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AN GAODHAL.
ground, and taking care to mete condign punish¬
ment to any of their party guilty of a breach of the
public trust
For the Columbian Celebration last summer the
Board of Aldermen appropriated $10,000 in excess
of what was lawfully expended, and instead of tak¬
ing cognizance of this and punishing the guilty, the
leaders sang dumb; left the Irish element exposed
to public reprobation, and placed the city govern¬
ment in the hands of the A. P. A's, who sailed un¬
der false colors, and who would not soil their gloves
with a beggarly $10,000 steal, the last haul they
made being $240,000.
The Republicans (devoid of political prescience)
despaired of carrying the election, permitted the
A P A's (disguised as reformers) to name the candi¬
dates; and, having them elected by the aid of Irish
Americans who desired to emphasize their condem-
nation of the actions of the Irish leaders aforesaid,
they got their mayor, before he was a month in off¬
ice, to suspend an American commissioner lest
he should fill vacances in his department by men of
his own views, a fact for which he was sternly re¬
buked by a Supreme Court Justice, who ordered the
restoration of the commissioner.
And yet these cowardly leaders took no steps to
have that mayor impeached and punished? Again,
the same mugumps employed fifteen carriages
on election morning to distribute extra Eagles flam¬
ing with lying accounts of the murder of 'peaceable¬
citizens by Coney Island thugs." Several citizens
told us that they vote the mugwump ticket be¬
cause of that falsehood; Did McKane do any worse
than that; and yet the leaders took no cognizance
of it. And, by the way, it is said that Judge Gay¬
nor's men had a hand in it!
Now, these mugwumps, who would sooner see a
Sheehan, a Murphy, etc, (as one them, Freddy
Hinrichs, piteously whined some time ago) in hades
than in charge of an important department of the
government, are going about the city addressing
Irish-Americans and importuning them to support
their party in their hunt for the offices, that they
might pitch the Irish-Americans aside.
Whenever these bigots appear before an Irish-
American audience they and their introducers ought
to hurled off the stage. The Irish-American, or any
other decent citizen of this town, has room in the
Democratic or Republican party only — Let him
shun the hypocrites, and if any of the other parties
coddle with them, cut that party's candidate.
When the mugwumps, who climbed up the City
Hall steps on the horns of the Republican Goat,
held a primary election in the Ninth ward, out of
4,000 voters they enrolled — 6.
OBITUARY.
It is with considerable sorrow and deep regret
that the Gael records the death of the Rev. James
Keegan of St. Louis, which sad event took place
at his brother's home, Coone, Co. Leitrim, Ireland,
some few weeks ago. We shall say this only of
the dead patriot priest. — Were a moity of the Irish
priests, at home and else where, like him, Irishmen
and Irishism would be held in the same esteem an
over the world to day that they were in the days
when their Isle extracted from the nations the pre-
eminent title of "Saints and Scholars."
Another patriotic Irishman, Professor O'Quigley,
whose name may be seen in the “Sentiments" of
the second last Gael with his $5, has passed away,
It seems cruel that it is they and not the drones
who leave us. A San Francisco friend sends the fol¬
lowing obituary notice of Prof. O'Quigley. —
Editor Gaodhal.
Dear Sir. —
I doubt not many of your readers will be sad¬
ly surprised to learn of the death of Professor John
O'Quigley, which sad event took place on Monday,
the 29th of January last Mr O'Quigley was the
principal founder of the Gaelic school of this city,
and though not numerically large today, it num¬
bers some first rate Gaelic scholars — some of whom
are not second to any who have made a study of the
language within the last ten or twelve years.
Mr O'Quigley was born at a place called Carruadh
Bawn, near Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland, about 55
years ago. On the death of the head of the family,
the widow and her children moved to England.
Here, after a while, the subject of this notice took
to the pursuit of a traveling salesman. While en¬
gaged in this occupation it is said he frequently
smuggled arms for the Fenians during the years
65 6 7, O'Quigley being a warm friend and sup¬
porter of the Fenian movement. He was a zealous
advocate of his country's cause; and spoke her lan¬
guage as well as any speaker of it whom the writer
hereof has ever heard.
Mr O'Quigley was ailing about a month, and
while thus confined to his quarters, his every wish
was provided and every care and attention given
him by two good and true friends, Messrs., M. P.
Ward and Michael Philbon.
The funeral took place on the 31st ultimo, atten¬
ded by a large number of warm friends of the de¬
ceased, and associates of his in the Gaelic move¬
ment. The remains were interred in Holy Cross
cemetery. Veterinary surgeon, Dr W F Egan, late
of Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland, was also a
most warm friend of the deceased, and did every
thing in his power to soothe his last moments and
to marshal his friends in quite a respectable funeral
cortege.
Among his last words to Mr. Ward were, — "Oh,
stop my Gaodhal, and give my best regards to Logan
and to all the friends and readers of the Gaodhal;
say to them to pray for me; and thank God that Cor¬
bett whipped the Englishman," when he, O'Quig¬
ley himself, prayed in Irish.
He ordered his epitaph to be engraved in Irish,
