The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
Week Gossip
 From Dublin
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BY TIMOTHY J. o,coNNoR.

Dublin. Oct. 2-speaking In Water ford on the occasion of the reception of Captain o'Meagher-Condon and MT. John O. Callaghan, Mir. John E. Red mond, NJ P. said he realized what vast and magnificent assembly 1t was. He had never seen there a more mag nificent gathering than that. and he had never greater reason to be proud of Waterford and his constituents. be- cause they had assembled to perform what he regarG>d as being for every Irish Nationalist a sacred duty. They were there to give a welcome to one of the greatest Irishmen living.
 Having referred to Captain Condon's career. to his great and unselfish work for Ireland, Mir. Redmond proceeded to say that in his own (Captain Con- don's) person he had been a type of the best Irish citizen in America. man of ability and culture, a man who had proved a good citizen of America, loyal to the flag of the stars and stripes. and at the same time loyal to fhe green flag of the land of his birth. He was universally honored to- day by all sections of America. He held a high and responsible office under the government of the United States in Washington. He came back to Ireland once again after his forty {. two years of absence. and 1t must gladden his heart to see all the smiling faces. and to meet with the enthusi- asm which greeted him in Waterford, and which had greeted him every where he had gone In Ireland. The generation with which Captain OyMeagher Condon had worked was almost entirely passed away. but the { presence of the young men of Water ford there meant that they upheld the same principles as the men who had associated with Captain O'Meagher Condon in working for the freedom of Ireland.
 It showed that every man in the crowd knew the history of the Man. chester rescue, and treasured in his heart of hearts the real meaning of the prayer in the dock. God Save Ire- land" When he (Redmond) heard that Captain o'Meagher Condon was ! going to honor Waterford by visiting 2 1t. he felt it his duty to accompany them to the city to which he owed so much; that he was there to join hands with the people of waterford in giving him a welcome. They had with him MT. John OCallaghan, a younger man. who during his lifetime had devoted his energies, his time, his heart and his soul to advance the cause of Ire land He was one of the ablest of their race in America. He was the one man in America almost above all others to whom he (Redmond) would first turn for wise and sagacious ad- vice in times of danger. Mir. O'Calla- ghan was a true friend of his. and true friend of Ireland, and it was an inexpressible pride to him to have an opportunity of extending to MT. OCal- laghan as well as to Captain O'Meagh- CT Condon. the welcome of the na- { tionalists of Waterford.
 U The Irish Party.
 v Continuing Mir. Redmond safd:-- "There Is another reason why I am glad to have an opportunity Of meet ing any constituents of the City of Waterford The Irish Party and I have engaged for the last seven months seven long, weary and laborious months---in the House of Commons in endeavoring to extract some benefit from the British Parliament for Ire- land We have, as you know. suc- ceeded in getting a great land Dill introduced and almost passed through the House of Commons. That bill Is not a perfect bill. No measure ever framed by British statesmen in foreigpIr Arliament{ ever had been or -4psiiS q sEA perSeet measure. It has Its defects. We have tried to remedy , them. Some of them we have succeed ed in removing. Taking 1t all in all it Is a great and far-reaching land bill. which win go a long distance towards finally settling the Irish land question, and 1t is almost passed Into law, so far as the House of Commons Is concerned. don't know what fate the bill may meet with in the House of Lords It may be mutilated beyond , recognition; it may be rejected alto gether. In either of these cases we will come back to you in Ireland and will say to you. "The House of Lords ; had wrecked the land bill The duty now of Ireland is to do what she did when the House of Lords rejected the compensation for improvements bill twenty years ago" Believe me. In spite of the House of Lords. we can pass a satisfactory land bill for Ireland if we only choose. We will pass It on the hillsides of Ireland.
 I have been through so much ign that I am not anxious for more, IT w can avoid it: but I say to you hert that if the landlords are mad enougt
 to reject the Irish Land bill. I vii advise the Irish people to take vigorous