A HOME RULE FOR IRELAND MEETING IN BANGOR, MAINE, IN 1886 Sprague's Journal of Maine History Volume 9 July, August, September, 1921 page 126 A HOME RULE FOR IRELAND MEETING IN BANGOR, MAINE, IN 1886 On the evening of Monday, June 7, 1886, the citizens of Bangor held a mass meeting in the old Norumbega hall, to indorse the Gladstone-Parnell bill for home rule in Ireland, then pending in the British Parliament. The report of this meeting in the Whig and Courier says: "It was one of the grandest demonstrations ever held within its his- toric walls." The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, Edward B. Nealley. Chief justice John A. Peters presided, with the follow- ing vice-presidents: Hannibal Hamlin, John Appleton, Samuel H. Blake, Albert G. Wakefield, Charles Hayward, William 13. Hay- ford, William H. McCrillis, Lewis Barker, George W. Ladd, Joseph P. Bass, Samuel F. Humphrey, Eben S. Coe, Rev. George W. Field, D. D., Rev. Edward McSweeney of the St. John's Catholic Church, Rev. M. C. O'Brien of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nathan C. Ayer, General George Varney, Llewellyn J. Morse, John Varney, Charles V. Lord, Greenleaf J. Clark, Dr. Thomas N. Coe, Dr. Isaac Strickland and Philo A. Strickland. Its secretaries were F. H. Getchell and I,. P. Boutelle. Speeches were made by Franklin A. Wilson, General Charles Hamlin, Lewis Barker, Daniel F. Davis, W. H. McCrillis, Patrick H. Gillin, Rev. H. Barnard Carpenter of Boston, Rev. George W. Field, D. D., Rev. Fathers McSweeney and O'Brien and Dr. D. A. Robinson. Resolutions strongly favor- ing home rule for Ireland were passed. "Joseph P. Pass moved that. a dispatch be cabled to Mr. Gladstone carrying to him the sentiments of the meeting," which was "unanimously carried." Letters were read from John P. Donworth of Houlton, John B. Redman, Ellsworth, Governor Robie and James G. Blaine, Augusta, and Congressman Charles A. Boutelle, who, at the time, was in Washington, D. C. So far as we know, Philo A. Strickland, E. P. Boutelle and Patrick H. Gillin are the only ones now living whose names ap- peared in the report of this meeting. c) 1998 Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ************************************************* * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.