The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-24

hation on the face of the earth today that
VIII zeal with political offenders as conn
mon criminals. The ordinary criminal IS
allowed to pass his night i'm renose. hut In
the case of the Irish political offender hi.
t tt ID banged open every hour of the night.
me pull s-eye lantern is turned in on him
hnu l., ne ID Obliged to recognize the fact that
ne Is prisoner in the prison OF his iaIIers
mink or being walked UP every hour ~ th.
hisht, night after night Is II NOT marvel
nriso ena' any man can come forth from these
prisons other than raving maniacs3 Tb
ordinary convict had his food nasSad ~.
m NH, through the door; but the Irish offender
was oDIlged to get down on his knoas -
E n,en she I'm containing his food, and the
iEnsiisn 1ailer gloated over the fact that
lhey had brought the irish political nrisonar
uown to the same level and beIow that @,
the criminal. '""' Vi
Inc ordinary criminal could batba r.
TTb put not so the political offender
ne ordinary convict was aJIowed 1000
anu anu could walk fast or slow as pleased bin,
a yard - ne IRISH prisoner was marched into
a. yaru from which Gods sunlight was sbut
n 90 summer ~ time and which was freezJne
VOL ~ winter, and there he was forced re
in his % bod Erow that the blood almost froze
lole tney would bring disgrace unon tha
wam Oh irish Nationalist. You know as
tte er as as can tell you how this great ma
. , goes Dragging all over the world shn",
It's great intelligence its great canecf auoas
govern men, and how it sends forth ~.
tiI.h with mighty pile of gosnaJ
We knoy, spread the light to the heather.
bu,,, hnoW Ihat every nation is Judged for ia
ndiniaiity by the manner in which II deals
mith us prisoners. The manner in wbinh
cvjii1etiona are searched Is an outrage against
i r,nin ana Christianity. II any of tha
implements ~ Of labor should be lost wbetbar
nna 40 a cro"Dar or Jack plane each pris-
III, ID taken out and Invested of ali hi.
tiaUMthing, and stood up before a row n,
taaiiors. Just fancy the represenfatIVes ~
~ us great nation searching the naked hodv
n n a prisoner for crowbar or jack planet
t.oushIer.J The most terrible ordeal is -
stand Gay after day within fbeir dI,n 10 "
around you. soins mao
Inc speaker then told the story ri
Dr. dallagher's Imprisonment and tn.
treatment he was obliged to undergo
curing u the period of his insanity. he
loie ms liberation and arrival in this
country where he is now being carad
aot at the expense of his American
lrlends: He also referred to the sad
case or the youth Henry Wilson. still
i imprisoned. to whose heroic fortitudI
ne pald an eloquent tribute. He aIsl
a!Iuded to the attempts to secure from
nlinself some statements calculated +,
lnJure Mr.. Parnell during his trial
continuing, he said:
for mhe en-, these pe2:le were struggling to
. ~ NE 10 give information against Powell
the WCrd force" was used. II was very
strange that soon after this there was soma
tnihg else besides force used for 1 had re-
ceisea an almost fatal dose Of poison This
uCctor ana have put all the circumstances
Deiore large number of individual men I'm
ms country and in Ireland and each and
every ono OF them agree in saving they
ieVer heafd OF the poison OF belIadonna he
ing used In the whole medical practice
with me. - vas uSeo
Inc speaker closed with a strong apneaI
10 representatives and descendants Of tha
IRISH race in America not to forget the Land
vi tnelr ancestors. There were no Cuban
swords mashed in the struggle of AmerIca
for freed0m." he said land thor 80
none "nen the nation was later struggling
10 preserve Itself from internal discord and
disruption. III you can afford to be envtous
WIN cuba, then you are traitors in YOUR
to your own land"
GAZING attention to O'ConneIl's prediction
mat lreland's time would come when EN-
rama was at war with the world he said.
re nelneInoer, there are war clouds in the
East and the blast OF the trumpet NAV eli
the armies OF Europe into GONZALES beso-a
announcer year has begun, and England NAV
De challenged to fight. And IL she is Who
VIII DO her fighting? The sons of IreIand7
II you are ready and willing then to hold
yo,,r peace, IL is time for you to shut up
your mouths and cease talking about Irish
recon. 1t is your duty to stand up
shoulder to shoulder and be ready to fght
Tor ireland on her own soil for Irish free
9om rather than that Irishmen should be
ngntlng In other lands for England's honor
and glory Ao"''
The speaker closed with an appeal to all
irish people who returned to their native
land for the forthcoming celebration of the
revolution OF '9S to buy only articles OF
ployed in this connection Dean Swfft's emf
gram: Burn everything English hut coal