Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-20 | Page 1 | Thomas O'donnell Talks Irish in Parliament and is Forced to Stop

THOMAS ODONNEll TALKS IRISH IN AND IS FORCED TO STOP Feb Thomas ODonnell nationalist began to address addres the house of commons today in the Irish language and the speaker him to order ord r after aft ire e had bad spoken three or four tour sentences reminding him hb that to speak hi ln Irish w wa an unknown practice in the house of commonS commons common Mr oDon fO to speak k in the Irish tongue greatly to the de delight delight delight light of ne i around him The verely requested him to desist John John Re the nationalist leader said There fe is i no 10 wItten or unwritten rule against a member using the fee Ian lan language guage le is i st familiar to him The sp d declared There r 1 If no rule on the subject but there is no precedent during durin the ex of U tl fus of commons for a member speaking anything but English Not N tip S 1 of union has bs an Irishman tried to speak Irish in this tb thi house o 1 if to speak spek tn in English and reasserted his right as th of ap Irish constituency and a member of a nation natI still poe s ing a of its Ita own to address the house in his native t 11 tongue At this the speaker stopped stepped him peremptorily