The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-06
Member of Parliament
 Speaks in Montgomery
Declares That Emerald Isle is on Verge of Last Conflict With England-Welcomed by
 Mayor Joseph.

iana IS on the verge of its last conflict against British rule and supremacy and the tyranny of Irish landlordism. MT. Devlin arrived in Montgomery at l2 o'clock yesterday morning from Bir- minsham, and was met at the Union railway station by a committee cornposed or Q lion. Thomas H. Carr, Aldermen John r.. kohn and C. P. Mcintyre, Hugh Gal lagher, Alex Rice, w. J. Ryan I p Ferrall. James Mcintyre and John P. OConnor.
 The distinguished visitor was escorted oy the committee to the Exchange Ho- Tel where lunch was served.
 Alter lunch the Irish statesman was driven to the State Capitol and was in- troduced to Governor Jelks and the prom .neht state officials. He was then driven 10 other points of interest in the city and 10 the Picket Springs ball park where he witnessed the baseball game between Nashville and Montgomery teams MT. Devlin had never seen a baseball game and 1t was novel to him inasmuch as It differs widely from cricket and foot pail games. popular$sports of Ireland. Given an Ovation. At the Convent Hall where he was to make the greatest appeal for Irish in- terests. the freedom and liberty of that ovation awaited MT. Devlin.
 The nall was decorated in the green of ireland and almost the entire Irish citi- zenshlp Of Montgomery, including a large
 
 homage to the representative of the Uni ted Irish League.
 About 400 persons were in the Convent Hall and the stage was occupied by MT. Devlln and the following prominent Mont gomerians: Rev. Father Dennis Savage. Rev. Father Hugh O'Brien of St. Peters Catholic Chui oh, Mayor E. B. Joseph. ex- governor Thomas G. Jones, Capt J. M. Benjamin Screws Hon. T. H. Carr, Judge J. 5. Gaston. Alderman c. P Mcintyre. Alderman John r. kohn Hon. Alex Troy, Capt ". 5. Jones, John R. Ferrall, livan. Thomas H. Moriarity James Me- lntyre, John G. Farley, w. J. Ryan. Hugh Gallagher and Congressman A. A. Wiley.
 | ture and as the strains of Dixie fioated | from the cornet and the violin, this au- dlence of Irish-Americans cheered Welcomed by Mayor.
 At shortly after 8 o'clock Alderman U. F. Mcintyre who presided. intro In his welcome address. Mayor Josenb | alluded to the situation in Ireland and | 10 MT Devlin as one of the greatest | irishmen of today. He said that Ireland had suffered in past years by incompe- tent government and the oppression of England and the world at large had | gained by it.
 In patriotic and inspiring words, he | ". | A second selection was rendered by l Courtney's orchestra after which Alder man Mcintyre presented MT. Devlin. say ing that throughout the United States | sympathy and encouragement had been l extended to the cause of Ireland
 Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, the sons of Erin have emierat ted to the United States and have distin- | gushed themselves in the advancement | Of this country and have loved its in. stitutions of freedom and democracy" declared MT. Mcintyre. | MT. Devlin arose. amid applause. and | Tn words of sentiment spoken with the | earnest and impressive eloquence char | acteristic of few speakers who have | spoken on Montgomery stages, he pie i tured the situation in Ireland during the the United Irish League land bill and the Irish people throughout the world
 MT. Devlin's Address.
 The Irish statesman and orator com menced his address by expressing grati- | tude' to Mayor Joseph for his hospitable words of welcome to the city. to Mayor elect Thomas H. Carr for his .presence on the stage in that he was tde execu- tive head of the city for the ensuing two years, and to the audience for It's interest, sympathy and hearty support of the valiant fight which which Ire land is making for liberty 5000 miles away.
 He said he had received throughout the United States the heartest welcome tend cred to him the representative of the United Irish League.
 "I have come here." said MT. Devlin, ''as the accredited envoy of the greatest cause of Ireland. as the agent of a peo- pie united as Ireland has not tbeen united for over twenty-five years.
 Mir. Devltn declared that 1t was the principle of liberty of which the people of Ireland had been robbed centuries ago for which the League was battling. He said that Ireland had been beaten by more than imposition. but that leland was the only beaten country in the world that had not bowed its head to its conquerer This sentiment. was appauded.
 He declared that there has never beer a period so pregnant with possibilities fo, the future.
 The Irish League.
 In speaking of the movement of the United Irish League in its determine tior to restore to the down. -trodden sons ot Erin land of which they have long beer deprived, MT. Devlin said 1t was compar. atively new.
 Tt represents principles of 757 centu. ries," said MT. Devlin "It represents living principles the principle of Ireland and it's land for Irish people. the right 5 to own the land they till.
 Times have changed, Circumstance. and methods are different Man may come and go, hut principles are unchange. able and will stand forever. At this declaration the speaker wa: roundly applauded
 Mir. Devlin continued, saying that iron 1900 to 1879 the Irish people were bowed in slavery, that not a laberer in Ireland could call his soul his own. He spoke of the nineteenth century and of Irisf , | farmers whose own land was taken iron them by oppression and the mastering strength of British despotism, and of the methods of landlords in Ireland in thosr days in that they had the tenants com pletely at their mercy.
 , Tn fifty years 4,OOOOOO people fled from Ireland" said MT. Devlin. driven away by devastation and demolition
 were not only the owners of the land ant masters of the people, but were con trolers of the votes.'
 He spoke of the creation by Charle: , Stewart Parnell in 1886 of a parliamen tary measure to give their rights to th' citizens of the country
 Mir. Devln told of how Davitt was de nounced and ridculed when in 1879 h. ] planted the banner of the League. Davitt's Land Bill But" said MT. DeVlin, MT. Davit only a short time ago sat in England
 Imperial Parliament and witnessed the in
 troduction of the measure of reform fo . Irish people. a measure in which wa ! | incorporated the principle that land shal | be owned by tillers of the soil and tn transferral of land from landlords an, robbers to occupied farmers . He declared that the measure providet l for the actual restoration of homes an, r lands to avicted tenants. and said that n | means wonderful and revOlutionar,
 change in the land district of Ireland
 Mir. Devlin said that the change ha
 been brought about by the resolution O