The Conservative Party is an Irish political party. Unlike Nationalists, Irish Conservatives did not seek Ireland’s independence from England. Consequently, Conservatives did not worship the late Nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell, as most of Joyce’s characters do. Crofton, the story’s sole Conservative, is silent and resentful of his Nationalist companions. He begrudgingly canvasses for the Nationalist Richard Tierney because his preferred candidate has dropped out of the Municipal elections.
Conservatism Quotes in Ivy Day in the Committee Room
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Mr Crofton sat down on a box and looked fixedly at the other bottle on the hob. He was silent for two reasons. The first reason, sufficient in itself, was that he had nothing to say; the second reason was that he considered his companions beneath him. He had been a canvasser for Wilkins, the Conservative, but when the Conservatives had withdrawn their man and, choosing the lesser of two evils, given their support to the Nationalist candidate, he had been engaged to work for Mr Tierney.
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Ivy Day in the Committee Room
...silent; he has nothing to say and considers his companions beneath him. Crofton is a Conservative; He only supports Tierney here because, after his candidate dropped out of the race, Tierney...
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A cork shoots from Lyons’s stout bottle. Henchy continues to brag about the Conservative voter he won on the street, remembering the speech in which he claimed that Tierney...
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