The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-05
THE HOME RULE WARRIORS.

Mr.. Butt paraded the credit side OF
his account before the electors or
Tipperary Among his assets was the
fact that the Irish Parliamentary
party were never before so strong and
united. Their union and their
strength-working strength-may be
estimated by the following record OF
what they have been doing IN Parlla-
ment since that Fright honorable and
right alien body has been brought
together: First comes Sunday Clo-
sing bill. Some of the united Home
Rulers vote for it and some vote
against it, and thirtyfour-a full halt
of the whole squad-keep carefully
away.
Second. we have an enquiry moved
for in relation to the Church Discs
tablishment Ureland) law. \ good
deal of monies and church lands and
bishops lands were by the law opened
as a prev to somebody. Those had
been prey to the bishops and
parsons since the performing days OF
that holy saint Henry VIII. Now
they are prey to somebody else, and
this enquiry was to discover who
that somebody is, or how many those
.ssomebodies' will count up. OF
course neither the right honorable
aliens nor the right honorable Home
Rulers want to tell stories about 1t,
and SO thirtv-three of the latter vote
for it, and thirty-siX of them bravely
stay away.
Next comes the Parsons (Ireland)
bill. The Home Rulers are called up
to vote. but as the prisoners Qreland)
don t amount to much in Home Rule
view twenty-one only muster to the
rescue. and thirty-six have neither
time nor thought to bestow on such
common men as those Fenian prison.
ers.
Fourth comes trifling inquiry
respecting the authority over certain
lands in the north of Ireland, swayed
over and preyed over by London
company. the prey dating back to the
age of Glencoe. This London COM
panv. as our readers know, have been
eiecting and smashing things all
around them recently. For this
enquiry sixteen Home Rulers vote;
against it three Home Rulers vote.
Ninteen of this compact party. all
told. vote on the subject. and most
magnanimously and in the interest OF
the London company just forty hon
orable Home Rulers won t and don t
vote ut all.
Fifth. Il motion is made to inquire
into the number Of prisoners pardoned
within the last six years or SO III
England and Scotland. The object OF
this inquiry was to show that SINH
lar leniency had not been. and ought
to be. extended to the Irish prisoners.
which meant. indeed. the Fenian
prisoners. For this humane object the
/ the patriotic. wide-awake Home Rul-
ers mustered just thirteen votes. And
| lust forty-six INDUCED their proclly-
/ tiles and grandly staid away. Then
comes the Elective County Boards
| bill. of which Mr.. Butt made such q
parade before the Tipperarv electors.
Those county boards, he said. once
made elective. would diffuse untold
benefits (including half dozen clerk.
ships) around the people of each
county. but when the tug came. to
tug up the county boards. where were
Mr.. Butt and his followers, Well
there were nine who CALAMITY mustered
out OF the whole court OF nine anu
fifty. The other fifty did not think il
necessary to arm Mr.. Butt with the
fact of their presence. They knew
that Il learned advocate could make {
falSehood do Just as we'll Is Il fact
! And 50 the fifty. very logically, crepi
out OF the way.
~iNthly and LASTLY. comes up thu
great leader-the Daniel q Connen Ii
with his emaseulated Land bill. H.
had been hawking it around ..honora
: bile" aliens AMI equally honorable
Home Rulers. One turned the bill
over in his hand and said: pleas,
Mr.. Butt cut off this little knob. ant
off the eomplaisant Mr. Butt cuts it
), Another takes look ut it.and insinu
ates. Mr.. Butt. | can't stand 1T Won
back unless You take this little car
huncle off ii. Very well. anythin.
10 please YOU. saws the heroic Butt
and off that slice goes with the other
and 81 on goes the pruning knit
faster and farther than we have tim
! inst now 10 follow ii. and after tn
unfortunate bill has been duly trim
: med into presentahle shape. 4lS de
hherately spit upon it and return it {
Mr.. Butt and forty-two Home Ruler
nj his hack--the other seyentee
: having gone a wandering and hi
themselves in the woods or somewher
: else where nobody could find them.-
Irish Uorid.