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Full Title	The Gaelic American, v. II, No. 10, March 11, 1905.
Contributor	O'Reilly, Michael.
Date Added	26 November 2019
Format	Newspaper
Language	English Irish
Publish Date	1905-03-11
Publisher	New York [N.Y.] : Gaelic American Pub. Co.
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic	Irish Americans > Newspapers.
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Disclaimers	Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement

OCR A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH INDEPENDENCE, IRISH LITERATURE, AND THE INTERESTS OF THE IRISH RACE Vol. I, No. 10. Entered as perond-class matter, Oct, £, x907, at the Post Office New York, Ne Va, under he Ac of Congas of Sarch 91835. NEW YORK, MARCH I, 1905. ~~ PRICE 5 CENTS. ‘The Clan-na-Gael Throughout the Country Holds Enthusiastic Demonstrations and Upholds Ire- land’s Right to Complete National Indepen- dence—In Speech and Resolution the True Doctrine is More than usual enthusiasm marked all Robert Emmet celebrations by ae Clan- na-Gael throughout the country this y The speeches were good, “ie resolutions in keeping with the brincnles and | alley for w York meeting at the Academy of Music next Sunday. KEATING SPEAKS IN BOSTON Splendid Meeting, Good Speech inging Resolutions” 1905. so hat a Boston, March 6, sh- ington did for us, an h the m he used, we confidently hope to scampi for was one of timen ts. e g pressed” by T. Keatin orator of the “Jemonstration ot the birth of abert Emmet, the the Clansna- under the ‘auspices of wh cele bration mas held in the Mite MS tte wv z 2 ening. theatre was filled by as ‘representative robably, & ns been seen oiling give a as ch: he 3 meeting jemors the bi Robert Enmet, who “Teid down his life for his rpeople’s s ce! “In a demonstration of tt den fi uld selected ‘where should athe the children of Treland to discuss with their friends in this great republic the question of all questions most dear to them. “Did | “Reber En net, die in va in? No, not Ww! the pri vinciples that name Mande Sor can ‘aether so representa- e rish-American sympa- e died. re to leadership, defended the city of the ‘treaty stone’ against the onslaught of the William- ite troops. GROWTH OF AN IRISH DEMOCRACY “With the exodus went the natural lead- 2 a the opportunity denied them in Innis: it. . “Ireland and her commog people, her noble peasantry, her patriotic townspeople f a'ruthless nt from Celt, ard, Scotchman together by the com- in common Mm . ppression ovat Catholic and dissenter together. ion interest in ight north and south together mut 8 mon interest “Relij yin Roorish the tree of Tiberty under whieh a could take shelter. “Celtic influence in the nation's alchemy United States Senate Thanked Proclaimed—The planter into patriots more Irish than the Irish themselves. The genii Lucas and a Molyneaux fred the the nation against the injustice of broken treaties and criminal diserimination “The false idea of sympathy with the deceitful Stuarts ani desire stow surge: Europe Teached even shores of Ireland.” - Me. “Keating graphically described the ff patrioti ane pathet torture inflicted 0 le he jail, the treachery "of his attorney, of the any indignities heaped upon him during his incarceration, From Emmet's time the Irish Nationalists He ‘eloquently told of to his comrades, even in his Sole deat hours. realized that he had shattered. hs ‘te ad ‘Blatt the fond hopes of his loving parents, showed, said the speaker, the quality of which he € ade. Mr. Keating further sald Tn jus tion of the views [ am known to ent am willing we Point to Bat feautiful poem written by th Hing jostonian, Boyle 0 Beil, “The Patriot's Grave," and stifcne je quoted the poem as asserting thet “a life suc et's is never Tost,” and re- marked he asked no better text than the Midst made twenty-eight years ago fro: which he quoted. In conching Oeond led the Irish people . gates of liberty but lacked the strength to strike the blow. Fol- low’ wing O’Connell came Parnell, who had the thro: the. hope_that ithe Tish have Home Rute—t bat not a fo be burdened and hampered by restrictions which vitiated its possitle bene- “When Home Rule comes, he said, it will the ‘Vopr * paclament, afford to grant to Ireland an cannot come befor native that so far ae forever against Engl Tite desoLUTioNs solutions were unani- The following mously adopted: merican citizens of Trish birth and extraction, meet ‘0 commemorate the f Robert Emmet, 's hope was ie down, wil i uno Ree peethen, and lifts his hand against th of his -gnd_ with the example ngetyts Bonmet "ever before us ww ou pledge to carry aloft the standar of Irish independence, thereb; bringing about a full realization of Emmet: hopes and aspirations, the absolute emanci- pation of Ireland from British misrule. We in of our blood fearless newspaper that expounds converted the ‘children of the settler and ciples, we give our thanks for the ‘inetting ne 3 5 . s i 3, 2 3 3F & SSh8% 32 ze 28% 8 #2 3 B2 SPseSe 73383 7 influence it contributed in showing to the people and to Congress how fatal to our country would be an alliance with Great Britain, To the magistrate of the nation, Theodore Roosevelt, we send our greetings, and. from our Hearte we express the hope that his ad- ministration wil) rich in achievements, thereby nereasing the p prestige of our gtori- ous col nations of the world, i Daniel A, of the Board of Aklermen and nany others, the Majestic Theatre the doxes were with several other members and their friends, Seated on the blatform with the orator were: The Hon. John F. Fitzgerald, Hon. T. J. Collins, | Matthew Commings, john H. Dillon, t. Dolan, P. F. Keefe and several others. WALSH IN PHILADELPHIA Nationalists Endorse Emmet and Commend the Senate The Philadelphia, Claivna-Gael’s celebrar met anniversary at the Thursdi great hall was ps was unmistakable, John Mitchet’s Peter MeCahey was secretary of the meetin ns, and James J. Walsh, of New York, was the orator. The exercises began with an appropriate musical programme which was rendered by ise Anna E, Kelly, . Gurney and lan, the latter singing tw tal solute. ah- e efface- g of 2 Be 4 BR gage 28 a el 5 e Tris i yide—ank ith spirit reserve id osganized nothing is impracticable. “The fact that England is powerful is no offers ‘avs flatters, rrifi aj err it suits her con jience, and the ai the mer —the weak and often succumbed to her method ie ‘han God, we live on coil w x favors are spurned, het ‘ll vain and futile-cwhere heech i is free, an if our ideas are not propagated the respon aio 3 is with Iris en themsel Eneland's. fall sho seperation Jet not stand ado with our New Zealand friend, complisently rat! ing, the 0 ic hy Dr. P. McCahey, ing, and were adopte Resolved, That we cordially commend the of the United States Senate in rat tally revising the so-called treaties of a ration, thereby upholding the onstiuation and independence of the United States, and avoiding a series of entangling foreign al- Tiances Resolved, That while declaiming any a post towards the holders of the “carpet- Bonds ‘we shall remain unalterably op- posed to all attempt: ge the Consti- tution by treaty, a8 "bein “fenache with dan- er to the Republic, and in violation of the constitution isc ‘which declaers that th Sscent of three-lourths of the States: shall be necessary to the adoption of auy amend+ ment thereto, Hesolved, That we surest to all fraternal ertaniatnne the reading yembers Stated intervala of the Declaration ef Ine Stpendence, Washingt: ons Farewell Address. and the Constitution of the United States. ‘of impressing upon rising generation that National freedor and happiness can only be obtained by fol- lowing the precepts and reparing to imi- tate the example of Washington, Jefferson and Emmet. CHICAGO'S FINE MEETING *|Father Fielding Eulogizes the Gaelic League and Endorses Emuet's Policy Cucaco, March 5, 1905.—The anniversary ecebraton of the hie is Robert Es Emmet, he . Hall, Chicago, under the auspices of the “rt “Nationa lists, on March 4, was a memor- the organization the ied, people who sought admission could accommodated. ¢ meeting was called to order by John “ Me! Garry. chair rma of the committee of not be ents, who, few well-chosen words, introduced the chairman of the meet- ing, Hon. Healy, Circuit Court Judge of Elgin, linois, now hol court int Chi- ago. He complimented the organization upon the large representative attendance, nd dwelt upon the life of him in whose and the eternal ich he laid down his young and noble life. The principal address of the evening was made by Rey. J. K. Fielding. After a few well-chosen remarks upon the i ery dep: ment of the government in ‘ecland, as ‘vai as in all departments of the railway and mail servi fee ing of Parliamentary agitation in Tel Tathes Fielding stated that when that movement failed under the giant of parliamentary agitation, Charles Stewart Pa expected from the nell, nothing could be pigmies who tried present se, m to fill his place at the of Fenmet in_the most ably cendered by Mr. Myles Sain and_was loudly apptauded by the audienc The following is porto ve the address, or resolutions, submit 1e committee ad by and unanimously adapted by the meeting? Behold her present attitude towards Amer. ica: ing through every avenue of her infamous, “aiptomacy” to secure the confidence and friendship of a people. whose forefathers ghe endeavored to te, American people kno her t he deceived. ry and wi mw that tn the a ords of the infant republic; that arsenals came the guns and bullet Bled and destroyed the lives of ‘Union sol. diers; that it er wernment_ th: Spsulted and endeavored to haste Pres dent Lincoln and check, the advance of. un versal emancipation. To an alliance with such a power possible, either England must be elevated tothe plane of American merica must be degraded to the level’ of England, "To the te Ameri. can this debasement is utter Observe the present attiti press. (Tt has enthusiastically thnded the deed of the Russian assassin who wantonly Xe down Grand Duke Sergius. Had a led the same press ently demanded, the life its treatment of Ireland rom her hat erip- hs ap Wed the ‘venomous that ever polluted the ta fads of outerature pe it heartily commend _the action of of the United States for its emphatic rejectian of the recently proposed arbitration treaty with England. We will Anglo-American alliance to the bitter wend. We oa 1 follow abe, sence of Washin rule t for us in regard to foregn, nations is, in extend. ing our commerci: ial re rela ations, to have with them as lite politic jection as sible. + one policy te steer manent aiiances veith a fon of ‘ne foreign wi fe will Snpose Enalith, interests in Atteriea rekardles: ay, afin tions. | England's fends are oar ei emies are our sical progr: au ‘rendered oy Sues Freshor'h MeGuire in accompani by Mr. (cGarry; a violin solo by Mr. J. J. Voss, the opening overture by Mr. Frank J. Ryan, all of whom received generous ens cores. Selections of Irish airs were rendered Messrs, Early and McFadden on the violin and bagpipes, and. they repeats mt of the National Ode of ish Nationalists desired emnas importance of bringing it and th which it ‘opis $0, the ‘autention of the American the Trish-Americans especially. "the singing of the closing vere (Continued on page 8) fast ner ml WYNDHAM COERCED BY THE ORANGEMEN : . The “Irish Debate’? Demonstrated that Home Rule Cannot Come From British Parliament— Healy Laid the True Situation Bare — Tories Afraid of the Bigots, Liberals Beaten by the Lords— Redmond’s Speech Lacked Force and Definiteness . ‘The debate in the English House of Com- ¢ Rule during the closing days of the previ ‘The MacDonnell matter was really the chief topic, rather than Home Rule, and was used by Mr. Redmond on bis elles that some change from system of Castle rule was eecese ‘Mr. Redmond, who opened the debate o1 at he carefully avoided defining chat he meant by “Home Rule.” His refer- ences to Thomas Drummond, a fo: Un- ler Sect | for Ireland, in whose foo! ps ony MacDonnell had ‘trodden in recommending the mending of English rule in to Lord systent was anti raven’s plan, showed ‘plainly the lines along which Mr. Redmond’s mind was running. up or repairing of the England. he peri i had before her ‘a future of freedom, prose perity and peace.” Mi mond succeeded on Tuesday in ‘Wyndbam to produce the cor- in the MacDonnell ease, and the letters, while showing that Sir Antony hi: ably and Straight ei € ning lome try all i “an installs me Russell, Ulster Unionist, who, with ‘ingto: before i roduced ii as vi d_on that “great message of peace to Ireland.” Mr, Russell Iwelt upon what he called “the comedy of the zones, @ open rob! ler the Land Purchase Act. He denounced the sale of bankrupt estates at fancy pric ured ridicule on the idea tting the sei m1 cheers that he would vote for the amend: nt, not because he was a Home Ruler, mit because this was a. glaring indictment nme: a reconciliation Between these long-estranged mbers. HEALY CARRIED OFF THE HONORS carried off the honors of from the Irish side, Nationalists of th at their methods are the ly ‘ones that have ghost of a chance of ultimate succe: ir, ly asked which official of the Trish Government it was whi ee oe rice was demanded to satisf Was it Sir Antony, Meetonneh “tne ee Lieutenant, or the I it Lord d Lansdowne? le has the Devolution proposals. what he was obliged, actical as mi «Dillon's speech "wich bad put an entirely new Hon. Though he did not follow the Dun ateude | in Seference to the Dunraven Treaty. had not understood it, but he was be- inning to understand it now. nder- stood also the remarkable letter written by Mr. Davitt in which he decl: at Sir Antony MacDonnell was the decoy duck of the Tory mment, and that ‘ated him late: tionalists and to appease the minds of those were in anlagonism with the Govera- ment and the Tory Party. REFORMS BLOCKED, Jong struggle, of Trish ‘esentatives they had been op- mall sect: Throughout at the Natignal repre by 2 ama Packea a 2 a ze m 2 & 5 5 = e Tor sty, apparently for the first time, began to turn rather a different eye pon the affairs of England. They brought in in '96 without pressure a measure which he regarded as extremely valuable—the Land Act—and they had broughtin a bill Ge on either side of the House who any measures that would a dea Minister’ brother by the very gan; re attacking Sir A. MacDonnell oa ie Plunkett was then scape- tte had been put forward as the decoy duck. "He was the Sir Antony Masbon nell of that day. He wasfo w mbers from the paths of Nationality. ‘He me for South Dublin as a Unionist | His one crime seemed to be took up against him a ge: ed Ball, preferring that a Nationalist should he re- rather than Mr. G. Balfour should have the satisfaction, as it of r effort, of having one single Proughoat jhe Tength and breadth of the same faction who 8 to take an oath declaring the picts | of the majority of Irishmen to be blas WHAT 18 NATIONALIT: tants did not get the rate oletorship oe Cavan aithough the Catholic price was higher. sti ¢ reaeon was they XS Sain. the 5) the e cy Councilors in Ireland, four only were Catholics; of thirteen Judges, three were Catholics; of — six Commissioners, cleven were Catholicss of twenty-one County rt Judges, seven were Papists, whilst the 1 poli w 1 io S Tndiay but what had the "Nationalists, but “Revenge. A MISERABLE SYSTEM. it part of the English policy that this ‘miserable. system should ge on, and just os the Kilmainbam Treaty wae swashed was the Dunraven Treaty t spoiled. Je had been thrown in ti their teeth that their intry: ad ach in- fence at the a ‘of the i ited States tify. ¢ Arbitration Tre: “TGontaed ‘om page 5) a

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