rganized a camp in Lake View, to which this
man, O'Sullivan, also belonged, and in the organization of which he
had taken part; there was no evidence here that any other camp was
organized in Lake View except the Washington Literary Society, and
this was the camp, Cronin's camp, into which Patrick O'Sullivan had
charged that members of the United Order of Deputies were being
admitted. It was upon this statement of O'Sullivan's that Ford's
speech was founded, and that he made this statement that he feared
the organization would be broken up.

Mr. Longenecker then alluded to and read the resolution passed on
this subject.

"Now," continued the State's Attorney, "Captain O'Connor has taken
the stand here--and the defense did not dare to cross-examine
Captain O'Connor upon that proposition--and swore that the motion
to appoint a secret committee was made by Daniel Coughlin. The
defense did not dare to put a witness upon the stand to swear that
that motion was made by any other person than Daniel Coughlin, and
that statement stands here uncontradicted. He swears that Daniel
Coughlin arose and moved that a secret committee be appointed. Now,
in all organizations where a committee is moved, the mover is made
chairman of the committee. If any of you ever belonged to an
organization, and if you ever do belong to an organization, you
will know that when a motion is made for the appointment of a
committee, if the man in the chair understands parliamentary rules,
he makes the mover for a committee chairman of the committee. Bear
that in mind. In this case Captain O'Connor says that Dan Coughlin
moved that this secret committee be appointed and that Thomas
Murphy, who did not dare take the stand, seconded that motion.
Thomas Murphy, you will remember, gentlemen, is the treasurer of
the organization. Daniel Coughlin moved, and it was seconded, that
a committee of two or three be appointed by the senior guardian to
investigate this statement of Captain F. O'Connor. Why was this
investigating committee appointed? Denis O'Connor and others tell
you that it was known at the time that Dr. Cronin was the man who
had read the report of that trial committee. They all knew that
Cronin had acted as a member of that committee, they knew he had a
separate report, the