The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17
CALIFORNIA;
SUBSCRIPTION
IS RECEIVED
Dublin Men Aiding '9S
Centenary Fund.
FOREMOST IN THE MOVEMENT
FRESHMEN AT HOME AND
ABROAD DISPLAY LOYALTY.
Matters of Importance on Both Sides
of the Atlantic Are Reviewed
by j. ]. Clancy, The
Calls Correspondent.
FOREMOST IN THE MOVEMENT
FRESHMEN AT HOME AND
ABROAD DISPLAY LOYALTY.



cisco will be interested to hear that at
the last weekly meeting Of the eXecu-
tive council of the '9S Centenary Com
mittee a communication from the CITY
of Dublin Social Club" Of San francisco
inclosing a subscription toward the
fund for the erection of the '9o centen-
airy monument" was read, to the in
tense satisfaction of all present, and
was deemed worthy of special notice in
the Nationalist press the following day.
The letter was signed by Henry z. Fill
gate and stated that the resolution or
dering the subscription to be sent to
Dublin was proposed by j. w. Reilly
and seconded by James Brock, NJ. H.
Lawlor being in the chair. l may men
tion here that Dublin men in many
parts of the world are foremost among
those who are assisting by material aid
the '9S centenary movement and the
fact is not surprising, seeing that Dub
lin has always been the headquarters
of every Irish Nationalist movement,
has been the theater of most of the
trials and executions for treason both
during the period of '9S and the other
troublous times, and contains the re-
mains of the most famous of the mar
tyred dead. Another reason why it is
natural that Irishmen belonging to
Dublin in foreign countries should be
foremost in every movement in which
Irishmen at home are concerned, is that
the population of Dublin is constantly
being recruited from the best and the
most active elements in the provinces,
and that, therefore, the Dublin people,
on the whole, are likely to be the most
quick-wi and keenest of the whole
race. At any rate the fact remains that
the men of Dublin at home and abroad
are foremost in this '9S centenary move
ment
Talking Of Dublin, 1 am reminded
that the question which just now is ex-
citing most interest in this city is as
to who is to be Lord Mayor for 1899.
If the question were to be decided on
purely political lines any candidate
nominated by the united Nationalist
section of the corporation would, of
course, be elected, for there are only
ten or eleven Unionists or anti-N alton
aliSt members in that body out of sixty, !
and so it has happened that since 1882.
when tie Tory Lord Mayor of that day
refused by his casting vote the freedom
of the city to Charles Stewart Parnell,
no Tory or Unionist Lord Mayor has
been allowed to occupy the position of
chief citizen of the Irish capital. Not
that there has been any objection to a
Protestant or a Tory, as such, but that
It has been felt that to elect an OPP
ponent Of the Irish national claims
would be regarded as an abandonment
on the part of Dublin of those claims
altogether OF late, however, a section
of the Nationalist party has begun to
think that change of tactics in this
matter is desirable and have favored
the claims of Sir Robert Sexton, an
old and respected Tory and English
man to boot, and day or two ago. at
a private caucus" meeting of the Ma
uonaliSt corporators, the voting for
Sir Robert Sexton was equal. On a
subsequent division, however, on the
question whether the selection of a
Lord Mayor for next year should be
postponed till after the next elections,
the casting vote of the chairman de-
ctded the question in the affirmative
1t now remains to be seen whether the
Nationalist party, as whole, will sup
port this decision at the. meeting of the
corporation on Monday next. If it does
Of course no nomination will take place
but, even If 1t does not any nomination
that may be made will be subject to
revision in January next when the cleo
tions under the new and extended fran
chise will take place. AS far as / can
find out the general feeling seems to be
that no effort should be made by the
q limited franchite and is to cease to
exist on the>passing of the local govern
me~- bill, to bind in this matter its sue
cessor which will be elected on a wide
franchise and will come into existence
next January.
A somewhat romantic case has come
on for trial this week in one Of our
Chancery courts here-a case, too,
in which IrishAmericans will feel
an interest. 1t was an action In the
Court of the Master of the Rolls by one
Thomas Hervey Lynch to have himself
declared entitled to a pretty consider
able estate on the borders of the coun-
ties of Galway and Mayo, near the IA
nous Abbey Of Comfy and on the shore
of the picturesque waters of Tough
Mask. The history of the case may be
briefly told Henry Charles Lynch in
the year 1900 disposed of the estate In
question by deed, the exact meaning
of which is now the question In dispute.
All went we'll until the last owner died.
man, but he left no lawful issue, and,
dying, ne devised the estate to a
woman who had been his housekeeper,
and who had married an ex-ser-
geant in the Irish constabulary. The
validity Of the will was disputed some
time ago, but the suit was abandoned
and the eX-policeman and his wife have
rents and profits" Of the estate of Bal
Iycurran. But their title is now disputed
by THOMAS Hervey Lynch, who asserts
mat the last owner had no power to
VIII the estate away at all. and claims
that, under the settlement of 1900. he Is
the next heir living to the maker of
mat deed. The question will naturally
arise TO the mind Of the reader why the
pialntl1f waited so lor- to assert his
rights. The answer is TINT he has been
Tor the last f1fty-four years or so in the
united States, TO which his father, q
nephew of the Lynch of 1900. emigrated
with his family in the year 1874, and
only heard of the whole affair after the
VIII case had been settled There is no
doubt that. genealogically, he is what
he processes to be, and certainly-for /
nave seen him haunting the precincts
or the Form Courts for some weeks
past-he looks more like the rjehtful
owner Of Ballycurran Castle and lands
than the ex-policeman and his wife.
The only question Is whether under the
deed of 1900 the last owner had or had
not power to make a will. Among the
documents read in court within the last
two days to establish the pedigree of
the plaintiff in the present suit were
several from other members of the fam