New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-10

ton which by no means includes all
members OF the Bar; nor even all sue
cessful lawyers. He began as an Irish
barrister. The Irish Bar offers no grea.
scope for exceptional abilities and no
first rate prizes except official appoint
ments. He is fortunate man who
can mako $4,000 a year by practising
in the Irish Courts; even the highest of
them.
Mr.. Heaiy married In 1850 a daugh-
ter OF Mr.. -. ID. sullivan. by whom he
has three sons and three daughters.
Nevertheless. he remained an Irish bar
rister for twenty years. during FIVE OF
which he was a Queens Counsel; which
does not mean that he was employed as
counsel to the Queen. He was not
called TO the English Bar till 1903.
Then began for him q season OF pros
perity. He has been brefed in many
important causes. He is a familiar and
a formidable figure in the English
Courts. Meantime. he has been Mem
Der Of Parliament: sitting successfully
for six different constituencies. from
1880 down to this moment. when he
represents the northeastern diNieiDn Of
Rebel Cork" During al least one
election. when and because he Was an
Independent candidate. he has gone in
peril Of his life.
The House gathers him 10 its'bosom
not because he is an ideal Member ot
Parliament, for he is not. but for what
he is. There Is nobody else who has
the same genial good nature expressed
with the same sharpness Of tongue, or
the same biting wit. 1t may serve as
proof of his experiences in Parliamen-
tary procedure that he knows how TO
lash his enemies to fury without being
pulled up 10y the Speaker. Mr.. Lowther
rules the House very strictly; with in
flexible f,mncss and impartiality He
has rehu'ied the Prime Minister for
using the word 'insolent." He mas
called the Leader Of the Opposition to
order lie lately compelled Mr.. Win
ston Churchill to withdraw the phrase
"hellish insinuation" which he had ap-
piled to Mr.. Amery. Mr. Lloyd George
/ himself is sometimes invited to keep
within the bounds of decent speech.
Only the other day Sir Edward Carson
/ had to abandon his description of Mr..
/ Devlins statement that he, Sir Ed
ward, had been a Home Ruler, as an
D 70, liat h. oIa
/ to substitute for it the not less con-
/ temptuous 'wilful falsehood."
But during Mr.. Healy's essay in
brilliant vituperation on the last day
of the Home Rule debate, he does not
/ seem TO have come once into collision
with the Chair He told Mr. Redmond
he was gambling with Home Rule
Quoting Swift's account OF a people
who forgot things and had fiappers at
their ears to remind them, he scone1
as fappers When the Nationalist
protested, he looked amiably round at
them, remarking: There is some dis
turbance in the menagerie." He de-
picted the Opposition as saying that
the coercion of Ulster meant a torrent
Of bloodshed and as asking will you
allow the Free Traders to free trade in
blood?" He said-and it will be re-
membered to his honor:
1--WE are the only persons Che and the
O'Brienites) entitled to be heard with
candor on this subject because from
the day the bill was introduced we adj
vocated Cancellation and consideration
for the Protestants of Ireland"
He asked:
Did Mr.. Redmond indorse any one
Of these proposals? Not until tonight
did | ever hear him indorse any pro-
posal in favor of the minority, and that
was only when he believed the proposal
was dead"
He said
Contrast the sonorous and sap
onaceous phrases of Mr.. Redmond in
dealing with Sir Edward Carson to-
night, with his former talk OF Orange
dogs and carrion crows"
Then he quotes at length Mr.. T. P.
O'Connor's 'limelight" sketch Of Car
son in a weekly paper-which he pre-
fers to call "quicklime." "T. p" Yields
the blackthorn with vigor. and sums
up with vanity as the chief ingredient
in Sir Edwards character; of which a
bad digestion. nerves, and a melan-
choly temperament are other features.
d
at a penny a line Mr.. Devlin in
terjected an unreported retort. An
swered Mr.. Healy:
From Mr.. Devlin at least / expected
firmness in regard TO Ulster if only on
historical grounds, for in ancient times
and down TO the flight of the Ears
the Devlins We're the hereditary horse
boys of the O'Neils."
All this while the orators face
beams upon you from out a halo Of
gray hair and beard; eyes looking
softly through gold-rimmed spectacles;
a manner of disinterested detachment
no malice or uncharitableness, but OBJ
viously a love of rhetorical art for arts
sake; and his mood that of the parent
who chastises his boy for the good Of the
boy: or of the judge who sentences the
prisoner TO be hanged by his neck till
he is dead in order that others may live
in peace. No wonder the House thinks