The Irish standard., 1902-08-09
Statements Regarding Present Conditions
in Ireland Are Not Worthy
Of Any Credence.
Prominent New Yorker is Said to Have
Associated With Loyalists
in His Rambes.

Cook, the Hon. John ID. Crimmins, OF
New York. lately returned from a
S'N1H days voyage of discovery. some
ten of which were spent in a country
called Ireland.
MIR. Crimmins has investigated the
country thoroughly with a view Of on
Tightening the ,lnrkrnch natives of that
laml now maroonr,l in New York and
still under the thl.,ll of Tammnny.
l'rr years the rNilrs from Erin have
suffered from conspiracy of deccp-
lh'll ANA misrepresentation: thr Irish
newspapers Of the Irish snm-thc low
lrl>''-lnvr pretended that the natives
wtn" pong and diSrontcntnd: even the
natives of Ireland writing to their re.
lhtionS in America had the hnrlihood
l" witt" III the same vein: and tho in
h"'"h' "NIl''s on this sell were simple
enough I" believe them Evc,, now
III" papers hnh people Of Ireland are
engaged in tllis work of ,'..cptinn. and
the British papers are ably aiding and
'hrlllng them hy calling tlr m lcbell
h'"l rollspilntorS. 1t is II great relief
Z" have Il ll""l of light ana truth
thrown on Ireland. ana the floods
con" Simultaneously from two
sources. ON" aiding ami swelling the
other. THE honorable Crimmins.
fresh from a ten DAYS im,ursou into
Ireland. tells MS that the land is burst
ing with prosperity and j. ling over
with loyalty and enthusiasm for his
s'''dr'' ANA r"riypllIitr majesty, Ed
ward. the Pili",i'llnls. no Somc This
may sound anr'zing: but it is fully
confirmed by onn Johnson. the Mayor,
"f Wnlillhm. Mass. who has lust re-
turned fr"m II vacation spent in the
Orange lodges of Ulster. Mr. John
sons 'nf"r''ati"n cannot hc attributed
to the alcoholic atmosphere of the
lodges. for lnr has fcr years been the
S'alwhr ndvn'iItr ami attorney of the
l'r"iibiion parity of tlhr o'd Rnv
STATE; ;nd Mr.. Johnson has always
had tn" most profound faith IN the ut-
trrhnrrs of MIR. johnson.
Thus we have johnson. rr.sh from
orange Ulster. ana Crinmins. fresh
from Catholic Ireland telling the same
story OF love ana loyalty. II is touch
ing ami impressive Mr.. Crimmins
has spent ten days in Ireland wifi, his
eyes. ears nlml mouth open. absorbing
information and loyalty. In his intee
view in til" Now York Sun of .JuIy
20. the organ Of brIIigrrrnt expansion
"nd capitalism. Mr.. crimmins gives
rri'lrnc" of his keen powers Of OBJ.
SrrvAtinl. He has noted the rcS,ccta-
bl" :sarb and lovely crmpIrXinns of the
daughters Of Erin AMI r. ,,c,lucps.
with the mental uuicknrss of busi-
ness man, that these things ONLY are
possible i'm II country With a sllpcra-
h'l''lanrr of prosperity. loyalty and
cIinhtr The love which the raoDle
bear to King Edward touched Mr..
frmmins very deeply: ana that they
90 not give Il more vOcifrrO,lS express
sion to their loyalty must be attrib-
ulrd to tll" prrmirious activity of the
police Hn1 the lack Of express COM
pnni"s in ireland. There are probably
NJ places in Ireland wl.rrc Il man can
learn the state of public feeling bet
ter than at the ll%tclS. the hcmes Of he. +
merchant class. the rar, courses. and
communion with the sho1dy nobility
and gentry which infcSt the country.
Possibly Mr.. Crimmns had the honor
Of meeting some eminent diStillers and
brewers. Certainly hn moved in an
atmosphere of loyalty that touched his
%msibilitics deeply.
This is all very interesting political
ly rs well as snciologcally. Mr.. Grim
MINIS in his own personality repre-
scnts the rr" @ress upward and onward
Of his racehc is reported to he of
Irish cXtraction-in America. The son
of n poor gardener who worked for
Thomas Adds Emmett. he escaped the
disloyal O1ors eXhaed from that arch
rebel and grew to manhood and went
into the contracting business With his
father who passed from servant to