Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-27
specimen Iri.n grievances.

The New York EreHiR9 Post points out
that the fate OF the bill introduced in the
House OF Commons the other day 10 provide
&c eciive Councils" for county government
in Ireland is an excellent illustration of the
goodness of the case which the Home Rnlers
have, and which the late excuses and out
RACES are obscuring Irish counties are
gJverned-that is, their tSxes are leVied-by
grand jury composed of large Landed pro-
prletors arbitrarily summoned by the high
sheriff. These then add 10 their number a
lev of The farmers who pay their rates, taking
care, of course, 10 choose men who will not
give them trouble. The general result ia lib at
the county taxpayers have no control what
ever over the taxes, except the poor rates,
which are managed by an elected bosrd. They
are controlled by small body Of one clsss,
fer removed from the taxpayers in feel
ing if not in interest, and generally Prot
estsnts, while the taxpayers are Catholics
a fact OF some importance in country in
which religious differences play such de-
piorably large part. 1t is but right to add
that IN this century, al least, Irish County
as ministratlon has generally been pure; but
the wrong of excluding farmers from all
share liz the management of their principal
direct tax has long been recognised. II was
long ago pointed out, too, that il the Irish
f-.-ssss= - s-As-. AEasi fhAir local gov
cEumcbty tucy NOutu SlNt lees HQlc AUG
attention TO agitation for national independ-
ence and other chimsras. The history OF
this wrong is now worth following, because
it throws q food of light en- the road BY
| which England has reached her dynamite
crisis Ii took over fifty years, one rebellion,
| aud threats OF another TO bring about
| Catholic emancipation. Ittook twenty years
of tumul, and bloody rietiug to bring about
the abolition OF the Church tithes. The
| tensnt-right question was first brought be.
| fore Parliament IN 1885. II has thus taken
| fifty years nearly of murder, outrage, disor-
der of every description TO get Mr.. Glad
stones land act passed. The present county
| government was Investigated and condemned
| in 1910 by royal Commission, but nothing
came Of It. A bill reforming it was intro
| duced by the Literal ministry ia 1919, and
| abandoned simply because the majority
cared nothing about il. A private bill va.
introduced bV a highly respectable Irish
member, Sir Denhsm Norreys, in 1855, and
defeated. 1t was defeated again in 1856 and
| 1857. La 1851, Mr.. Isaac Butt asked fer an
| other from the government Of the day, and
was refused. In 1868, a select committee
was appointed to investigate the subject az sin
| and told the same story as the Royal Com
mission of 1910. Ia 1876, Mr.. But intro
duced bill himself, and Mr.. Trevely an
the present secretary for Ireland, voted fol
it, and so did SIR Charles Dixie, and gooc
many other leading Liberals, but the Tories
we're in power and it was defeated. Finally
| a sham reform bill was introduced by tn,
Tories in 1879, but even this was not passed
The Liberals, when they came into power il
1881, promised another bill, but now say
that the lime for it has not yet come. Their
is 100 much disorder, and treason, and dyna
mite, and dsloyslty. so they will not ia
troduce any bill Of their owo, ard they hsv
just defeated one introduced by a Parnellile
| Mr. Barry