The Irish standard., 1897-10-23


popular with friends and even with
those who differ with him. Mr.. Har-
rington Is now at the head Of an or
ganization In Dublin to collect funds
to prevent the havoc which the i'm
pending famine would be sure to work
If proper remedies were not applied in
time And no man in Ireland is more
fitted for the position, for besides he
ing popular with all classes and having
an intimate knowledge Of the wants
and conditions OF the poorer classes
throughout the country, he astonishes
everyone by the tremendous amount Of
hard work which he is able to do in
business-like manner. Mr.. Harrington
married few years ago Miss ONcill,
charming and accomplished Irish
lady. He has been strict tcetotalcr
all his life
Mr. Daniel Crilly in his early days
was engaged on the staff Of the Liver
pool Post. where an elder brother had
made a great name for himself as
distinguished journalist MIR. Crilly is
good writer and fair speaker, and
has the reputation of being one OF the
best singers among all the members
OF the House of Commons. He was
ono of tho most active workers during
the campaign days in Ireland. During
the split he sat for the western divis-
ion of county Mayo, became an anli
Parncllite and supported that party. At
the last election, however, for some
unknown reason, his nomination was
opposed by his own party, but he
fought on his own hook" and was
returned triumphantly. When he WAS
returned he found that he owed alleg-
lance to no party, and he found also
that he was Il party in himself-frc2
to act fair and straight and independent
as an Irish Nationalist, and he does SO
accordingly. He has no troubles or I'M
sccmly chickering's ut the meetings Of
his party. He has only ono whip"
to act for his party, and that is him
self. He has only one whip to issue
to his party, and that IL to himself.
He can have no bother about Il leader,
for he leads himself. He is chairman
OF his own party mecting-hc proposes
and seconds himself ns such and there
lfa;ng perfect unanimty with regard
to the resolutions under consideration,
they are passed with acclamation and
without dlsscnsion; and rs he proposes
and seconds vote OF thanks to him
self for presiding, 1t is passed without
dlssentient voice, and the meeting
passes off without disorder OF any kind.
No other party or statesman in England
or ireland Is similarly situated. Verify,
he and his party nre to be cnvicd for
their comfort and peace of mind. l
wish there were more like him and his
party. Happy for Daniel when he
comes to Judgment!
The late Matt Harris, NJ p, for d.
vision OF county Galway. was n slater
by trade. He was sclf-cducated man.
He was early In the Fcnian movement
and al active worker in the Land
League agitation and the sworn and
bitter foe of felonIous landlortlsm
throughout the province of Connaught.
lie suffered for his actions and opin-
ions like most Of his colleagues by long
Imprisonment. He received perhaps
the greatest compliment ever paid to
any man in his time. Sir Henry James
(now Lord James of IiercfOrd) was
one OF the prosecuting counsel at the
Parnell commission. Sir Henry was
known to be tho greatest ling,ist OF
his day. To support his case he real
to the commission a paper which c"c-
Ate1 nn extraordinary sensation in
court. Up to then nobody knew who
wrote the surprising article, which WAS
listened to with admiration and breath
less attention, and nobody ever heard
OF 1t before. After finishing the read
ing Sir Henry said: "Now, my lords,
that paper was written to be GRATED on
the arrival In Ireland OF the remains OF
John O'MahOny from America. No
other man In our time us far as | know
has shown the ability to attempt TO
write such splendid and eloquent ora
tiOn. The man who wrote that super
human production was an uncducatcd
working slater. one of the Irish mem
bcrs Matt Harris" The three prcsid-
ing judges, as well as the other mem
bcrs Of the court, were nstOnishcd.
One would think that we are so ad-
v;,nccd in this enlightened nineteenth
century that there should be an end
TO silly writing in the press, unless, in
deed, that writers think their readers
somewhat crazy or that there is not
sufficient literature TO satisfy their
maws. | find the following copied into
that highly respectable journal, the
Boston Transcript, from Il paper con
trlbntch to the Chicago Record by the
Marquis dc Fontenoy:" more than
one Nationalist member of Parliament
has got into terrible trouble with his
constituents in ireland owing to the
| announcement reaching them that he
had applied for and accepted from the
crown the royal stewardship Of the
Chiltern Hundreds. They Immediately
took it for granted that he had been
| won over to bCtr1V his trlS; i,v tho