the new policy"--a staunch
confederate of theirs whom they appointed and who merely carried
out their orders--so that they might, forsooth, determine whether
economy characterized his work and their own. But the crowning
hypocrisy of all was their desire to ascertain if the receipts
"acknowledged by the Home Branch of the R. D., corresponded with
those reported by the F. C., as having been paid out." That is,
they wanted to see if moneys received and spent by the American
Branch of the R. D., without the knowledge or consent of the Home
Branch, were properly accounted for by men who knew nothing about
them, and whose representative was kept away from the convention
lest the truth should become known. And the men guilty of this
shameless deceit and hypocrisy are running the U. S. to-day.

Third--The Relations with the I. R. B.--Without the presence of an
envoy from the I. R. B. the convention was dependent on the word of
men, who admitted the receipt and expenditure of $266,000, and who
are positively known to have received a much larger sum, for the
genuineness of the account. They place $128,000 to the credit of
the R. D., and $75,000 to that of the S. C. of the I. R. B., and
they make it impossible for an envoy from Ireland to confirm or
contradict the statement, by withholding information from him as to
the time and place of the convention.

They aver that they sent the information both by cable and mail,
and yet there are letters at our disposal, dating from June to
October, from a member of the S. C., complaining that they could
not get the information they sought, and the last one affirming
that the old address was still good for either cable or mail. No
letter passing between the two organizations ever miscarried before
that time, and others have reached the same address since. The F. C.
were made aware of the non-receipt of the information, and if it was
intended to reach the S. C. it would have been received. The true
explanation for all this is found in the admission in the "report"
of the convention of a radical difference of opinion between the
F. C. and S. C., and of a determination to dictate to the latter body.
There is not a shadow of doubt that three members of the F. C. who
represent the V. C. or the R. D. usurped the functions of