Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-25
MINISTER BAN ON HIS EAR,
A Sharp Rejoinder to Wayne
McVeagh's Remarks.
The Irish h-American Statesman's Hot
Blood Aroused.
He Resents Insinuations Againgt His
Il Character as q Politician and
Man-Egan Banqueted
by Pat Ford,
By the Associated Press.

W = ~ VAUt
By the Associated Press.
New YORK, Oct. 24.-Patrick Egan
minister to Chile, today made public hil
reply to the recent speech of Wayne
Macveagh rejecting on Egan's characte
and official fitness. In it Egan says, il
part:
"I perceive by the daily press that q
a meeting in Cooper Union, under the
auspices Of the Democratic club OF New
York, that you, renegade from youl
party, as you are said to be from YOU
people and creed, attempt to palliatt
your apostacy by undertaking to do thai
which the London Times failed to accom-
plish-to besmirch my good name. With
the adroitness OF police court pettifog
ger, YOU, under the pretext of referring
to something that somebody else
said. assail me, first, as a swindlei
who failed to account for large
trust fund placed in his charge Sec
ond, you say 1T was we'll known at
Washington when he was appointed
what the charges were, and that he had
fed the country to avoid arrest and
trial on very serious criminal CHARGE
Third, you describe me as a sham pa
triot and fugitive from criminal JUS
tice,' to which you are pleased to add
that you were greatly surprised and
disgusted to find such man selected to
represent the country in a high diplo-
matte post, and that you not only re-
asserted your statement that my ap-
pointment was an insult to Chile. but
that you also considered it IAN insult to
every self-respecting Irishman in the
United States
81 should treat these coarse and cow
ardly insults, coming as they do from
one of the last stragglers of the retreat
ing Knownothings, who find there is no
place for them in the Republican party,
with the same contempt I have shown
for all attacks in the English and Amer
ican pro-British press, were it not that
they were spoken alta meeting at which
figured az vice-presidents such names as
T. F. Gilroy, William r. Grace, J. J.
O'Donoghue, John d. Crimmins and
others, and that it is reported that your
words were received with loud
cheering I am convinced that
in the entire ranks of the Republi-
can party there could not be found
q single man who would make upon the
character of any Irish-American so
wanton, foul and unfounded an attack
as you have made upon me but if such
q one could be found, and he should,
under similar circumstances, assail in
like manner, in my presence, any OF the
gentlemen have named above, I will
simply say there would not be in New
York city any hall sufficiently large to
contain him and me. would publicly
bring him to order, and either he or 1
should leave the building.
ssIn your great desire to aHsail me,
you have been forced, perceive. to fall
back entirely upon my connection with
the Irish movement in ireland. To the
Irish race here. and in the old land, my
course Of conduct in that connection
needs no vindication."
Egan then goes on to say that for the
information of his American friends he
quotes from the report Of the auditors
Of the land league fund at the time of
his resignation as treasurer, in which
they certify that every item is fully apd
satisfactorily vouched for, and bear testi-
mony to the systematic and business
like manner in which the accounts were
kept by Egan.
Secondly, there was never formal
charge made against him by the English
government, the only criminal charges
being those made by q hostile press,
based upon the Pigott forgeries. Those
were fully Investigated by the Parnell-
Times committee in 188889, with well
known result. "The London Times lost
by this transaction" says Mr.. Egan,
sin damages and costs the enormous
sum Of s260. 900 sterling. Three months
later Mcdonald, the principal of the
Times, died from worrying, aud for two
years the Thunderer paid no dividends"
With regard to being sham patriot
and fugitive from criminal justice, Mr..
Egan leaves the first part Of the charge
TO the judgment of his Irish-American
pleads guilty of being a fugitive in the
Richard O'Gorman and many others,
and is sincerely proud of having done
30. He calls attention to the fact that
within short time after his arrival to
this country he was elected president of
the Irish National League Of America,
which during his term of Office sent to
Ireland $3.50. 900, and that from Ireland
was forwarded to Linn, in 1888, present
Of costly service of silver, accompanied
by fattering address signed by Par
nell, Mccarthy. Davitt, Dillon and
others.
SIN contra distinction to your mug
wump opinions" says Mr.. Egan, "per-
NIT me, in conclusion, to quote the senti-
ments expressed by president Harrison
upon the Irish love Of native land,
which you consider such grave offense
against criminal Justice In addressing
adelegstion Of Irish-Americans, he said:
you are Americans, Irish-Americans !;
and although you have given the con-
centrated loyalty of your honest hearts
to the starry flag and your adopted coun-
try, You have not forgotten, and you
ought not to forget, to revere and ven
crate the land of your birth; that if q
sprig OF green was found upon the
bloody jacket of union soldier who lay
dead on Mission Ridge, the flag he died
for was bis flag, and the green only q
memory and an inspiration.'n
Patrick Ford, editor of the Irish Amer
ican, rendered reception tonight to
Minister Egan. Referring to the recep-
tion, Ford said: s'This is purely an in
formal social affair, and has no political
significance at ali. Members OF both
parties have been invited and will be
present.
A WHOOP-UP IN CHICAGO.
Minister Lincoln and Secretary Foster