Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-11-11

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talk with equal familiarity to parties
on both sides of the political fence.
When ! conversed in the street
with group of policemen the Home
Rulers passed by without recognition,
and when l was seen walking down
the street Of Falcarrah with the parish
priest an officer of the constabulary
who had granted me some privileges
the day before passed me by with
frown, and saw was down in his
blank books for the future.
was rather inclined to look on the
air of secrecy and of caution with
which everything was done with a
certain American contempt. In a
large room where a number of us were
assembled together talking over mat
tsrs, was advised once or twice not to
speak so loud. The conversation was
going on in whispers and as we we're
talking no treason, it seemed to me
that this sort of thing was entirely un-
necessary and too STACEY and dramatic
altogether for a civilized country in
the nineteenth centuary. l expressed
my feelings on the subject. and the
man next to me said in a whisper:
"When the conversation gets little
animated again, get up quietly and
open the door suddenly" did SO
and nearly knocked over man who
was listening intently with his ear to
the keyhole.
A prominent Home Ru ler said to
me before l left Ireland: whenever
we want the government to know any
thingin particular we always telegraph
to their friends in Ireland. Then the
government knows it as soon as our
friends do" This seemed to me an
extraordinary state Of things and l
spoke to government official in Ire
land about it. "Oh, yes" he said
quite nonchantly, Eve recognize that
state of things. And may say that
whenever we want the Home Rule
party to be informed on any particu-
lar subject we always telegraph it in
the most secret way from Dublin to
Cork or elsewhere and the Home Rule
party are at once in possession of the
information. Both sides have spies
on the line. You can't send a message
anywhere that it doesn't 60 through
the hands of a Nationalist and probab-
ly through the hands of government
sympathizer as we'll"
One of the most extraordinary
stories of the extraordinary state of
things in Ireland was told me as
follows:
A member of the Land League was
sent from Dublin to a certain district
to get up a meeting and make speech.
You can always get meeting in any
part of Ireland on a very few minutes
notice. On reaching the town where
the meeting was to be held the speech.
maker met a friend, and, both being
genial fellows they retired to public
house and had something. Then they
got talking over old.time reminiscent
ces, and the first thing the Land
Lacquer knew the man came in to
light the lamp.
Great heavens ns!" he said, II was
sent down from Dublin to get up a
meeting here. and now it is to late"
"Oh, we'll, it doesn't matter" said
the other.
"Yes, but it does matter" said the
organizer, 81 have to report to my
superior that the meeting was held"
"Oh, that's all right" said his friend
"Here, you write the speech and
will send it to the local papers, who
will print it just as if the meeting was
held, then the folks in Dublin won't
know the difference"
This was quickly done, and the
speech that was never delivered soor
appeared in the papers. The fun o.
the thing comes in over the fact tha
the Lacquer was arrested for deliver
ing his speech, and was sentenced tc
four months in Jail for speech tina
he never delivered at meeting tha
was never held. He cheerfully wen
to Jail rather than admit that th'
meeting never took place.
Wonderful country, Ireland.-Luke
Sharp in Free Press.