Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1887 — COERCION CONDEMMED. [ARTICLE]

COERCION CONDEMMED.

Monster Anti-Coercion Meeting in the Dublin Rotunda. A Number of Eiigllnhand Scotch Members of i’arlihin*ur Participate in the Proceedings—Great finthusiasm —Gi»t" of the Speeches. A mass meeting to inveigh against the league’s proclamation, was held in the Rotunda at Dublin Tuesday evening, and was a gigantic success. Enthusiasm prevailed everywhere, and not a dissenting voice could be be heard within the precincts of the building. The Lord Mayor presided at the main meeting, and ex-Commoner Leamy and Commoner P. H. Gill at the two overflow meetings. Several English and Scotch members were p resent and addressed the gatherings. The house was filled to suffocation long before the time the meeting was to be called to order, hundreds of people entering through windows because of the crush at the doors. Professor G alb raith, a Protestant, moved a resolution denouncing the government’s edict a gainst the league, which was carried unanimously. There were no tickets of admission, but it was generally understnod-thatthe seats on the platform not occupied by leading members of the league were reserved for the occupancy of American, Irish-American and English visitors, and of these there were a large number present. Among the English members of the House of Commons who indorsed the principle of the league by their presence and active participation in the proceedings were Jacob Bright, Richard B. Halden, Henry Peyton Cobb, Chas, benwick, and Angus Sutherland, and they with others equally prominent in English politics, freely expressed their condemnation of the government’s action and the belief that it had done the league more good than harm through its influence upon English public opinion. The proclamation has certainly given great impetus to the work ot the league propaganda, and applications for membership from Liberals in England, Wales and even Scotland are constantly pouring in. These l. plicants represent all classes of social standing, and present a remarkable unanimity of opinion and sentiment. How much influence the meeting will have in shaping the future policy of the London government and the Dublin executive cannot now be even approximately estimated, but it is safe to assume that the results of the demonstration will not prove disadvantageous to the league. The English members of Parliament present advised Irishmen tp be calm and to refrain from collision with the law. Mr. Dillon said that in spite of the proclamation the league would continue to exercise-what Mr. Balfour had called intimidation. Instead of advising tenants to be reasonable they would advise them in future to double their demands. Mr. O’Brien said that no Irishmen was worth a pinch of salt unless he trampled the proclamation under foot, but he advised calmness in the struggle for freedom.