Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-18
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SENATOR JONES IN DUBLIN.
The Florida Statesman Dined by th
Lord Mayor

mayor.
A special correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press thus describes the dinner
given to Senator Jones, of Florida, bv
Charles Dawson, NJ. p, Lord Mayor of
Dublin:
AT table the Lord Mayor had Senator
Jones at his right and Mr.. Parnell to his
left. Beside him stood three lackeys. at
tired in gilt and bright clothes, with their
heads powdered. To my Yankee mind the
idea occurred that maybe the Right Honor
able Lord Mayor of Dublin was adyertis-
ing his best brand of flour. 1t is not un-
true to state that, as far as l could see,
the affair partoOk of a political nature-a
Parnell demonstration to an official of the
United States. The entire absence of
guests of any other party than Home
Rulers, at great banquet by the execu-
tive OF city to a foreign gentleman,
speaks for itself.
When the edibles had been cleared
away and wine and cigars only were
served, order was raped for, and the
toast to the Queen, also coeval with the
chain, was proposed by His Honor in
non-ccmmittal kind of way with a bear
ing to Home Rule. The toast was drunk
standing and in silence. No one responded
to it. That was the one skeleton at this
festive board of NatiOnaIists. 1.-THE
United States" was responded to by Mr..
Il. DWyer Gray in skillful and diplomatic
little speech. He is a clever man, perhaps
the ablest man Of all the NatiOnalists:
and when he talks he seldom blunders.
AS l have, right or wrong, attached po-
litical significance to the banquet, it NAV
not be out of place, and, indeed, may
serve good cause, to give paragraph
here and there from the speeches. which.
nv the hV f1knp all in oil
after dinner efforts it ever was my mourn
ful lot to have to listen to. Mr.. GRAY
closed his response to the toast in this
wise:
1.-The American nation was far enough
off to judge impartially of the Irish stric-
gle, and he hoped they would continue to
give the Irish people that material as well
as moral support which was so essential
to nation struggling, as was the Irish
nation, to obtain, by constitutional meth
ods, those rights of which she had been
deprived by unconstitutional MEANS"
Applause.
T. P. O'CONNOR's SPEECH.
Mr.. T. p. OConnor, M. p, who was in
America last year, followed Mr.. GRAY in
response to ''The United States" In the
course of his remarks he said:
''The policy which was now called the
pinch of hunger policy, would have been
allowed to accomplish its full ends i'm
this country if it were not for the charity
that was given to our people by their
brethren and sometimes by Ameri-
cans OF other blood during a Pc
riod of famine: but, much as they
ielt that charity, deep as their graft
tude for that generosity was, the as
slstance they wanted was, above all
moral assistance, and whatever material
assistance they wanted was not for the
purpose of alleViating temporary misery.
but for the purpose of DESTROYING the per-
manent causes which would make that
misery endure as long as the cause ex-
isted. From their people abroad they
would continue to receive that assistance,
from the American people they would con-
tinue to receive sympathy.
If these remarks were intended to draw
out the Senator they wofully failed. am
not sure he did not ''smell a mouse" His
remarks in response to the toast, ''Our
Guest" warrant the suspicion on my
part. The host, proposing the toast. said
that the Senator who had honored them
with his presence was one of seventy
chosen to represent fifty millions.
SENATOR JONES' REPLY.
The adroit speech of the Senator made
me rather proud of him. | think he NAV
be safely trusted abroad again. Listen to
him:
II came back to look at the land of nv
father and of my mother in modest way.
with no intention OF offending the suscep-
tibilities of anybody, entertaining that
sincere love of country which has follow
ed me through life Tcheersl, and which, l
hope, will go down with me to the
grave. Hear, hear Realizing as | do
in all modesty, the Importance of the po-
sition which the suffrages of a free
people have given me, l did not come
here to intrude myself on anybody, or to
put forth any opinion which might Jar
upon the communities with which | live.
That have convictions with regard to
Ireland, and sincere love for her, every
body who knows anything about me well
knows; but at the same time / am aware
that L am part and parcel of a great gov
ernment which holds amicable relations
with the people and persons exercising
public authority over Ireland and the
British isles, and | do not suppose that
any Irishman would expect me at this
time and on this soil to enter into dis
cussion of purely political questions"