The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-18
THE IRISH VIEW
T. P. 0'Connor Writes of the Elk
citing Scenes of Thursday in
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the Commons.a
A Clue to the Present Situation
The Spectre Of Ireland Has
E.. Risen Again.

London, Oct. 1S.-T. P. O'Connor, M. r.,
has written for the Associated Press ms
impressions Of the scene caused by the
Irish members in the house OF commons
Thursday and what he believes 1t pof-
tends, as follows: -. ta-E1-s d. -
IT have seen many strange and excl-
ing scenes in the house of commons, but
that of Thursday was the most strange
and most exciting. It deserves serious
notice as a symptom of and clue to the
present political condition. John O'Don-
nell, the chief character therein, Is not
the kind of a man one would expect 10
see figure in such a scene. He IS one VI
those men who show the remarkapie
power of Irishmen rising equal to great sit
uations, however humble and unpromising
their origin. He was born in little cot
tage on one of those small patches OF
land in the west Of Ireland. which are
most remarkable specimens OF tne
wreckage of centuries. Yet ne speaks
elouuently, chastely, and the strong phy-
siuue of the peasant is surmounteu ny
a face of sweetness and refinement as wei
as of vigor.
''To see this ordinarily quiet young maj
addressing the whole house for quarter
of an hour amid a din when WAS zen,
pestuous and in violation OF every lul
of order, with the speaker MINISTERS DIN
all shouting and the majority helpiess
land then afterwards to see MN cioss ~
floor of the house, and, standing IN liU u:
of the prime minister, who SAT PAN
with a sickly smile on his face; 10 sc
this was one of the most curious PROOF
of how honest passion and lnd1gnatiol
created by oppression, can COW even III
most powerful Of tyrannies. VI an III
noints of that terrible scene, for 1t wa
terrible. the most remarkable was the al
, solute helplessness, the coWed lnact1oi
the unionist majority, so DIVIDED anu liai
assed nv the sense of the irresistible ooo1
coming hourly upon their leaders that the
cannot conceal their depression anu ai
made. impotent by panic. H.,
"And there. was the other reason, Una
u the spectre of Ireland, which was SUI
y posed to be laid. had risen again. MOI
menacing than ever. And, finally, tne1
% was perhaps some sense of shame at u
Il feeling that this man, who was callli
IS for the right to be heard in the mouse
u commons, had been gagged IN 1relallu
systematic persecution worthy OF tsu
e STA at her worst. He has spent elghtee
g months in Jail in the last three or 10
is wears, and has been dragged from PA
20 forms by the police before he opened
lips. and ne was recently SUBJECTED 10
IS sentence whIth is an example OF dehpera
re ferocity. his last sentence of six mont
" oct ID having been SO given by t
RS magistrate that O'Donnell has to spe
six weeks on a plank bed and nine ga
he m bread and water. All this SUFFERING
90 the mast and to come was written IN les
o. hle letters on the pale face and IN
n excited ewes of this ordinarily quiet &c
a. t,enan, This perhaps was why the III
ne isterialists sat cowed, helpless and aoasr
at the scene, one of the signs OF So
he great coming change