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Show ; - v ( . . '-T-JVXx . - r J x , ' ' : ' " s' - - " I v . V " fK ' - t - ' ' - . - " - - -'?-- ' ' ' - ' '" ' '-' V :- '.V- I I - Ax r - . - - , ' t : J !- V- 1 - 1 ! " ' . . : . ' ' y WILLIAM H0EY KEARNEY REDMOND. Member of Parliament Representing East Clare, Ireland. He Wi1! Arrive in Salt Lake on Tuesday Night. William Hoey Kearney Redmond, the brilliant and patriotic representative representa-tive of East Clare in the British parliament,' par-liament,' and brother of the present Irish leader, Hon. John E- Redmond. M. P., will, within the next. few week.;, address half a dozen meetings in the prin-c'ipiil cities of the United States while he is on hij way across the continent con-tinent fropi San Francisco, returning from Australia to Ireland. Mr. Redmond' has been in Australia for his health for several months past, his health having been shattered by his latest imprisonment in connection with the national movement in Ireland. When the present Tory government reentered re-entered 'on its coercion policy thiee years ago. William Redmond was one of the first men arrested under the renewed re-newed coercion regime. He had only just returned to Ireland from' a visit to the'United States, where ho and Mr. Joseph Devlin, M. P. for North Kil-kenney, Kil-kenney, had completed a most successful success-ful organlzating tour in the interest of the United Irish league in this country. coun-try. . , Mr. Redmond was senterr-ed to six months' imprisonment in Kilmainham jail, and he served the greater part of his sentence, when the government took another- somesault and abandoned its coercion policy. Mr. Redmond had suffered severely during his rigorous imprisonment, and he was subsequently compelled to interrupt in-terrupt his parliamentary -attendance and take a prolonged rest on the continent con-tinent 'n the effort to recover his strength. His progress towards recovery re-covery was exceedingly slow, however, and last w inter he was ordered to take a prolonged sea voyage and remain for a considerable time in some warm climate, cli-mate, so that his health may be restored. re-stored. He, therefore, proceeded to Australia., where he has a number of relatives by marriage, and is now returning re-turning to Ireland by way of San Francisco. He is abepmpanied by Mrs. Redmond, who ."is by birth an Australian lady, and was before her marriage Miss Dalton. i 'Although it was not Mr. Redmond's intention when going to Australia ' to address any public meetings, his countrymen coun-trymen In the antipodes when they found he Was among them, insisted on his addressing several large meetings in the principal cities Of the Australian commonwealth, and they have resulted, re-sulted, in considerable1 financial support for the Irish movement. '- Mr. Redmond and his elder brother, the present leader, more than twenty-years twenty-years ago, made a tour of the Australian Austra-lian colonies and succeeded in securing a large amount of support for the movement then led by Parnell. On his present ; trip. Mr. Redmond has likewise like-wise succeeded in having the 'cabinet ministers and high government officials of-ficials in each of the colonies declare their hearty support Of the Irish National Na-tional movement, and endorse the demand de-mand of the Irish people for self government, gov-ernment, while many of them have attended at-tended and spoken with Mr. Redmond at meetings he has addressed in Australia,- But perhaps the most effective ally in support of his work there has been Cardinal Moran. the head of the Catholic Cath-olic church in Australia, who not alone attended and spoke at Mr. Redmond's meeting:-, in Sydney and elsewhere, but has taken the preliminary steps towards to-wards establishing a permanent fund in support of the National movement among the people in Australia. Mr. Jledmond, notwithstanding his impaired health, is still comparatively-young comparatively-young being in his 45th year. He was born in Wexford in 1S61. and is a son of, the late. William Archer Redmond, M. P..- who sat as Nationalist representative repre-sentative for the borough of Wexford t from -1S72 till his death in 18S0. William . Redmond was educated at j the- famous' Jesuit college of Clongwes. outside of Dublin, and took his degree as B.fL. at Dublin university in 1881. He was first elected to parliament in 1883 -as member 'for the borough of Wexford, which had so long been represented rep-resented by his father, and when the borough was disfranchised under the redistribution, of seats bill in 1S83, he was elected member for North Fermanagh, Ferman-agh, for which he sat, til the general election in 1892, when he was elected for East Clare, which he still represents. repre-sents. , , j . , Mr. Redmond has been a Nationalist from boyhood and served the first of half a dozen terms of imprisonment before be-fore he had become of age. Indeed he passed his 21st birthday on April 13, 1881. "a prisoner in Kilmainham jail nr.der- Forester's coercion . act, being erne of the earliest "suspects" arrested when that measure became law. As has been stated, he has served several other terms of im.Drisbnr.iar.t ' riii co and was- the last member of the Irish party; imprisoned under the coercion coer-cion act to be released three years ago. William .Redmond is almost as well known to his countrymen throughout the world as is his: brother, the present chairman of the Irjsh' party. He has visited Australia twice, in' the interest of the Irish movement, and this makes his fifth visit, to the United States in the same work. He traveled all ever the, American continent at ParneU'r request' in 18S3, addressing ' meetings and arousing interest in the land league movement. : He came again , in 1884, when, with Thomas Sexton, then the orator of the Irish party, he visited Boston to attend as. Parnell's personal representative at the great convention of the American land league held in Faneuil hall in August of that year. No Irish delegate that has ever visited America was more popular than the young man who is now the representative of East Clare in the English parliament wa? among his countrymen in America at that date. "William Redmond represents in his own.' person-some historic episodes in Irish history. ! Some of his family 'shed their blood for- Ireland in the memor able struggle of 170S. He is. a descendant descend-ant of some of the brave ' Wexford men who made the last great armed stund against English rule on Irish soil yiorc. than a century ago. The Redmonds . come of patriotic-stock, patriotic-stock, the name beins treasured in rebel annals in the county which gave such "glorious prtde and sorrow to the name of ninety-eight." Today William Redmond represents one-half the constituency con-stituency which first sent O'Connell to ! the British parliament to demand the rights of Ireland, the historic county of Clare. He was the youngest member of parliament when, he was elected in 1S83. In the struggle for Irish national freedom since he has taken a foremost i part, and while always ready to strike I a blow for the caup? of his native land, is yet regarded with feelings of personal per-sonal affection by friends and foe alike for his manly and generous qualities. |