New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-21
u,ryy QUESTIONS AE6 ANSWERS.
RELIGION IN IRELAND.

o. fhe Editor Of The frtot"e
s,R. II seems from the tenor of your com
ants ON the letters upon the Irish question that have
osrn sent 70 THE TRIBUNE, and from the evident sup
.sxon Of some Of them, that the Catholic element IN
xevYors CITY must be exercising controlling 1nhu'
.n. and E TRIBUNE does not dare openly to contend
s,nst H. The questions and points In my second Ietter
~ acme time ago, which has not yet appeared were
obahly TOO striking for The TRIBUSEs interest 10 pup
h The Irsh Protestant letter, which seemed 10 DC 30
much OF relief 10 you, did not at all meet the lilSn
ton a. II now stands VIII Won pretend TO say that
h,pr haek IN the advent Of st. Patrick VIII solve the
esfion OF the troubles In Ireland Mt the present ne
ae idea Is preposierons ana SnV nav se called he
~ in s'attera ~ facf j.. 8.
Haplcs, n. T., April q, lsel
rr,u TRIBUNE is favored with hundreds of letters
snya is readers every week. OF these it prints as
.ns,v Al IL can, selecting those which are of the
s..bsst interest, and when a group of correspond
.,s express substantially the same views, one Is
.,.de the mouthpioce Of all. Controversy with
sny,s correspondent cannot be carried on in serial
srm al. not liking the treatment which his
Aft Latter received wrote second, which was not
,rnted and now returns to the attack with the in
-;,uatim that we do not dare to contend against"
Ar a controlling interest of the Catholic ele-
nent.r The point at issue is this: y. s." thinks
ahst Ireland is impoverished because it is Roman
Catholic country. We have replied that if many
xhar conditions such a. for instance the land sys
Xms were night, the island might be prosperous and
siII be Roman Catholic country; and we have
n:ted Belgium rs q case in point. When Mr.. Glad
.sone grounds a great reform act on the fact that
= tie Irish Land laws contain peculiar provisions
whish prevent the prosperity of the Irish tenant"
ne nav safely conclude that il is unjust and ira
Aonsl to saddle the ignorance, improvidence and
ampoyerishIRent Of the island solely upon the
Roman Catholic Church and its priesthood.-Ed.l
THE SENATE DEADLOCK.
20 tAe Edftor Of Fhe frf6Wme
SIR: At the request Of several residents of
ats town take the liberty of writing 70
sop for information in regard TO the
crsaeut proceedings In the Senate. Please
snsver the following queries: ~ II the Senate has
Kepublcau majority, In what way can the Democrats
buster 10 prevent vote being taken upon the appoint
aaent Of senate ohicersi (2I In what way are the
emoerats forcing the present deadlock j. p. JAMES
Whts Ptains " y, April 8, 1881.
TThe Senate is evenly divided when every MEN,
bar Is In his scat and Senator Malone votes with the
Repablcans and Senator Davis of Illinois, with the
Democrats, the Vice-President having the casting
vote On this question Senator Davis has announced
his intention of voting with the Republicans.
Tia Democrats can stay away and thus leave the
Republicans without o quorum, or they can prolong
ia debate indefinitely. There is no previous ques-
kes rule in the Senate and consequently the only
xsy In which the majority can force vote is by
holding a continuous session and firing out the
minority. This is not an easy thing 10 do when the
Daftses are as evenly divided they are now. The
Democrats are now talking out the debate."-Ed