The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-26


who was twice Democratic candidate
for the presidency of the United
States, arrived in Dublin, and was en-
tertained to luncheon at the Mansion
the Dublin Freeman. 1t was Mr..
Bryan's first visit to Ireland, and as
such it naturally evoked very great
interest in the city; for the story Of
Mr.. Bryan's record as distinguished
American politician and brilliant ora
tor, and the history of the two stren-
'uous campaigns he fought in recent
years, as the adopted candidate of the
great Democratic party in the States,
are still fresh in the recollection of
the people of Ireland. Owing to the
short notice Of his coming, there was
not much time to organize reception;
but, in response to a hurried invitation
by the lord mayor, company of rep
resentative citizens We're present at
the Mansion House to meet him. At
the lord mayors right sat Mr.. Bryan,
Mr.. John Redmond, M. P: Mr.. NJ.
Davitt and DR.. Cox. At his left sat
his grace the Most Rev. DR.. Walsh,
archbishop of Dublin; Mr.. John Dill
Ion. NJ. p; Councillor Flanagan, high
sheriff; Mr.. ]. Talbot Power and Sur
geon McArdle. The lord mayor pro-
posed the toast welcoming Mr.. Bryan
to Ireland. The toast having been
honored suitably.
Mr.. William J. Bryan, who was re,
ceived with great enthusiasm, said in
reply: My Lord Mayor, your Grace,
and gentlemen, need not assure you
that it gives me great pleasure to
make this visit to ireland and to
meet those who have been kind
enough to respond to the invitation to-
day. 1 have met with a great many
of your people. 1t is natural that we
in the United States should be we'll in.
formed Of what is going on in Ireland
because we have great many Irish
men there. In fact, it is hard to find
one whose people have lived in the
States for several generations who
has not more or less Irish blood in his
veins (applause>. My name, as you
recognize, is an Irish name (cheers)
If were compelled to state exactly
how much Irish blood I have in me,
I am afraid it would be difficult to
calculate it, because, while the name
is an Irish name, it is so long ago
since the original Briens came to
America that have not been able to
locate either the persons, the time, or
the place from where they came
Gaughter). But when they come from
good place, it is not necessary to
know Qaughter). Like all Americans,
however, am somewhat mixed in
my race, and various strains of blood
contend in me, not for mastery, but in
rivalry. I am glad, at any rate, to
come back to this island from where
the name comes. I have been accused
of dropping the co." But that is moi
true, because I can point to the fact
that Brian was the original name
Qaughter), and unless some O'Brien
in Dublin can trace his descent back
beyond Brian Boru he cannot accuse
me of dropping the 20" Qaughter)
It would not be hard to get a good, en-
thusiastic Democratic crowd in the
United States with a larger represen
tation Of the O's and Macs than find
in this room. It may be that the
United States is the really Irish coun
try after all Qaughter). Our country
is SO large and has received such large
contributions from the various ma
tions Of Europe, that you can go into
any Of our great cities and find more
people there of different nationalities
than you could find Of their own par
ticular nationality in any city of the
home country (hear, hear). venture
to say that we have more Irish in New
York than you have in Dublin (hear
hearl. We have more Poles in Chi
cago than in any city in Poland. II
shows what a gathering we have OF
races and what composite people we