The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-10-17
THE LATE LORD MORRIS.

! Lord Morris, whose death is just re-
ported from England, was an Irishman
| of the finest type, full of humor and of
kindness, as popular in Dublin as he
was in England, one of the most noted
wits of the Irish bench, and a man
| whose disappearance leaves a great
void He belonged to an old family.
The Morrises were one of the fourteen
tribes of Galway before the first of
Lord Morris's ancestors, one Richard
Morris, was heard of as bailiff of Gal
way in 1896 The property at Spiddal
came into the family when George
Morris married Miss Fitzpatrick of
Arran, in 1884, since which happy
event the Morrises have always been
known as the "Morrises Of Spiddal'
Lord Morris, with rare Irish
ingenuity, knew how to combine
natonaism with firm Unionist
principles and allegiance to the Conser
yative party. AS he said himself, Il
think | can fairly assert that no man,
whether drunk or sober, ever mistook
me for anything but an Irishman,"
which was perfectly true for his bro
que was of the richest. Then again he
publicly declared that half the
difficulty of the Irish question arose
from the efforts of dull people to
govern quick-witted one He did
not, however, believe in the separation
of England and Ireland, which Is the
ultimate aim of the Nationalist.
dissolve partnership with England"
he observed one day in the course of
speech. 1.-THE poor partner want to get
rid of the rich one? Nonsense; I'd as
soon expect to see a man with share
in Guinness turn out and start a She
been of his own
But Lord Morris insisted that he was
for ireland for the irish" for the
government of ireland by the Irish
whenever practicable. "By all means"
he would exclaim, send us flrst-rate
Englishmen as viceroys and chief
secretaries--when you can spare them"
with a particularly strong Irish accent
on the last four words. But why send
us second and thrd-rate Englishmen?
such as the late Sir William Gregory,
Sir John Pope Hennessey. etc. you send
them off to Ceylon, to the Mauritius,
and to the uttermost ends of the earth,
instead of to Ireland"
He was very popular at court and
with the royal family and much |
amused Princess Christian and |
Princess Beatrice at the flower show |
held in the grounds of the university |
at Dublin during Queen Victoria's last |
stay in Ireland by the manner In which |
he endeavofed to excuse himself for |
wearing his Gorgeous gold-embroidered |
robe as vice. chancellor of the uni
II am obliged to wear them,
mas am he exclaimed in the most |
deprecatory manner. II think it Is
only fair to offer you this explanation
you might think I was try
Ing to transform myself into sun
flower as part and parcel of the show"
Lord Morris was nothing If not can
did Once when some affair affecting
the Anglican Church came before the
Lords of Appeal, he looked around on
his colleagues and exclaimed: zone of
rs is a Jew, another is a Presbyterian,
and I as Roman Catholic yield to
1one of your lordships in-ignorance of
The matter in hand"
On one occasion, when sitting as Lord
Chief Justice of Ireland, he asked
ioung member of the bar where he
,ame from County Antrim, my
Lord" was the reply, Whseupon Lord
Norris, turning to his clerk, remarked
n a stage whisper, audible to the
,ntire court, "Did ye iver come across
ich froightful accint in the course of
Ter loifa?"
Another time, when a veterinary
was being sued for damages I
or the value of a horse which it was
laid he had poisoned, rather pompous
physician was called as a witness, and
stated that as he had often given eight
grains to a man, dose of twelve
,rains to a horse could not be con-
idered as excessive.
"Never mind your eight grains" ex-
laimed Lord Morris from the bench
We all know that some poisons are