The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25

JOHN DAILY BOBOREp.
Hudson Irish Societies Give
the Patriot an Enthusiast
tic Reception.
MAYOR Hoos PREsIDEs
All Alliance Between This Country
and England Denounced by
The Speakers.

I DAILY. who has spent nearly thirteen years
as an Irish political prisoner in an Eng
lish jail.
Despite the weather the big theatre was
crowded The occasion was a reception
to Mr.. DAILY under the auspices Of the
United Irish societies of Hudson county.
Mr.. Daily made an eloquent address,, IN
whieh he graphically depicted the horrors
in the line of brutal treatment to which
Irish political prisoners are subjected at
the hands of the English government and
English ~jailers. He eloquently inveighed
| against the mooted alliance of England
| with this country in the crisis of war
between this nation and Spain in the COM
mon name of humanity, declaring that
such an alliance would be unholy 50 long
| as England is as guilty of trampiing on
| the rights of Irishmen as Spain mas peen
IN dealing with her Cuban subjects. rms
was the BURDEN Of his address ana res1,
lutions to that effect were adopted WIN
much enthusiasm.
Eloquent addresses along the same ines
F. Minturn Of Hoboken and Lawyer
Alexander Young Of the same cIty.,
Mayor Hoos presided. He was intro
duced by President +; o,mara VINO rao
| Spouse, the Mayor for consentiEg 20 pre-,
| side, and the singers who interspersed
the addresses with songs. These Werei;n
sang, Come Back to Erin; Mr.. Wlulam
r. Sanborn, who sang a tenor SOLO, Let
Erin Rsmember the Days s.T Ct oid Ey;, aie IS
sang a contralto solo, "Mavoureen."
Ex-Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
| Daily, who were expected to make adj
dresses, sent letters Of regret az
their inability. through illness. g
oISo down for an address. WAS 1t-O do
sent. Many prominent representatives of
the various societies occupied seats Upon
the stage In the b4 2Xf,i;. were ud EGe-
Surrogate James Lillis, Hugh Coyle. Jas;
F. Cannon. Thomas F. higgins, Michael
| B. Holmes and other prominent citizens;
The stage was neatly decorated The
front was hanked by two stalwart sons
of Erin, one holding aloft the American
Stars and Stripes, the other the green
and golden harp flag of the Emerald Isle.
| rear Of the stage, was inscribed the SEN
timent, God Save Ireland The e
of the stage was also adorned with a
| life size picture of the American Goddess
| of Liberty, extending a hand to her less
fortunate sister of Ireland, and a banner
of Division No. II of the Ancient Order
| of Hibernians. The stage entrances We're
| draped with American flags.
Before introducing Mayor Hoos as the
| presiding officer of the meeting, President
O'Mara said that Mr.. Daily, IN wnose
/ Jill Xix iCNNPtt0A n07 49,
| altogether a stranger in Jersey City. lie
recalled the fact that some fifteen or
sixteen years ago Mr.. DAILY visited this
| city, and said that there were men with
in the sound of his voice who then, bid
ding him adieu, little thought that he
was to fall a victim to the m~achinations
| signed to a living tomb for thirteen
sThe charge against Mr.. DAILY he
said, was trumped UP by the Engilsh
- rIat1ld nyvn hayya haan
sentenced. This audience, like others II
the United States, resents the charge
that he is a criminal If he is a 'cri1ni-
nall then so long as tyranny Expresses
Ireland. there will always be found Grim
inals' like Mr.. Daily. How can England
expect Ireland to be loyal under the pres
ent circumstances"
Mayor Hoos received an ovation. He
said he considered it a great pleasure and
a distinguished honor to be the chairman
of such a gathering to do honor to one OF
he would leave it to Mr.. DAILY to do the
speechmaking. AS Mayor he extended to
Mr.. DAILY the freedom of the city. This
provoked rounds of cheers and applause.
given an ovation. Above the din arose
such cries from the gallery as Down
With il 1 the E .aghsaa c, II f hml Ma WIZ
Hoos." In response to the former two
cries some kissing was audible.
Mr.. DAILY is a man of medium height
1 and DullQ. Ills IdCt > lllc1tcCIadl dlto
still powerful, despite the traces of long
confinement and suffering. He has a high
forehead; the front portion OF his head IS
bald. He wears glasses and heavy DARK
whiskers, tinged with gray. Something in
his appearance reminds one of the pic
lures of Henry George in the last cam
paign His sentences were .epigramatlc,
and any effort at condensation spoils their
effect.
I'm the name of comrades he said, 81
thank you for this generous reception
-. - 49, = - Eli q
country not as a representative of any
shade of politics. ] did not come here
to expound any political doctrine or phil
osophy.. I came here to tell you OF the
brutal treatment melted out to Irish po-
litical prisoners in English prisons. | APP
peal to American manhood in behalf OF
a people struggling for national indepen-
dence. I will not take advantage of that
flag (pointing to the Stars and Stripes or
of the freedom of this country; for I hold
myself responsible for every word I ut
ter. When [ return to Ireland as an Irish
nationalist l am willing to be held respon-
sible for everything | have said in this
country"
Mr.. DAILY told how nearly fourteen years
ago he stood in an English court, before
an English Judge and jury, for having
lent a helping hand to establish a free
country for the Irish people. An adj
ditional charge" he said. sof having ex-
English police officials afterwards con-
fessed that this was a put up job by them
in order to secure my conviction. In this
hour of excitement" said the speaker,
later on, when your nation is involved
in war in the name of humanity to sus-
tain the honor of a nation that has the
pluck to fight for it, a nation that has
tortured Ireland many long, weary years,
dares come Onward in hypocrisy and offers
to Join the United States in fighting for
it. | have come here to expose this
hypocrisy. Stand by the American flag,
! but do not for an instant lend your aid
to the flag that kept you in chains
Mr.. Daily denounced England for de-
claring that she would treat Irish political
prisoners only as common criminals, and
said that Russia, France, Austria and
other powers had found no necessity for
so doing.
Not even the Spaniards would do this
he said. II am not a criminal, unless we
consider fair ighting for Irish freedom
constitutes a crime
England, declared Mr.. DAILY, treated
Irish political prisoners worse than heI
cutthroats. Such a prisoner, he said, was
passed Into a prison specially built for
refractory criminals. Instead of a ham
mock they were Obliged to sleep on q
|. slab. The English crimina was left UNI
disturbed in his hammock: The Irish
hour by the light of a bullseye lantern
playing on his face. In order to get his
food through the doors of his cell
he was obliged to get down, upon
his knees. The English prisoner was
allowed exercise to keep himself
warm in winter time. The Irish prisoner
was not. In. summer time he sank down
with exhaustion under the brutal treat
ment and brutal insults of his jailer.