The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20
JOHN DAILY TO FRESHMEN
GRAND OPERA HOUSE CROWDED TO
 HEAR HIS ADDRESS.

Prominent Men on the Platform-The
 Irish Patriot Tells of His Incarceration
 In an English Prison on False Charge
 tration With England.
 The well known antipathy which most Irishmen feel toward England found expression at the meeting at the Grand Opera house last evening, which was addressed by the Irish patriot, John Daley. The theater was packed. Late corners found only standing room and many went away unable to get within hearing distance of the speak, er's not too powerful voice. Music was furnished by the Second Regiment or- chestra. Most all of the leading Irish American citizens of the city occupied seats on the platform.
 Mayor Farnsworth presided and in- troduced MT. Daly, the speaker of the evening. MT Daly has within the past year beeen released from prison, where he has been for nearly thirteen years. He was arrested, tried and convicted at the time of the Irish National Nupris- ing several years ago on the charge of treason to the English government and with having dynamite upon his person. The dynamite, he says was planted upon him by the police to secure his conviction. One of the leaders of the Irish National party, his treatment in jail was none of the mildest. He is at present a ticket of leave prisoner" 1oh h1n 1,tp Tol,, T voy said, to be reincarcerated again for any word or act against the English government.
 In person MT. Daily is above medium height, slender and stopping. He wears a full black beard and is portly, bold. In address he is pleasant and modest. His address last evening was frequent ly interrupted with hearty applause, es- pecially those portions in which he referred to the undying loyalty both here and in Ireland for their native land. He referred to the British gov- ernment with much bitterness and de- nounced all attempts to form an alle- glance or make a treaty of arbitration l between this country and England. This opposition to arbitration was sev- eral times mentioned and vigorously ap- plauded by the audience each time. "In the prison," said the speaker, i've were allowed three-quarters of an hour | a day for exercise. For this time we were kept running over the ground. The first day was thus exercised my hands were blistered, the next day the blisters broke, and the third day the blood l oozed from my cracked hands. called the attention of the jailor to it and he laughed and said he thought I must 1 be pretty thin skinned. Later I was | transferred to the carpenter shop, | where I was kept running the jack plane over rough boards. If one of the | prisoners looked up from his work the | jailors constantly watching him had power to put him in close confinement on bread and water for two or three days. All manner of insults were heap ed upon us and we were called dogs, swine and other names which cannot be mentioned here. To be called a lousy Irishman,' as I have been called by England's jailors, is not calculated to make loyal Irishmen. say I am no more loyal to England to-day than I ever was. (Applause.) Should an occa- sion arise to strike against England for Ireland's freedom this arm would still be ready to strike. (Applause.) l livery uOuT III tIl6 ulSnC the lTlSn prisoners are awakened by their jailors to tell them that they are prisoners. | The reason for this is because several years ago the ship "Catolpo" sailed from this city to Australia and brought back to America the Irish political prisoners there, and England Is bound that this shall not be done again. The treatment of the prisoners is so cruel that seven out of the seventeen Irish political prisoners in English jails have gone mad"
 MT. Daly said that an enissary of the English government was sent to him to try and bribe him to testify against anohtre Irish patriot. MT. Daly indignantly refused the freedom which was offered. Shortly after this evening poison was administered to him as he believes by the direction of the English government
 MT. Devoy of New York, one of the leading Irish patriots of this country, also spoke briefly and was frequently
 cheered. Mayor Farnsworth called for threee cheers for John Daly, which
 were given, Colonel Healy leading the
 cheering. A vote of thanks was extends ed to the mayor for presiding at the
 meeting. A large collection was taken up for the Irish cause at the close.