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| J. F. Finerty |
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| O'Donovan Rossa. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday,
September 26, 1895.
IRISHMEN'S BOLD PLAN
To
Organize a Standing Army In This Country.
READY TO
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.
Ringing
Speeches Delivered by Chairman Finerty and O'Donovan Rossa—Intense Enthusiasm
Prevails. Real Business of the Meeting Begins Today.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—With renewed vigor the
delegates to the Irish convention began their second day's work at Association
hall. Little time was lost in preliminaries and the election of permanent
officers was put through at a rapid pace and with uninterrupted harmony.
The report of the committee on permanent
organization met with not the slightest opposition, the following officers
being unanimously elected: Hon. J. F. Finerty, chairman; J. P. Sutton,
secretary; J. F. Keating, T. H. McGrevy and J. O. Strain, assistant
secretaries.
When the report of the committee on credentials
was submitted it was received with some disfavor by a few of the delegates
because Dr. Paul M. Sheedy and John Madden, from the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
and a convention of Irish-American citizens of Allegheny county, Pa., were
refused seats in the convention.
Considerable enthusiasm was created by a
motion to add O'Donovan Rossa to the list of vice presidents, but Mr. Rossa
declined.
Any doubts as to the earnestness of the "new
movement" toward freedom for Ireland were set at rest when Chairman John F.
Finerty, in an address to the convention after he had been chosen permanent chairman,
declared for an Irish-American standing army which shall be ready to do battle
for Ireland whenever opportunity may present itself. The boldness of the plan
as outlined by the ardent speaker created a sensation.
That the chairman's views met with the approval
of the delegates was proved by the hearty enthusiasm with which his speech was
received. He outlined a plan by which young Irish-Americans throughout the
country shall be organized into military companies which will constitute a
standing army that may at a proper time strike for Irish liberty.
He said: "American papers question the
prudence of holding this convention and dictating to us a policy and hoping we will
do nothing to offend English sentiment. What do we care for English sentiment?
(Laughter.)
"We do not want to offend American sentiment,
nor French sentiment, nor Russian
sentiment, but we want to offend most seriously our hereditary and merciless
foe. (Cheers.)
"We are here today to sound the death
knell of Whiggery in Irish politics. We stand on our rights as a race to
advocate the absolute independence of the land that gave us and our fathers
life. Our friends, the editorial writers, may preach the doctrines of prudence.
We will follow their advice so long as it may be necessary. I will remind my
American editorial friends that when America had a grievance against England
they did not stand on the order on which they threw the British tea chests into
Boston harbor.
"The English press will say that we are
here for other purposes than the accomplishment of the liberty of Ireland. It
is physically and morally impossible for the English press to tell the truth.
(Cheers.) We do, however, desire to tell Britain and France and Russia and
every other possible enemy of Britain that we are in this fight to stay.
(Cheers.)
"We are not in for one year or three,
but for the war. (Tremendous cheering.) We do not care if we are to be beset by
whole battalions of English spies. We do not care if all Scotland Yard was
within hearing tonight, because we are meeting in public and with an avowed
purpose."
The speaker concluded with a ringing
peroration that brought the audience to its feet again and again. The close of
the speech produced a wonderful scene in its way, the audience standing and cheering
for fully 10 minutes.
After this, two resolutions were offered expressing
sympathy for the Cuban revolutionists.
A communication was presented from the
Polish Alliance of the United States expressing sympathy with the objects of
the convention.
A motion by O'Neil Ryan of Missouri, that a
committee of one from each state be appointed to draft resolutions, was adopted.
William Lyman of New York moved the
appointment of a committee on organizations and ways and means which was adopted.
Calls were then made for other speakers, and
O'Donovan Rossa, O'Neil Ryan of St. Louis and Delegates O'Leary of Montana,
Langdon of New York and Wilhere of Pennsylvania responded.
Rossa was given an ovation when he arose to
address the meeting. He said in part:
"I am not in favor of waiting. In my judgment
the time to strike is when you are ready, and the place to strike is England.
"All this talk of organizing to fight the
English out of England is very well, but it has no terror for England. She is
more afraid of the Irish in England and Ireland than in any other place. Now is
the time for us to strike, and the quicker the better."
The other speakers spoke in a similar
strain.
Today the real work of the convention will
begin.
ROCHESTER
CLOTHING STRIKE.
Workers
Who Returned to Work Recently Again Walk Out.
ROCHESTER, Sept. 26.—The garment workers of
S. G. Reiter, who signed the union scale some time ago, are out again.
Mr. Reiter is said to have told his men that
he could not afford to pay the wages that had been agreed upon and the men refused
to work for less.
General Secretary Reichers has received word
that all of the circulars to the clothing dealers, giving notice of the
boycott, had been sent out, and that it would not be long before the local
manufacturers would feel the effects of the action of the strikers.
The general secretary says that no more efforts
will be made to effect a compromise with the contractors.
The strikers will insist upon having their
demands granted in full, and unless this is done, none of them will go back to work.
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| Susan B. Anthony. |
TEMPERANCE
UNION.
Susan B.
Anthony Present—A Paper on Sabbath Observance.
ROCHESTER, Sept. 26.—The second day's session
of the state convention of the Women's Christian Temperance union opened with
devotional services by Mrs. Ellen
Orton of Wayne county.
Susan B. Anthony was presented to the convention
and received with great enthusiasm. She said: "In the rural districts the
women have the right to vote for school trustees and if the law is not enforced
it is the fault of the women, but in cities it is different. The next great
advance will be when the ballot all over the state is
given to women."
Mrs. A. H. Metcalf of Brockport,
superintendent of the Loyal Temperance legion, read her report for the year.
The membership of the legion has more than doubled during the past year and
including all grades reaches over 20,000.
Mrs. Kate Manning read a report upon Sabbath
observances in which she said:
"My
department is one of the most important of them all, for God commanded that the
Sabbath be observed in His Bible, which we all hold to be the direct witness of
God's purpose on earth. How often is every true Christian horrified by seeing the
saloons, the barber shops, the postoffices, the drug stores and the cigar
stores open on the holy Sabbath day! And how often, far too often, do we see
those who wear the white ribbon admitting a desecrating Sunday paper to their
homes, thereby committing two sins, in keeping the newsboy away from church, by
forcing him to carry the papers to their destination, and by reading upon the
Sabbath day the sacrilegious Sunday newspaper."
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| Old Dryden Fair building was later used by Highway Department. |
Prodigious
Crowds of People and Everybody Happy.
The Dryden fair is an anomaly. There is
probably nothing like it anywhere in this state or in any other state. There are county fairs all over the country,
and they are good fairs too, but there is not one that has yet been heard from
that can attract such crowds in proportion to the number of things to be seen
upon the grounds as the fair in the little town of Dryden. There is a line exhibition
of all kinds of stock and articles at Dryden too, and the qualifying words in
the last sentence about the number of attractions is in no way derogatory to
Dryden fair. Monroe county prides itself on its great fairs at Rochester, and
they are generally conceded to stand at the head of county fairs in this state
for they have a wonderful exhibit, but they are not in it for crowds with
Dryden, in proportion to the exhibit. Even
the state fair at Syracuse with its wondrous collection of livestock and farm
products and manufactured articles fails to draw the crowds that Dryden does in
proportion to the number of entries. The Dryden fair marks a date to reckon
other events from with thousands of people within ten or fifteen miles of that
little town. Everybody goes and everybody has a good time. Farm work stops,
shops close, schools take a vacation and nothing is in order except the Dryden
fair.
The Dryden Agricultural society was
particularly fortunate this year in its weather upon the first two days.
Nothing could have been finer. Not so much can be said for the weather
to-day. There was a large attendance the
first day, but a greater one yesterday. Here in Cortland every livery horse and
team of every description was engaged and those who had not been far-sighted enough
to speak for a horse in time and had not taken the morning train or some one of
the dozen or more carryalls which did a flourishing business between Cortland and
Dryden could stay at home. Hundreds of train tickets were sold and the extra
cars were crowded.
When at about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
a STANDARD man drove over the brow of the hill overlooking Dryden and got his
first glimpse of the fair grounds below there was scarcely a foot of
ground to be seen except on the track which was clear for racing. The grounds
are about the size of those in Cortland and they seemed literally packed with
teams, and that impression was more than verified when he reached them. They
were hitched clear around the fence line. Hitching rails crossed the area
within the track at frequent intervals and these were all occupied, and hundreds
of teams were standing about unable to find a place to tie. For a half mile before the grounds were reached
every private yard seemed transformed into a public hitching stable. And on the
grounds there was an ever-moving throng of people on foot. An officer of the
society who knew what the sale of tickets was for the day and who is accustomed
to judge of the number of people in the crowds on those grounds said to the
STANDARD man that a conservative estimate would put the number in attendance
yesterday at a good deal over eight thousand.
Wouldn't Cortland like to see such a crowd
on the grounds here? The display of live stock, though excellent, was not equal
to that in Cortland two weeks ago. The display of poultry fell far short of
that here, but in all other respects except vegetables Dryden was ahead. The
large octagonal hall two stories high was packed full of exhibits and was so
crowded with spectators that one could only move a few inches at a time and
very slowly at that.
Another large building which was put up near
by [sic] for another purpose had to be converted into an exhibition hall and
every foot of space was occupied, some of the late applicants for space having
to be refused.
Cortland was well represented among the
exhibitors. Case, Ruggles & Bristol, Kellogg & Curtis, and A. H.
Watkins had handsome booths with fine displays of dry goods, cloaks, gloves and
ladies' fancy goods, The well-known drygoods [sic] house of Tanner Bros.
confined its display almost wholly to furs, and it had an elegant line of them
there too. Kellogg & Curtis had one very elegant fur cape in their
exhibit marked $350. The [sluice] trade was represented by George H. Ames and
Edgcomb & Maritt, who showed a sample line of goods. A. S. Burgess and
Bingham & Miller each had
large booths in which were displayed all kinds of men's wearing apparel with
prices marked upon them in plain figures. They were as much a center of
attraction for men, as was the elegant display of hair goods and toilet
articles of Mrs. Darby-Turner for women. H. C. Harrington in one building and
O. W. Walter in the other furnished music for the crowd, each showing a
representative line of music and musical instruments.
Buck &
Lane was the only Cortland hardware firm to exhibit, and their large
and attractive display of stoves, ranges, oil heaters and general hardware kept
a crowd around them all the time. The female portion of the company was greatly
interested in the new "Cortland" range manufactured by the Cortland
Howe Ventilating Stove Co., and those in charge of the exhibit were constantly
called upon to show it off. A number of the celebrated Howe stoves which have
won hosts of medals were also shown here. The Fair store had on exhibition
samples of nearly everything in the line of house furnishing. All were
attractive and the booth was constantly the center of a crowd. M. L. Decker had
a large display of sewing machines, some of them in operation. The Hitchcock
Mfg. Co. showed carriages, sleighs and harnesses marked at receivers' sale
prices. Salisbury & Underwood have a booth of their famous medicine Su-moc-tow.
J. F. Seacord showed farm wagons.
The display of vegetables and fruit was
large and fine. These were shown in a tent erected for the purpose. Dogs, cats
and pets of various kinds were present in large numbers, all entered in
competition in one tent. A litter of six Scotch
collie puppies was one of the prettiest sights among the pets, while a huge St.
Bernard dog with his intelligent face aroused the admiration of all observers.
A merry-go-round in a tent was a popular
attraction. Every saddle was filled all day long, while crowds stood about the
tent looking on. Another crowd of interested spectators was assembled about the
dance hall. One end of a long building was devoted to this purpose and in the
other end the Methodist society served dinner and lunch. Popcorn, and peanut
and candy men did a flourishing business. The crowd was everywhere and was
constantly in motion. Friends from distant parts of the country, who had not met
since the last fair, enjoyed short visits. Cortland county faces were everywhere
to be seen. The Groton band gave a concert in the afternoon and this drew
together a throng in its vicinity.
The schools of Dryden, Groton and McLean all
closed up. Pupils and teachers all wanted to attend the fair. There would be no
one to teach and no one to be taught, so they might as well close the doors.
There were several horse races yesterday
afternoon and much interest was manifested in these.
And when it became time to go home all that
multitude of teams had to get out of a single gate. It was one continuous
stream of teams for hours. Everybody was good-natured and everyone was ready to
wait his turn for the gate, as well as for everything else. The dust was simply
awful, and in the midst of it several lemonade stands along the street over
which the dust swept in clouds did a flourishing business.
The great success of the Dryden fair is due
very largely to the work of the efficient president, S. G. Lupton and Secretary
J. B. Wilson, who are elected year after year. They are backed up by an
excellent board of directors. The exhibitors and the spectators are
accommodated and assisted in every way possible. The people appreciate the fact
and make this manifest by attending, and every year the crowd is greater than in
the previous year.
BREVITIES.
—The fourth quarterly conference of the
First M. E. church occurs to-night.
—The Normal football team are scheduled to
play the Dryden team at the Dryden fair this afternoon.
—Harry Hitchcock and Fred Beaudry went to
Dryden this morning with their wheels to give an exhibition of trick riding at
the fair. The wet weather probably caused them to give it up.
—The matter of Luigi Santangelo, the Italian
charged with stealing sheep from Frank Welch, was called before Justice H. A.
Dickinson this morning, jury trial demanded, and the case adjourned to Monday,
Sept. 30 at 9 o'clock A. M.
—The Syracuse university football team
passed through town this morning on the way to Ithaca to play Cornell this
afternoon. Mr. Harry A. Oday formerly of Cortland, is a member of the former
team.
—Dryden people have been wont to say that
other fairs might have rain, but theirs never did. They have no cause for
complaint in the weather of the first two days this year, but to-day we are afraid
somebody is getting wet.
—John
Hoar, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hoar died this morning after an illness
of three weeks, aged 1 year, 4 months. The funeral will take place from the
house, 34 Owego-st., to-morrow at 2 o'clock P. M. and will be private.
—Auburn is to have a trolley day next Saturday
for the benefit of the hospital. Certain of the cars are to be turned over to
the ladies who will officiate as conductors and all fares collected will be donated
to the hospital. The same plan will be followed as was carried out at Syracuse
recently.
—The new Odd Fellow's rooms in the Peck
block are to be formally dedicated on the evening of October 16, and Grand Master
Alfred A. Guthrie is expected to be present and conduct the dedication. It will
be a memorable occasion in the history of Marathon Lodge.—Marathon Independent.
—A regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will
be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2:30 P. M.
Consecration service and business meeting will be followed by reports of
delegates from the state convention. The delegates are Mrs. P. H. Patterson, Mrs.
E. P. Jepson and Miss Sarah H. Hare.
LADIES'
LITERARY CLUB
Met
Yesterday With Mrs. E. C. Beach on Clinton-ave.
No more attractive place than the home of
Mrs. E. C. Beach on Clinton-ave. could have been selected for the meeting of
the Ladies' Literary club yesterday afternoon. The balmy weather, the bright
tints of autumn and the allurements of a walk a little out of town all
combined to make the meeting particularly pleasant.
The program included a reading from Motley
and Dr. Griffis upon the "Roman Occupation of Holland" by Mrs. E. N. Johnson;
a paper by Miss Clara J. Robinson, read by Mrs. W. A. Cornish, upon "The
Feudal Age;" a reading by Mrs. J. W. Hughes, "The Rise of the Towns;"
and a selection from Sarab Orne Jewett on "Afternoon in Holland," by
Mrs. C. P. Walrad. Miss M. F. Hendrick also read selections from letters by Dr.
Griffis of Ithaca written from Holland to friends in Ithaca this last summer.
Miss Clara E. Booth and Miss Maria W.
Bishop both withdrew from the club and were placed upon the honorary list. Miss
Clara J. Robinson also withdrew. Mrs. F. W. Higgins and Mrs. M. C. Eastman were
elected to membership.
The meeting on Oct. 9 will be held with the
Misses Adams at 36 North Church-st.
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| Cortland Fairgrounds shown on 1894 panoramic map. |
Two Young
Ladies Shut up Within the Fair Grounds.
Two young ladies started out for a ride on
their bicycles yesterday afternoon after the close of school. They reached the
fair grounds and, the gates being open, thought they would take a spin upon the
track. The keeper, Mr. Batchelor, who was busy doing some work inside the
buildings, did not see them ride in.
After the pair had encircled the track a few
times, having a delightful ride, the thought occurred to them that as it was getting
late in the day, the gates might be closed and locked. To their utter dismay they
found this to be the case. The gates had been securely locked for the night and
Mr. Batchelor had gone home, taking the keys with him.
Thoroughly alarmed by the dilemma they were
now placed in, they rattled and pounded at the gates until a young man who was
passing by came to their assistance and assured them he would do all in his power
to secure their release. He then procured two ladders and placed one on the
outside and the other on the inside of the fence. They then scaled the fence.
The young man then called another passerby to assist him and the two wheels
were safely landed outside the enclosure. The young ladies conclude that to
insure certain egress from the fair grounds at all times the proper thing to do
is to secure from Mr. Batchelor a time table of the opening and closing hours
of the gates.
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