The San Francisco call., 1905-08-24


people on the soil and help them Keep
bread In their childrens mouths.
we have enabled them to live in COM
parattve peace. Landlordism, with its
miseries and evictions. has been broken
by US. We have progressed since l was
Ira,e mere twenty-five years ago. We are ~ in
ireland an absolutely united people. The
clouds that loomed up incur horizon when
, Parneu died have passed away.
1T is true that we have not yet the
privilege of government, but we have
progressed The Irish people are no long
er leaving the soil; it is the landlords
who are disappearing now.
MANY ACQUIRING HOMES.
More than twenty years ago the Brit
ish Government advanced a few millions
to farmers to buy their land outright.
Nearly $4,000 bought their own homes in
County Wexford. Out of that $4,000 only
three men were in arrears-only three
. broke their words. When fair opportu-
nifty was given to them $4,000 met their
i obligations fully, freely and squarely.
+ sLandlordism is doomed.
Il might rouse your enthusiasm by
talking of the maytyrs of DID, but it is
much more important that / plead with
you to help the Irish people to remain
| on the soil.
Lord Salisbury, when local government
was proposed for Ireland, declared that
the Irish were as much to be trusted with
self-government as Hottentots. The Irish
people have been showing the best quail
ties of self-government.
1--WE have not achieved our supreme
wish, the freedom of our land, but we
have advanced the cause We have had
long and bitter struggle. but in my
heart and soul / think that we can get
the masses of English people to allow US
self-government, If not for our sakes, for
their own.
"The British Parliament is the laughing
stock of the world. There are 665 men in
a hall no bigger than this, trying to gov
ern, England, Scotland and Ireland. We
want to make their task lighter by gov
erning ourselves God gave the right to
Irishmen to be free as those who lives
under the stars and stripes
What has 100 years Of British rule
done for Ireland? More than half the
people have disappeared in that time,
driven out by oppression.
'The members of the Irish Nationalist
party cling to Parnell's ideals. There
is not gold enough in the British treas
ury or in the hills of California to buy
one of their voices or their votes we
stand as we stood, where Parneli plant
ed us, and we'll hold the British Parlia'
ment until they give us Parliament OF
our own"
Redmond spoke enthusiastically OF
the Gaelic revival movement. He told
how 1t had elevated the people of Ire
land and helped to- unite them again.
He said that the only cloud on the horf-
zon was emigration. Concluding, he
said: 49,
.aTry to imagine now that you see once
more the green fields and hills OF Ireland.
She is calling to you for help. One thing
we will never do, we will never haul down
that flag Ireland will remain as she is
to-day, unconquerable in her demand for
recognition Of her right to seif-govern-
ment.''
Before Redmond rose to speak, Irish
songs were sung by Mrs. John Madden
mss Mabel Gordon. Mrs. Robert Lloyd
Miss Broderick and me Harmony Quartet
The following were on the stage with
Redmond as vice presidents:
Most Rev. George Montgomery Archbishop;
jeremiah Mahony. Hon. James v Coleman.
J9hn Mulhern. John 5onas u ManHhy Maony Colonel J.
&c. O'Connor. Frank ]. Sullivan. Judge r. j.
Tobin, James Kelly Captain tain charies M FSsr MaSo
Barry, Rev. Father Lynch. ]; Downey Har-
vey. Charles B. Flanagan, T. A. Connolly,
Gidea. Judge j. NJ. Hunt. Judge James NJ
Seaweil, Judge J. V. Coffey Chief Justice
Frank H Dunno, Colonel j.. J.. Tobin,, J. G.
Nealon. Matt Nunan, John Spottiswood, john
Grant Captain Thomas f. McGrath. Thomas
DOYLE T. H Sheehan, NJ. M. OShaughnessy
James Costello. Marcus Jackson, p. F. Nc
Grath Richard Burton, T. j. Welsh j. Con-
lin TT. O'Brien, Lawrarce j. Walsh. James
s. Fennell, William f. Stafford, John A Len
non. John j. O'Connor, Rev, Father p Byrne
Murphy. M Donohoe, DIR. A.. p. O'Brien
Neal Power NJ. Merigan, J. D. Condon-
Mr. Redmond and his wife spent the
morning on the bay in James j. Cole
mans yacht. In the afternoon he made
trip to Mount Tamalpais with NJ NJ
O'Shaughnessy. He will receive all those
who are interested in his work at the ST.
Francis Hotel on Friday