Clark in
the chair. They were fearful, however,
that the Cohalan party would try to
"put something over" on the gather
/ Ing.
Feared n Surprise
These loyal Irish-using the phrase
as it is known in 1reland-were taken
by surprise when John G. O'Keefe,
treasurer of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick, moved that Patrick Conway,
be elected grand marshal. They
thought that Mr.. Conway might be
unwittingly used as a stalking horse
for some one else that the Cohalan
party wanted.
Mr.. O'Connell arose at this point
and said that before going ahead he
wanted to know if the loyalty parade
was to be made up of races whose
loyalty had been assailed, and if so
he wanted no part in it, and no other
true Irishman did. Assured that this
was not the case, he continued:
"This is the first time in American
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Irish here have had to justify their
loyalty to the mass of the American
people. But we need only point to
the personnel of the navy, which is at
present made up of 40 per cent of Irish,
and the army, which contains 35 per
cent Of Irish to show that the dis
loyalty is confined to a few who dis
grace our race. The peculiar antics of
some of our people here and in Ireland
have alienated--and properly so-the
sympathy of America. These disloyal
the American flag, and at the same time
pray to the same God for the defeat
of British arms.
Must Fight for All
"This is criminally vicious. We Irish
must devote our whole mind and heart
and hand to bringing about the sue
that we must fight as Loyalty for Eng
land as for America or France or Bel
gium, for we are all one now"
Then Kennedy, Justice Cohalan's
court officer, said that there must be a
parade and Irshmen must parade for
Ireland as a nation. He was howled
down.
Marshall Mccarthy then uttered SEN
timents similar to those voiced by
Mr.. OCOnnell. Thomas Kane, the
president Of the Irish Counties Or
ganization. an anti-Cohalan body,
spoke in like vein.
General George Dyer was then recog-
MID. He said that the parade was
to show Germany that the United
States was one nation, united as never
before. Joseph Hartigan, of the Lib
erty loan committee, said that Presi-
dent Wilson was back of all the loyalty
parades which will be held throughout
the country on July 4.
Then Marshal Mccarthy moved for
the appointment of a nominating COM
rnittee of five, which was carried, and
the following were named: Edward
Hamilton Daily, John G. O'Keefe, Chris
to oher Murray, John ]. O'Conneil, and
DR.. Constantine Mcclure. The last
named was q young surgeon when the
Franco-Prussian War started, and he
Joined with the French to fight the
Huns, and at the conclusion of hos
tllities was made a Commander Of the
Legion of Honor.
These Ave then reported that thew
agreed on Justice Bowling, and he was
elected.
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