New-York tribune., 1896-11-30
nrDNOND ON THE ROSTRUM.
,c IRISH LEADER TELLS OF FIFTEEN
YEARS IN PARLIAMENT

,,,S PORTRAYAL. OF IARNElI~-HlS Tllb-
rrE TO GLADsToNE's oRAToRY
CHARLES A. DANA PREslDEs
AT THE MEETING.
.,elsh;ful evening was spent by the big audi
mat packed the Broadway Theatre from pit
- las, evening 10 hear John +. Redmond
vv.,,,er Of Parliament. upon the occasion o. ms
-, oonearancc before nm American assembly. As
p' krov,r Mr. Redmond Is the leader Of
',.r NJ the Irish party, ard has been 10 consd-
Ne extent prominent in the public eye during
-, ~ the fifteen years that he has been active in
,ho political life Of England.
-, redmond called his lecture Fifteen Years
,ho british Parliament" but what he gave his
,,',co last evening was a resume OF his personal
'oy.io,s of four of the men who have been most
,,,or, i'm British political life IN the last
I'D and half giving only what outline OF his
w.. nc was necessary to give conference and con-
..vs,c. w.. 10 his Impressions Judging from his ad
,.,s las, evening Mr.. Redmond does noi impress one
y. rerarkab bic orator. He speaks directly ana dis
,.,lv however and he possesses a certain personal
arre,isn that makes his words pleasant to hear.
- his estimates Of Englands great men of re-
, ve1rs seem uncolorcd by partiaiity or PARTISAN
s,n a. the same time that they gain especial force
.,m the personal associations enjoyed by the
.,esker with the men OF whom he speaks.
IRIsHMEN IN EVIDENCE.
~, pcdmond's audience last evening contained
o,v m,n of his own race. and they made their
.,,hnsiasfn for the champions of the Irish cause
o,arent AZ every point. selecting as the especial
chico, Of their alteration Charles Stewart Parneh
Charles A Dana presided and introduced the
s,.ater bv saying that he needed no Introduction
- az audience of Irishmen and the friends Of
r,sh,ner TO which voice from the gallery replied.
.xo, d. BIT oc IT, while another cried Another
Parnell.
Nr Redmond spoke In part follows: Owing
% M associations in London for the last fifteen
,ea-s could tonight readily strike blow In the
erbt have been fighting for that length OF time.
That's only natural to fighter. and perhaps espe-
o,sIlv 80 10 an Irshman But 1t is my purpose TO-
,igh 10 stand aside from the heat and dust or the
hattie and 10 regard it for youI benefit mercy as
s,sctacle Parliament has been for the most part
tho true reflex OF the will of the English people
and the attitude that it has assumed from ume 20
time has eventually been the attitud" assumed py
tho nation at large have seen that the people
have always kept pace with Parliament III lis vary
ing phases have been acquainted wiih some
great and rcrnarka be men during the course OF my
service in the House of Commons. and of them. or
few Of them It is my purpose to give you my I'm
partial opinion this evening.
when entered Parliament there existed 4 re-
markahe situation. row method OF oc"""S
with the Irish crisis had been developed by new
leader whose name was Charles stewart "i"V'''
This mention Of the name Of the famous irish
leader brought forth long and loud appans")
This leader by his method prevented far-
uament from doing any business at all unul II
listened to the voice OF Ireland and ne was ''e
first man TO force open the ears OF hnslahn ~
the cries Of Hibernia He and his deVoteu pahu
OF followers fought the Prisons bill, the Factories
bill and succeeded in aboshing the inhumah P'a'
tce Of fioggng in the army
HE AROUsEs A STORM OF ABUSE.
"<o subject was TOO large or too small for full
and exhaustive discussion in this policy OF Cd
struction Parnell aroused storm OF abuse ana
and became the most hated man IN
England have seen him stand for half an houT
upon the floor of the House before ne could o"'"i'
. hearing His first ally. Biggar. would stand
hour after hour patiently reading page aiter page
from bluebooks TO empty benches. Nhlii ns No'oe
,,i,ad him and he was relieved by another MEM
.,ar ., tho Irish band This policy aroused the
r-.a.est anger throughout England II was fol-
ioued by the Coercion act and the abolishment In
Ireland OF trial by jury II was at this point tha'
7 was elected and took my seat
Il think my experience was an unique one io'
, ,ook nv seat. my OATH made my maiden speech
IA nos oxnelled all in one evening on the mem
orahle occasion when the Speaker OF the House
{, ,,o,otion of rule OF the House. declared 'he
Aeha.a closed All the Irish members protested
and refused to recognize the proceeding whereupoh
they were all expelled
"Or all the great men have known not one
exercised so fascinating. so commanding per
sonoli,y as id Parnell. England never under
s,ool his motives or his policy Although a man
q, s,ronr passions his exterior was ever calm ana
unmoved He was not natural orator pu, -
s,ro,s uas his personA.'ty that IL may he SAID OF
h,s auditor what Coleridge said OF the Ancie"'
Mariner:
pe holds him with his glittering eye.
ar ..or nc devaloned A certain fuency OF speech
and in the end became the most eiic0"'V P
meniary speaker OF recent 'ihes'
THE GOOD WORK UNDONE
"A, the time OF the Phoenix Park assassinauons
the tide was beginning 10 turn IN iaFoi Vi
tn, ,his terrible tragedy undid all the good that
haa ho.r done and moreover Parnen was almost
universally held responsible. When rarhen aioSe
AZ the first session held after the Tragedy ~
press his detestaton OF the awful thihe every law
EXPRESSED hatred most Intense ana ""'''
raga ran around the House. AT tnat moment 'o
Was the most hated man in England But "'ei
~. corsn,racv 10 convict him Of the tragedy had
h,,L., doun and he appeared an exonerated man
IN his usual place there was dnereh, s0e"e' ",''
next 10 the aged Premier. Gladstone ne was N
most powerfu man in the klhgoo'h. i" Nv
stood the despised and hated man OF iour s'''' :
before now the controller OF the dcstny VI fn,
ard ,be orh,tor of the fate Of Ministers rms
strong sill man was TO be feared by ms ioes
and n he trusted and followed to the oea'h D. HIS
friends o,,.,,o ,,os the antithess
Of Parne foremost ana ar mG the
orator In ny opinion r,,,s ne was prliament OF this
century The secret Of his power ana no, me in in
ns swcetnass and ex,raordinary compaaSSshi aShongb
sway over an audience was With Contempt
and scathing ridicule things IN" dea'rs ,, 'O ad
heart have been at the sam" una INA his match
less eloonnncr Gladstone was the las' oh ,crs or
great Parliamentary orators, vi nlen,v but OF
Il
orators one.
CAREER OF GLADSTONE.
"Gladstonc's career is strewn win s'r""se =,
cons,stences He was at one time 'he hope u
the Tories and at another their o'''errs' oppo.
nen, He voted all his life against home f'ue' ou'