The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-25
EGAN's WARM REToRT.
The Chilean Minister Strikes Back a
Wayne MacVeagh.

Wayne MacEeagh.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24-Patriek Egan, Min
lister TO Chile, to-day made public his reply
TO the recent speech Of Wayne McVeagh,
rejecting on Egan's character aud official
fitness. In it Egan says in part:
Il perceive by the daily press that at meet
ing in Cooper Union, under the auspices Of
the Democratic Club of New York, you,
renegade from your party. as you are said
to be from your people and creed attempt
to paliste your spostasy by uuderta king to
do that which the London Times failed TO
accompiish-to besmireh my good name.
With the adr0itness of a police court petit
fogger. you, under pretext of referring to
something that somebody else said assail
me, first. as 'swindleF' who failed to ac-
count for a large trust fund placed in his
charge; second, you say twas well known
at Washington when he was appointed
what the charges were, and that he had
fed his country to avoid arrest and trial on
a very serious criminal charge; third, you
describe me- as "a sham patriot and fugi-
tive from criminal JUSTICE TO which-you
are pleased to add that you were greatly
surprised and disgusted TO fud such a man
selected to represent his country in a high
diplomatic post and that you not only re-
asserted your statement that my appoint
ment was 'an insult to Chile but that you
also considered it AN insult to every self
respecting Irishman in the United States
Il should treat those coarse and coward
ly nsultS-comIng as they DO from one OF
the last stragglers of the retreating know
nothngs, who find there Is no place for
them in the Republican party-with the
same contempt have shown for all attacks
in the English and American pro-BTitish
press were it not that they were spoken at a
meeting at which figured as vice presidents
such names as L. f. GilrOy, William r.
Grace, J. j. O'DOnOghue. John ID. Grim
minis and others, and that it is report ted
that your words were received with loud
| cheering.
81 am convinced that in the entire ranks
of the Republican party there could not be
found a single mau who would make upon
the character of any Irish American such
wantOn, foul aud unfounded attack as you
have made upon me; but if such a one
could be found, and he should. under SINH
lar circumstances. assail in like manner in
my presence any Of the gentlemen I have
named above will simply say there would
not be in New York City any hall sufficient
ly large to contain him and me. would
publicly bring him to order, and either he
or / should leave the building
''In your great desire to assail me you
have been forced, l perceive, to fall back
entirely upon my connection with the Irish
here and In the old land my course OF con-
duct in that connection needs no vindica-
| tion."
Egan then quotes from the report of the
| auditors of the Land League fund at the
| time of his resignation as treasurer. in
| which they certify every item fully and sat
| isfactoTily vouched for and bear testimony
10 the systematic and business-like manner
| in which the accounts had been kept by Mr.
Egan; also, that there was never formal
| charge made against him by the Eng
lish Government, the only criminal
| charges" being those made by n hostile
press, based upon the Pigott fOrgeries
| Those were fully investigated by tbs Par
nell Times committee in 1068-S9 with the
| well-kDOwD result
The London Times lost by this transac
tion, says Mr.. Egan. in damages and costs
the enormous sum of EGO 900. Three months
later Macdonald, principal owner of the
| Times, died from worrying, and for two
years the "Thunderer" paid no dividend.
With regard to being a sham patriot and
| fugitive from criminal justice, Mr.. Egan
leaves tile first part of the charge to the
| Judgment of his 1rish-American fellow
| citizens. and to the second part pleads
| guilty, being fugitive in the same way as
| were Thomas Adds Emmet, Richard
| OGOrman and many others, and is sim
| cerely proud of having done SO. He calls
| attention to the fact that within a short
| elected president of the IRISH National
| League of America, which during his term
| of Office sent to Ireland S350,000, and tb at
| from Ireland was forwarded to him in 1883
| a present of costly service of silver, ac-
companied by fiattering address signed by
Parnell, Mccarthy, Dayitt Dillon and
| others.
"In con,radistinction to your mugwump
| opinions" says Mr.. Egan, permit me in
conclusion to quote the sentiments ex-
| pressed by President Harrison upon the
| Irish love OF their native land, which you
consider such grave offense against Grim
| inal Justice In addressing delegation Of
| Irish-Americans he said: 'You are Ameri-
cans, Irish-Americans, and though you
| have given the concentrated loyalty of your
honest hearts to the starry flag and your
adopted country, you have not forgotten,
and you ought not to forget, to revere and
| venerate the land OF your birth. What IL a
sprig Of green was found upon the bloody
| jacket OF a Union soldier who lay dead on
Missionary Ridge2 The flag he died for
was his flag. and the. green only memory
| and an inspiratiou ~