Show IRELAND I 1 FOREVER convention of the he irish national le altane ague of or america THE all SE OP OF S ethes from delegates Del gat cannon ani and braile committees appointed ryan chairman CHICAGO oct I 1 the convention ot of the irish national league of america and the societies and individuals throughout the united states and canada in sympathy with that organization met today to day secretary button who called the committee to order read the call and expressed T eased regret at the absence throng afi illness iness of 0 president fitzgerald and vice president deni martin oneill kyan ryan of st louis was introduced as temporary chair chairman mad of the convention and he promptly launched into an ad address tress foreshadowing shadowing fore ing the policy of the gathering we are not here ryan said to up uphold hold any section or faction but are he here to I 1 hope to say to the people in irela ireland ad that when they present a stroll strong and united front then and not atif till then will they receive the moral and material aup support r of t the he irish people in am america eria only an aggressive movement independent of both english parties can command una unstinted tinted aid from america the speech was cheered throughout and on motion of gallagher of hew new york a committee on credentials was appointed as follows 31 D gallagher of new now york edmund lynch of missouri john flannery of pennsylvania john F hines of ohio william 11 II joyce of illinois major 1 M 1 langan of Wis wisconsin cousin george georg MO monaghan Mons n a ghan of kansas lawrence sullivan of massachusetts chu P M mulbern of georgia patrick boyle of canada A recess was then taken until 2 this afternoon to await the report of the credentials committee five hundred delegates sin in round numbers were announced to be duly accredited or present on oil reassembling the convention this afternoon at once started in to make things lively arity of nebraska set the ball rolling with a motion to substitute 31 V cannon as permanent chairman instead of temporary chairmen the vote showed however that ryan had captured the convention and cannon withdrew from the contest langden of new york threw throw a fresh bone of contention among the delegates by moving that the chair appoint committees of nine each on resolutions finance rules and order of business a and nd con ution mcguirk of iowa demanded that the committees each contain a representative from every state lie ile was warmly so seconded by sharon of iowa after much discussion and an extraordinary parliamentary tangle the convention acquiesced in the plan and a recess was taken to afford the various delegations tin an opportunity to select their the irmen men the committee on resolutions was one in which the greatest interest was manifested and when the list was completed it disclosed a number of well known names inc including lading daniel of chicago J T morris of baltimore al V gannon of omaha dr OReil oreilly OK eilly lyof of st louis and hugh J carroll of province K R 1 I gannon was called on for a speech he made one which was in effect an impassioned appeal for renewal of unity and perseverance they were all united he laid said on one idea that the english government has bas no moral right to bold irish people in subjection their enemy was never at a loss bow how to send enery spirits of disruption and disunion among them and had recently cultivated societies in this country not only hostile to irish american influence but to the spirit of the constitution of th the 0 united states nevertheless the irish in this tha country putting behind them any hatred of one man or a dozen men would yet push forward Ir elands r claims aims to independence wrestling it if not peaceably pace ably then by other means h helping pang to pr preserve deserve meanwhile the const constitution ito ion 0 of f this country from being soiled with th the contamination of british enough of the old guard were left and enough of the spirit from which would yet be begotten an organization that would carr carry y the sag flag of ireland to glorious victory matthew P brady ot of chicago eloquently drew attention to the page portrait of robert emmet above the stage lags and argued that delegates by none consenting enting to its retention assented to the principles which emmett promulgated mul gated brady declared that irish liberty had never been sold nor so nine much 11 a as a imperilled imperil led by a priest of the catholic church and he be implored that no matter what point the dell deliberations ber of the convention might lead to that nothing should emanate which could be even tortured into a suggestion that the irish hl bl enarchy were not worthy of 0 their utmost confidence fi it was announced that all resola resolutions should be referred unread to the various committees were instructed to be ready to report tomorrow to morrow morro W at loa 10 a m to which time the convention adjourned |