The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-06-24
IRISH HOME RULE.
An Entertainment at: the Lyceum
Theatre for the Irish Parlia-
mentary Fund
FEAST OF ORATORY AND SONG.
Judge Canty, Of the Supreme Court,
Excoriates the Disciples Of
William of Orange.

Excoriates the Disciples Of
William of Orange.
a In spite of the intense heat pretty
fair audience assembled in the Lyceum
Theatre last Saturday evening to show
their interest in the cause of Ireland.
The exercises were varied and highly in
teresting. Sidwell's band discoursed a
medley of Irish airs, the Balfe Quartet
sang severaltof Moore's melodies in ex-
quislte style and Miss Annie G. O'Brien
rendered "Killarney' and kathleen
Mavourneen" in an enhancing manner.
Judge Stephen Mahony made brief in-
troductory address and presented Mayor
Eustis who was received with great ap.
plause. The Mayor in few happy words
expressed his sympathy with the Irish
cause and in couclunon said that the
next time they met it would be with the
song Of David on their lips to celebrate
the victory Of Irish self government. He
then introduced Father J. NJ. Cleary who
delivered mastery speech which elected
hearty applause In the course OF his
eloquent address he described how among
other things Ireland was deprived Of ed
ucation, but that since the establish
naent OF public education sixty years ago
it has SO rapidly recovered from enforced
ignorance that now it has the highest
scholastic enrolment lin proportion to
population of any country in the world.
He was follosed by Rev. DR.. Sample
who declared thkt the land of every
country belonged its own people who
were entitled 70 the fruits of liberty and
eelf- government.
Rev. james O'Reilly was the next
speaker a1d he naade asotirring spsech
tervent with patriotic. fire. American
citizenship, he said, had taught people to
desire it for those who were oppressed.
The love and struggle Of Ireland FOR lib
erty was one OF the most unique spec
tacles over witnessed. The struggle had
lasted for 7cO years and code Of laws
had been made for Ireland that would
create rebellion in the regions over which
Beelzebub held sway. The Irish lad
waged noble fight and had never aban-
donad their hope Of national freedom.
He paid tribute to Charles Stewart
Parnell, and the natne of the dead leader
drew applause from the enthusiastic
audience.
Hon. D. w. Lawler, OF St. Paul, the
Democratic nominee for governor last
year, was next introduced and made an
eloquent plea for Home Rule, which he
said was the putting into practice of q
great American principle. The same
spirit that called for Home Rule AM
mated the sturdy souls of the gallant men
who fought at Lexington and Yorktown.
They were entitled to no credit for being
loyal to America and it's liberty, but
they claimed the right to emphasize the
fa0t that every true American was in
favor OF the liberation of Ireland from it's
thraldom.: On every field whore human
rights had combated with tyranny, had
arisen the great story of Ireland strng-
gle for Home Rule. The saying that Ire
land was not fit to govern itself was q
shallow and silly statement. He repelled
the statement that the champions Of
Home Rulh had all been Catholics, citing
such noble exemplars as Emmet, Grat-
tan. Mitchell and Parnell. The splendid
dawn Of Irish independence was break
ing, and the time was at hand whom on
every green hillside. and BY every stream,
there wonld arise the institutions Of COM
metce, learning and literature, and the
ships sent from the old country would
Aoat the flag OF Independent Ireland.
s*@ d JUDGE CAVITY ON oRANeEMEN. 4,
The last. speaker of the evening was
Judge Thomas Canty, Of the Supreme
Court, who paid his respects to the
Orangemen who had spoken from the
same platform q few evenings previously.
He handled them without gloves and
kept the audience in roars ot laughter.
The Orangeman, said he, has always been
the most illibersl and non-pfogressive
man Of the Tory party in the British en-
pire, opposing every reform and innova-
tion. AT the time OF the revolutionary
war he wss the same Tory traitor and
spyin the American colonies that he has
always been in5 ireland.
Oraneeism Is todsy the one element il
Canada that, above al others opposes an
nexation 10 the United States and every
thing American. The Orangemen ii the
Unitsd States are insii dcant 81 number,