The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-21

plans for the present tour will not be
leted till the arrival of the deputation
" York, but in all probability it will
! BY six months, and follow very much
lme lines as that of eleven years ago.
visiting the principal cities of the
d, as we'll as many of the smaller towns,
,putation will proceed to Canada, and
early spring embark on the st. Law
for home. In order that the smaller
RS of population may not be neglected,
previous tours, a plan will be adopted
h was found to have had most satisfac-
.esults during the recent tour of Mr..
n, Sir Thomas Esmonde and Mr..
II in Australia. The three delegates
aed mass meetings of citizens in COM
and then parted, each going his own
to address audiences in the smaller
and country districts of a colony.
he adoption of this method the mis-
ries will carry words of hope and ex-
tion to almost every community of
people in the New World.
4 to the 'uncrowned king himself,
billion at the age of 38. and Mr.. O. 'Brien
age of "a, have become the most pow
men in the Irish party. Mr.. Tim
ngton, as secretary for eight years of
ational League, has gained a knowl-
IF the movement second to none of
olleagues in the house of commons.
,hree members were included in
Times list of ''the criminals
by the special commission. Not
Mr.. Sexton, who as an orator, is
ted by all parliamentarians to be al
second to Gladstone, has made SO
effective speeches at st. Stephens as
'illon and Mr.. O'Brien. Since Mr..
ms long illness they have sprung to
irst place as senatorial gladiators, and
& the past session they have shared
Mr.. Healy the honors of the arena.
hin the last three years it is not too
to say that the English estimate of
'illon and Mr.. O'Brien has. undergone
plete change, change not wholly
Mr.. Gladstone's new departure .
lr. Dillon's return from America
4 years ago, having completed the
|of organizing the American counter
10 the Land league he became in the
nation of tories and liberals alike the
" petrol of Irish politics. He was
led as man of the most violent
,ns and the EXTREMIST courses, q
.ical dynamiter and an oratorical in
lie. In the days of the Land
he was constantly receiving,
from Mr.. I. P. OConnor. letters of
% and insult which pictured him as
onster Robespierre OF the Irish move
The few Englishmen who knew
history knew that as the son of a
of the young Irish movement he had
a. that his was one of the warmest
mes John Mitchell received on return
ON exile and that no one had been
in denouncing Isaac Butt when that
was Fastening to his fall. With
this knowledge only intensified their
hostility to the man. In the house
amons he was frequently the object
urricane of wrath, and under Mr..
RS reign of terror he was one of the
, be thrown into prison. Even when
ladstone inclined the hearts of Eng
berals more generously towards the
nationalists the hot member
East Mayo was still regarded
ome time as the hotspur Of the
lite party. DIR. Nitchin, the
of Winchester. was the first to pnt
Dillon right with the English public
ertain,ng him as guest. In the
aree years Mr.. Dillon has frequently
red ON liberal platforms, and it has
ound that there is another side to his
;ter. 1t has been found that he has
feelings as well as hot passion-that
n excite tears of patbos as we'll a.
of anger-and that SO far from being
! irrec0ncilable. he can be az forgiv-
the rest of his countrymen. As a
Iuence John Dillon has become the
the British democracy. 1t has been
aid that had not Mr.. Balfour pro-
I his life two years ago by releasing
iillon from prison he would have
ned that of Lord Salisbury's govern
When Mr.. Dillon returned
his Australian trip last
ery, seemingly aglow with