Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-21 | Page 31 | Gaelic in Politics

GAELIC GAELIO IN POLITICS Few people would expect to see lice any connection between tho the present revival revisal of ot Interest In tho the Irish language and politics but such lIuch has been found In InDo Boston Do ton In one ono of ot tho council districts there thero ono one of ot the candidates Is a leader In iii the Gaelic revival revl movement anti his hie friends are laying great grat stress upon tho the fact tact It Is 18 not mentioned how tho the Gaelic scholar proposes to use lse his lin lingual lingual gual accomplishment but hit his support supporters ers era claim that It lends len n a chance chanco of oC vic via victory tory to an otherwise hopeless candi candidacy dacy Gaelic has been found effective on the time stump before When Daniel OConnell was once OileD forbidden to speak In Ireland ho he defiantly announced he ho would not respect the lima government or order order der It was at the tho most critical period I of or tho the agitation In which ho Ito played such an mitt Important part purt The prohibited meeting was waR held heid at nt a n point In Kerry Official shorthand writers were special specially ly Iy sent train from London to take down Ids his voM worl words with a n lew I I of or his prosecution arranged to 12 I t m right I hands hand of ot the fhe au nu authorities when hen ll turning to the I expectant scribes that they thoy might not miss mien a n syllable started In to deliver hH his speech in Irish a language known to t I nearly nil all tho time native auditory but hut of ot which the astonished reporters knew not ono one Times