The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-09
THE yICE-PREsIDENT.
He Talks to Irishmen on local Self
Government.

Haute. presided, and speeches wert
made BY Vice President Hendricks and
others. Resolutions. were adopted OIL
sympathy and encouragement with Mr.
| Parnell and the Irish party. Hendricks
spoke as follows:
Ar. Chairman aud FeIl0w- Citizens
Always, whatever may be her condition
Ireland will find devotion and steadfast
| friends in the United States. Some years
ago, was called upon to attend meet
ling of another nationality, when wal
was pending between France and Prus-
STA The Germans then held very
large and interesting meeting to express
their sympathy with the cause of Ger
many in that controversy. 1 felt it
right thus to participate in that meet
ing, because the sons OF Germany were
deeply interested in the contest. This
is no contest between navies or between
armies, for the establishment of good
government in Ireland, and very spe-
Fcially do 1 enjoy participating and
joining with you IRISH men and Irish
women in expressing the sentiments
you express on this occasion. What shall
be,the government of Ireland?
For tnany years it has not been a
controyerted question that ireland has
been dealt hardly by. 1t is known the
world over that Ireland, from the days
of Henry until thus hour. has not h ad
fair play from Great Britain. On the
contrary, she has been denied the
rights OF equal citizenship and has been
despoiled of her lands. Every Irish
man here tonight, every lrishman in
America, Is to protest against the bad
governing of England tow irds Ireland.
How is it that you are here, having
left almost the most beautiful land in
the world? Perhaps no part of this
globe is more attractive than Ire
land, and you have left Ire
| land You are here because
you could not get government in Ire
| land. Forty-fiYe years ago the popula-
! lion of the ''Green Isle" was 8, coo, 900 OF
people-a large population for country
only the size of Indiana To-day, after
a lapse of forty-ive years, that popula-
ton is only COO 900, Il loss in less than
half century OF 100000 almost an
entire half OF the entire population gone
from ireland. know the famine If
1913 had much to do with this, but bad
government and cruelties by her land
| lords have done more than famine and
pestiience to depopulste the beautiful
isle. / would say it is serious matter
when man or q woman chooses to
leave a home that has been the
home of their forefathers for
many centuries, and when, on account of
Ebsd government, unjust laws and cruel
system of tenantry, there has been
driven away almost half of the pOpula-
ton, the question, Whats to be
done?n comes up. 1t cannot remain
always this way. Thet landlord who
draws rent cannot always enjoy il in
Paris and London. He must have q
tpart in the fortunes of the people Of the
country or quit. It cannot always be
that the people OF Ireland are to be
oppressed. think the day of tyranny
in every form is to pass away, and that
| day is soon to come, when all men are
to be blessed with good government and
| Just laws. 1t is well enough for you and
me to understand what the political
contest in Ireland is. CHANGED TO pay
| q visit TO the House of Commons a
| few years ago, and heard this cause.
1 Mr.. Parnen then, as now, was the
Header, and held that in respect TO her
| domestic affairs Ireland should have
the right to make her OVID laws, There
are this fall 100 members OF Parliament
| TO be elected from Ireland, and Mr..
| Parneli expects that of this number his
cause will carry eighty or eighty-fiye, so
| that when Parliament meets there will
be of true, tried and reliable friends OF
! ireland, at least eighty members. They
will go to Parliament for the purpose Of
asserting the right of local self-goyern-
meut for Ireland. What a beautiful
system that will be- They get il from
YOU Irishmen in America. Here,
as I said, Indiana, about the same
size az Ireland, differing not more in
extent than half of Marion County,
with population not more than, half
/ as large as Ireland. We here would
allow no man TO speak OF taking from
US the right and power of local self
government. We recognize the right
and power Of the general government,
| but not when IL affects you and nae, and
the people OF Indiana with US, in that In
diana makes her own laws. The mission
of the men TO be sent from Ireland TO
Parliament, is to have for Ireland what
the Indianians enjoy, 10 claim the
right. TO make their own laws.
Simply, because We can regulate our
own affairs better than any one else can
regulate them for US, so IrshDen on
their own soil, for that simple reason.
| must si-.tAe1l-- Atl II NA--tls- - az
was the great argument first asserted
in this country. One hundred wears
| has established the tact that local self.
government, with respect 10 local
| affairs, is the true system OF govern
ment in this world. The great
in Ireland to-day Is land. When there
F.! Is trouble with lands in any country
the trouble is exceedingly great, Much
has been done in.Ireland. to make better
the5 condition of the tenant. but the
land trouble still exists and il must be
regulated II must be regulated as We
regulate such matters = IN Indiana,
By Legislators from the soil.
No question can arise between landlord
and tenant IN Indiana that is not
/ regulated by our legislators. So Ireland
must have local self-goYernment. Who,
IN Indiana, would trust 10 any other
State in iegislating for her schools, IN
the building up. of her industries? 20
according TO Mr.. Parnell. not only the
agricultural classes, but the mechanics
the people of the cities and towns must
live, and when ireland becomes clothed
With the right and power OF local sell.
government these matters viii be cared
for. That is q doctrine so plainly ez'
pressed and so powerful in It's duplication
10 human interests that It viii never
stop. II viii 20 on. 1t IS not reason
able that in London the relation Of
LANDLORD and tenant IN Ireland shall h'
fixed. 1t is against reason and lustlcs
tthat znnh a ,-acrice should prevail