The Irish standard., 1888-04-28

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OHAMBERLAIE'S AUDAOITY.
Joseph Chamberlain must have fallen
into the company of the Anglo -maniacs
while recently in this country as d mem
Der of the fisheries commission, for in
speech the other day in England he is
reported as saying that he found but
few in America who favored Glad
stones Home Rule policy for Ireland.
II mixed,;' said Mr.. Chamberlain,
with representative men of all parties,
Of all classes, and Of the different ma
tionalities of which the people Of the
United States is composed, and with
few exceptions could find hardly one
who approved the policy OF MIR. Glad
stone OF the bills which he introduced.
SmalleY, who cables this news to the
New York Tribune, says it created some
surprise even among Englishmen who
would like it to be true, and ne further
states that Chamberlain said the small
minority OF Americans who approved
of Home Rule did not understand It.
When Chamberlain says that he mixed
with representative men OF all parties
and Of the different nationalities and
found hardly one in favor of Gladstone's
policy he is guilty Of exaggerati0n and
falsehood.
Senators and members of Congress,
governors of states and mayors Of cities,
state and territorial legislatures, have
put themselves on record as being en-
Enthusiastically in favor Of Horne Rule for
ireland. The leading newspapers OF
the United States with scarcely an ex-
ception approve Of Gladstone's policy,
and heartily enter into the discussion OF
the Irish question with as much intelli-
gence and ability as the Liberal and
Home Rule papers of Dublin and Lon
don.
! Chamberlain has grossly naisrepre.
sented the American people and he
would not have tho mendacity and ef'
fcontery of making such statements
! while he was here. He might have
come into contact with such men as
Bayard and Hewitt and others Of chat
class who are more English than Ameri.
can, but if he imagines they aye the rep,
resentative men OF this republic, as re-
CARDS the Anglo.Irish question, he is
badly mistaken.
The fact is that with few exceptions
representative men of all classes and
creeds, parties and Municipalities, ap-
prove the constitutional policy lnaug-
urated by Parnell and taken up by
| Gladstone, and there can scarcely be
found throughout the country, from the
Atlantic to the tactic and from the
Lakes to the Gulf, an American having
any pretensions to intelligence who
does not understand the Anglo irish
problem in all it's phases and smpathiZe
with Ireland in it's struggle for a home
government in its own capital. Our
esteemed and enterprising contempt
rary, the Irish World, published some
time ago hand book on the Irish cues
ton giving the views of representative
Americans on Home Rule, aud among
the many noted men endorsing the
movement and expressing sympathy for
Ireland we find the following United
States senators: John a. Logan Of Illi-
! nois; G. II. Van Wick Of Nebraska;
j. Il. Mcpherson of New Jersey; Eli
gene Hale Of Maine; VIM. 2. Frye of
Maine; Philetus Sawyer of Wisconsin;
G. G. Vest Of Missouri; VIM. D. Kelly
of Pennsylvania; Henry w. Blair of
New Hampshire; FL. l.. Dawes of Mas
sachusetts; r. L. Gibson OF Louisiana,
and Geo. F. Hoar of Massachusetts,.
Communications addressed to Patrick
Ford from James G. Blaine, Vice-pres.
ident Hendricks and upward of one
hundred Congressman representing
every phase of political opinion appear
III the manual, and each and every one
speak in favor of Irish Home Rule.
The audacity of Chamberlain in mis-
representing the American people on
the Irish question is characteristic Of
the man. 1t is satisfactory to note that
the adherents of this political apostate
were routed horses, foot and dragons at
the recent caucus elections in Birming-
bam.
FAMILIAR FACES.
Judge Mahoney with the accent on
the first sYllable) made his debut on our
planet in Pennsylvania in the year 1854.