| Title: | McMahon Glynn, Patrick to Glynn, Ellen, 1887 |
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| ID | 4391 |
| Collection | Patrick McMahon Glynn: Letters to his family (1874-1927) [Gerald Glynn O'Collins] |
| File | glynn/43 |
| Year | 1887 |
| Sender | McMahon Glynn, Patrick |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | lawyer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
| Destination | Gort, Co. Galway, Ireland |
| Recipient | Glynn, Ellen |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 484 |
| Genre | weather, politics |
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| Transcript | January 14th 1887 My dear Mother Today the glass is down and the wind blowing like a March day at home—not so cold, but just as wildly. When I wrote last it stood over 115° in the shade in places here, and until today all the energy was completely knocked out of people. The home papers have just arrived, but not Agnes' slippers for which, however, I am obliged to her as much as if they did. Two letters arrived the day before yesterday asking me to stand for West Adelaide for next Parliament. The election will be about April. I made up my mind to decline as I could not carry on my business here and attend Parliamentary duties. Besides, I don't care for Parliament except to push on my views on the land question—the notoriety, and what is called fame, of it, is not worth the loss of peace etc. However, Liston, Dr. Byrne C.C., and others advised me to reply saying if a requisition was presented I would consider it. This I have done, saying, a requisition would show me the extent of probable support as a candidate, and as a lawyer in case of return and change to Adelaide. The fact is, there is a class here who expect me to stand for somewhere, in deference to which I may do so, but would prefer not. So matters stand at present. I see you have had Dillon and others in Gort. Here I have always to fight their battle, though indeed either in politics or methods they are far from perfection. The rejection of Gladstone's Bill was in my mind on the whole for the best. It involved the rejection of a swindling land bill, and the Home Rule Bill would have—without Imperial representation—have made Ireland a little pettyfogging appendage to England, or led to separation. Federation seems really the only sound plan of Home Rule. Of the enclosed draft would you please send £7 to Elizabeth, £3 to Joe Brennan in respect of an old matter that slipped my memory, and keep the balance £25 as the sum you kindly sent me to Melbourne. It is too late to write to each separately today, so I trouble you with the lot. I am getting tired of this place. All the old fellows are gone, and its the same eternal monotony of breakfast, office, Hotel in solitude but not silence, and bed again. But it affords a living so we can't grumble, and life, at its best, except there are a few persons to be now and then met with whom one does not feel what De Quincy calls "the burden of the incommunicable" is a monotonous affair. I am glad you liked the lecture on woman, but it is not half, and only disjointedly reported. With love to all Your affectionate Son P. McM. Glynn |
