The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-14
DUBLIN RIOT OYER KING.
COUNCIL REJECTS PLAN TO VEL
COME HIM OFFICIALLY.
Mob Breaks Down the Doors OF the Cham.
bier Where the Debate 10 Held-GrOans
and Kisses for the Man Who Moved
the Addlress--The Vote Was 40 to NJ.
Special caols Despatch TO THE SUN.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUN
DUBLIN, July ls.-There was stormy
scene at the meeting OF the Dublin Corpora
ton to-day over the proposed address OF
welcome to King Edward during his visit
to Ireland. The doors were broken down
by the mob and the approaches to the hall
had to be cleared by the police. The Lord
Mayor spoke strongly against the address,
and the motion in favor Of presenting it
was defeated by vote Of 40 to n.
A large crowd gathered In the street long
before the time Of the meeting, but the
Lord Mayor refused to allow anybody to
enter the Council Chamber except members
of the corporation. The gallery was soon
filed with friends Of the members and other
prominent men. whereupon the doors were
closed. It WAS this that led to the smash
ing Of the panels.
The meeting was called to order amid
intense excitement. Alderman Cotton, the
mover Of the address, was received with
groans and Kisses, which were renewed
when his supporters rose.
Councillor Joseph Nannetti. M, p, fol-
lowed In opposition. He disavowe1 hcs
tility to the King.
Let him come" he said, "and. returning.
tell our maligners ut Westminster and
elsewhere that he found a courteous and
genial people, but nothing In the shape Of
en- address will be offered unless IL contains
a paragraph asserting the legal right of
the Irish to manage their own affairs"
This evoked loud cheers from the occu-
pants Of the gallery.
The Mayor disclaimed on behalf Of the
entire body of Nationalists the least in
tention to insult or offend the King. He
said to the meeting:
Let them suppose for moment that
the King approved the peoples desire for
self-government. Would 1t not be the
best way to strengthen his hands to show
that Dublin was not mere English town,
that they had a principle to fight for, and
that, great as the King might be. they were
elected by the vote Of the people and would
never be satisfied until they got their just
rights2 Applause. Every man who held
a position in the Irish nation had proclaimed
against an address. A vote for an address
at the present crisis would mean vote Of
censure upon the home rule policy of the
country. He appealed to them to remem-
Der the men who sold the country and voted
for the Act Of Union, and not to vote the
address.
After this the meeting dsgenerated for
some time into an exchange OF angry per-
sonalties between rival Councillors, during
which Councillor Kelly elioited applause
from the gallery by referring to the -in-
famous King who takes an infamous oath.
This, of course, was an eilusion to the anti
Catholic coronation oath.
The Mayor, in the course Of the handy
ing Of words which followed, said he shared
Mr.. Kelly's feelings in regard to the oath,
but he appealed to Mr.. Kelly, saying that
1t was not fair to throw imputations at the
Kirg Mr.. Kelly replied: THE man who
subscribes to such an oath is infamous"
The Mayor objected. declaring that if
the King believed in the oath it was right
for him to take it. II he did not believe
it, he had no respect for the King.
The Mayor Subsequently sid, in putting
Mr.. Colton's motion, that the police had
visit ell member Of tho Council and threat
ened that if he did not support the address
he would not obtain certain license. That
the Mayor declared, was not freedom.
He WITS sure the King wanted no thing OF
that kind done In further opposing the
address he said tho Council ought not TO
greet the King with lie.
When the result of the vote was an
nounced there was a frantic outburst Of
cheering in the gallery, in which majority
Of the Councillors joined. The cheering
was taken up Justify by the crowd in the
street