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Show IIIISII AMKKICANS. John rilzrerald Ittiift in Addrcn ('ailing fur a Contention at Chicago. ALL LOVtnS or THE iniQH CAUSC INVITCO The Ubjrcli of tlio t'outrntlon Slalrd. "Uo t'Auae la Aboie llio Jlcn." II; Telscrsrh in ihs Mws I Till, lltlall (Alar, Atentenllan lnlle.1 In lllaenaa lha I stsenl Mains. I.incolx, Neb., August M. John Fitzgerald, prealdent ol the Irish National Na-tional In-ague of America, laiueil an aldreet today calling for a convention at Chicago Oc'nbcr 3lh next. The call says. In tart, that tbn preatnt lamentable condition of alTalra In llin old land, and Ihe filling olTof Irish-American Irish-American supiajrt, ai a ulrect result of the illsMiislon In the ranka of the Parliamentary tarty, are reaaona enough to luluce the lover of the cause lo como tcgether and devlie mcAiuren to overcome the dlfllcultlet. It haa la-eu deemed cxiAliuut to go be) ond the lines ot Ihe Irish Notional Jjeaguo of America and Invito the co-ojivratlon of nil loveni of Ihe Irish taose. To this end very existing branch of the Irish National Inguo of America will lw entitled to one delegate for every twenty. rite memla-rs, and all oilier societies and organlza'lone will he allotted al-lotted one delegate for every twenty-five twenty-five (leraiina who between now and October IS.h, thai! aubscrlhe 510 lo the fund of the league. Furtht r. every Individual who list, alnce tho last convention, cnntrlliutetl at one lime $.. through Iho national treaaurer, or who shall havo done ao bt tore the 'iAlli of October, shall If entitled tu the privileges of a delegate. Tho oljecta of tho convention are In aubttince to examlno Into the present pres-ent and iat relations t-tweui the letguoln America wllh n view of bite lug them on a better aud more aalls-faeioiy aalls-faeioiy luals; lo revise and amend the constitution; to pledge once mora Inviolable In-violable fldellty to the cause of Irl-ti liberty, and adopt audi meaaurea In aupjurt Iheriaof aamay l considered wise and Juillflabte. All who have Ihucausuof Ireland at heart aru earnestly earn-estly requeued to make this convention conven-tion not only a aucctaa, but a historical IVidtuark lu the irogteaaot Iho Irish movement- "Iho tlmo has come," aa) a the address, ad-dress, "when we shoull provo to the worl I that our moral courage Is not Inferior In-ferior to the physical bravery our race hu ever displayed on the battlefield. Nu oUlaclva nor ttmforary isilltlcal dufenla cau frighten us fam die imlti ourfalhentroit beloroui. We should nut abandon the grand oil orgaulzt-tlon orgaulzt-tlon which ha rendered inch valuable aid to the Irish cause during Ihe past ten itarr, lo emtraru newly-formed ainoclatloiia rt-sulllug from fractional dlfletencra, and not it reientatlve of a uulleil and progress). u Irish nationality. national-ity. TheiaiiHt laabovo the men, aud the organization should not be held rtsianalble fur the ahortcomluga of Individual." |
