The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-04-27

National Foresters at their annual
banquet, said their celebration last
year might be said to have witnessed
the Inauguration of the Home Rule
campaign in Australasia, says the Irish
World. 1t was just appearing on the
horizon when they met there twelve
months ago, and now they had just
bade farewell to the, Irish ENJOYS, who,
having completed their campaign but
few days ago. departed from New
Zealand on their homeward journey.
Viewing the campaign during those
twelve months he was sure that every
man of common sense in Australia
indeed, every man outside of Glades-
ville-must rejoice in the triumph and
progress that marked the course of the
envoys throughout Australasia.
They inaugurated their campaign un-
der many difficulties. They were young
men, unknown in Australia, and al
most unknown at home. He was an old
man himself. and he might say that
old men were sometimes crotchety
when they found young men taking
such a premier place as was assigned
to those ENJOYS. He did not say this
held good for New South Wales SO
much as for some other part of the
world. 1t was further said that young
men coming after the glorious results
of William Redmond's visit to Austria
liza, and to those various centers which
had heard the eloquence of John Dill
lon and the late Michael Davitt. and
movement, whose prestige was associ-
ated with it from it's birth-it was said
that these young men would have a
difficult part to play.
Still, young men as they We're, they.
with eloquence that could not be sur
passed. carried the banner of Home
Rule triumphantly throughout the
length and breadth of Australia and
New Zealand. When Messrs. Devlin
and Donovan inauguraled their CAM
paign. it was supposed they might per-
haps, reach the sum of $4,000, though
this was considered to be an extreme
amount. 1t was generally thought that
lian campaign.
Well. instead of $4,000, they were
able to announce that. after paying all
expenses. the sum of $4,000 net re-
couped their many meetings. In New
South Wales it was t.1jectured that
$4,000 would be the greatest amount
Ahat could be received because they had
already shown great enthusiasm in
welcoming William Redmond, who had
been richly recompensed for his elo-
Nuence in many centers. Instead Of
4 $4,000, his (the Cardinal's) distin-
guished Secretary. Monsignor O'Haran.
who took such an active part in the
organization in New South Wales, was
able, as the result of the campaign in
New South Wales, to bring seven drafts
of $4,000 each on London, and hand
them to the ENJOYS as they were STEP
ing aboard the vessel at Auckland for
America. He might add that some
small sums had not yet come to hand
from the outlying districts. so that
something further would have to be
added to the tribute from New South
Wales to the Home Rule Fund.
But the campaign of those young en-
voys was not only a financial triumph.
but in it's material influence and in it's
political and social bearings, it was
crowned with complete success. In the
three hundred meetings held. not one
angry word was heard that could give
offense to the most irascib1e of their
Scotch or Orange friends. No element
of disunion was introduced. and the
greatest harmony and concord every
where prevailed. Even those who were
Aitssrto most opposed on principle to
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