Telegram-herald., 1886-09-14
IRISH LANOLOROISM
The Question of Eviction From
the Landlords View.
TENANTS PRETTY FAIRLY TREATED.
Costly Legal Swa' hbuckling 10 Get
Back Remit Takes Two Years
10 Get Hid OF an Uode-
sirabie Tenant.

LoxDoN. Sept. 13 The Irish League and
for the u,e Of the press and members of the
House of Commons, which they are circu-
lating daily throughout the kingdom,
showing the state of the Irish tenant from
landlords point Of view. The following
portion of the pamphlet is furnished by the
Union for circulation in America. and the
cost of its transmis.ion by cable l. betrayed
by that organization:
The status of the Irish tenant-!armer
within the past l6 Years has undergone
much amelioration, owing 10 the enact
ment of various remedial statues. There
has certainly been a tall in prices but
everything considered their is nothing ex
cepiionaily bad in the condition of agricul-
tural condition in Ireland. The Irish ten
ant farmers have greater advantages
in respect OF tenure than farmers
elsewhere, and with improved meth
Ods there is reason 10 look
the future with confidence Laying aside
all rhetorical bosh, it is necessary TO state
the actual facts concerning evictions. BY
the land act of 1881 a tenant cannot posi-
Dly be evicted unless he fails to pay his
rent or refuse 10 comply with GER
tain statutory conditions. Ejectmentfor non
payment of rent cannot be brought Tor less
than years rent actually due, and should
eiectment be brought the tenant may re-
deem at anv time within six months after
execution. aud may, within some period,
sell his tenancy for the execution of the
eiectment TO answer for the purchase
and who ha. the privilege OF redeem
ing Besides this the tenant
has many other advantages, aud therefore
evictiOns are both dangerous and costly TO
the landlord, snd ere only practiced in ex-
treme cases. Should year. rent fall due
in September, October or November, the
landlord cannot get decree until the Jan
uary sessions. and six months more must
elapse before he can obtain possession Of
his property. The landlord is then liable
to the tenant for the crops thereon, so that
nearly two years must elapse before he can
fully recover the tenancy.
In 1884 the Irish )ldings nu umber9d 565.
264, and the number of evictiOns during
the first six months of 1856 was only 2,0O7
a large majority OF these being for more
than year arrearage of rent. Carefully
prepared returns show only $50 cases of
absolute removal, many of the tenants
evicted having been readmitted to their
holdings Indeed, many of the $50 were
reinstated as care.takers tan addi-
tional important fact by the
county courts. The rules in all
case of eiectment are such that the County
Judge is able TO grant such stay OF execu-
ton, a. under the circumstances he cOnsid-
ers reasonable; similar course being
| frequently taken in Superior Courts. Re
garding the money subscriber for the pur-
D, Sc Of fomenting and keeping alive agita-
| ton. il is needless to remind the public that
the Nationalisis boast that even the poorest
and most needy Of the Irish peo-
/ -, - thafr urrf
| the agitation by the extent
and continuance of their contributions. II
| is needless here 10 inquire into the truth
about the matter Of how much compulsion
| is necessary in obtaining money. All that
| Is required is that the hard, stern fact
should be noted carefully. that the Land
| League was started in 1879 with the avOwed
object of assisting the Irish tenants. Tue
| first practical move was 10 commence draw
ing subscriptions from those tenants.
The following figures from Par
| pellite nrint show that from
October. 1879 until the Government sup.
pressed IL in October. 1851. Toe Land
! League received by subscription in Great
Britain and Ireland fl7.s During the
same period the Fair Trial Fund received
flO 246 and the Relief Of Distress Fund
fq.426 from all sources and largely from
/ Amsrica The last named fund received
| geo 67Z E100p0 Of which was devoted 80
the Parnellite Political Fund. Of which
there is still balance Of f365s entirely
/ unaccounted for.
For the defense fund there were collected
/ III 96f in Great Britain and Ireland. the
| total received being f6o 4si and Of which
| balance unacoounfsd for !. ts46l. For the
/ 8 : Ksnney and Father Sheedy testimo
/ nisls $500 vas received. and sundry col
/ lections for the relief of suspect. aggregated
| - rfsl mounds more