Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-26

the county support the auctsonocf ou
the other hand. Then in the we'll OF the
court, cheek.by.jowl with policemen,
there will be the Catholic parish priest,
who, il kissing the Blarney stone will
confer eloquence, had apparently been
embracing that peculiarly dirty piece OF
rock very many times, as agent OF the
Land League; Q tenant farmer who had
occupied the land, and who will not pay
the rent; and rising above these tier
over tier, the populace OF Cork and the
police, more police than populsce.
The Story ofthe Case
is this: The farmer held eighty. six acres
OF land Of the landlord at Sc pounds
a year rent, and the landlord took away
eleven acres OF the best land, and the q
raised the rent OF the remaining seventy.
five acres, the tenant consequently de-
clined to pay the rent, Of which half q
year is now due, and the landlord sells
the interest which the man has legally
in the land 50 as to recover the rent, and
about ten pounds costs.
A Scene Soon Takes Place.
"I'll give f5," says the landlords agent,
"for the interest in the land" six"
says the representative OF the Land
League. Eleven" calculates the agent.
Twelve" says the Land League and
the tenant, the owner rising each
time, it will be observed, by
f5, while his opponent goes only
fl at q time. Seventeen" says the
agent, amid loud Kisses from the excited
people in the court. Eighteen" cries
the Land League; "twenty-eisht,"
murmurs the owner; while increased
sounds OF displeasure manifest them.
selves. "Twenty.nine," bids the other
side. Hissings, mutterings, growls are
no good. Up goes the landlords bid
another IS, to be followed BY the League,
who cannot afford to lose the land at
this figure. and 30 the fight goes on, till
E40 is reached-the sum wanted-the
auctioneer's hammer gocs down, and the
land is bought in for the tenant, by the
Land League. The auctioneer intimates
that all is over; the landlords agent
rises to quit the court, is greeted with
plenty OF Kisses, retires out OF
sight Just as the murmurings
against him are yelling pretty loud, and
then we all file out OF the place. What
good purpose can such an unedifying
business have served, and why
did not the tenant pay the rent at once
and 80 save the fl0 costs? Simply for
this, that the Land League has recon-.
mended the rent not to be paid without
certain deductions; the landlord refused
that deduction, so the tenant prefers TO
lethim obtain judgment summonsand
an order TO sell, and TO make him come
to the court and bid for the farm before
he gets either the rent or the land. It's,
the Land League say, "a matter OF prin.
ciple." "The landlord must learn"
they 90 on to remark, "that he cannot
any longer rack rent the poor peasant;
that he must not count on being able TO
Crush the Life Uut Of the People.
and that il he will exact an exorbitant
sum for the land he will have all the
trouble and annoyance OF the courthouse
scene" The power OF compelling ten
ants to pay rents that they consider ex'
orbitant and unjust, is exercised in 9th
er ways. II the tenant is in possession
OF any live stock or Of vegetables, hay
and other products OF the farm,
they are, on his refusal TO pay
rent, seized by the sheriff, aided
by troop of soldiers, and ordered
to be sold at auction. The time and
place being named there always assem-
blies large crowd OF the people and a
force OF the Irish constabulsry. The
Land League sendsa representative and
an agent or person known as an
Emergency man who represents the land
lord. The offering OF bids il confined
to these respective representatives and
in nearly all cases the Land League
man is successful in purchasing the
stock which OF course, is Immediately
handed over to the tenant. In cases where
the tenant has no property 10 sell, he
is evicted from his holding. attended
the serving of several hundred processes
OF eviction the other day, on the large
estate OF Lady Kingston. The sub sher'
if and his bailiffs were accompanied by
one thousand OF Her Majesty's troops,
CONSISTING OF foot-soldiers, cavalry and n
large force OF the Royal IRISH constabu'
larry, and headed by a flying column.
The appearances were decidedly war.
ike, and the uninitiated would certainly
Imagine that
| England Had Declared War
upon her troublesome sister isle. All
this pomp and military parade were sim.
ply TO overawe the people and make
them desist from any interference or
obstruction to the eviction OF the ten.
antry. The sheriff, backed by the Brit
ish troops, would on arriving st each
little hovel OF the unhappy peasants, or.
der his few household utensils, il he had
any at all, TO be removed TO the nearest
road, if the tenant declined to pay the
rent levied on him by his noble land
lady. But for the temporary aid given
by the Land League TO all evicted ten
ants, there would be much more suffer-
ing and want than even exists at pres
ent, which is very great.