As to the third objection to Cronin, I charge that the brand of
perjury is so burned into the scoundrel's brow that all the waters
of the earth would not remove the brand. He was a delegate at the
district convention held in Chicago, March 23, 1884, that being the
first one held in this district. After the constitution was so
amended as to provide for the elevation of two delegates from each
district, two delegates were elected at the very same session, one
being chosen immediately after the other. Yet Cronin, after first
officially reporting to his club that two delegates were elected,
circulated a report that only one was elected, and stated that he
would not be permitted to speak or to present any suggestions from
his camp. Every such delegate at the convention has been sworn, and
every one, including those who were with Cronin in the U. B.
organization, testified that two delegates were chosen, that Cronin
was present when they were chosen, that every delegate not only
could speak, but was actually called upon to speak, and that every
delegate, including Cronin, did speak.

Cronin was expelled, a convicted liar, who added perjury to his
slander. I have further investigated his record, and I find that in
several matters outside of this organization he is also a perjurer.
A record obtained from Ireland by William J. Fitzgerald says that
Cronin was born at Buttevante, April 13, 1844. Cronin swears that
he lived at St. Catherines, Canada, until after the assassination
of President Lincoln, April 14, 1865. Captain McDonald, of No. 2
Company, Nineteenth Battalion of the Canadian militia, of which P.
H. Cronin was a member, says that at its formation in 1862 or 1863
he had P. H. Cronin in his company, or shortly after its formation.
He was known as the "Singer Cronin," and at the time of joining he
took the oath of allegiance as follows: "I swear that I will bear
true and faithful allegiance to her majesty, the queen, her heirs
and successors."

About 1863 positive orders were sent by the government that every
man had to take the oath of allegiance, and that there were none
under his command who did not take it. The record shows that Dr.
Cronin's father, J. G. Cronin, was a British subject and continued
in Canada up to the time of his death,