Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-20
TO Europe. This isa great Government,
even If IL IL under Republican rule"
Mr H. A. Murphy.

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"well."I hardly know what to say"
responded Mr.. Il. r. Murphy when the re-
porter approached him. lyon caught me at
dinner. IL has been forty years since
left that country: | would never 90 back
except for the fact that ] want TO pay q
tribute OF respect 10 my father. j am
gong over there soon to place monument
over his grave. ] am proud 10 say that
am an American and a Virginian now. My
mother furnished five sons TO the Confed-
crate army and Ne all bear scars. My In
terests are with this country now"
You do not think that there is any
doubt that the English treat your people
uniustlyl" queried the reporter.
"They take every action they can TO
crush the lrish," replied Mr. Murphy,
and YOU know there must be something
radically wrong for matters 20 go on as
they do in that green, fertile island. ] am
president OF al Irish Land League here,
and do all | can 90 help my people"
Mr. y. Cummins.
"I don't know anything about this mat
tor said Mr.. T.. Cummins, but | am
surprised that Dillon should have been ar
rested. for he is a very conservative man.
| wouldn't go back 20 Ireland for anything
IN the world. | remember when | was a
boy that j never cried SO much IN my lte
as when they killed my dog. Every year
the English game-keepers go around and
hang all the dogs they find, as they say
they kill the game III the country"
Colonel John Murphy.
II am afraid my views are not worth
much.' SAID Colonel John Murphy 10 the
reporter. d" | am Parnell man and don't
believe In dynamite. although the Irish
people are the worst treated nation in
the world. What they want is home
rule. BY that mean that they desire Ire
/ land 10 bear the samo relation TO the
United Kingdom that Virginia does TO the
| United States.
THE population in Ireland is totally de-
pendent on the potato crop, he remarked.
and this year That has failed. owing 10
the prevalence of the rot, winch some;
times kills the vegetable. Tins Is caused
by the wet weather. The reason they raise
the potato instead of other crops Is that
the amount of ground each tenant has IL
$50 small that IL would not yield enough Of
any other crop 10 support them. ms Is
almost their only III tcuancc, and they
| feed upon them all the year round. Very
few are exported
Ur. ID. y. Coleman.
The Dispaich man last night found DR..
ID. j. Coleman at the rooms of the McGlll
Catholic Union. of which organization be
is president. When asked for ms views be
pdfc luiln as lblOW~
II think TINS arrest Of Dillon ana
O'Brien Is purely q continuation of the
miserable policy Of the British Govern
ment towards ireland. The action was
taken undoubtedly to prevent the two
men from coming 10 America tor the puT-
| pose Of oulistlng sympathy IN this country
| for the Irish cause. Instead Of dong TINS
/ 1t will have the opposite effect. II Dillon
and O'Brien had come 10 America their
views would only have been known IN the
| communities in which they spoke. where
"a the press has now taken hold
| Of the matter, and the attempted op;;
preston 10y the British Government VIII
excite disgust from one end OF the land 70
| tine other Any man who has one drop OF
/ irish blood IN his VEINS Will resent TINS,
/ and al who have n spark Of humanity III
/ their cOmpositiOn viii feel with them. In
! stead of iDiuring the Irish cause the arrest
| of these two patriots viii have the effect OF
/ bringing more assistance from this side Of
| the water than any step ever before taken
| by the National party.
Councilman FerTiter.
- think it is an outrage, as the arrests
| are undoubtedly for no other purpose than
| to keep Dillon and O'Brien from coming
/ 10 this country" a." said Councilman j. 1.
1 Ferriter. Instead Of preventing the col.
| lection of money in America, the action OF
| the British Government will excite sym
| pathy for Ireland, and the fund Will un-
! doubtedlv be created by voluntary con
/ tribution and be much larger than 1t
would have been otherwise. Still. II Is to
/ be greatly regretted that Dillon ana
! OBrieu could not give the people Of the
| United States and Canada al account OF
/ the exact state of affairs in Ireland.