Republican farmer., 1918-03-08

The Irish convention, which had
been supported by Mr. Redmond,
adopted yesterday a message of SYM
pathy expressing hope for his recov-
cry.
Mr.. Redmond passed away peace
fully at 7:45 o'clock this morning.
Death was caused by heart failure
following the operation, which was
for an intestinal obstruction. This was
borne courageously and it relieved the
patient, but heart failure interviewed
on Tuesday night
The physicians attending Mr.. Red
mond issued the following announce
ment:
eve regret to announce that John
Redmond died at 7.45 this morning.
Owing to several severe attacks of
illness a severe operation was faced
with great courage. 1t had became
imperative necessary owing to an in
festival obstruction. This was reliev-
ed by the operation and for some days
satisfactory progress was maintained.
After a fairly comfortable day Tues
day heart failure supervened during
the nighe and after a few hours Mr..
Redmond passed. peacefully away"
y
Redmond foughG for home rule in
ireland and for majority OF that
time he was the recognized leader of
. Ireland's struggle for liberty" AS
chairman of the Irish Parliamentary
party-the, Nationalists-he eXerted
powerful influence in bringing about
the creation of the Irish convention
organized in July, 1917. to devise a
system of government for the island
When David Lloyd George, the
British Premier, in that year offered
two methods of settling the veXed
Irish question, it was Redmond who,
rs spokesman for the Nationalist, re-
jected the proposition for a partition
of Ireland and, instead, accepted
LLOYD Georges alternative plan for
the convocation of the Irish conven-
ton in which Irishmen of nearly all
parties and creeds might meet in the
effort to compose their differences and
draft a constitution that would afford
justice to all.
Redmond was one of the delegates
to the convention which sat at var
ious times at Dublin, Belfast and Cork
in 1917 and 1918.
Born in 1851, son of w. A. Red
mond member of the British Parlia-
ment from wexford, Ireland, Johr
Z. Redmond had sat almost continu-
ously in the British House of Com.
mons since 1881. There his parlia.
ment fights for home rule earned fol
him the sobriquet of the STORMY
petrol of the House"
Educated in Clongowes Woods
College, Kildare, and Trinity College
Dublin, Redmond was called to thu
London bar 1886 and the Irish bal
the following year but he never prac
tised law. He devoted himself al
most wholly to his parliamentary ant
political duties.
Prior to his first election to Parlia
ment from New Ross, Ireland, Red
mond was for some time clerk in tn
vote Office of the House of Commons
From 1886 to 1891 he represents
North wexford, but in 1891 he wa
elected from Waterford and had bee
returned from that district since gen
orally without opposition.
Redmon's eloquence and his gras
of parliamentary procedure won hi
early recognition in Parliament an
when in 1891 the Irish party was dis
rupted consequent on the Parne
scandals he became the accredite
leader of the Parnellites. In 1900 h
succeeded in bringing about an anal
gamation Of the two leading National
ist parties and made his position a
Nationalist leader secure.
Redmond was well known in tn
United States, which he visited
1908 and 1910, and Australia, wher
in 1889 he not only performed grea
service for his party in directing tn
collection of a fund of more tina
$4,000 but found wife in the pei