The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-11-08
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The itst who made his appearance was
VIM. 10 Brien, followed sbY y. Snllis
van, both of whom are accon,p panied by
their wives. The reception ebmmittee
.cheered them vocifero usly. and after q
cordial hand shaking an address ct vel V
Gonna was read and responded to. nv hen
the steamer landed at her pier. the ems
VOWS were driyento the Hoffman house
where q grand ovation was rendered
them. Coy. ELL, Mayor Grant Eugene
Kelly and Others called TO pa v their re-
spects, and the governor invited u them to
visit finn at the capitol IN Albany. Mr..
Sullivan wrote a poem on the way over
containing these lines
Hurrah for the land that's befors US.
\ The friend of the country that. bore US, g
Veil publish Its praise # sl 81. e u
To ths end Of our days.
Ere long Ger the main.
Shall we sail back again, Il. No g s.ss5 4
Il Our hearts full Of high jubtlatton,
X With help in our hands, III III
sS% For the patriot bands .sf 5s.s 5
Who are fighting the fight Of our NATION. a
After luncheon the four parliamen tary
delegates met the reporters, to whom
Mr.. O'Brien read an address on the
present state of Irish affairs. s4
.'We are coming to America. = the adj
dress said, ''by the desire and with the
approval of Mr.. Parnell and the Irish
parliamentary party. / had 9 most cor
dial interview with Mr.. Parnell before
leaving Ireland, and he fully concurred
in our objects. One Of our chief sobjeets
in America will be to explain the charac-
ter of the struggle in Ireland and the
system of coercion In force there. / be-
Ieve Americans will be electrified when
they hear the story Of TipperarY. For
the present the question Of anational
fighting fund and the question Of q
charitable fund are wholly separated
The daDgerof famine along the western
seaboard 1s unquestionably real and
horrible. Nobody with less than Mr..
Balfonr's capacity for heartless jokes
could affect to deny or make light Of IL.
The Irish party are watching the situa-
tion with the most so:emn solicltude.
They have called for a bill suspending
evictlons for nor. payment Of rent on
small holdings in the distressed districts,
Neither brides nor threats induced any
one to tell the police Of our departure,
and Balfour's system Of espionage was
wasted. The government caapsJts tlglss
its 9 3 servants. continued Mr. 20 .Bmen.
| Why, on the day before we were sar-:
rested Mr.. Dillon wrote to me inform
ing me what was going to take place,
although it was supposed to be a castle
secret. Balfour may attempt to brand
us as criminals, but would be trYto
have us extradited as such either from
France or the United States !? The main
point at issue in Tipperary was whether
we. were to be cut of from the United
States. The Tipperary prosecutions
were instituted to prevent our. American
mission; our: escape was determined
upon ii order to carry it out: the mann
point is that it is We, and not Balfour,
who Effected onr object. IL Balfour had
dreamed that We quit Tipperary TO evadee
the sentence Of the femovables, he
would joyfully havs placed . yacht a
our disposal. The London Times MAS
exultantlY calculated that Balfour'a
policy has cost the Tenants Defence
Fund el0. 900 year, and that it cost ii,na
42O, 600 more to build new IipperarY. I,
The party remained in New York til
last Wednesday evening when they
went to- Philadelphia, where they adj
dressed their first meeting on Thursday
evening Col. McC lure presiding. They
spoke again in the same city on Friday
evening, Gov. Beaver in Che chair. They
got a grand reception ii the city of
Brotherly Love. T. 2. o. Connor ar
rived last Wednesday il New York,
and the delegates will divide into pairs
and address meetings throughout the
entire country. 81 is to be hoped that
arrangements will be made to brl1ltg.
them to the Northwest, and that 81,
Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and the ii
other leading cities Of Minnesota will
have the pleasure Of hearing the dig Zig
tingu1shed Irishmen. Steps should bs
taken Immediately to get them here,
and. if possible, let us get Dillon and
O'Brien, the brave men who faced Bal
four and ]. his hirellngs and outwitted
them in effscting their escape to keep
their American enga gements.
RI 35s#$ w Ef - Ri. 4
Nv New ORLEANS paper says OF
Grover Cleveland: \ \. { The whole country
isS beglnning to realize that Grover
Cleveland is d great man and THAT hla
admin trsaki nm Sraa f1asri0tie and char