The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-02-26
JOHN DAILY, OF LIMERICK.
A Reception 1" the rntri"t In 81. punl
ON March ~.

John DAILY. the Irish cX-poitirll pris-
0ner who was released from an Eng
fish prison some months ago. aflcr
serving thirteen years If q sentence of
twenty years. is shortly to visit st.
Paul The observation-disclosures of the city
and vicinity will mark thcir appreciation,
of his lifelong devotion TO III" cause o.
Irish independence Ivy Il public lrccI-
tiun and entertainment ON "Wednesday
evening. March %.
When Mr.. DAILY arrived in Boston
from Ireland a f"w months ago the
city council of that "crade Of liberty,
in recognition of hi, efforts in behalf
of Irish liberty. voted him The freedom,
of the city. and Mayor Quincy rendered,
him hosrtalitics.
On Feb. Is ut the Rational rh"itrr in
Washington Mr.. DAILY received an uva,
ton of Il most ilnt:nrinG character
Among those present rs vicn-prrsidcnta
were Senators Carter, llama, Kyle
Roach. Gallingcr, Morgan and Murphy.
non, SI.audlng. Simpson. le.lknar. l'itz-
gerald, Hurley. Swanaon Cummings
! Kelly. Kulp. Knowles. l.iIIn>lcr, Magn;rc.
Callahan, Shattur, Howe" Davenport,
Mcintyre. Meyer, Clark, Mitchell. Lin
ncy. tooncy. and Mc\Ircr
Congressman II. l', Mauanny presided.
The program Was a long one and lnclud-
, ed livc-nlinutc speeches by Senators
Gray and Allen. Representatives. Simr-
| son, Mag:,irc. and I.lnn,y, ard an nl-
dress by Mr.. DAILY. who aarl in plr,
81 have not come Ia this Land To take
advantage of its Freedom to utter words
| that | dare not utter under the English
F, flag. ! stand by what | say hcrr ana
| when again sail for home II will hc
| with the determination TO stand ~ every
word that | have uttered in this country
| Neither have | come here tn plead guilty
or not guilty to the charges !o;, which
I, WAS imprisoned. Tho English govcin
| it charged us with trying to dcpra" he
majrsty'a power In ireland" We wore
| and | wish to God that W. could DO it
! ! am not going to ,lrinlI myself a%H;,rs
Enghnd's charge. England know VI,
that I was 10 criminal; one of her owl
officers who helped TO 5n.'urc my i:npris
onmcnt declared me to be an inlnrrl 1
| man, declared before MS f;ol lll, Iuhl
DAILY was innocent, ana for ten year
after that they allowed me to rot in al
English dungeon.
If an opportunity were givcn 10 M
! Tomorrow To shoulder Il rifle for lrclanr
would do 1t, ana glory in it. "a.
again that England knew VAS ne
criminal; she hnc" HAT | was only try
ing to show my pcu?i the way to lihcr
! ty and she imprisoned me for 1t. VIVA
does It avail her now: am here to
night to tell hcl That am an Irish Ma
tionalist."
length the difference Of treatment nc
corded to the English criminals an,
Irish political prisoners in The vile Brit
jsh baetilcs.
For ten years" &c said, Il was hun
cry in her nlajcaty':i dungeon. Aud yc
| can look 5arK to the time spent with
in those walls with my fellow prisoner
and glory in the fact that the IInglisl
cannot make !lgEmcn bow the head
even in dungeon cells | have seen
convict. who is llr" living in an insane
asylum in this land o! his adoption, iii
der this terrible ordeal accepting hi
treatment viii dignity that was gram
to behold, and | Ea.e seen ann cry on
to his God to sustain him
81 have not come here TO trade lIpo
my suffcrings have but one fecIin
in relation to this matter, and that i
that If England was not able to subd,l
the spirit of us prisoners in twcv
years in her prisons. il is not likcl
that she will be able to knock tn
same spirit ont Of the millions Of Irish
men outside Of those prisons"
Resolutions expressing warm appra
citation of the heroic sacrifice OF llnr
John DAILY and deep sympathy for Ire
land were unanimously adopted, ami
deafening cheers. The proposed arb