The Irish standard., 1911-04-29
The Son of the Irish Leader Makes
the Third Redmond Member of
Nationalist Party.
The Family Has Been Represented
in the House Ever Since the
Election of 1859.
The Two Brothers Have Long Pos
sessed a Personal Interest in
British Politics.

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The entry into Parliament of Viii.
liam Archer Redmond, the son of the
Irish Leader, adds Il third Redmond
to the Nationalist Party and completes
the most interesting family group in
the House of Commons, says Frank
Dilnot, the Parliamentary reporter of
the London Daily Mail" The name
of Redmond has long been associ-
ated with the British Parliament, for
a member Of the family was in the
House in 1859, and the grandfather
of the latest representative of the
family sat for Wexford, as far back as
1872. John Redmond was first elected
in 1881, and his brother, William Red
mond has been in Parliament contin-
uously from 1888 to the present time.
William Archer Redmond now comes
to continue the line, and the House,
which, even to it's most Radical Sec
tions, takes domestic pleasure IN
any hereditary connection with itself,
has given him very hearty welcome.
The Messrs. Redmond, indeed, pos
sess a personal interest in the House
as great as the political interest
reused by the name in the c6nstituen-
cies. The characteristics of John
Redmond and his brother William
Redmond have long been known and
appreciated by their fellow-members,
and there are signs that the third Mr..
Redmond will prove as interesting a
figure as his predecessors. Everyone
in the House knows the affectionate
relationship between the two Red
mond brothers, and no differences of
political opinion have any effect on
the sympathetic recognition of the
pride which father and uncle feel in
the election OF the younger member Of
the family.
Proud of the Young Member.
This was very pleasantly voiced on
the night of Archer Redmond's maid
en- speech by Sir Edward Carson,
the btterest Irish opponent of John
Redmond. Before commencing par
ticularly vigorous attack on the Home
Rule propositions of the day, Sir Ed
ward turned to the Irish benches and
said with what pleasure he had listen
ed to young Mr.. Redmond speech, "It
is qualification to know that the
member for Waterford (John Red
mond) will be so well succeeded by
the honorable member who has ad-
dressed the House for the first time
this evening"" Sir Edward referred
to that maiden speech as a manifesto
tion of the hereditary principle His
tribute recalled the occasion on which
Austen Chamberlain made his maiden
speech. That speech, like Archer Red
mond's, was on Home Rule, a topic
which had just separated Joseph
Chamberlain from Gladstone. The
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gratulations. "It was speech" he
said, (which must have been dear and
refreshing to fathers heart" It
is quite certain that the same thing
might have been said the other night
with reference to John Redmond and
his son.
The political work of nearly quar-
ter of century has made John Red
mond and William Redmond into a
part Of the great Parliamentary ma
chine and has established them firmly
in the personal regard of both friends
and foes. If the gifts OF John Redmond
are the more admired, it is the human
traits in William Redmond which have
secured for him general affection.
What niche Archer Redmond is going
to carve for himself We cannot tell,
but at any rate he starts with great
advantages.
Though each of the three Redmonds
in the House is typically Irish, each
Of them has very definite individu-
ality. Strangely enough, the two
brothers so closely associated politi-
cally and personally are very different
men. Each in his different way has
been striking figure in the House
of Commons for many years past The
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