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NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES.
Sunday, Jan. 16—County and City of
Dublin proclaimed, 1866.
Monday, Jan. 17—Battle of the Cow
pens, 1781. Bishop Maginn died,
18-19.
Tuesday, Jan. IS—True bills under the
-'Algerine Act" found against O'Con
nell for alleged illegal meetings in
"Dublin, 1881.
Wednesday, Jan. 19—Repeal banquet at
Newcastle, County Limerick, 1843.
Thursday, Jan. 20—Preliminary art
icles, acknowledging American Inde
pendence, signed at Versailles, 1783.
Friday, Jan. 21—Proclamation requir
ing all Catholic clergymeu to quit
Great Britain and Ireland in. forcy
days, 1623.
Saturday, Jan. 22—Annals of the Four
Masters commenced, 1682.
THE NEW BRITISH CABINET.
After a great deal of unnecessary
mystery the new British Cabinet has
been announced. Lord Salisbury is
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
Hon. W. II. Smith, First Lord of the
Treasury Hon. G. J. Goschen, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Hon. Edward
Stanhope, Secretary of State for War,
and Sir Henry Holland, Secretary of
State for the Colonies. The other Cabi
net offices will remain for the present
the same. It is known that disunion
prevails in every department of the
Government in which changes have
occurred. A great many of the Tory
members may be very good Tories as
long as there are prospects of being
benefitted 'thereby, but when they
see the positions which they ex
pected themselves handed over Liber
als, it is not to be supposed that they
•will long remain, loyal to their leader.
It is not in human nature to do ao.
Herein lies Mr. Gladstone's hope of fu
ture, we might sav immediate success:
No one knows better than Britain's
first statesman that the quarrelling
and bickering occurring hourly in the
Tory ranks, caused by selfishness and
jealousy, will bring about the down
fall of the Salisbury Government before
many moons hava shed their dim light
upon this sublunary sphere. This,
combined with the supreme efforts that
are being made to bring the members
of the old Liberal party together, and
•with flattering prospects of success,
justly occasions Mr. Gladstone much
joy. The uncompromising attitude he
has maintained throughout the crisis
has shown the dissidents that he does
not propose to deal with Ireland by
half-measures, and many of them have
insinuated that they mean to return to
the fold. This will solidify the Liberal
party, for every one of the dissidents
know now what to expect if they con
clude to follow their old leader.
The weakness of the Toryadminis
•tration and the material out of which
the new Cabinet has been formed
has caused great rejoicing amongst the
^^Nationalists. It is generally felt that
"the solution of the Irish problem is
near at hand, and certainly the outlook
is very promising.
LORD IDDESLEIGH DEAD.
-Lord Iddesleigh did not long survive
^iiis-sie^OYal from the Foreign oMfcey
diw-in London Wednesday after
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gratitude liight be overstepping the
mark, but that it was accelerated by
that cause il an indisputable fact. The
preponderance of evidence favors such
an inference. When Lord Iddesleigh
proffered his resignation he did so
under the impression that in the forma
tion of the new Cabinec he would re
ceive a leading portfolio but Lord
Salisbury only offered him the privy
seal. This: offer Lord Iddesleigh took
the only means left, him of resenting
the insult, by refusing it. He felt that
he had been a victim of misplaced con
fidence, and the ingratitude of Lord
Salisbury jwas more than he could
stand.
M0EE PAT TOR LABORERS.
A commendable action was that of
the city council Friday evening, Janu
ary 7, in unanimously adopting resolu
tions to be presented to certain rail
roads that have been paying a certain
class of their employes the miserable
sum .of $1.10 per day as remuneration
for their work. A short time ago THE
IRISH STANDARD,
in referring to the
penuriousneas of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul, stated the case
plainly, and showed the utter impos
sibility of a man being able to pro
cure the everyday necessities of
life with the wages paid by that
gigantic monopoly, and we feel very
highly gratified that the council has
taken action in the matter. Even if it
does not succeed in bringing about the
desired end, it will at least show the
railroad officials that they are closely
watched
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that their actions general­
ly do not. merit the approbation of our
best citizens. The laboringmen are in
debted to Aid. pwyer for the introduc
tion of the resolutions which state that
15 cents an hour is the least wages a
man should receive, and that the coun
cil has set an example by paying its
laborers 16£ cents per hour. The coun
cil has ordered that these resolutions be
sent to each of the railroad managers
of the city. It is just possible that some
of the managers will consider them
favorably, but there are others who will
not even read them, after they become
acquainted with their purport. It
would be well if some means were found
to compel the general adoption of the
scale of wages laid down by our worthy
alderman, Mr. Dwyer.
AN EXCELLENT APPOINTMENT.
On Monday of this week Hon. James
J. McCafferty, of St. Paul, was, on mo
tion of George N. Baxter, United
States District Attorney, appointed by
Judge Nelson, of the United States
Circuit Court, a Commissioner of the
Circuit Court of the United States for
the District of Minnesota. Mr. Bax
ter, in support of the motion, presented
a petition signed by Hon. C. K. Davis,
Judge Charles E. Flandreu, Gen. John
B. Sanborn, Hon. O. D. O'Brien, Hon.
E. G. Rogers, and other prominent at
torneys of the State. The petition was
endorsed by Mr. Baxter and by the
Assistant District Attorney, Dan. W.
Lawler. The new appointee has re
sided at St. Paul for about four years,
and in that time has gained for himself
a foremost place in the- ranks of his
profession. In the defense of Thomas
Hanley, of St. Paul, and in the subse
quent case of Coleman Geary, of the
same place, both cases being under in
dictments for murder, Mr. McCafferty
conducted himself with such skill and
manifested such a knowledge of crim
inal law that since the trials men
tioned he has been regarded as one of
the most brilliant legal practitioners at
the Ramsey County Bar. On Wednes
day of. the present week, Judge Mc
Cafferty took the oath of office and was
formally installed.
During the recent campaign it will
be remembered by many of our readers
Mr. McCafferty took the stump for the
Democratic State ticket. His elo
quence and forcible fargumeuts made"
him a yery conspicuous figure, and he
is most emphatically entitled to much
of the credit due the men who so nearly
succeeded completely overthrowing
the Republican party in this State.
We extend to Mr. McCafferty and the
people interested in the appointment
our heartiest and most sincere con
gratulations.
LORD RANDOLPH'S COMPOSURE.
Throughout the political crisis of the
past three weeks Lord Randolph
Churchill has maintained a demeanor
of cool, calm indifference for which his
most intimate friends did not give him
credit. He appears utterly oblivious of
the fact that Lord Salisbury has been
up to the neck in hot water endeavor
ing to patch up the hole that his late
Chancellor of the Exchequer kicked
through the Cabinet. Occasionally
Lord Randolph makes a few remarks,
but they do not throw much light on
his future actions. He is all mystery,
but a feeling pervades the political at
mosphere that the Tory bantam will,
one of these days, open his mouth with
deadly effect. The other day he replied
to an address of confidence from a
Primrose lodge, and he expressed a
deep gratification that tjie signers of
the address were more generous than
many Conservative members of Parlia
ment who, he said, had precipitately
condemned although they had no in
formation asto the causes of his resig
nation. He added, very coolly, that he
neithercared whether such!hasty^and
.adyerse^riti^ism modifledor hot -after
he has been allowed to make a publii
personal explanation "the 5pfoyaPof
touch persons being- as worthless1 as
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their disapprobation," These are
hard w'ords coming from such a highly
lauded Tory of a couple ofmonths ago,
but everyone will admit—friend and
foe alike—that he speaks with- a. confi
dencevery much like a man Who has a
good case. ,•
GENERAL JA0KS0FS ANNIVERSARY.
The fourth annual banquet under.the
auspices of the Jackson Club at Colum-'
bi s, Ohio, the'other evening of the 72nd
anniversary of General Jackson's de
eat of the British troops at. New Or
leans was an event worthy the memory
of a great man. A. large number of the
leading men in thS Democratic party,
from all parts of the United States tes
tifie_d by their presence that the name
of General Jackson would ever remain
green in the memories of the represen
tatives of a party whose principles he
had done so much to formulate arid
disseminate throughout the land. By
the Irish people of the United States
the name of General Jackson will ever
be held in reverence, inasmuch as he
was a noble and faithful representative
of that race, and one need only refer to
his record to become aware of the fact
that his love for England was on a par
with that existing in the bosom of
every Irishman who has a spark of love
for his native land.
JAMES A, McMASTER.
In the death of James A. McMaster,
for 38 years editor of the Freeman's
Journal, Catholic journalism has lost a
shining light. He died on the morning
of Wedneeday, Dec. 29, in St. Mary's
Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., at the age
of: 66. Tbe immediate cause of his
death was typhoid fever, although this
malady was intensified by a complica
tion of other diseases. The deceased in
his day wielded a mighty pen, and he
was universally esteemed as one of the
most forceful writers this country has
ever produced. He had always the
courage to express his convictions, and
though his style was generally rugged
aud uneven, his thoughts and argu
ments were those of. a great mind.
James A. McMaster, says the Irish
American in a sketch of his life, was
born on April 20, 1820, at Duanesberg,
N. Y., his father, the late Rev. Gilbert
McMaster, being a Scotch Presbyterian
minister of the time, who traced his an
cestry back to the stern Scottish war
rior, Claverhouse. Brought up in the
iron tenets of his father's creed, Mr.
McMaster was sent to the Union Col
lege, where he made his studies, but
did not graduate. After leaving the
college, becoming dissatisfied with his
old creed, he was received into the
Catholic Church about forty-six years
ago, and wished to study for the priest
hood. For that purpose he joined the
Redemptorist Order, but found, after a
year or so, that his vocation did not lief
in that direction, and left, to re-enter
the world, and become a journalist.
The New York Catholic Register was
commenced in 1839, and the Freeman's
Journal in 1840. Both were combined
in January, 1841, under a united title,
and the editorial control of the late
James W. White. He was succeeded
by Eugene Oasserlv, afterwards United
States Senator from California, and son
of the famous classical schoolmaster of
old New York, Patrick Sarsfield
Casserly. In 1842 the paper came into
the hands of the Most Rev. Dr.
Hughes, who, in 1847, sold it to Mr Mc
Master, who was thenceforth its editor
and proprietor. He invested its col
umns with the vigor and fire of his own
individuality and, when in his prime,
and before the era of teleuraphs and
other modern accessories of journalism,
it was one of the influences and fea
tures of metropolitan life and the recog
nized official organ of Catholicity in
America. Mr. McMaster was always a
sturdy defender of the Church and of
sound Catholic doctrine, and never low
ered his lauce, no matter how big or in
fluential an opponent/ encountered it.
In American politics Mr. McMaster
was an uncompromising Democrat, and
a strict constructionist of the constitu
tion. He was a follower of Douglas
in the stormy time before the rebellion,
and on the death of the "Little Giant"
drifted, with the opening of the war,
into a fierce State Rights advocate. In
this course he came into conflict with
the Lincoln administration. The Free
man was suppressed by Secretary Sew
ard in 1862, and Mr. McMaster was
locked up in Fort Lafayette, where he
remained for. eleven months. On his
release he resunied his editorial chair,
which he held uninterruptedly till his
last illness. He married early in his
career, but his wife has been dead some,
years. He has four children living,
three of whom are in religion, one a
Sister in a Philadelphia convent, and
two are Carmelite Nuns in Baltimore
the fourth, a son, twenty-one years of
age, is engaged in the Freeman office.
Mi. McMaster has been a resident of
Brooklyn for several years, living near
his friend, Maj. J. D. Kelley, on Cler
mont avenue. He had associated with
him in the editorial management of the
Freeman's Journal, Mr. Maurice F.
Eagan, who has, in fact, been its con
ductor for several years, since Mr. Mc
Master's health began to fail, and who
in all probability will now succeed to
the control of the paper, and who is in
every way worthy to wear the mantle
that thus descends to him.
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and answer less than any man in Eu-,
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EDITORIAL BREVITIES.,
RT. HON. GEORGE MAY, lord chief
justice of Ireland, has resigned.
CARDINAL GIBBONS has founded a
Scholarship in the American college,
Rome.
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THE general chapter of the Bene
dictine order, in session at Rome, is de
liberating on the project of founding
a}, great international Benedictine col-
THE Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has
appointed the Most Rev. Dr. O'Dwyer,
Bishop of Limerick, to a seat in the
senate of the royal university of Ire
land.
MGR. PAI-MA, arcbishop of Buchar
est, is building a magnificent seminary,
towards which the Holy Father has
contributed the handsome sum of
$40,000.
ALL the defendants in the rent con
spiracy case, except Messrs. Harris and
Redmond, who were absent on account
of illness, were committed last Tues
day for trial, bail being fixed at £500.
JOHN ROACH, the great shipbuilder,
died at his home in New York city last
Monday morning. Mr. Roach was a
native of Ireland, and came to America
when he was only a boy sixteen years
old.
GOSCHEN, the newly-appointed Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, will contest
the Exchange division of Liverpool seat
for Parliament, which was made vacant
by the death of Mr. Duncan, Home
Ruler.
THE Most Rev. Dr. Carr, the new
Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia,
and the long since distinguished patriot
prelate of Ireland, will sail for his new
See this month. He calls at Rome on
the route.
MR. GLADSTONE vindicates the action
of Lord Randolph Churchill in resign
ing his portfolio in the Salisbury Cabi
net. He says he favors more econ
omy himself in the army and navy ex
penditures.
A TELEGRAM, dated Dublin, Jan. 11,
says: A series of evictions have been
begun on the Winn estates, Kerry.
When the tenants were evicted several
houses were burned. Intense excite
ment prevails. There will probably be
bloodshed."
MR. GLADSTONE feels highly elated
over the turn matters have taken dur
ing the past few weeks, and in a letter
to a Liberal meeting last Saturday, he
said: "Irish affairs are all moving in
the" fight direction." This does not
look much like as if he disapproved of
the plan of campaign."
MR. Cox, M. P., has diagnosed the
case of the Duke of Saxe-Weimer, com
mander of the Irish forces, and giyes it
as his opinion that the Duke is the
"biggest jackass that ever ruled Ire
land." Mr. Cox says a great deal, for
there have been some large-sized jack
asses who ruled in Ireland before to-day
THE Irish-Australians are making ar
rangements to hold an Irish National
Convention in Sydney, N. S. W., sim
ilar to the one which they held in Mel
bourne, three years ago. The Austra
lians express a desire that the Irish Par
liamentary party should be represented
at the Convention.
LORD IDDESLEIGH'S son, Henry, who
is purveyor-general of ordnance, threat
ened to resign because his father was
deprived of his portfolio, but as
Henry scoops in about §8,000 per year,
i,t is not probable that the British tax
payers will be abandoned to the hor
rible fate to which this young man
threatens to expose them.
THE patriarch priest of the diocese of
Little Rock, Ark., is an Irishman, the
Rev. P. McGowan. He is about 80
years of age and resides in New Gas
cony. He was ordained by Bishop
England in Charleston, S. C., where he
labored for seven years, during which
time yellow lever appeared in epidemic
form more than once. He has spent 40
y'ears in Arkansas, and is familiar
with the history of all the older resi
dents. ••''-'v
THE marriage of the Secretary of the
Interior, which was celebrated one day
last week at Macon, Ga., is the happy
culmination of a life romance, which,
"if it could be told, would be found full
of touching incident and melancholy
interest. Happily all is well that ends
'well. The final union of two noble na
tqres long sundered by fate, must al
ways excite a kind of personal satisfac
tion in good men and women. Mr.
and-Mrs. Lamar were betrothed iu
their youth. Separated then, they have
maintained an honorable affection for
one another through the intervening
years, and are blessed at last, as only
the pure in heart can be blessed, in the
triumph of love over destiny itself.
May their lives be spared to enjoy a
hoxieymoon which shall end only with
lifei£self.
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•NG-other things which Lord Ran
dolph Churchill threatens to expose, is
the matter of rotten hay for Egypt,
onoe condemned-, and re-sold to the
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Government, the bayonet question, and
the discoyery that officials in the War
Office were shareholders in Armstrong
& Co.'s gun factory. He claims that
thirty-five million pounds, have been
thrown away in useless expendituio.
His position is a strong one, and will
probably set the people a-thinking.
THE Londou Daily News says that
the evidence given by Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach and Mr. Pluukett at the
trial in Dublin of Nationalist members
of parliament for conspiracy, has prac
tically disposed of the case against the
Parnellites. "It will be impossible,"
says the News, "for the executives to
proceed further with any regard for de
cency. If they do they will earn the
just contempt of the English, as well as
of the Irish people."
MR. THOMAS SEXTON had no objec
tion to becoming sheriff of Dublin, but
he decidedly objects to letting anyone
imagine that his tenure of that civic
office will brin*j him an inch nearer to
the existing government, says the Bos
ton Republic. If the castle authorities
attempt to hamper the great Home
Ruler in his discharge of the duties of
the shrievalty they will reckon wide of
the mark, and, as Mr. Sexton aptly ob
serves, receive a very curt answer. He
will wear his insignia of office and Na
tional League badge simultaneously,
and cares infinitely more for the latter
than for any other secular em Diem.
A GANG of armed and disguised
moonlighters attacked the house of a
farmer named Connor at Mt. Collins
last Sunday night. The family resisted
and overpowered their assailants, and
captured four of them. The four were
found to be cousins of Connor. There
were six men in the attacking party.
Upon entering the house they opened
fire on Mr. Connor and the members of
his family. The farmer, who is an old
man, and his wife and children seized
chairs and fire irons, with which they
vigorously attacked the marauders. A
desperate struggle ensued, during
which Mrs. Connor and one of the sons
were badly cut with a scythe.
EXCITING scenes were witnessed
yesterday in County ulare. While a
number of bailiffs, accompanied by 100
policemen, were evicting tenants in
Maynoe, a wild district, the chapel
bells were rung and horns sounded and
the people quickly assembled headed by
priests. Three evicted tenants were
reinstated as caretakers and in two in
stances the bailiffs had to abandon
their attempts to evict tenants owing to
the menaces of the populace. The po
lice were unable to quell the disorder and
withdrew from the scene. During the
disturbance Father O'Flynn, inspector,
was hurt and several policemen were
injured by being hit with stone3.
THH London Times of Tuesday
morning has the following edi
torial comment on the British po
litical situation: "The Cabinet is
threatened from within, not from
without. What is seriously to be feared
is the failure of the Irish executive to
grapple with the conspiracy to prevent
the payment of rent. It is only too
clear from the evidence given at the
trial of the Woodford tenants, at Dub
lin, that the vigorous enforcement of
the law is discouraged by the govern
ment, who cannot surely desire the
landlords to provide an armed force on
their own behalf. Yet, if the execu
tive draw back, what choice is there be
tween this dangerous approach of civil
war and a complete victory for the Irish
National League."
MICHAEL DAVTTT and wife reached
Chicago last Monday from the Pacific
coast on their way to Ireland, They
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Sullivan. The bride is a pretty blonde,
of medium stature and regular features,
indicative of firm and refined character.
It is understood that, although Mr.
Davitt was not aware of it, she is the
heiress of a large fortune. At dinner
at Mr. Sullivan's last Monday evening,
Archbishop Feehan paid Mr. Davitt a
high tribute. Speeches were also made
by Judge Anthony, of the Superior
Court, Judge Bradwell, Rev. Maurice
J. Dorney and others. A piquant fea
ture of the menu was Home Rule
pudding" and "California sauce," and
the ice cream was an orange and green.
The affair was elegant and delightful.
Davitt proceeded eastwards Tuesday.
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A FEATURE of the Queen's jubilee
will be the lavish bestowal of titles on
statesmen and others throughout the
empire. We sure pleased to note that our
neighbors over the way (the Canadians)
are not to be^forgotten, and- it is be
lieved that eciris, knights, etc.,
etc., will foe "more numerous in
Canada next, summer than ducks
harvest- time. Gracious
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Majesty has hot yet designated who are
to receive these titles, and it is feared
that many men who have hitherto pur
sued the peaceable avocation of tilling
the soil will neglect their spring plow
ing in order to put in their best licks to
secure a patent of nobility. We offer,
merely as a suggestion, that our miss
bank cashiers who are now sojourning
ing in Canada, be treated sort of decent
in the matter of titles when they are
passed around. It would relieve many
of the British aristocrats from repeated
references being made to their robber
ancestors.
THE inangural meeting of the Lon
don Liberal Radical Union was held at
St. James'hall, London, last Tuesday
evening. The hall was crowded with
an enthusiascic audience. The organ
ist attempted to play "God Save the
Queen," when a storm of hissing and
hooting arose, which completely
drowned the music. There were on the
platform a number of members of Par
liament and other Liberals, all of
whom, with the exception of Brad
laugh, arose and joined in the cheering.
Bradlaugh's action was indorsed with
terrific applause by the majority of the
audience. Morley made a vigorous
speech, in the course of which he
praised Lord Hartington for having re
fused to assist Lord Salisbury in saving
the political antiquities of the Carlton
club. The defection of Goschen, he
said, would not cause any great re
frigeration in the Liberal atmosphere.
During the progress of the meeting
every mention of Gladstone's name was
the signal for enthusiastic cheering.
THE following from the Boston Pilot
gives is an interesting accountof the ori
gin of a famous song: It was a young
Irish actor, Harry McCarthy, who
wrote the stirring Southern song, "The
Bonnie Blue Flag," by far the most
spirited popular lyric produced on that
side during the "unpleasantness" He
composed it at the suggestion of Judge
Wiley P. Harris, on the day that the
Legislature of Mississippi passed the
secesion ordinance, and sang it that
night at Angelo's Hall, in Jackson,
Miss., amid' wild enthusiasm. Consid
ering that it was written in three hours
and without premeditation, it was a
pretty creditable effort and answered
its purpose of firing the Southern heart
with its catching strain and simple
chorus of
Hurrah 1 hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah I
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag- that beara
the single star."
The single star, always dear to the
Southern heart since the glorious days
of the lone star of Texas, soon grew to
be eleven, and the Bonnie Blue Flag
was replaced by a variation on the Flag
of the Union but the song of Harry
McCarthy remained a favorite with the
men in gray until there was no longer a
flag for them to follow.
AJIECENT cablegram announces that
Mr. Parnell has at his disposal five va
cant seats in the British House of Com
mons. These are South Sligo, South
Longford, South Donegal, Northeast
Cerk and the Exchange Division of
Liverpool. Mr. Healy will doubtless
be elected for one of thefour Irish seats.
He has been out of Parliament since
July, when he was defeated in South
Londonderry by a Liberal Unionist.
Sir John Pope Hennessy, who has been
successively Governor of Bermuda,
Hong-Kong, and the Mauritius, will
probably get Justin McCarthy's old
seat in Longford. Hennessy, who is
the Phineas Phinn and the Phineas
Redux of Trollope's novels, is an excep
tionally able man. His rapid promo
tion in the British public service was
due to Beasonsfield's recognition of his
abilities. He used to be the Catholic
Tory Member of Parliament for Kings
County, and was always ready to break
a lance in debate for his chief. When
he lost his seat he was appointed a
Colonial Governor. Hennessy has re
cently come out as a Home Ruler, and
lost his post on that account. The Irish
people will doubtless reward him with
a seat in Parliament. Michael Davitt
could, if he would, fill one of the other
vacancies, and as he is now a married
man, he may forego his scruples against
taking the oath of allegiance, and join
as a Parnellite member. Another emi
nent Irishman who may be persuaded
to enter Parliament at this time is Sir
Charles Gavan Duffy, who has been
successively an Irish Nationalist editor,
a prisoner on a charge of high treason,
an Irish member of Parliament, Speak
er of the Parliament of the Australian
Province of Victoria, and the Prime
Minister of that colony. Duffy, Hen
nessy, Davitt and Healy would be1 a
strong reinforcement for the Parnell
ites. The election of the four would
have in it many of the eleni&itita of the
romantic, dramatic,- and-picturesque
which appeal so strongly to Irish senti*
ment.
I'S. "K
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Co.
32 South Washington Ave.