Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
IN IRELAND.
DISCUSSION OF THE LABOR sitL.
The Pope's Late Letter to the Priests Of
the Emerald Isle has the ef.
feet to Increase the Par
neIl Fund.

Inc eHlSIGt0 tstV Has uS
feet to Increase the Par
cell Fund.
DrRLIx, ICELAND. June 2l.-The calendar
and The weather don't agree nays CORE
spondent OF the Baltimore Herald. 1t IL
20 cold here to-day that overcoas are
comfortable. A native told me that there
are no more summers In Ireland" One
gentleman said, In conversation regard.
ing the climate changes which Ireland has
undergone, that in ten years he had not
found Il warm enough for Il to occur to
him" to wear straw hat Mind you,
don't complain Of the cold; Il Is not severe
enough for that. am disposed to the dis
content ct the constant rain. 1t has not
failed TO rain some each day since landed
ut Neville, about two vssks ago. Some
encouragement ID offered me In The assur.
ance that after June sets In old Pluvius-
goes Otto America to attend canpmeet.
inss, and that a. long Q, they keep up Ire
land 10 free from rain.
The Beloved People over Mere
are being sgitated. subjsctively, just ct
present, over the Popes circular and the
ceived With favor by all the tenant Irish
and their friends. Yet, methinks there 10
not too great reason TO rejoice at II. Eng.
land could adopt no safer means OF silenc.
ing Home Rule agitation than by passing
q few bills beneficial 70 the poor people Of
Ireland. Silence agitation, and what be.
comes Of Home Rule.
Again: II Home Rule is thing to DO
desired above all Others, is IL not danger.
Gus b that cause for
IreIa.d's Representatives Ia Parlis-
0eat
to be petitioning for, and accepting this
paternal and patroniEing Legislation 10
II q good thing for any people TO accept
government of . dominant and different
race and to thus become to that govern.
ment indebted in shillings and pounds for
the same? As an abstract principle, would
IL be advisable doubt IL very mnoh, and
now predict that charity from England
TO Ireland will be the death blow to Irish
Home Rule.
But where is the necessity fer such .
bille Itprovides for the building Of houses
for Irish tenants where their present
abodes shall be declared unfit for
HealthfaI HAhitattsn.
10 not the remedy for an unheslthful
dwelling more simple than the building Of
a new one with government funds, as .
loan 10 the tenant Make the landlord
put his property in healthful condition hs-
fore renting Il, under penalty. This, To
I confess very freely that do not look
with any favor on the remedies proposed
in this great boon OF Iaborsrs' bill. Vir-
tually II will tic Ireland's hands; silence
her leaders; quiet the people; lull them
! into Q more
Fatal Grip sf BPitish Tyranny.
] recognize that worse things could happen
the Irish than TO have 10 continue Tor .
time to deal with landlords. than TO even
own dwellings from tho English govern.
ment. II England would give 70 every
lsborer In Ireland dwelling each and an
acre OF land, all in fee simple. Il would be
in my judgment fatal TO Irish nationality
for the people 10 sccept the deeds. Deny.
ing Engsnd's right TO dispose OF the land
TO any indiyldnals-n has been three times
done--to accept any fee simple from hsr
would he . stnltiGcaiion OF Irelands posi-.
tion. which in all human probability could
never be righted. Take the bill In its most
favorable aspects, and II Is open 10 these
objections. A crucial test is Fastening aud
the day Of its trial Is not far of.
The Pspe's Letter.
The Pope's letter TO the Irish hierarchy
and clergy, in connection with the testi.
monial fund TO Mr.. Parnell. continues 70
be the subject OF general discussion by the
press and among the people. and even In
Parliament 1t 10 indi ferently alluded 70 al.
most every night. The course Of the Holy
Father Is charged TO have been brought
about through the diplomatic interventlou
Of Mr.. ErriDgton. who. though q meuiber
OF Parliament, has found private busi.
ne,s" enough In the Eternal City 10 keep
him there Tor most OF the time for . year
past. The only lawmakers wEo seem very
pleased at the letter IL the Gladstone FAC.
lion, for IL can no longer be spoken OF -
the
Liberal HaJssiiy
or even the government" First one mem.
Der and then another, st the time appointed
in the sessions Of Parliament toS asking
State questions of the various ministers. al
cabinet, snnoys the "aoyernmsut very
much by asking for "tbs correspondents
between Nr Errington .ss. ..s. -. ~. W. ,.c,...,,
s;ate, or"wbst rscompenss w;s allowed
-. gentleman for bis Service, Il
the v.iIesn.' 10 fsr no ,s,lsfsctory inf,r.
or his 4etfetaty. f3ht tbal fbe peopIe sre
thoroughly convinced tEst the pstal docu.
ment Nss the outsrowth of secret nerotIs.
tions between England and Rome cannot
be gsinsaid.
The Eject Of that Letter
has ks.n TO awaken . greater interest In
the fund. PIBcIl Pro..stanb doubled
their subscriptions. and the lay Catholics
renewed their energy becsyss In . wsy
their priests were hsmpsred and could not
do oil they would have done but for the
letter. M. Psrnell has TO thank the Pops
for about twics ~ large IN amount - Wss
first intended 70 Be raised.
That there II feeling In the North Of
Ireland sgainst Rome. however, that will
not even zee good in anything the Pope
may do Ia chidiDg his children 70 proper
conduct and TO show the spirit Of the press
in this regard, ] close by quoting the fol.
lowing from the Londonderry BentineI. the
leading Presbytsrisn organ OF the island:
Captisss Critics Hsy 0bsssvs
that IL IL not until ths lsw 10 asserting its
supremacy, and the gsliows II coming into
effective use o. . corrective OF mufdsrous
disorder. that the occupant Of the Feputsd
chair OF b. Peter finds voice 70 stsy ths
observers note, too, the fact thst thS Pops's
letter 10 no Condemnation Of ths eeasfal
sfitstioD-the cry for Hons RsIs, the
constitutional agitation" which 10 20 givs
effect To national aspirations," b not ban.
ned. Only the particular form which the
agitation has assumed comes usdas css.
sore. The sdtstion hsd resulted In crins
OF this vilsst mature; Mr.. FoSsteT spScfncal.
" charged Mk. PsrnslI With hsving CO.,
pived st crime; and then, In oslsr % naa-
iltst thst Nr. Psfneirs sets hsd the sp.
proyfl OF the people. Archbishop CroEs
urged the iubscription Of natioosl tssf.
mopial 10 the
1gSsh Leader.
II 10 the seton Of Archbishop Cfoks and
the Clergy sho 70 with him which The
Pope condemns; nothing more. Ths doeu.
fhent 10, unquestionsbly, one Of The most
Important that hes crossed Tie Channel Tor
many years; and Il viii b intersoting -
notice how Tar the Irish people still hoA
In subsection TO priestiy rule.
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