Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1903-05-21

from St. CnafleS' cnOlr and vocal solos
will be given by Miss Margaret Pierce
and DR.. f. II. O'Connor. The public
generally is cordially invited to be pres
ent.
HON. JOSEPH DEvLIN, NJ. p.
Joseph Devlin, NJ. P, with one except
ion the newest recruit of the Irish Par
! liamentary party, is at the same time
one of the youngest as well as the ableSt
members of that body. Mr.. Devlin is
still in his Both year but he has had an
! experience in the rough and stormy sea
of Irish politics which does not often
come to men who are double his age.
Indeed he has taken to the subject as
naturally as a duck takes to water, for
since boyhood he has been one of the
principal figures in the contest where the
strife was keenest.
Mr.. Devlin was not Is years old, when
in 1886, the great struggle over the first
Home Rule bill of Gladstone took place.
He had not been long out of school, but
long enough to have imbibed that spirit
of national aggressiveness which was
such a characteristic of the Parnell move
ment.
| Y oung Devlin was from the outset a
leader among his youthful companions
in Belfast They trusted his Judgment
absolutely. They knew his integrity and
earnestness and they were inspired by
the example Of uncompromsing nation
alist spirit which he always displayed.
When Thomas Sexton, the brilliant
and eloquent Irish orator essayed to win
the seat in Belfast for the national cause
in 1885 young Devlin at once became one
{ f his most enthusiastic adherents. With
all the energy and spirit of boyhood he
| threw himself into the struggle, mar
shalled the national forces both in the
revision courts and on the hustings.
His example became contagious; Sex
ton was triumphantly elected. From
that day forth there was no rest for Dew
lin in the national fight. Wherever the
struggle was keenest, there he was to be
! found.
OF modest and retiring disposition,
with flow of natural eloquence rarely
equalled even in the land of oratory, he
combines at the same time an amount of
common sense and hard-headed capacity
not often found in one individual.
OF medium stature, his face denotes
the intellectual power which he I'M
! questionably possesses Whether in an
augumentative sense calmly and dis
passionately arguing his subject,or pour
ing forth a torrent of invective, should
the occasion demand, he can at all times
impress his audience with his power as
a speaker and his evident sincerity in the
cause which he has at heart.
Mr.. Devlin has been for years at the
head of an extensive business in Belfast
and outside of the ordinary or rather
extraordinary work which he has done,
on the Irish platform mainly in his own
province he has been reluctant to take
a prominent place in the ranks of the
Irish leaders. He declined on several
occasions to accept an election to parlia-
ment for an Irish seat in order that he
may be able to devote his time to his
private business.
A year ago, however, he was by unan-
imouS vote of the national directory OF
the United Irish League chosen to come
to America with Mr.. Redmond, NJ. P,
brother of the present Irish leader. His
colleague took advantage of Mr.. Dew
Inns absence from Ireland and had him
elected to fill the vacancy in the repre-
sentation of North Kilkenny. He had
never visited the constituency up to the
time of his election but he was, never
theless, the unanimous choice of those
OF the constituency who knew his Ster
: ling worth even though they had never
seen him.
Mr.. Devlin spent six months last veal
in the United States in the work of or
ganizing branches of the United Irisl
League, returning to Ireland last June
, He then attended to his parliamentary
duties until the close of the last session
of parliament when he was again cablec
for by John Redmond during the prog
ress of the national convention of the
U. l. L.. A.
1t was desired that Mr.. Devln should
continue the work of organizing in the
United States and he Immediately
responded to the summons of his leader
and has since been engaged in the WORK
of establishing branches. all over the
country.
As platform speaker Mr.. Devlin wei
sustains the reputation of the Irish party
for eloquence and indeed it is rarely tina
more cogent and logical speaker on thu
Irish question has been heard on plat
forms in the United States.
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