The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-25
GLADSTONE KISSED.
A Sensation at a St. Georges
Day Banquet in New York.
cHguNcEY DEPEW'S SPEECH
r,o.oaing Home Rule-The British
Or. His. the Name Of tho Gront
commoncr-ProC Smiths Bad
rastc-Cobdcn Sentiments.


vrr Yonr, April 24.-For one hun
,,,J and one years the celebration by
G''' %, rnglishmcn in New York OF St
G.. Georges Day has been more or less
prosaic. , .ooo,,a ,sh;cb
,oat Mace at Dclmonico's last night, in
,To I idrm Of dinner, was considerably
I"s. l.s mosaic and was not q little ruttled.
'' p,oiessor Goodwin Smith, of Toronto,
v,, primarily the cause Of this disturb
;~. alomeat. He made distinctively
roIit,cnI speech, in which he attacked
home rule in an exceedingly bitter
Cbauncoy NJ. Depow created general
,.,opi.fmcnt when it came his turn to
sneak by taking the opposite course and
handling the cudgels in behalf OF the
J,.b The temper OF the gathering can
ia Lc,t,r understood from the fact that,
chen Mr., Depew asserted that II MIR.
Gladstone should visit this country he
w"nI,l he received enthusiastically, the
name Of Gladstone was received with
rollcy OF Kisses.
rRoF. sMITH's SPEECH.
During the course OF his remarks Prof.
Goodwin Smith said: at seems that n
general resolution has been taken by
Enplishmcn on this side to naturaliZe. ]
do not wonder that there has been some
reluctance to do that-tO break alle-
yianrc TO such II glorious country us
Enylnnd-and that the anti-English feel
inc here has led Englishmen to feel that
tbev were in nm alien country. lCheers.l
Gentlemen, protest it is not. ltis not
intended to deprive any OF the citizens
n tbe United States Of their powers,
hut it is intended to prevent this coun-
try from being posed as the friend OF an
alien vote against old England and to
prevent I'M Englishman from being
iramped upon by those who are angling
for the Irish vote. Applause.
1--WE are opposed to the dissolution OF
Ireland from the United Kingdom and
handling it over to part OF the Irish
pcoplc The words ireland and Irish
are very different. John Bright is right
in saving there are two millions OF
people in Ireland who are us loyal as
he or am. | have always advocated
every movement for the advancing and
iorthc benefit OF the Irish people, but
We believe that we should not be con-
icrring benefit upon Ireland, but
wonId be doing her a wrong, by separ-
ating her from England, by de-
barring her members OF Parliament
from the legislature OF the realm.
CHEERING Golden SENTIMENTS.
Iiyou want to form an opinion on the
question 90 to the gallery Of the House
OF Commons, look upon the Irish mem
bers, note their dcmeanor and appear
ance, and ask il English statesmen would
be justified in handling Ireland over to
their hands. Many time ] have talked
to Richard Golden on this Irish ques.
ton, and he always gave me the same
answer: II the Irish would only send
good and proper men to Parliament, as
the Scotch did, the matter might be ar
ranged: but how are we to carry n great
reform with such men as these Irish
mcmbcrs?" Cheers.
To Chauncey NJ. Depew was assigned
the toast of 'TLe Memory md Genius OF
Shakespeare" but he had little to say
about The immortal Bard of Avon. 81
ALWAYS" he said, 'look forward TO st.
Georges Day with peculiar interest.
There were three persons horn on that
day which | remember. One was st.
George. the second was Shakespeare,
and the third was myself, and | have Il
family controversy each vear MS to wheth-
or nv birthday shall be celebrated at
home or with st. George and Shakes.
pcarp with the result that on that day
there Is Temporary severance Of the
family relation. laughter
c,,nsrovr v,ssnn
o,n 'IND'i'Nh H,ssHD'
There eoatd DO nothing more reeip-
roCal than the relations now existing be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States. We have Ind this wear an un-
usual amount Of fluid tafTv flowing out
on 10th sides Chamberlain visited us;
We had YOUR Parliamentary delegates
over here 10 promote peace: nil to keep
up the flow of international tafIy. |
have noticed at the dinners Of the VA
rions soci"t;Ss That noIiticS which have
hitherto been strictly tabooed, have
been placed upon the table. This was
especially noticeable at the Irish dinner,