The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-11-08
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liiamen,t he quickly ttoipk MI 81 one g
1he keenest and most incislYe debatsrs,
the iaound est thin ers and most rilliant
orat tors ID # assembl
Nh. @, Brien' becomes are eaex 3 o y
the man himself sforoibl e, Whoie led
Ear dselear cut. His gestures ate. few, llls
position being an erect posture the le "
hand hanging by his side, bile 3, With viii ]
the right he emp hasi zes and drives home go as
with sledgeha mnaer blows on the desks q
table the points he wishes to enforce -
his address. FL rom be bind his eyeglasses
fash forth il turn humor and scorn, as
he rallies 8 friend or prostrates g foe.
Mr.. q 'Brien is bout six feet tall aud
is thus describee by Z i. O. Connor, one
of his colleagues j: s r ragile iin frame
and weak in health, he is vet, above an
things, a com blatant, ready and almost
eager to meet danger. II he had Sbeen
born in Paris he would probably have
been found at the top. Of : barricade. ~,
like Armand Carrel, might have persisted
in a political duel. "a long, thin face,
deep set ard piercing eyes, flashing. out
from behind spectacles, sharp features s
and quick, feverish walk The whole
appearance Of the man speaks Of q rest
less, fierce and enthusiastic charac. a
With Mr.. O Bnen's career since he
entered parliament the world is CONVEX.
SAINT. On the red1strib ution Of parlia
mentary seats ia 1885 his native borough
of Mallow was wiped out OF existence.
and he was elected for that stronghold
of Orangeism, South Tyrone. At the
general election Of 1886 he was returned
for the district Of northeast Cork, which
includes his own town Of M allow, and
for that place he still sits. He has
visited America on two previous occa-
sions, once as delegate to the conYen-
ton Of the Irish National League held
in Chicago in 1886, and later IN 1857,
when he went to Canada to denounee the
conduct Of it's then governor-ge general,
Lord Lansdown in evicting his Irish
tenants. The manner in which he was
assailed by the Canadian Orangemen on
that occasion is still fresh in every body q
memory. s$ 5ss '.ss sS4 II 4
NJ He has been in prison at least half q
dozen times, and during his latest term
in durance, wrote novel entitled,
[iss'When we were boys" which depicts
Irish life at the present day, and has had
an immense sale, both in Europe and
America. He was married last. June to
a French heiress, and he is accompanied
on his present trip to this ooun try by
Mrs. O'Brien.
Johns Dill ons ia lhus descrihe d l,y
|O 'Connt,r:: Tall, thin, trail, his ply.
sique is that of a man who has period
cally to seek flight from death, in change
of scene and air. His face is long land
narrow, the features singularly delicate
and refined. Coal black hair, and large.
dark and tranquil eyes, make up q face
that immediat ely arrests attention, and
that can never be forgotten. a stranger
would guess that Mr.. 3Dhlon was Y an
artist Of the school that found delight in
painting Madonnas, that spoke Of the
pursuit Of art for arts sake alone, with .
sublime unconcern for the struggles and
aims and welfare Of the workaday world.
Atranquil voice and q gentle manner
would further combat the idea that this
was one Of the protagonists in one 81 the
fisrcest struggles Of modern days The
speeches Of Mr.. Dillon are violent in
their conclusions only The PROPOSE
tions which startled or shocked unsyn-
pathetic hearers IN the early days Of the
Land League are reached by him through
calculations Of apparently mathematical
frigdity and are delivered il an unim-
passioned naonitone..o In the early days
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