The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-06
IRIsH MAIL NEWS.
UNFoUNDED REPORT OF SPLIT III THE
HOME RULE PARTY.

UNFoUNDED REPORT OF SPLIT III TIL
HOME RULE PARTY.
, The report Of q split in the Home Rul
, Party, to which some ooloring Of truth wa
given by the fact that the Dublin Nation
always bold and outspoken, had criticized
some Of Mr.. Butts acts, proves TO be alto
gether unSounded. OF course the Englisl
papers were jabilent over the prospects o
row In the Irish party, but Mr.. Sullivan
sets the matter at rest by short letter tt
| the London IiDses in which he says
Whatever your views about Home Rule
and Home Rulers may be, you do not,
feel sure, wish to be led into or remain In
error on simple matter of fact. The in
cident which has Just now called forth
discussion, and which has invoked upon
| l want, forsooth, to eupersede my friend
Mr.. Butt, will in itself attest that am no
believer in the policy of concealing faults,
or trying to put good face upon things
that need correction. In perfect good faith /,
| then, l can state that there is not now, and
there never has been the vestige of truth
in these stories of break mp, eplit, or seces-
sion in the Home Rule party; that Mr.. Butt
never wac stronger than he is at this mo-
ment in the confidence and attachment of
that party and that among its mem bers
there is, as he knows, not one who has
more cordially and consistently sustained
his authority than have, although in the
free exercise of my independence as q jour-
nalist have frequently, at the right time,
criticised Home Rale proceedings and tao
tics In praise or blame. No more than
other political parties are we free from oc-
oasional individual ebullitiops of what may
be called discipline and perhaps more
than other parties we enjoy and exercise
the right of Independent action in matters
deemed to be non-eesentials. But, drawing
a pregnant Lesson from the eagerness of
English journals to hail so-called splits or
s6cAaRiODA in ODr rAnfSa evan Shaaa Incl
dents only serve to awaken US to the value
of union, and induces US to make still
stronger demonstrations of unity of pur-
pose and action. We are most of Us new
to Parliamentary life, and we are not as
perfect as we hope TO be- in many respects
yet as to discipline we compare very we'll
with any other party in the House OF
Commons. From January 81, 1874, to THE
date only one man has left US, yet every
one OF his movements and utterances has
been recorded and rejoiced over by the
English newspapers IA " another spill: in
the Home Rule camp" Is there any use
full purpose served by this sort of delnsiop !?
While humorous English Journalists are
waxing hilarious over another split
among the Irish" the Irish are laughing at
the constitutional gullibility (if may nse
sach phrase) of the English Journalists. We
have no guarantee against the vicissitndes
which the future has for all party organize |
lions. All that can nationally be said at
present is that, as far as one can judge, tee |
Home Rule party is the organization least !
likely to break up, and the most likely to |
attain tolncreased power and ihiluence Ia |
,he House of Commons"
THE SUMMER AssIsEs.
The summer assizes have been opened In !
Tipperary North and Southl, in Glare, |
County and city,, in Leitr!n1,
Louth, Meath and Drcgheda and in all |
those places, without exception, the usual |
congratulations have been offered by tho |
Judges to the various grand juries. Not |
only have the calendars been light, but the |
number of crimes of all sorts committed |
since the last assjzes have everywhere been
reported by the police themselves to be ex-
small. Thus only four crimes are
as having been perpetrated within
the last four months in the whole Of the |
county OF Louth, and two of these were
cases of assault. On the other hand, how
ever, there seems TO be very general in
crease in the number OF cases of iotoxica-
ton on which fact the judges, and espe-
cially Baron Dowse In his address 30 the |
grand jury of Meath, have delivered length |
ened homiliee, without, however, in most |
cases, suggesting any other remedy than !
increased watchfainess aod energy on the |
part of tbs clergy and the magistrates.
TIRE PRISON BILL.
Some OF the grand juries have taken the |
Prison Bill into consideration, |
with the result of approving the main prin- |
ciples of the measure; and. as on the occasion |
of the army reorganization scheme few
years since, there was e regular competition
for depot centres," so there seems to be
now in some places consuming DEERE for
"prison centres" Thus, the city of Water
ford grand jury have passed resolution in
favor of making the Ur6s Ia'Gcta q prison
centre, the gentleman who moved in the
matter remarkinR "that the grand juries of
Tipperary and Kilkenny were working in
the came direction, but that Waterford had
superior claims on account CT the superior
facilities of comm unication which it pos
seesed." That the spectacle here presented
lie worthy of unqualified praise, We are not
prepared to say.
WORKING OF TIE COERCION ACT,
A case which affords striking exempli-
fcation of the working of the Coercion Act
came Oh for trial at Trim on Tuesday before
Baron Dowse. A woman named Mary