Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1891 — MIGHT GOVERN IRELAND. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MIGHT GOVERN IRELAND.

Possibilities Before the Young Editor of the Freeman’s Journal. Dwyer Gray, editor and part proprietor of the Dublin Freeman’s Journal, has bkrely attained his ma-

jori ty, and has scarcely ever done anything more remarkable than condescending to be born. As son of the late Edmund Dwyer Gray, M. P., he inherits a valuable newspaper property, and, upon his mother's side, is heir to vast estates

in the south of England. The elder Gray was a Protestant, but religious scruples did not stand in the way of bis marrying an English heiress who always has been devotedly attached to the Catholic faith. It has been said that the man who controls the Freeman’s Journal might govern Ireland if his ambition lay in that direction, and “Young Mr. Gray” is believed to entertain such ambition. The paper has just passed through a critical period and is not yet restored to its old position. It is probable, however, that Mr. Parnell’s death will unite the party and thereby revive the fortunes of the Freeman. Within a few weeks the policy of that paper wheeled around from ardent support to violent opposition to Mr. Parnell. The old staff remained loyal, however, to the young proprietor, and its members have all returned to enlist under his banners again. Mr. Gray is the grandson of Sir John Gray, M. P., a prominent Dublin politician who succeeded in supplying his native city with good water from the Wicklow Springs. For such local improvement he was knighted.

DWYER GRAY.