The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-06

passed demanding an abatement of rent and
fixity Of tenure. The proceedings were orderly.
Placards We're posted over the city bidding the
themselves for action on day that was not
far distant
''HoME RULE BUBBLE"
deputation from the Central Council OF the
Home Rule League attended the meeting at
DnnInore. This led to serious differences.
local farmer named Sheridan called upon the
meeting not to listen to the deputation. "Home
rule" he cried excitcdly, sis bubble. 1t is an
empty sham. 1t is the greatest delu-
sion ever dangled before the eyes OF
the Irish poor.r Tho chairman tried to
obtain hearing for the deputation amid %
scene Of the widest excitement. Resolutions
were passed declaring that as the people saw
no help coming from other sources they must
save themselves. At Ballinrobc Mr. Davitt, IN
ex-Fenan prisoner insisted that the late out
| that its object manifcstly robbery, and de-
nounced the younger Smith murderer. Mr..
| OConor Power and Mr.. Ferguson, the Glasgow
Home Rule agitator, ALSO addressed tho meeting.
THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE MASS MEETINGS.
MIR. pARNELLs CONVECTION or THREE HUN
DRIED AND THE SHILLING FRANCHISE IDEA.
The record Of the antirent meetings in Ireland
has been carefully kept in the Dublin correspond
of the HERALD The point to which they all tend
is Mr.. Parnells Convention, wherein tho popular
views to be formulated. The English ideas upon
the subject worthy of study; tor hitherto tho
English papers had treated tho question with indif
ference. The Saturday Rere,c observes that the SUI
| pcrhuons Eboraiity of repeating the Irish Convcn-
| ton Act has been rewarded as it deserved Mr.
| Parnell and Mr.. Biggar were not likely to
be conciiatcd by tho afectation OF belief
! that their Vaccinations longer ia gerous
The concession made by the Legislature Is instantly
applied to the purpose Of rendering the government
of Ireland more difficult 1t Is highly probable that
| the Convention will be moro troublesome than tho
Home Rule League which it will supersec. Mr.. CHAM
berain's bottles OF delegates. though their objects
are less openly mischievous than the machinery OF
Irish sedition. interfere seriously with free
dom of election and with the choice of tit candidates
| than the old-fAshioned committees consisting Of
local leaders of the party. The tendency of all such
| organizations is to concentrate power in tho
| hands Of few demogogucs or election
managers who know how to control the
mass of voters. the Convention. among its
other functions. will attempt. perhaps not without
success to control tho elections, and it possible
| that Mr.. Parnel like O'Connell in former times.
may return to Parliament at the head of u body OF
| his own nominees His colleague and COM
| petitor, Mr.. Biggar, has already proclaimed
one of the doctrines which will probably
| be approved by the Convention. His view
of the land question Is that landlords or us he calls
them. landlordism. should be abolished. and that
| every tenant should become Of his land. II
the Convention becomes formidable Parliament will
have to the law which has been
repealed The Spectator contends that ii the repeal Of
| the Convention act meant anything ut all 1t was
surely intendedt legalize meetings like Mr. Parnell
convention and to egalize them because they are no
longer dangerous The Spectator. however. does not
/ expect much from Mr.. Parnells convention because
in the arrangements proposed there is no security
| either tor fair representation for
free expression of all phases Of
Irish opinion. All the circumstances lead
/
! very much resemble meeting Of the Home Rule
League. purged of the antParnellite malignants
| and reinforced by overwhelming body of thick
| and-thin adherents of the hero Of tho hour. At
| the time the. Spectator Is inclined to
| regret that it should be so. tor the meet
| ing Of real and not o sham conyen.
ton. capable of giving articulatc expression
| to tho wants and complaints or lrishmen, i'm
| practicable rs it may be. might serve some useful
purposes. The English in Ireland. elsewhere
desire to be just bnt their lack of sympathy often
| destroys the effect of their most righteous
and unselAsh acts. We ought 10 welcome
the light which an honestly constituted con-
vention might throw upon much that is
at present unintelligIble to in the bewildering
chaos of Irish political IDEAS On the other side the
Iishnidn newspaper subjects Mr. Parnell Convention
of three hundred and the shilling franchise idea
to arthmetca test says that if the absurd plan
struck out should be therewould be an enor
accumulation of 80 900 900 votes!" and adds =
'Surely the council OF tho Home Rule League has
not considered the consequence OF such delugo OF
votes coming in upon the unfortunate committee
which is to arrange the preliminaries of the Con-
vention. 1t would take large apartment
to contain all tho letters that would come.
and q considerable staff OF clerks sorters
! and porters to arrange and examine them" The
consequence would be, told, that "ten clerks
working ten hours daily. would complete the work
in sixteen years; 100 clerks would complete tho
work in one year and nine months To expedite the
matter let 400 clerks be set to tho work. and then the
task be completed in ten months aud half -
| Another successful feature of the affair would DO
that IL every elector paid shilling $4,000 would he
collected, and special resolution adopted at the
Iiotundo retained control tho surplus
whereas tho expenses OF tho clerks for forty -iivo
weeks would be $4,000. The Irishmaa, therefore.
scouts the convention a 'hclter-skelter scheme"
| FATAL BALLOON ASCENSION.