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Show IRISH CAUSE 1 DEBATED BEFORE I BIG COijNTl I Arguments For Recognition Anchored to Wilson's Principle Prin-ciple of Self-Determination AUDITORIUM, July I. Debate on I the Irish plank l.eRan as soon as the H convention had settled down again to I'uslnesa. Thomas J Spellacy. Con- H tie, ilcut'fl member of the platform H committee, took charge of the fight for the minority plank and Introduced Representative Augustine Eonergan of that state as the first speaker. H Anchoring ti Ih argument to Brest- H dent Wilson's principle of self deter- H ml Hon. Mr Lonegan declared that H tn do lest than recoxntaa the right .f H full self -dt-tormlnai ton In Ireland H would bo to throw overboard the H tea.-htngs of the party's leader. H " The principle, of self-determination fl wa accepted by all the nations a--, dated .villi i...' I.e continued, and fl Shnll It be aalu thai duCtrUlS IIU . I bo applied to the foo but not to lhu.-.( H Who havo been our friends?" T, J. Duffy of East Liverpool. Ohio. H took up the argument for the minority H in-ii plank, declaring that it seemed H to have become .ipp;ir.mt thxt it wa 1 I H impossible for Ireland to win llj In- dependence by the .iwoid. Charles F. . O'Brien ol Jersey cu-, M another sneak e for the lrisn niaak ; aS assured the convention that. aim. .ugh i his state was furced to disagree with H the majority on several subjects, the ; H New Jersey Democrats were Demo- , crats first and last, and would sun- t port the platform adopted and trie ; H candidate nominated. Hlj .Hpeech was followed by another f round of cheeilng while the band ' Dla: 1 a medley ut Irish melodies. leading off with My Wild Irish Rose." L gfl Walsl) Takes Stand, Senator David 1 Wulsn of Masaa- Chuaette, who had led the unavailing fight for the Irish plank In the .m- nntt-e. looiv the .-land to conclude ihc - H argument for ito adoption by the con- ; nt ion. Hggl ' Circumstances connected with tho gfl fight of the Irish peoplo ror freedom,' ho told the convention, "require that there- be something more than a mere expression of ympathj. No word spok n during the war ao thrilled the gH oppressed pvopio of the world iu the gga statement that America was In tn gga war to apply the principle of self-dc- gfl termination. ' Is there a people of self-determlna - tlon? If theto la, where on the face of the Qod'S earth should thit prliul-pic prliul-pic ! applied If not In Ireland, where we find the only English-speaking l""i'.e In all the world that are fight- Ing for a government of their own: " 00 H |