The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-15

ldra. ireland. was oy deep design Of hi.
rash parents, who would not have had
u otherwise. When Il br.7;h ~ q lad.
Michael attended the national schools.
md ihen finished his education AZ a
tprivat" classical school OF his native
village which, a, the age OF twenty.
"Ened MIN out a fun fiedsad school.
master Al inc principal national school
But after WELDING tho D.rc,i there for
couple OF years. his heart lonped To-.
nr land of the free. So sendinr i,
ms resignation 10 the ichoo, authovI-
ieS' he shipped tor America. ana ar
lEcu one autumn day in 1866. q, the
fhari or Philadelphia. where he built
up u business III glassware pesDitc
his nationality. hc never held ui,h,ic
office uitil elected TO Congress by tho
Democrat.
The othe- native son or Erin in tho
itouse OF representatives is George
Ifahcis oShauncssy. Democrat. OF
providence, II. / lie was born in
"at"aE The city Of tho tribes where
ms Father was a clothing merchant.
MS mother, nee Margaret Flynn. was.
however, = native OF Manchestcr Eng
land
blood in senate aud House.
I'm 'oth houses OF Congress .re
lhoi"hS VINO wear the siia mrock BIZ vir-
| ue Of Irish descent, il not Irish ia
ItiVity. Notable among these is Soma
tor James Aloysius O'Ciorman, or New,
YORK, the successor OF Chauncey De-
pew. some time before the Civ!l War
there landed At Castle Garden a likely
lad from Ulster. :.nd as likely a lass
! from Munster. The two went before
INC priest. and from t:iT union of the
| North and South OF Erin sprang the
Senator. Although his father died
when he WAC but bit CT lad, his
mother saw him through college, into
the presidency Ut his law class. and in
to barr!sters cap and gown From
law clerk he became u hustling at
torney. then district Judge, then Su-
prcmc Court Judge of the State, then
United States Senator and in accepting
the last Office, at $500 year. he re-
linquished salary Of $4,000 greater
per amnun lie has been the father
OF ten children, and is IL Roman Cath
Ole.
MY great grandfather. Isaiah Brad
cy, was an Irishman," Senator Brad
ey, of Kentucky, tells me. His wife
was All OCcnpcll. but I don't rccollect
her given name. She waa. however.
y eiated TO Daniel OConnell."
The shrewdest parliamentarian
inmong the Democrats Of the House of
! Representatives. John Joseph Fitz-
powerful Committee on Appropriations.
is the son of Irish parents, Patrick
and Catherine McMayon Fitzgerald.
lie is a member OF numerous Catholic
societies.
Related to Ecnian Heroes.
MY father. John Reilly, was born in
the townland OF Virginia. County Cav
an, Ireland" Representative Thomas
l.. Reilly, of Meriden, Conn. told me.
My mother. Catherine Pagan, was a
native of the town OF Granard, County
Longford Both came to America in
the early ffties, among tho great mum
Der who left Ireland after the terrible
famine. My father was one of the
original members in this country of
the Fenian brotherhood. and was an
officer in the New Britain circle. which
affiliated with the stephens branch OF
the organization. He was associated
with my uncle, James CCatalpa JimD
J Reynolds the treasurer of the COM
mittee OF Irish nationaiists, which con-
Quoted the rescue Of the seven Fenian
prisoners from Freemantle, Australia,
in 1876, in the whaling bark Catalpa.
J With my uncle in this daring rescue
were Justice John w. Golf, Of New
York, and John Dewey, editor of tho
Gaelic American"
The parents of Representative Mich :
acI n. Reilly, Of Wisconsin. were both
born in Kilkenny, and those of Rep
resentative James r.. McDermott of
Illinois, in County Roscommon, Ire
land.
: In our army there are seven living