Redmond swept aside peremptorily the suggestion of himself.
Next day we assembled--some ninety persons.

The main bulk consisted of local representatives--thirty-one chairmen of County Councils, one only having declined to serve.

Two of these, Mr.O'Dowd and Mr.Fitzgibbon, were members of our party.

There were eight representatives of the Urban Councils, over and above the Lord Mayors of Dublin, Belfast and Cork and the Mayor of Derry.

Labour had seven representatives, one of whom, Mr.
Lundon, representing the Agricultural Labourers' Union of the South, was an Irish member of Parliament.