The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-12-08
uNSWERVING PATRIOTS.
Experiences of Timothy and Edward
Harring ton, Two of 1relands
Most Worthy Sons.
THEIR PARLl LlAMENTARY LAB0RS.
How They Have Succeeded in Kerry in
Their Warfare Against Their
Oountrv's Enemies.

Their Warfare Against Iholr
Oountrv's Enemies.
Two Of the most prominent individ-
uals on the Irish side in the proceedings
thus far before the Parnell commission,
says the Boston Republic, shave been
the Harrington brothers, Timothy who,
beside holding an important office in
the National League, represents the
Harbor division of Dublin in West
minister, and Edward, proprietor of the
Kerry Sentinel and member for the west
riding of Kerry. The latter has just
been fined $25O0 by Justice Hannen and
his colleagues for what those worthies
were pleased to call contempt of court,
but what, in reality, and in the admis-
sion Of ali unbiased judges, was nothing
more than a dignifed defence of bis
own honor when that was assailed by
one Of the perjured hirelings Of the
Londcn Times MIR. Harrington de-
clares his intention Of refusing to pay
the fine, course in which he Is backed
up by United ireland, and unless he
sees fit to change his mind Jus ice Han.
nen Will fii.d it pretty hard work to col
lect his money, as Edward Harrington
possesses all the stubbornness Of the
typical Kerry man in good cause, and
he will willingly 20 to Jail sooner than
submit to the unjust ruling of packed
court.
The first of the two Harringtons to
rise into national Importance in ireland
was Timothy. When the present agi-
tation commenced to wage war on alien
landlordsm and English misrule, Mr..
Harrington was the editor Of the Kerry
Sentinel, paper published at Tralee.
and he at once began the advocacy OF
Home Rule and peasant proprietary
in its columns. Among all the pro-
yinciaI papers of Ireland there were few
that advocated Parnellisrn with greater
enthusiasm OK more ably than the Kerry
Sentinel Nor did he forget the labor
ers, either, and it was tor a speech he
made I'll Westm+at.,, i'll 1858, III which
he scored those farmers who showed q
disposition 10 act unfairly with their la
borers, that he first made the acquaint-
ance of the magistrates OF Buckshot
Forster's appointment, WHO, after ac-
eording him a farce Of a trial, sent him
to Jail on a two months sentence. The
speech which Mr.. harrington made at
Westmeath Was far from being an in
famatory one, and the castle was hard
pushed to make it appear such. In the
course Of his remarks the Kerry editor
told the tenant farmers of his audience
to beware how they dealt unfairly with
their laborers. his exact words being the
following: Nov ask the tenant farm
ers to come forward generously and give
the laborers q, fair day wages for tair
days work. If not, the agitation which
has been carried on in their behalf will
bs turned against them if they do not
come forward now and assist the labor
ers here in their hour of need"
These were the words which Dublin
Castle cited against the intrepid editor
when it arrested him under the Grimes
Act, and endeavored to prove him
guilty of intimidation. Of course, the
castle tried him in its own way before
its own picked magistrates, and MIR.
Harrington stood no chance whatever
of obtaining an acquittal or even a fair
hearing. In this trial the Kerry editor
enjoyed for the hrst time the fun of
cross examining an I1ish peeler who
pretended 20 have taken shorthand
notes of his speech, and the manner in
which he exposed the uniformed re.
porter greatly delighted the audience.
though it did not please the court. MIR.
Harrington has always had q fond
ness for this sort Of cross examination
since, and he has used it to good ad-
Vintage on many subsequent occasion
In his own trial Mr.. harrington ex
tracted from the government reporter a
confession that he did not know the
first thing about phono raphv, COM
PEELED him to admit that he wrote his
report from memory, and made him
acknowledge on the witness stand tnat
he could not read single one of the al
legged notes he took at the time the
speech was delivered. Notwithstand-
ing these facts, however, F0rster's judges
found MIR. Harrington guilty and sem
tancad him tn iail for two months. An
appeal was taken, but the appeal only
served to pull the editor out Of the fry
4 ing pan and put him in the fire, for,
I when the time came for hearing his case
on appeal, the judge who sat on the
4 bench was none other than q Kerry
landlord, one Mr.. Nsligan, against
hom and whose met 't hods the y Kerr, J