The Irish standard., 1900-10-27
THB FACTS ABOUT NEW TIPPERARY
Nothing to Do With Founding Of
that Celebrated Town.
Ills WIFE A GENEROUS BENRFACToR
Purchased the Fee-Simple from
Landlord Smith-Barry.

At an enthusiastic meeting in Cork
city in support of ]. II. Y. and William
OBren for parliamentary representa-
tivcs, tho latter delivered an address
which is quite interesting from the
fact that it sheds considerable light on
the history of the famous town of New
Tippcrary. In the course of his ami
mated speech he said:
FcllOw-countrymcn, night after
night our hopes are rising and the
hearts OF our enemies are sinking into
their boots Cheers and lnughter). l
never for one instant doubted that the
moment we got in touch with tllem
cs of the people that we would find
that the men of Cork would give no
quarter to the incorrgiblc disturbers
who are endeavOurng to wreck the
cause of Ireland and plunge the coun-
try back again into the discord and
despair from which Mr. James O'Ixelly
CHEERS for OKelly) and many II good
Parncllitc beside him have saved us
and saved the country (chcers). I was
reading the speeches that were deliver
cd yesterday by our opponents to the
reporters and to an audience of the
Royal Irish Constabulary 0aughter),
and, of course, there was the usual
torrent of filthy abuse and calumny
poured upon my humble self At first
their taunt was that | was bank
rupt, and now the latest charge against
me is that l am a man OF wealth
0auglter). l only wish l was. IRE
newcd laughtcr), and I am sure you
wish the same (chcers), for l think
you know ut MI events that Ireland
would not be the poorer for it (chcers),
because ninc-tenths of nll I and mine
possess in this world Is spent in the
service of the poor Of Ireland (cheers).
The odious style of controversy which
the Hcalys (hisscs) have brought into
vogue force me to say that much. I
only hope that as much can be said
for the IIealys (checrs) But l have
never endcavored to pry into their prl-
vate affairs or to insult the ladies of
their families according to the base
and degrading example that Mr.. Timo-
thy Healy has introduced into the pub
lie life Of Ireland (cheers). Well, then,
n rev. gentleman whom 1 greatly re-
spect and who ought to have known
better charged me with descrting the
cvictcd tenants ("Never'). Let him
ask the evicted tenants themselves
(chccrs). The evicted tenants of Cork
waited upon me last Saturday, and it
was not to taunt or insult me, but it
was to form n special branch of the
United Irish League (cheers), because
all the hopes of the evicted tenants are
centered in the success of that move
ment (cheers). My friends, 1t is a hor-
riblc thing to be forced to speak about
things upon which would prefer to be
silent, but the fact happens to be that
l and mine have contributed at least
$3.50 year for the last five years for
the benefit Of the evlcted tenants and
If Mr.. Healy and his friends had con-
tributed in the same proportion ac-
cording to their means, which are very
much greater. than mine, indeed, If
they had done so, there is not an cvict-
ed tenant in Ireland who would ever
have gone through one year Of suffer-
Ing or Of want (cheers). I never men,
toned this matter before, 1 never pub.
lished these subscriptions, but 1 ven
ture to say that man in the high
station of that rev. gentleman might
well have begun to make some inQuir-
les before making that foul and false
| charge against me Of deserting the
evicted tenants (cheers). Well, more
than that, before the United Irish
League was founded, offered the
Clanricarde evicted tenants, in order
to make the evicted tenants question
again the burning question, offered to
lead them myself in retaking possess
sion of their homes (cheers), in q single
night, and as never asked any man
to take any risk which did not share
with him, I offered to place myself ut
their head in the work, and take all
the risks and legal consequences with
them (cheers). Well, I think that is
not very like deserting the evicted ten
ants (cheers). Again, say, ask these
evicted tenants themselves. had a
letter only yesterday morning upon