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Show WHILE REDMOND WAS HERE William Kedmond has come and gone. His coming started the .hope that people of the Irish race would get together in this city and look each other in the face. That they could put the ques tion to liodmond which was put to "Xapper Tandy," and receive first-handed reply from a man in the thick of the fight in Parliament. The hope was realized in the cordial welcome given to the Home Kuler. The answer was given to a magnificent audience who listened to the statements and conclusions conclu-sions of an earnest, serious, cool-headed patriot. William Kedmond has gone, but his message lingers and will develop into something practicable for the cause it announced. Voices like his can never disappear. His was a plain discourse devoid of the least semblance of dramatic oratory. Every sentence was filled with knowledge. Irishmen reasonably rea-sonably posted in the affairs of their native land know more now than they did before they saw and heard Kedmond. Americans excusably ignorant of the causes underlying Irish discontent but sympathizing sympa-thizing with all peoples struggling for self-government, came away from the Kedmond lecture with a higher appreciation of their Celtic fellow citizens. Perhaps a few were disappointed because Kedmond did not turn out to be a Tim Healy orator and deliver something on the style of Ilealy's speech on Uganda in Parliament. At the end even such persons per-sons would have concluded that the presentation of Ireland's wrongs and suggestions for their repeal re-peal made in the sober spirit and earnest language of Kedmond could effect better results in one hour than all the speeches Healy would ever make. The weight of American sober opinion goes with men like William Kedmond. William Kedmond met with a number of leading lead-ing Irish Americans in Colonel Geoghegan's office on Thursday morning. An informal talk over the plan for a local organization of the Irish Xational League resulted in the pledge of those present to go ahead and establish a branch at once. Another meeting will be called in the near future to perfect the organization, and due notice will be given. Mr. Kedmond and his accomplished wife left for the east in the afternoon. -A. |