Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
JOHN k, REDMOND ARRIVES
Irish Parliamentary Leader to Make a
Lecture Tour in America.
SAYS HE WILL NOT DISCUSS POLITICS
Talks on the Ovcrtnxntion of Ireland,
the Arrest of Dynnmiters and the
Release of Gallagher
and Whitehead.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-John X. Redmond,
NJ. p for Waterford City, ireland, arrived on
the Teutonic tonight. He was met at quar-
antine by Edward O'Flaherty, president OF
the Irish independent parliament party, and
John T. DAILY, who invited Mr.. Redmond to
a reception to be held in his honor at the
Hoffman house, as soon as he reached that
hostelry Mr.. Redmond has, since he sue
ceeded the late Charles Stuart Parnell as
leader of the independent section of the
Irish natioralists, become a prominent figure
in Irish and English politics. He has be-
come somewhat grayer and stouter than
when he last visited New York in the spring.
fellow passenger of Mr.. Redmond was
DR.. Edward Byrne, the editor of the Irish
Daily Independent who comes here to spend
his vacation. He was curiously enough, u
companion Of Mr.. Redmond when, with
william O'Brien, and other members OF
Parliament, that gentleman attended the
National league convention, held in chi
cago Immediately after Gladstone's introduc-
tion OF his home rule bill for ireland in
1856 Mr. Redmond, in an interview with
the Associated press representative, said:
MY present visit to America Is entirely
nonpolitical, in tho sense that | do not in
tend to take advantage of my visit to pro-
mote the interests OF any political party in
will deal with political parties, for nobody
can speak about the British Parliament with
out dealing in politics. Irish controver-
sal politics l SHALL however, eschew."
Mr.. Redmond then referred to the royal
commission on the financial relations be-
tween England and Ireland of which he is
a member. For the last half of century"
he said, representatives of Ireland have
been insisting that Ireland has been over
taxed Two or three parliamentary commit
foo ho,v AI hut in, oil nttt 1act
however, a representative committee of Eng
lish Irish and Scotch members of all polit-
ical parties in the three countries has in
vestigated the subject in the most exhaus-
tive way. The commission has unanimously
reported that Ireland has. for the last forty
years, been overtaXei about $4,000 900 year,
judged by her relative capacity to bear taxa
tion With England. Certain members of
the commission have believed certain pro-
portion of this taxation was offset by the
fact that the cruel and military admins
tration of Ireland was very costly A
majority of two-thirds of the commission
has reported that, making full allowance for
every excessive expenditure in Ireland, that
country is still overtaXed S12, $50 900 year.
This | regard as the most important event
in the history of Ireland since the union
years ago If the money we have been
overpaid be refunded to u.s. 1t will eXtinguish
taxation in Ireland altogether for an in
definite time. Even II restitution be left
the future we ought to have the latter sum
each year henceforward to enable Ireland
to develop her industrial resources and make
her the prosperous country she would have
been but for this intolerable burden"
When asked in regard to the arrest of
the alleged dynamiters and the subsequent
appearance of Jones the American, as an
informer, Mr.. Redmond said: "Of Jones'
performance / know nothing, and l do not
believe in the existence of any new dyna-
mite conspiracy here or elsewhere against
England, and while / cannot but recognize
that this new dynamite scare may interfere
with the release of the Irish and Irish-Amer-
lean prisoners still in Portland prison,
feel that when the true facts come to light,
the English people will not be deferred from
performing a duty of justice by releasing
the few remaining prisoners who have al
ready suffered greatly The news that Gal
lagher and Whitehead were hopelessy in
sane when they arrived here was no news
to me. They were both mad for many years
before they were set free. OF the five men
still in Portland prison in whom Irishmen
most take an interest, Flanagan in un-
doubedly insane, while Wilson and Burton
are so delicate that the prison doctor has
forbidden them from doing any heavy work.
The other two are not in much better con-
dition."