Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-28

Nu'IiL III q luLt ol I'LL fcl tpuS So''A'' g!
Is he rose in a peculiar, maglSterial al
titude, stretching forth the emblem OF
his authority.
My name is O'Gorman Mahon, " was
the reply, delivered with trmneSS
which clearly showed that the person
who had conveyed this intelligence
thought very little Of a High Sheriff and
great deal Of O'GOrman MahOn.
The Sheriff appeared particularly ir-
ritated by observing the insurgent sym
Dol Of the "Order OF LiberatOrS' dang
ling on the mans breast.
y teij that gentleman" said he, "to
take OF taat badge
TSore was moments pause, and then
the following answer was slowly and ar
ticulately pronounced:
This gentleman Oaying his hand on
his breast tells that gentleman point
ing with the other 20 the Sheriff. that
If that gentleman preSHmeS too much
that this gentleman will defend himself
against that gentleman, 0r any other
gentleman, while he has got the arm Of
e gentleman 20 protect him.
Loud applause followed this eXtraOr-
binary sentence. The sheriff looked
demoraizci aud completely detected,
and after an interval OF irreso!utlon he
say down The medal OF the Order OF
LheratorS" remained on the breast of
G'Gormas MahOa. O'COnneli surveyed
him with gratitude and admiration, and
the first blow was successfully struck
in thc Clare election which sent diSmay
into the hearts Of the enemies OF Ire
land.
At the general election of 1880
O'Gormau MahOu was himself returned
for Clare (O'COuneil having selected
Waterford as mis- constituency in that
Parliameut), but he held the seat FOR
few months only. aS in the following
year ne was unSeated on a petition of
his opponent. Major Mcnamara, who
had acted second 10 O'Conuen ia the
duel I'm which ID ESterrc lost his life.
Brief rs was the O'Gorman'S Parlia-
meRtary experience III this time, II was
long enough to make him q parsonage
20 be both admired aEd feared. He was
q prolific talker, and invariably sue
ceeded In raising the ire OF the dOmi-
nant Tories. His reputation asa dueliSt
had preceded him, and though he fire.
0ucnt'y crossed the floor of the House
and challenged members 10 mortal COM
bat, he could End no acceptorS. ii is
said shat he figured as principal OF
second in over fifty duelS.
one Of the first divisions in which ho
took part was that originated by Henry
Hunt, the Radical member for Preston,
when be startled the authorities by
moving, In a very democratic speech, a.
considerable reduction in the standing
army Seven members only voted for
tLe motion. Among them We're Hume,
OConuell, Hunt and the O'Gorman
NaAOu.
For sixteen years after this
session Mahon had no seat in
the House of Commons. lie had
o. quarrel with O'COnncu (the latter, in
deed, at one time publicly charged him
with having consplred 10 take his life in
Eun;sl, and this was fatal To lis chance
OF getting returned for a "Rcpcal" con-
s.ituency in Ireland. He was called 10
the Irish Bar, bat never pr&cticed.
In 1877, when the famine brought
about the disruption of the Repeal
movement. O'Gorman Malone was re-
turned for EaniS, and remained in Par
lament until lSs2. i'm which year he was
defeated by Lord Fitzgerald
For the twenty-five years following
he led q curious and chec6erc0 career as
an Irish bohemian and soldier OF for
tune. lie lived long in Paris and other
Continental cities, involved in journal
is,ic. financial and political schemes and
enterprises. lie then went wandering
over the globe, and In Peru and Chill he
sought To emulate the historic fame OF
his countrymen, O'Brien. Pratt, OHig-
gins and McKeuna, whose names are
indiSsoIubly united with the liberation
of South America. The O'Gorman be-
came Commandments Of the Army
of Peru, and subsequently, Admiral OF
;hs Cnilian fleet. His adventures, in
trigues and marvellous escapes from
death, his viciSsitudes by Hood and hcl0
I'm those countries, would nave afforded
Lever materials for many novel.
The writer saw him in 1873, after his
return, when the death OF Sir Coleman
O'Loghlen gave him an opportunity OF
again conteSting his native county.
his candidaturo was taken up with
spirit bv the Nationalist CT the county,
bur the clergy, arrogating the right u
dictate the nominee, thrust him aside,
and forced the people to accept Sir
BRYAN O'LoChlen, Roman Catholic
Whig. who al the time was occupying Il
position I'm the government OF New
south Wales. After the clergy had sue
ceeded, for selfish considerations, in put
thug the county TO the expense and an
rovance OF an election, Sir BRYAN did
not return TO take his seat.
Parnell, who had just commenced to
command public attention, was so irri-
;ated at the unwarrautable interference
of the clergy in this matter that the
next election OF Ennis, when they pur-
sued the same tactics and nominated Il
notorious Wing, he introduced Lysacht
Finegan TO the constituency, and, after
a magnificent battle, he destroyed cler-
zeal supremacy in the politics of Clare.
In 1879 Parnell nominated O'Gorman
Mahon Tor Clare, and until 1857 he sat
for that constituency as Parnellite.
Then came another interruption 10 his
Parliamentary career, aud in 1857, on
the death of Mr.. !. A. Blake, he was
elected for Carlow. Upon his reappear-
ance I'm the House, after subscribing TO
the oath. he shook Mr.. William H..
Smith and Mr. Baifour warmly by the
hand. did the same to the Speaker, and
then. greeting Gladstone with great
/ cordiality, he took a seat beside him on
the front opposition bench amid loud
cheers.
Referring to Nj Parnell'S selection
Of O'Gorman Mahon for Clare 1879, Mr..
T. p. O'Connor. NJ. p, says:
There was something strangely pic
/ turesoue in the appearance in that
group OF young men, engaged in still
infant movement, of 4 man who stood
NV O'Connel at the Clare election which