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Show A TALK WITH REDMOND. (Emma Maddison in Salt Lake Tribune.) Hon. William Redmond, member of the British Parliament from Ireland, accompanied by his wife, arriA'ed from the west Tuesday afternoon and' registered at the Knutsford. The distinguished Nationalist Nat-ionalist and member of the Home Rule party Avas met at Ogden by Col. Geoghegan, Avho came with him to Salt Lake and at Avhose beautiful residence on North State street a reception Avas giA-en in behalf of him and his wife in the evening. A general invitation had been extended to all who desired to meet the man Avhose lifetime has been devoted to the interests of the Irish people and in attempting to wrest from parliment the rights to Avhich they consider themselves entitled and which have been denied. Although still a young man, being only 44 years of age, Mr. Redmond has long been a prominent figure in British politics and has Avon for himself a world-Avide world-Avide refutation. In appearance he is of medium height, of light complexion, a bright eye and active in his movements. He looks like a fighter intellectually, intellectu-ally, and physically he has the appearance of a man . Avho could hold his own if he was hard pushed. He is a barrister by profession, but has frequently been a contributor to the columns of the Dublin Freeman's Journal. He has been a member of Parliament for twenty-two years, during most of which time he has been a thorn in the side of the British body politic. Eight months ago, in company Avith his charming ! Avife, he left the Emerald Isle fof a trip to Australia, passing through the Suez canal. While the business which took him there Avas of a private character, he spoke to large audiences in several of the larger cities, On his travels though the Antipodes he Avas struck Avith the Avonderful resources and possibilities of the country, and said all it needed was population to make it great. He said fully one-tenth of the population of Australia at the present time Avere Irish people. Cardinal Moran, one of the ablest men in the colonies, was, he said, a' hearty friend of the Irish movement, in which he took great interest. He talked entertainingly on the subject of British politics, but said it Avas impossible to tell when there- J AA-ould be a dissolution of Parliament and a national election. His attention was called to the fact that early in July a resolution was introduced in the House of Commons embodying a Government scheme to redistribute the seats in Parliament, owing to changes in the population. The scheme was not intended to alter the total membership, but to redistribute the representation in such a manner that England would gain seventeen seats, Scotland four and Wales one, while Ireland would lose twenty-two. On this subject he said that he believed no such attempt Avould be successful. Since. 1832 Ireland, he said, had had 103 members allotted to it upon the dissolution dis-solution of the Irish parliament at a time when there Avas a much larger population than now, and when they really Avere entitled to twice the number. He said any such attempt would be a breach of the act of 1832 and Avould be defeated. He believed In the event of an election the government govern-ment wou'c be defeated that is, Mr. Balfour would cease to be premier. When asked who would likely be his successor, he said the most talked of men were Lordpencer and Sir Henry Bannerman. Asked his views on the prospective peace between Japan and Russia as reported from the Portsmouth conference, he said it was a triumph of Intellect over force. The representatiA-es of Russia had obtained practically everything they had demanded. At the same time he believed that notwithstanding Japan had been so universally successful in her battles, she had reached a point in her resources beyond which she could not very Avell go, and therefore Was quite ready for peace. He said that Avhilc th conduct of Russia toArarJ . ; ; ' iil ' Poland and Finland had been reprehensible, it wdi j not the fault of the Russian people, but of the beau- j reaucracy by Avhich they are governed and for whir-h t they were In no way responsible. The result of th- j war would probably cause an aAvakening and brins , j to the front leaders througli Avhom the condition of y j the people Avould ultimately be betterta. j On the subject of a possible alliance between Great Britain and Japan he thought- it Avould be bad polic y j for England to ally herself to any of the Asiatic rac j and believed if it Avere done that it would prove detrimental. det-rimental. Prominent People Pay Respects. At the hospitable home of Colonel and Mrs. G-:ogh- gan an informal reception was held Tuesday In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Redmond. The hours were from ; 8:30 to 10 o'clock, and during that time a number .' prominent Irish people of the city called to m-t. an? pay their respects to the distinguished nationalist an.T his charming Avife. Assisting Colonel and Mrs. Ge.v- ghegan in receiving their gue.sts were Mrs. James V Dunn and Mrs. Alexander Tarbet. The guects Avere received in the. dnuving room an.' ; passed from there into the library, where punch w;t served by Miss Hester Laveile and Miss Edna Dun- ' Later in the evening all the guests repaired to th wid-- j south veranda and passed an altogether delightful hour. Both Mr. and Mrs. Redmond poshes charmin-r , f personalities, and to meet them was a source of .,: pleasure to those- Avho called. J; -k- , i ' |