The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-14
GREATER MEN THAN PARNELL.
Stories OF OsBrien and Sexton-Their
E1oQuence and Fine Memory.


The Irish members of parliament Nessrs-
OBrien, Dillon, GIL, ofsuilivan, 0Connor and
Harrington, who are row making tour OF this
country, have had many in their audiences who
have BEEN interested in their style OF oratory,
apart from anything else A good memory is
necessary TO comprehensive grasp OF subject,
and to the proper presentation OF the facts which
are 20 De arrsyed in support OF proposition
Goodness Is another requisite
One, at least. OF the Irish visitors possesses
these requisites-Nr. William oBrien- Because
his oratory is often feryid many think he does
not possess eoolness, but those who have lis
tened TO him in debate know that he Is quite
able 10 control himself
Nj. T. p. GIL, VI. p, was the advance agent of
his colleagues In America, selected for this Do
sifion because he was once an American news
paper man. was sitting with him in his room
In the Fifth Avenue hotel in the afternoon OF
the day when the ENJOYS spoke in the Metro
pciitan oIera-house. A reporter Of morning
paper came in and asked Mr.. GIL If the manu-
scripts were ready.
aWhat manuscripts asked Mr.. Gil, in sur
prise.
"of the speeches to be delivered this evening""
said the reporter.
why, my dear sir" rejoined Mr.. GIN, 1--WE
have no prepared speeches. Why, We never
make notes, even"
Mr. William oBrien is one of the very few
A&-~h WIZ LIES Inc power 10 90 t1iS. tnTee years
ago he invaded Canada TO expose Lord Lans-
downe- ! was sent as the correspondent of
new YORK newspaper to accompany the invader.
our first stop was In Montreal. knew that the
meeting would be a late one, and as the exigen-
cies OF time and space demanded early seopy,"
thought would get ahead of time by asking
MI. Brien to favor me with synopsis OF his
speech.
Although number Of people were waiting TO
see hiIa, yet he very kindly sat down and wrote
ont his speech. He wrote rapidly, and
when be had finished he handed IL TO me,
and then attended 10 his visitors. In the even
ing sat at the reporters table with the manu-
SCRIPT In my hand ready to catch in shorthand
any sensational departure from or inter-
poiation In the prepared speech. To my
utter astonishnent, Mr. OBrien delivered ii ex-
actiy as be had written it, not even misplacing
or substituting an adjective Other reporters
had copied 1t and they thought Mr. O'Brien had
memorized It after having written it, But that
could not be, told them, and then their aston
isnnent was as great as mine, because he never
saw the manuscript after it left bis hands
There Is another Irish member of parliament
with a remarkable memory-Mr sexton His
faculty Is dangerous one to his opponents in
the house of commons When particularly in
terested he VIII listen TO an adversary and sub
sequently repeat word for word such por-
tons OF the speeche as he desires to COM
ment on mis- reply. He did this at an American
dinner once where several speakers had pre-
coded him So accurate was he that most of the
diners thought the other speeches had been
printed and Mr.. Sexton was quoting them from
proofs before him. The other speakers were lost
in establishment