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John P. Irish
John Powell Irish (1843–1923) was a leader of the Democratic Party in Iowa, a landowner in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California, a fiery and influential public speaker, and an opponent of prejudice against Japanese, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, women's suffrage and labor unions. He was, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Franklin K. Lane, "a fiery orator of the denunciatory type."〔(Anne Wintermute Lane and Louise Herrick Wall, editors, ''The Letters of Franklin K. Lane,'' page 9 )〕 He was reckoned as "a leader among editorial writers" of his generation.〔("Joseph Eugene Baker," ''Past and Present of Alameda County, California,'' volume 2 )〕
==Personal life==
Irish was born to Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann Robinson〔("John P. Irish," ''Keb/Irish Gazette,'' volume 2, issue 2, April 1, 1999 )〕 on January 1, 1843, in Iowa City, Iowa, where he received a "common school" education. He was married to Annie Fletcher in 1875, and in 1880 they moved to California.〔〔〔The ''Keb/Irish Gazette,'' a genealogy site, says of Irish: "On November 8, 1875 he married Anna McClellan and had two sons, Frances on November 11, 1876 and John Peck on October 28, 1881." The site also says, "John later resumed the study and took up the practice of International Law. He was distinguished in appearance and of pleasing address, with a well-rounded figure of more than medium height, light hair, blue eyes and fair complexion." ("John P. Irish," ''Keb/Irish Gazette,'' volume 2, issue 2, April 1, 1999 ) Another genealogy site gives similar information and adds that Irish "was Ambassador to Port of San Salvador." (Linc & Teri Haymaker )〕 One headline writer noted in 1899 that Irish at that time was "averse to wearing a necktie."〔("Idaho's Governor Is Coming to This City," ''San Francisco Chronicle,'' August 19, 1899, page 14 ) ''Access to this link may be restricted.''〕
Irish was mentioned in three poems in Ambrose Bierce's book of poetry, ''Black Beetles in Amber'' (1892). In one poem, the narrator dies and goes to Hell, only to be surprised that the landscape is pleasant and attractive.
"Ah, no, this is not Hell," I cried;
"The preachers ne'er so greatly lied.
"This is Earth's spirit glorified!
"Good souls do not in Hades dwell,
"And, look, there's John P. Irish!" "Well,
The Voice said, "that's what makes it Hell."〔(OnlineLiterature.com )〕
Irish died at the age of eighty on October 6, 1923, from a fall while attempting to board a moving streetcar in Oakland, California. Honorary pallbearers at his funeral on October 9 in the Unitarian church in that city included former California governor George C. Pardee,〔Misnamed as "Charles C. Pardee" in the source.〕 George Shima (known as the Japanese "potato king") and Ng Poon Chew, Chinese editor. The officiating minister was Charles William Wendte.〔Benjamin F. Gue, ''History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century''〕〔(John Powell Irish Papers, Biography, Stanford University )〕〔("Funeral for Col. J.P. Irish Takes Place," ''Los Angeles Times,'' October 10, 1923, page 11 ) ''Access to this link requires the use of a library card.''〕
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