The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-11-22

''boo' for Nj. Balfour. Every trader il
town was visited BY 9 policeman, with
one Of Smith Barry's emergencymen, to
try and see whether they would refuse to
supply him with Drovisio ns, in order to
get up an excuse for prosecution against
them and then to deprive them Of their
licenses. Every man in the town was
what we called 1'shadowed. !" One of
the noblest priests IN the south OF Ire
land is Father Humphreys Of Tpperary.
The moment Father Humphreys leaves
his house every morning he finds two
policemen outside the door. One of
them marches alongside Of him, within
two feet OF him. on the footpash; an
other marches at his heels. Aye-wi'l
you believe 1T ?--they have followed him
to the very death bed Of one of his par
ishioners, and were peeping in the win
dow while he was administering the last
sacraments. These are the things which
have burned into the hearts of the men
of Tipperary. Though they have been
going on day after day and month after
month, Mr.. Balfour has the audacity to
talk alb ,ut the intimidation being all on
the side of the men who have borne all
these things without shedding drop Of
blood. There was one terrible stain Of
bio d on Tippe airy. One evening a
body of 81 policemen, armed with rifles,
fired on crowd which they themselves
estimated at 60 persons, killing sevealr
persons, am ng them boy OF IA. There
was an inquest, and verdict of wilful
murdpr against the men who fired, for
no policeman dared to say that he had
been injured. What could the govern
ment prove to viadica!e the course of
Justice? They instituted pros ecution
against the policemen-how ? They sent
them for trial before Col. Cadet, who
had himself been ordering baton charges
and bayonet charges every other day of
the week, and I need scarcely tell YOU
that the police murderers were sent out
Of court by this very man free, and l
have very little doubt that at this m:-
ment they are on the high road to pro-
motion by Mr.. Balfour. Now lei US see
what has been the result Of all this ter
rorism which has been exercised on the
people of Tipperary for all these months.
Mr.. Smith-Barry's EGO, 900 year have
vanished. The whole town and s
whole estates are at this moment vast
wilderness. The momen. ne completes
his evictions on the main street a line of
fire will be drawn around that town of
his, and no ruan except policeman or
an emergency man will ever enter t at
town. He had magnificent revenue
from the tolls Of the bnttec market of
Tipperary. Not iirkin Of butter has
entered his market for nine months p lst.
Every frkin of it has gone to the butter
market that We have founded in New
I! Tipperary. He had valuable creamery.
| Not gallon OF milk has ever entered
that creamery New TipDerary has set
up creamery of her own. He had vslu-
| able sand pits which brought him in a
! considerable revenue. Not q man would
|.touch those sand pits Of Smith Barry it
every grain Of sand in them were gold
Can yon wonder that we SIRE proud OF
Tipperary To this hour not a man has
! been conquered. They have wittstood
every assault upon their liberties as
CALAMITY az the iron coasts Of Glare fling
! back the foam from tbs Atlantic waves.
There they stand unconquerable by al
the might of England. There they will
stand to the end. And even in the very
heart of England. If We now want 10 stir
an audience of English workingmen to
enthusiasm, We have only to name the
name of Tlpperary, and you have that
! whole audience upon their feet. For
| EngIlshmen, to their credit be it said
! love pluck and DIES pise cowardice. We
have only got to bridge over the gulf --
and 1t is not a very wide guf now-be--
tween this and the general election.
Rescue is at hand. The relief army is
approaching. Their tramp is already
heard. What we want to do is to send
| across the waves TO Tipperary. and 10
all the other gallant men who are fight
ing in the cause of right, a message to
| hold the fort and to be of good heart and
Of good cheer; that we we're right when
| we told them that there are millions
upon millions of true IRISH hearts all the
world over who are praying for them,
who are blessing them, VIII, would never
desert them, and never will fail them,
and never will see them stricken down,
be the struggle long Or short, until the
flag of Ireland. which they have SO gal
lantly kept floating against ell the hosts
of landlerdism and of Dublin Castle,
shall float triumphantly, not merely over
free and happy Tipperary, but over a
free and happy Irish nation.
Tremendous and long continued cheers
greeted M. O'Brien during the delivery