Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-03-25
Lord Dunraven and Mr.. John
Coleman Contrasting for
County Councillor.
Rival Meetings Held, Speeches,
Resolutions and Workers
Rallying the Voters.
NATIONALISTS IN COUNTY DUBLIN.

Lord Dunraven arrived at Adare March
g, and was met by large crowd of the
villagers. There were a number of torch
bearers, and the horses were invoked
from the car in which his Lordship was
on his way from the station to the Manor
House. The Earl of Dunraven called at
the residence of Dean Flanagan, and
subsequently proceeded to Adare Manor,
where he addressed those assembled. An
address was presented by the Adare Elec-
ton Committee welcoming his Lordship
back to Adare.
Lord Dunraven, in reply, said he had
never expected the hearty reception given
to him. 1t showed him that they did not
start when entering this fight without
thinking about it and making up their
minds to back him up thoroughly and to
carry the fight successfully for him. It
showed him that the more people told
them that they had no business to
elect for the County Council a man in
his position, man like him, that they
had sense enough to see and know that
County Council election had nothing
whatever to do with the large questions
of Imperial politics. Any man who voted
for and supported him at this election
did not alter in the slightest particle, or
gave no man the right to say he altered
in the slightest particle any opinions he
could hold on political matters. They
were going to have a pretty hard fight,
he expected. Since l came home, the
other day, have read some accounts of
what has been said at various meetings
meetings about me and my father before
me. My opponents seem to have read up
my family history. They know more
about it than do. They have gone back
-as far as 1lsy-great -grendfathor as far as
l can see. That is very interesting &C.
cupation, and they could keep at it for a
long time. If they look back they will
find there were Quins i'll Munster good
many years ago. have seen rather
remarkable document-a kind of address
that has been sent round by my opponent
to the tenants on my property. Well, 1
am not going to make a speech tonight.
will take other opportunities of talking
about those matters, but there is one
thing in that address sent to my tenants
that can not allow to go without saying
word on it, and that is, in stating
Father Flanagan, your parish priest, has
been nothing more than kind of instru-
ment in my hands to enable ME to screw
the last farthing out of the tenants. A
man opposing me has perfect right to
say anything he likes about me. 1 do
not care what they say. The more they
say about me the better pleased am; but
a man has no right whatever to say that
a clergyman whom you know has been
the whole of his life in this parish, whose
sole thought and wish and aim and OBJ
iect in life has been the welfare of every
one of his hock-it is a shame to say that
such a man has lent himself to try and
grind the poor. l am not going to detain
you. / will only thank you again for
this magnificent demonstration, and /
will take this opportunity of thanking
also the members of the committee for
the noble way you have supported me
during my absence. am told-I dom
know whether it is true or not--I am told
my opponent, Mr.. Coleman, is going to
have meeting here next Sunday. If so,
want you to be sure he has good hear