The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
A.J.CAMMEYER
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An Iucident OF the Last visIt to This Coun-
try OF John Z.

An Incident OF the Last VisIt to This Coun-
try OF John +. Redmond.
The present visit to this country of John f.
Redmond. the Irish Nationalist. recalls an Incl
dent of Mr.. Redmond's last appearance in New
York. 1t was at the time OF the serious split in
the Irish Parliamentary delegation over the re-
election of Charles Stewart Parneil to the lead
ership after his resignation, which followed the
verdict in the suit growing out OF rarnells rela-
tions with Mrs. O'Shea. Four loyal supporters
of Parnell came over together to do what they
could toward holding together the Pnrnellites
in this country. They were Redmond, O'Con-
nor. O'Kelly. and young Harrison. n north of
Ireland Protestant. The Parnellites here were
30 anxious to give them an, enthusiastic vel
come that they took three of them of the steam
err at Quarantine without a boarding officers
gss,t5TotCS.: and 1t cost the steamship company
Two or three days after the ENJOYS landed
at sheF Cooper %Ss eTsiosn. mag The Dei Place was p "a
Every person was there who could get In. the
corridors overnowed, and acrowd stood ano II
Capt. McCullagh ard his nifty policemen sent
there to prevent any too violent ebuliition OF
enthusiasm were completely surrounded and
utterly helpless. The only persons In the whole
vast hall who had any room were the reporters
in their little railed-of enclosure In front OF the
,O'Keliy was speaking, He has a very feeble.
greatest dinicuity that he could make himself
heard, The vast audience was wonderfully still,
etraintnR forward IN the eager tUOrt 10 tntCn
the speak er's words. Not q hand moved or u
foot shufiied. O'Kelly was describing the &C.
currences OF Parnells reflection.
1.-Two hours later" he said, in n voice but lit
tie better than a ' whisper. but yet that carried
we'll out over the heads OF the great crowd,
two hours later came u letter from Mr.. Glad
stone"
He leaned over the little desk at which he was
speaking and waited a moment, until the silence
was almost oppressive.
II shall never forget the effect Of that letter."
The crowd sat breathless. waiting for some
thing that should be a signal for the explosion
corridor there hoated In under one of the big
arches II thin, shrill, piping tenor voice, ex-
claiming:
o q hell wild i'm"
The effect was tremendous: 4 was electrical.
With one impulse the great crowd leaped to It's
feet and let out one long. deep-lunged. whole
souled yell. Then the run began In earnest.
Hate. mufs. gloves, anything handy. went sail
ing up to the ceiling, amid u rafting fire of
short. sharp barking yells that was punctuRted
by the longer, shriller screams OF women. Down
In the front row a little old woman In q little
old faahioned black silk dress had been sitting.
In her lap she held an old fashioned heavy
black umbrella. She threw 1t as high up as she
could, and, settling back in her seat. let II fall
whore 1t would, contenting herself with simply
yelling. Capt. McCullagh and his policemen
were helpless. and II was a long time before
there was enough semblRnceo of quiet for O'Kelly
to 20 on. Not again during the meeting was
there anything like the rapt attention at the
start