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Show FACTIONS JGNOIiED. ! Ths Irish National League of America Cuts Loose From tha Pa runt Asiocia-tion Asiocia-tion Across tki Waer, THE riGHT OVEE THE PLATFOfiM i Connelly of Wisconsin Leads tbs Minority, and He Want-id Beoouition of Mo-Cartby Mo-Cartby But was Voted Down. Chicago, Oct. 3 In the convention of tlia Irish National League of America Ameri-ca last uight, M. V. Garrison of Omaha was elected president to succeed John Filzgorald. John I'. Sutton wag ro elected secretary, aud W illiam Lymati of New York was chosen treasurer. Il.e tcilsnes of the pi usiilout, secretary and treasurer were lixod at $ i 000 each ! per year. ; The contest over the platform resulted result-ed in an o:in tpl.t, t!i minority being ; led by Donnelly of WUcons.n, Sharon of Iowa and O'rSyrne of (ioorgia. Tho report of the committee at onco precipitins! precip-itins! a light. Tho report was as follows: fol-lows: "The Irish National League of America, Amer-ica, in convention assembled, testifies its d"volic;n to the Hag of the Union and the umjuesfiouable love of its mom- j hers for th laws and institutions of j our country, realizing as we do, gladly i aud proudly, lint our primary alhy- j is no is ihiii to that flag aud to thoso i institutions. We allirm that our over- metering desire is to see ex-tended to ! J our inoiherlaml the benelits accruing I j hum equal Jaws, such as havo blessed America, made her Ilia hope of sutler-itig sutler-itig mankind and tho nuclei for nations struggling for free institutions. "' 'egr.'t that tho conditions now cxis'ing in Ireland, ami attribute their i possibility to uu utifnrtuuatu tendency i j toward hero -worship and one-man dom- I iiia'iou, which we hope to see ohliter- Hted from the public life of Ireland, i We have no desire, nor ileem it wise, , ueeersary or fair. otic to pas judgment upon the questions now unhappily sup-I sup-I era tins our brethren in the (dd land, i We have heretofore tendered our good otlices in tho adjust merit of the differ-dices, differ-dices, and that tender has been wholly disregarded by the contending ol-emcnis; ol-emcnis; but we may, and must, speak our opinions and tho wishes of the people whom we represent, we j say thai it is tne duty of the Irish and ! ail other oppressed people to seek froe- dutn by peaceable methods, and only i w hen such method have been tuLy tried ami found wanliug are nations and peoples jusl.ilied in lesorting to j force. Hut wo strongly and emphatically emphatic-ally assert that it is equally a duty to , prepare for every emergeney and aland ready to aid o ir kindred in every manly man-ly way recognized attfi commendod by usagu ami civilization in obtaining fre-uiuu'h fre-uiuu'h privileges in a land consecrated to freedom by the heroic saeriiiees of centuries. "We call upon those who are responsible responsi-ble lor tho locking up of over iJOO.iKM mainly contributed by too people of thiscouuiry, for the support of evicted tenants, to release the same and distribute dis-tribute it as original ly intended, and we pledge ourselves that until this request re-quest is complied with wo are resolved j not to contribute another dollar to aid those who have withheld this money from its legitimise boneticiarius. , 1 "Wo hereby resolve to hiaintuut 'Vj organization for tho purpose if trei'tig in readiuess for' the periormanee of such duties as the exigencies of the future fu-ture shall show to be tit aud proper, aud we humbly invoke the guidance of Almighty (iod, for our brothers and ourselves, to tho end that, with His blessing, our reunited efforts may re- ', suit in securing for the Irish people the I land in which lie planted them, aud a government whose personnel shall be so I clean and pure and whose principles ' shall be so broad, humane and free as j to make it a model among the free na- t tions of the eiirth. t "We rail tin; attention of America to tiio Cause of American citizens suffering " horrors in liritisn dungeons, because ot jj cvideuee pi iiuly tuauuiactiired, anil the j fact that they dared express themeslves in favor of free Ireland, and we ask our representatives iu congress to press the . Much cheering followed,' when a rising vote of the Illinois delegation showed 15:! ayes to 8 nays. Father Foley now jumped to his feet and announced Iowa's vote as 3 ayes and 15 nays, passionately adding; "And they represent rep-resent more money, too, than all the men from Illinois." Wisconsin also voted 7 ayes and 11 nays, but iu a great majority of these states the bulk ol the ballots were against endorsing tlie minority report, and it was effectually effectu-ally shelved. Now York voted 45 solid ayes. i Chairman Smythe of Rhode Island ! el.ciled a round of applauso with the - antiimiicemei)! that the treasurer's ! books shoved the leaguo's accounts i correct, wi:h a balance on baud of $101. ! Patrick I'oyle of Toronto was chosen ; first viee-prusideut, M. 1). Gallagher of j Now York second and E. J. O'Couner 'of Augusta, Ga., third. The national i council was announced as follows: j Daniel Corkery of Illinois, Georgo ! Sweeney of O no, John J. Donovan of Aits:,achuseits. James Managan of Wis-: Wis-: cousin, F. J. C'arcoll of Khode Island, Nicholas Fori of Missouri, A. P. Mc-! Mc-! Cuirk of Iowa. Tho convention then j adjourned .sine die. matter upon the attention of the state department." liofora a motion for the adoption of the platform couid bo put, Judge Donnelly Don-nelly of iscousin arose and announced an-nounced that thoro was a minority report. re-port. Ho argued that the minority did not dis.igroe with anything in the majority ma-jority teport, except that it didn't go far enough. "In the language of our distinguished fellow citizen, ex-President Cleveland " An tiproarotis outburst out-burst of applause and laughter instantly in-stantly interrupted Donnelly. With some embarrassment ho proceeded: "It is a condition, not a theory, that confronts us in Ireland." .McGuirk of Iowa demanded a point of order, that Douneily rend the minority mi-nority report, but tim convention allowed al-lowed him to continue explaining that he wished tlto oonveption to rscognizu tlie gconiiiig power of li'.'i inil. I'to-v should boldly and manfully meet tl.c ' issue, and declare that in Ireland, as elsewhere, the majority should rule. ! Le-tiau of New Yci k called upon the j chair to cut short the mug speech, and Donnelly then -nveetli to re nt the minority report, signed by himself, , Sharon of Iowa and ()' Byrne of Georgia. Geor-gia. Ii declares it approval of the j majority report, but begs leave to havo ! the following inserted iu it: i I i"-'o'r'l. Thai, as Anerlcan citiitis nnd j firm tipprvro-s m IM- piin -iph'S on ivhieh our j fioieniui. at is ioi.n letl. wn can rn:,u -il.-i t.'m i i.laim ol i. p.-r-oii to tla' ei .i.rm i:-t.-hi;i of o Jnsli parliauii' :tary par.y wh: h is not f -moilr-iI j on Hit; '-onsotit am.r;ii'!oral o' a m i oritv of ! thai party, anil lustivet l ut? oUli-ers of this I h-a. lie !i.':-(-, oi:-i:'e t .i' eiiairio.in riios.-n by a : majority of tie? Irisli parliaiuentary party. I Corkery of Chicago suggested that j the thing to tio was, lirst, adopt the ! platform, and then vote ou Donnelly's j supplement. Thisseomed exactly what t the McCarthyitys didn't want, but it : was their own argument, and they submitted sub-mitted as gracefully as they could, while the platform was adopted w ith a hurrah. Then, lit;o a Hash, came a motion mo-tion to lay l he McCarthyite report on I the table, and. to the chagriu of the j Donnelly party, it was declared car-j car-j ried, rici rr. They rallied, however. : Sharon of Iowa demanded a call of the i states. ! Then there was a tantrlo of motions and amendments. Delegate Joyce of Chicago wanted the convi nlicn to un- ' dersland that the roil csll would indi- j cate whether or not the body proposed j to indorse Justin McCarthy as the j leader. Diss after hiss greeted this lirst , and only tueiHion in the convention of i the names of cither of the oppourg leaders in Ireland. Confusion reigned i for n moment, but finally tlie roll c.iil ! began. Chairman Corkery of t!:0 ILL ; in is tlclegation declared tiiat that bodv was unanimous for placing the .McCarthyite .Mc-Carthyite resolution on the tabic. 'Mrs was a ipiestion, and Father Foley of Iowa excitedly shouted "He- I count:" aud wanted tokuow how many i delegates there were trout llliaois. j |