The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-11
IRELAND.
An Exterminating Irish Landlord EX-
posed,

An interesting and significant episode
occurred during the elections in Ireland. Mr..
Vincent Scully, an extensive land owner, was a
candidate for the representation of the borough
of Cashel, and in speech from the hustlngs
dwelt with great complaceacy on his services to
the Liberal cause and his eXerlions in favor OF
interest in the soil. Unhappily for Mr.. scully's
pretensons be was confronted by Archdeacon
QulTke the Catholic priest of the parish from
whose effective speech we make few ex-
traCts:-
Mr. Scully, in his long address to you for the
past hour, spoke OF various good things; but ne
did not mention to you the number OF persons
be eXteImina,ed on his property. In 1913, that
dismal time, when the heart OF every humane
man was appealed to for mercy, the eXtermiaa-
tion on Mr.. Scully's property commenced by his
own command. baye here 81 families, nam
bering 167 individuals, who were driven ont.
was present when the snow flakes drltted do wn
on that auspClous morning of the 18th OF
March. A poor man In the parish OF DJuohill
was struck by paralysis; his wife and six chtl.
dren were eVicted. l saw the mother buried
before ] left Tlpperary In 1858 the e7ictlons
were repeated. The case he said he referred
TO was that of James Ryan. of Pallas, who
was married to a woman of the name OF Con-
nors. Where there we're from sixty to sixty five
honest industrious men, who, at an average,
pay 92 12s. Cd. per acre. One fine morning, a
Michaelmas day in 49, one or two bailttfs went
around, and slIppied notice to every tenant 10
arrear. The people of Cashel knew nothing
about those cases. Nine years have passed
since the last act and this interval of time is to
clear away all since. and enable him to come
here with clean hands before the people.
published his having notices to quit. Mr..
Scully came out in letter, that, indeed,
his tenants were afraid of nothing from
him. 1 have bis letter here-his tenants
were not alarmed at the notice to
quit-they understood it so WELL His object
was TO make new arrangements, and perhaps.
in some cases. to raise the rents. Now, ask
Mr. Scully today, did he give lease from that
day to this pause for reply. n
There are tenants OF MIR. Scully here, and they
can contradict me if they are in a position 10
do it, that while ne was preaching tenant right
in the House of fCommons-while he was writing
tenant right books-they are all very good-his
tenants were aggrieved and oppressed at home.
! know some tenants who have no large farms,
but their rents have been raised. How many OF
them have leases?
A voiCe--None.
Archdeacon Quirke-There were three or four
OF us priests who wiole in the papers condemn
are the late Rev. Mr.. Mullarky and the Rev
Mr.. Dwyer, who was curate OF Cashel and l.
the third, am here. Mr.. Scully would have
only six votes to get in the borough of Cashel
Mr.. Scullys tenantry on the property on which
the evictions took place are all independent
men, but he has raised the rent los. or It's. pei
acre on them since that time.
Mr.. ScullY-l cannot contradict those state
ments. for got no notice OF them.
Archdeacon Ouirke said he informed Mr.
Scully of his intention to make those state
ments.
Mr.. Scully was not elected.