The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-18
TO GOVERN BY BOARDS.
One Way of Settling the Great
Problem in Ireland.
PARNELL'S PLAN OF HOME RULE.
The Scheme Referred to by Mr.. Cham
berlain in His Recent Letter to the
Times-Powers and Duties
of Boards of Control
Defined.

question, Mr.. Chamberlain refers to in
his letter to the Times as having been
brought to him by Mr.. O'Shea, in 1855,
and which is appended to his letter, is
headed Local Self Government in Ire
land" and is as follows:
1T is proposed to create county boards,
to be elected by rate payers triennially
by ballot. The boards would levy coun-
ty rates, would be sanitary authorities
ana would administer all county bust
ness-rellef of the poor, lnfirmaries,
hospitals, asylums, roads, bridges and
harbors. The boards would have DOW
er to compulsorily purchase or lease
land for any of these objects, as well
as for the erection of churches
schools, laborers' cottages, etc; to
grant concessions for and to provide
county and baronial subventions and
guarantees of interest to railways,
tramways and other public undertakings
within the county; to order or under
take such subsidiary schemes of arterial
drainage as may be confined to their
areas of jurisdiction, and to delegate
their powers to committees. A board
would moreover be authorized to asso-
ciate itself with one or more boards
for business of the nature indicated
which might overlap its boundary. In
order to guard the rights of land-own-
ers representation IN proportion to
the rates paid by them might be adj
mitted to the boards. Generally speak
ing the landlord pays half the poor
rates and the tenant half the poor rates
and the whole of the county cess now
According to the returns of local taxa
tiop in Ireland Just presented TO Parlia-
ment it appears that in 1888 the amounts
levied on real property outside
of the towns We're, for poor
rates l,147 800 and for county
cess 81, l9l ,920. Surprising therefore,
that the land owners were found to bear
one-fourth Of these burdens they might
be allotted one-iourth representation
on the county boards. To make sure of
this system of separate elections for
the two classes might be established.
1t would, perhaps, be found convenient
to levy single county rate for all pur-
poses, such rate to be equally divided
between landlord and tenant according
70 the present average IN proportion to
their respective ratings. County boards
and municipalities would elect repre-
sentatlves, according to population, to
have central board in Dublin. For
the purpose of these elections the repre-
sentatives of the land owners would
have separate elective power proper
tionate to that of their constituents III
elections to the county boards.
ITO the central board would be
handed over the management of such
public departments as follows: l. Local
government board. 2. Board of works.
3. Board of national education. 4.
Board OF intermediate education. 5.
Irish great fisheries board. 6. Lunatic
O 10 Inn I'd lrnna,a1 -,
and boundary survey. 8. Charitable
donations and requests commission. 9.
Endowed schools. commissions, etc.
The central board VI uld have general
powers over these departments and re-
organization and reform of them. Ii
would be authorized to delegate such
powers, or any of them, to a committee
and to appoint president, vice-presi-
dent and employees to administer them.
The central board would have the pow
er TO levy national rates for such pur-
poses as internal improvements, har-
bors, arterial drainage, tree plantihgand
reclamation and Improvement of land;
for subsidies and guarantees of
interest for railways, tramways and
public enterprises; for guarantees in
reference to the purchase of holdings
for tenants and similar objects, and for
classes. 1t would be entitled to borrow
money from the treasury for purposes
sanctioned by law and to grant loans to
owners and occupiers of land subject 10
the consent and regulations of the treas
nry IN so far as might concern the adj
tanCes made to it hv the latter. 1t
would have the power to move the
ministers to ask Parliament for contri-
buttons from the imperial exchequer,
not exceeding the proportion of
such contributions to the rates granted
for similar purposes in England. 1t
would have control over all public en-
dowments for educational purposes in
Ireland and over the tinapplied balance
Of the Irish church fund now in the
keeping of the land commissioners; but
the collection Of money on account of
this fund would be left to the treasury
or to the land commissioners, who
would hand the proceeds to the central
board.
"When either the county boards or
the central boards should exercise the
right of compulsorily taking on lease or
purchasing land in order to enlarge
holdings or to supply other holdings to
tenants in congested districts, the valua-
ton for the purchase or lease might be
left to the land commissioners. 1evies
Tor compensation for ot1trages or for ex-
ira police would be collected bv the
police authorities. There would be ]
appeal from the central board exceI
on the question of legal power, and such
appeal would be finally decided by the
supreme court o! appeal.
The Scotch courts have taken a recess
until October. 1t is likely that the suit
Of Mr.. Parnell against the Times, which
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II November.
The Freeman's Journal, of Dublin,
says the action will be pressed with all
possible CELEBRITY.
The Star to-day saws that T. p O'Con-
nor, its editor and member of
Parliament for Liverpool, and John
Redmond, member of Parliament
for Wexford, have entered actions
for libel against the Times in the
English court of Queens bench. The
Parnellite members of Parliament have
determined to apply to the commission
of inquiry for the appointment of
special commission to go to America for
the purpose of inspecting certain docu-
ments.
The Irish Parliamentary party have
retained George Lewis, Sir Charles Rus
sell, NJ. P, r. I. Reid, NJ. P, Frank
Lockwood, VI. P, and Askwith, NJ. P,
to defend the before the commission
OF inquiry. The royal assent has been
given to the commission bill.
The amount of damages which Mr.
Parnell asks for in his suit against the
Times is 100000 He bases his action
on letters which the Times published in
1887, and on letters and statements in
troduced by the defense in the trial OF
O'DonnelPs case against tie Times. The
trial will take place before Lord Kin
near, of the court of sessions in Edin-
burgh.
The st. James Gazette surmises that
Mr.. Pdrnell, when asked to testify be-
fore the commission of inquiry, will re-
fnse on the ground that if he gave evil
dence before The commission he wouli
prejudice his suit against the Times b.
disclosing his case
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