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March 11. 1916.
Che 5ueLlc Cimenlcan.
PERMANENT [iHAlR-
MAN tttcltll.
(Oanlutlted mm Page 2.)
at social 5i'Il:n('e in the University or
by Judge Tier-
-rynan, and an address
land on the Arneriesn
I St. P
victor Heri-lert’s leadership. gave
O'NEILL RYAN.
splendid rendering oi Irish music and
song, rollowed
the great tenor, who as ‘Com Back
Erin" lid “The Mi trel Boy" tha
Thomas l-ioboa liagenhla oi Phil del-
Dhlz. read an nbl on “The Ir
in the Alneritan Re lu on." Art
him e A. 0'3 rne or New York.
who read resolutions In (‘raell ‘hich
Captain Ryan, on behalf 0 his to
mittee. submitted a provisional list of
the new organization, who
number of other gentlemen were add d
on Sunday iening). he iendly
Son's Glee Illh than sang Joaevh i
C. Cln "New ’ d "The
Hall of the Friendly Sons." under dl
rectlon at Victor ert. and were
given, and deserved enthus tic air
plauae Mr. J lln elly recited .1 ho
ocke "Dawn on the ills of I and"
and "The D
The evening ses-
a close by an el
address by Pat-
li H. O'Donnell of Chicago.
O'NEILL RYAN’S SPEECH.
Judge O'Neill Ryan received a great
ovation, the whole Convention rlsln V
its feet nnd cheering Iustiiy. He spoke
as folio :
at
S
I am most gratetul,
Ior the very courteous
an d enough to Present
me to this end iilrent audience. and
this great assemblage ot irish men and
I w
Mr. Chairman.
wily in which
rlsh - in cans iirst (A
plauset And hefure rlroceeding. sir.
o endeavor to make good he too gen-
erous pram e yo made concerning my
lilies to inspire and arouse this
great Convert u If it e s inspira-
tion irolp me, as indeed it does no
is the Committee on Rules
ready to report?
he report was then sulnnitted. after
whlrh O'Neill Ryan continued as lol-
ow
chairman-Not in our genera-
tion-I iloub r‘-upon American
irientolls an occasion. ll
alwnslhllities upon them traught with
1. Wrist-
mlrlsler were going unheeded and un-
ronsiliered. and when that great gather.
ing met and laid the inundation o
(in this day or March, l9ll‘r (Ap
plausel ilrest gathering as iaA
he Corllniittee on Credentials reparia
train the re si corners or our eoun
tly have lo the men a d is on or
the o
v to that pied e. t ey re 2 their
vows oi i ally and oi lov and oi’ anered
devotion to t e or tilel tathera.
leuiory we w
soon-(rest of sentence lost in roar or
drill sites).
it was siglltlicant. Mr. Chairman.
that the iirst utterance that came lroin
a man who happily united in hlniselt
the priest and the patriot (Applause).
who app e tor Mon gnor Brann him-
soli (Applaun). in worda that thrilled
e aspired and
united states. at whirl: we are so proud
(App ause).
A d an. ironl Nonle to Florida and
from the coast-troln the farthest dis-
tances oi the West to the limits of our
Eastern territory-have come you men
women representing all the
great organizations of our race in the
United states;
r of I-Iihsrnlans. lending.
under the leadership of Mr. .icLai.i -
to this great
is activity. material and Intellectual.
The greatest leader in he art of
n this
w
their talents and their genius the art
rature, so need. dance, the protea-
n ‘ women
37
lite. as they
bosom or the Irish family.
it means this. that there is not
has or clan (Ap-
of
. Men are here
the hattles oi’ the race and the
eneration; men
plause)
fought
cause for more
are is no division; ther
-ii prophesy this-that should be littsd
at this Convention save to eertlly that
the Irish people at home stand iar ire-
land a ‘atloli. and the men women
ledge themselves, so
go, to give them all
that properly lies in their
light light or
of the Union:
El‘ scarlet
hlood of irlshaien upon
at the union.
is d so we have a right to mater,
and a right to speak at this momentous
crisis of thlsw-the greatest onevot our
we know not
by the his
the hattieiields
felt at this great crisis (Applause). it
is or the rery essenre oi repuhllrnu in-
power springs
heart. and t e 1
acienre oi the great hody 0! the Amri-
people.
And so today, on this eve at we know
n all the nail
when ou
the taintest whisperlngs at who
be done. we came together to say this.
to the Nation and lo wsahlngiuh, W:
WANT NI) WA]. (Applause); and We say
inst. weighted down, as we uat he
responslhllilies that
In utterance or a
n
a
-<
the deepest an
N on. having now
more than eighteen months at crnrlnl
times. having weathered storms and ad-
iuated dlirerenreq, ollg
undouhte ly a less seri
n was presented in hilly
throw down the 5 uge at home and
engage in war against the Central
Powers or Europe (Applause).
We need not say further, I trust, that
9
3
when the time coniea-as eer-
tainly anon will that there shall he
gatll ring by the Convert oi‘ European
earth. our country may not
hope it shall not he-represented at
that Board, because it too Partlclnltnd
le then terminated, and
oi all the ronliictlng nations. to adjust
and help in the settlement or those Isr-
ritorial and ot or questions that will
he so pregnant and so vital at that mo-
its representatives at
gathering, shall use its an ust voice
and immense to require in the adjust-
ent European ailairl. and that
there shall be taken uv ior considera-
tion and settlement the demands of the
that their integrity
I and
earnest ad
(Applause)
Are we asking too much or this great
United States? (A voice: 0.
England has said again and again
through her statesmen, Premier As-
quit): and the Secretary ior Foreign
Alalrs, Sir Edward Grey; that Eng‘
land is lighting the fight for the small
nations of Eur n
m
>-l
:-
vs
-r
ay he n ry st occasion (or
the somewhat sarcas mirth
which that atenlent was greeted but
he has Ln hat recn In th
the c the rest can I
the great underlying principle that
nttuute her in entering into this
gigantic struggle of the na 0 he
h he was lighting the tight (or
the spirit and the purpose or a nation.
than has Ireland (Applause).
r word Perhaps Ireland
has reason to thi k the same i gt-
lnr) Bu! St the U ed Si tea when
to England-whether she be victor or
e"Mai<e good your word:
ks good the pledge; make good the
to enrich our lnslit ons wit
polish and their virtues.-rglve to that
list he
land-and we de
Riven-absolute independence snlonrst
the Nations or the earth." (applause).
Now. my means, may God inspire us
in wisdom and righteous counsel. MIY
our Nation the calamity
and the devastation oi war.
is not yet come when the torsln of war
sounded. ave not yet
ll slim
and calamities from
Slay that ill; never be stained with the
mood at an this
rrlghltul struggle.
or the blood oi our race has heen shsd
on torelgu aside in tha Lion's eauae.
They have told us-and they have lied
when they said
nearly l3ll,0IllJ
land
hut only mono
ave been enlisted. or that number
43.000 came from the North, and they
play thorn in keep the rest oi the pn-
tion in gulljectioll against ills threat-
ened rlainz And the others have shell
their blood (rum tns llieilse to the per-
rlancl a: min t a trenvhes In I-‘rtlnre
liatever mrew
this great conilict nt thr-
nntlona: but may God sustain and
strengthen us and so guide and direct
nultllc opinion i
llullarlsl count-Ils that the Eli
Slate! shall remain independent an
unatisoclnted with an or the great
power in this great alrugglo (Ap-
.‘x'o , am sure whatever is llaid In
this Convention will he said who the
full sense of grave respouaihility which
attaches to our u erancea.
judlvinus and gravel)!
tuougllttul with respect ot lrish ahairs.
that the internis-
h people are not loyal to Great
Britain lApplaIlile): that the spirit at
the men of well or and at Cork and
ulpperary alill burns strong and high
in rlsh hear that they
mined their blood shall not he sh on
rorelgn ilelds (Applause). that what
u Jud Gail. h I nd Iritiil)
w
eat metro-
puliinn city, and the Associated Press.
sending it: nevi’: on he currents at
lightning to the iarthest extremities or
m and one and Mitchel and Meagher
and Martin and en. Larliin
O'Brien (Applause). God guide your
counsel: and make Ireland a Nation.
‘ THE AFIERIIIJIIII SESSION.
' When the nonventinn reassembled for the
th
aiternoon session, e chairman anr
noullctd the appointment oi the following
eornrnittees:
CONVENTION COMMITTEES.
Committee on Clwlrvlliul-I-J.Iules K.
McGllire, New Rochelle, N. Y. ; Robert E.
Ford, Brookl ‘n, N. Y., Henry 1ic('Arn2y,
Plliladt-lphin; Philip Sullivan, Tllompsoll
. homes .1. iuathewa. rro 4
denee, R. 1. Juhn .1. Mahoney, Chicngo;
James Reidy, Brooklyn, N Y A Jmrles B
Mulcahy, iiutte. ainnt
O'Rourke, hrouhlyu, N
and llxiiehnel if
co nl tea on P-rrnoncnr 0v'gmli"aii'an
-John T. Ryan, auirnlo, N. in; Maurice
llonneily, Inlliarlapolis. ind.-, Luke nillnu,
l’lllludelpllia.; John ivalsll. Cleveland, 0.,
Jennie Connor, wariringalu, p. C.; John
E. Heniy, lVilnIinghnn, Del.; Rev. John
. Dooley, New York Edward .1. care-
gun. New York, and Eugene J. curran,
1
eton. ,
Pram-Joseph P. Quinn, Lowell, :llaar.;
Robert E. Ford, lsrooldrn, N. r.-, ‘liming
s. honergan, New 'orl., Thtllnas .1. Bres-
iin, New York, nnd hillts McParIlnnd,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
co......mes
T. Lowit-c
on Itulu-J
. llo -
Norlolkr V1,; P . hail, B on
Louis D. cards, New York; Joseph ile-
Gurrity, ' '
i>l..lnd. p Andrew .1. calla-
Frln
N. XI; Patrick H. O'Donnell.
< Edward J. hiltchcll. Yonkers,
Timothy A. Leary, White Plains,
COLONEL U0.VLEl' TELLS or IRISH
DIERS‘ SERVICES '
AMERICA.
y American limo
rlana, it is nevertheless a well estalllished
historical fact. that a eonsiderah
0
Although irequt-nlly ll-st sight at, or at
least not nlelit vied h
uti
eolonial records to he nplltle with nine
names.
-rlrera Irish settlers and their descen-
dants took a prominent part in the events
leading up to the Revolution, and the
Declaration nt Inrlcpehllelloe iiauli bears
the aignaturea at some of the more promi-
nent American Irish.
the nrst clash oi unis between the
colonies and England, the Irish respmlrled
to the clll of tin.-ir Iidnpitll country, and
all through the Revolutionary iv.r the
continental Army had a lllrge coruplt-nlelit
in Irish aolliiera. It is cernpuied that the
Irish iurniahell not less than a third of
the whole suleriesn torees. Tile rean-
sylvan Line. which General Lee called
the “Line at Ireland,” was, it. is said. al-
most entirely Irish, and the rosters of
several of the Maryland and Virginia regi.
euts contain a remark hly Iurga prapor
tion or Irish milled. in nu... eases run
ning as high as sixty per mt. There were
tee celtle n ues among the Minute
Men at the Battle at Lexington, and 258
Celtic rum S on the rosters of the Amer-
iean three: at the Battle of Bunker Illll.
large nlllnber ni Irish ier
Contilleiltal Army hocnine gen
and Iliiiliiiizllishvd i.llL'lIIP4‘iVt‘l I! brave.
brilllnnl. and nble cnmrilanilers.
arirnn curlirnllmiur in one 01 the llrtif.
ttlt-ll, namely. oonsord, was an Ir' l.-
illlin-('olutlel Barrett. Su was General
Richard hlnrligonlery, the cnnlhlanllrr of
the Anlrrican troops at Quebec, who tr-ll
he clutrtzcd the Ill-
A greater rrlilitnry arhievr-merit or can-
Mrs. F. A. Conrad
The inuther or four rhildren, Mrs. F.
y children were at
vliediulne
soothe: and he2..; the hreulhlns pass-
3595.
GRAT TUDE .
A MOTHER'S
of Altoona Says
That Father John's Medicine Keeps
Her Children Well.
en! Wayne. llovrever, wall It the Battle]
oi Mnnnloutll. when-. commanding the
‘E
nu. ritinlorced by )1 an
-.i.-.. . Ll...-,
l.nd and Virginia t.....ps, he turned the re-
treat oi‘ Gvrremi Cllarll-s Loo into a glorir
oils victory, and materially nldvd in wins
ni g one o the ‘ t he
a f deem e haitlaa at t
nernllltion. ue was apreinlly commended’
In Congress by (ll-nerlll VI'lshirlgiA3n tor his
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conduct and bravery in that battle.’
General Jlllln Slllilllll was I'(WlSi4lClQ(i
one oi the great gt-tionls at iv...l.l..ga.n'.
rm
strong. ‘ In rvin. lllan ion son.
James smith and tlriliitll Illlthurlllrd.
eirry one oi a-lunn was either rrn in Ire-
.. or the nu. oi l . . rn par.-tits, will
never be lorgoltun as lung as tllc nreulon
of the American Revolution is
l ho
large purl. of the
no ntller tlmn Irish
that caelie was
in u'asllington's
array as I-Znglirili.
The father of the Anwricau Navy, Com
ruodere John har , was an lrirlnnaa
irom Ihe county wexlnrli.
‘inning to the war or Isl2, the most
corwpicuous and st known general a
t e war wns Andrew Jaclrction, the hero of
oi New Orleans and nlferwnrdx
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r
terrns General Jhcksoll was proud of his
Irish lineage, and in sylllpatltr with the
rational as utinns oi the I r. people.
Tire general In lonunsrni oi<Jlaeli.aml's lelt
' t the Its le oi New Orlviins was
ii lliam Carroll, horn in i’liIlllrl<-Ipllia of
Irish deseout. Other prnnlinenl. fl;urea in
in war oi me were General llaoolnh,
who sonuuanded at Plattsburg, and Col-
onel Robert Carr, burn in re :1 , who
distiugliislled Ilinlsoli in the same earn-
aigrl.
in the naval annals oi the war ul 1812,
the ntillles nl suel. Trinllnlt conund-
dore .‘IcDnlriollgh and Adluinl Clmrieal 1..
Stewart. ll. o rial-i descent, alili lustre
tn the reeorrl oi the new born Arnerlean
xaiy in that war.
at as in the Rt.-l'nlllli0nnr)' war and
the war at . 2
‘Ir
nlnnhcra pi Among the
lnoru prominvllt !0iliil"I’R ui Irish birth o
deseent who partlsipaial in that war. nlsy
be mentioned illi‘ na n I
Kellrntw‘, who also inlltzllt in the Civil.
. I ilinles Sllirlill, T(IlVlIV4‘1‘li an
I i o........au.l.-d a hrlphile
in tile hlvxlrnn “or 1nd na-
twliv soun-
rlcrl. lie was again in the Mill in the Civil
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