Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-11-14
OsBrien and Dillon Arrive.

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Dillon, M. p, 4. d. Sullivan and his
wife and Timothy Harrington arrived
yesterday morning on the steamer La
Champagne. A reception committee
representing the united Irish societies
Of New York, accompanied by several
hundred members of the national league
and the various Irish societies, met
them at quarantine. Upon the arrival
OF the steamer at her dock a reception
was held on her deck, and at IL 80 the
visitors were driven to the Hoffman
house. The party had scarcely reached
tho hotel when Gov. Hill called upon
them. The governor warmly welcomed
them to the city and state, expressed
his hearty sympathy with the cause
they represented and signed his name
to the address of welcome that had
been prepared by the Irish societies.
Mayor Grant also called and expressed
sentiments similar to those of the gov
ernor and also appended his name to
the address of welcome. To the rep
resentatlves of the press Mr.. O'Brien
related the details of his escape from
Ireland as follows:
1--WE delayed our trip as long as
there was any chance of our being able
| to visit America in the interval be-
tween the sentence and appeal. We
saw that the government was deliber-
ately eating away that interval and as
| soon as that became evident we came
away. The plan was simplicity itself.
We went out of the front door of a
conspicuous house in Dublin without
any disguise at all. We drove in a
friends carriage to Dalkoy, supped at
| the house of Mr.. Healey and that night
| at midnight we were rowed aboard the
| yacht st. Patrick. which set sail in IA
| gale from kingstown at once. While
we were being provisioned, just before
] the start, the coast guard came along
side and questioned Captain Murphy.
| Sheriff Clancy of Dublin was with us.
We escaped and sailed for the Welch
! coast, whore we lay three days be
Gained within pistol shot of the shore
and in full view OF the coast guards.
I Then we were becalmed three days
more right in the course of the Eng
fish shipping in the channel and if half
the scrutiny had been given to us that
is exercised in searching outbound ves-
sells we would have been delayed sure.
We reached the French coast on the
evening of the seventh day and went
to Paris"
Mr.. O'Brien then read statement
of the objects of the visit of himself
and Mr., Dillon, which is made at the
desire and upon the authority of Mr..
| Parnell, and predicted that general
| election would occur in Great Britain
| in less than two years.
After remaining here until after the
election the visitors will hold meetings
in Philadelphia. Boston, Newark and
Jersey City. They will then hold n
series of meetings here. and afterward
divide into two or three parties aud
make tour of the country.
In the prepared statement given to
the press by Messrs. O'Brien and Dill
Ion, as to their objects in visiting this
country they say:
We are coming to America at the
desire and with the authority of Mr..
Parnell and the Irish parliamentary
party. had most cordial interview
with Mr.. Paruell before our departure,
at which we were commissioned to pro-
coed to America as the representatives.
There is the most absolute unity in the
counsels of the party. We are more
firmly united than ever, both as to our
confidence in Mr. Parnell and as to our
programme for the future. All ru-
mors to the contrary are the inven-
tions of disappointed inquiries.
doubt whether any equal number OF
men in any country ever acted together
) SO long. so heartily or with SO little
personal friction of any kind. As it is
with the representatives, so it is with
the Irish people. They believe in Mr..
Parnell's policy and they are prepared
to undergo any sacrifice in pursuing
that policy steadfastly. The old re-
proach of instability and quarrelsome-
ness is completely exploded as an argu-
ment against the capacity of the Irish
people for self government Mems
differences of opionion are inseparable
/ from all human affairs, but no nation
, in the world could better stand the test
, of unanimity as to all broad patriotic
issues than the Irish during the last
: ten years. 1t is not necessary to say
that we did not quit Tipperary to evade
the sentence of removal. We should
be only permanently banishing our
selves from the country and disgracing
our cause before the English people,
, who loathe cowardice of all things. 1t
is delightful proof of the straits to
which our escape drove the enemy that
even the most frantic of them should
/, grasp at so ludicrous story. II Balfour
+. dreamed we were going for such pur-
. pose he would have joyfully placed "A
royal yacht at our disposal. Instead
of that he had us Swallowed night and
day in manner that would have been
intolerable if it were not comical.
They kept police car ready horsed
all through the night outside our hotel
in Tipperary every night. Police spies
were also stationed in the rear to pre-
vent our escape in that way. When
ever myself and wife went out to walk
our steps were logged by policemen in
: plain clothes. Sometimes they pur-
: sued us on bicycles. On the day OF
| the meeting of our party in Dublin, we
, had special train waiting at Limerick
: junction to bring us up in time to
g the meeting after the Adjourn-
. ment of the court. Will It be be-