The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-06-30

land was lessened two millions. Anothe
specimen of the unjust government
an Act which was passed, and is reall
devised to keep Irish bills in the bacl
ground, which forbids the discussion O
bill after half. past twelve at night.
| Let us turn to the other side and se
what powers are working for the Irisl
in favor Of Home Rule One Of th'
most prominent of these is Mr.. Parnell
who is called the uncrowned King O
ireland. He first appeared in Parlia
ment in 1875; he insisted that if tht
government would not act on Irisf
questions it could not act at all, at leas
without obstruction.
In 1879 when famine again submerged
Ireland he took advantage of the gen
eral discomfort to organize against
further oppression; he told the people not
to be dispossessed of their rights as they
We're in Al, but to show the landlords
that they were bound to hold a firm
grasp on their homesteads.
In October. 1879, he formed the Ma
tional Irish Land League, of which he
was made the first president. The object
was to lower the rent rates and secure
ownership for the peasantry instead OF
landlo:dism. During the winter he
came to America and was warmly well
coined and wonderfully successful in
obtaining money for the Land League.
It began to be evident that Ireland was
no longer ruled:b by the Viceroy, but by
Mr., Parnell and the Land League.
From that time to this there is but one
opinion concerning him-that he is a
statesman of rarest power and tact.
Probably the person who has done the
most for the Irish and who is one of the
most jealous advocates Of the cause OF
Home Rule is William Gladstone. One
of his most important acts in favor of
Ireland was when he dis established the
Irish Protestant Church in 1869. The
Irish peasant is deyotedly attached to
the Catholic Church, and nothing can
win him from it. For a long time the
worshippers in the Catholic faith were
hidden in caves, while the followers OF
the State Church worshipped in temples.
1t has often been said that if England
had not prosecuted the Catholics and
had not thrust the State Church on
them as she did, the Irish people might
have been gradually won over to the re-
ligion of England. In the midst OF all
these hardships Gladstone drew up a
set Of resolutions in regard to adopting
the Irish Church, and after long debate
and controversy they were passed.
When the Irish Church had been dis
posed of, he at once turned his atten-
tion to the Irish Land System; after
much opposition he succeeded in pass
ing the land law which compelled the
landlords to pay damages to the evicted
tenants and to compensate them for the
improvements made in the land. Glad
stone takes for his policy phrase in the
Declaration Of independence which
says tall men are created free and equal
and have the inalienable rights to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. /"
He has really undertaken If not to give
Parliament in Dublin, at least to give
the Irish people release from landlord
ism. Though it is hardly possible that
he may induce Englishmen to give what
Irishmen want, it is quite possible that
he may prepare the way for a COM
promise; if the Irish are reasonable he
may succeed, for the English will go a
good way to reach settlement. AL
though Ireland may meet with many
defeats. great hopefulness IS expressed
by Mr.. Gladstone in a recent pamphlet,
'sif am not egregiously wrong on all
that has been said, Ireland has now ly-
ing before her broad and even way in
which to walk to aconsummation of her
wishes. Before her eyes is opened
that same path of constitutional and
peaceful action of steady, free, and full
discussion, which has led England and
Scotland, to the achievement of all their
pacific triumphs." Authority, History
of our own Times" Mccarthy
Fourth Of July Excursions.
On .Tu1v 2rd and dth n1,he R11rlinp-
ton" will sell tickets at the rate of one