Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-07
CAPTAIN BOYCOTT.
Why His Name Will Long be Remem-
bered.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
Though men far more deserving Of the
worlds remembrance have been as utterly for
gotten as If they never existed, Capt. Boycott
will be remembered, in name at least, long
after his bones have turned to dust. Accord
ing to his years he should still be in the prime
Of life, but for q decade the captain has not
lain upon bed Of roses, and he has aged pre-
maturely, his hair and beard-the latter long
and luxuriant-being almost snow white.
Though, in a measure, driven from Ireland
on account of his opinion that eviction was the
most businesslike if not the only course to pur-
sue toward tenant who was behindhand with
his rent, but refused ito surrender his lease
until he was paid for all the improvements he
had made, Capt. Boycott has not changed
his views on the land question any more than
he has lost his love for the old sod He still
persists in considering himself an Irishman
and the right sort Of an Irishman, and though
there are, doubtless, number Of persons in
the Old Dart who would consider it privilege
to put bullet in his most vulnerable spot, he
pays an annual visit to Ireland, and for the
rest Of the year looks forward for his next
visit to the land Of his birth.
Capt Boycott is now living in as quiet spot
as can be found in England. He is the agent
OF Sir Hugh Adair, and has his headquarters in
the sleepy little village of Flixton in the heart
post-ofice or telegraph Office. To the vii
layers he is known as ''the Captain" He does
not believe that the Irish troubles are bit
nearer solution than when he left Ireland. The
Irish tenant farmer has difficulties, he admits,
but it is because, in his opinion, the farmer at
tempts impossibilities. Tho farmer tries to
exc out an existence on piece Of land which
in point Of area alone il incapable of giving
him support. Why does he do this? The world
is wide enough; why not move on? II he works
I'D Gil
there Is not much chance that the next year
will bring him better luck. The English farmer
is every bit as badly situated as the Irish
farmer, but he uses different tactics.
So Capt. Boycott expressed himself few
days ago. He said, too, that he considered bad
in principle the notion Of accommodating ten
ants according to the success or failure of their
crops To be entirely fair the proposal should
at any rate be reciprocal, and to that the ten
ants he knew would object. To be successful
the farmer, Irish or English, must rely upon
ing his farm, and landlords had no keen relish
for unsuccessful holdings. The idea that every
tenant should be his own landlord was absurd
The land league tried it. The league purchased
an estate near Tuam, cut it into squares, and
invited the tillers of the soil to come down
from the mountains and become ideal landlords
But the tenants who were already on the lands
wouldn't have the ''poor devils, ;" and they were
obliged to return to their mountain homes
The proprietorships would be too expensive to
be beneficial to the soil.
The captain does not believe in home rule.
Ireland is an integral portion Of the British
empire, and should remain so. Such an insti-
tuition as a home-rule parliament would he no
more Influenced in its labors by the actual la
boring classes than is the house Of commons
The Irish people wanted education before
home rule. If the latter were to be provided,
those who had the power should make certain
that the ''so-called misgoverned, down-trod-
den" people were going to share init. At pres
ent it would not be so.
was certainly bold and thorough one, While
law remained let it be carried out unstint-
ingly. But imprisonment of Irish members of
parliament was only making martyrs of them,
and in putting them in Jail Balfour was only,
in q sense, beating his own back. Yet Capt.
Boycott could not see how Balfour could do
otherwise.
For John Dillon, Capt. Boycott expressed
great respect. Dillon he considers sincere.
For the ''moonlighter," Capt Boycott expressed
| hearty contempt and detestation. The Irish
people could, and one day would, he thought,
extnguish the brute"
In writing to friend recently, the originator
OF the persuasive term boycott said: II 20
for my annual holiday to dear old Ireland. II
is my one treat Of the year"
The Victoria iron furnace and mines, located
at Goshen, on the line Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, near Lexington, Va, with q
capacity of 200 tons Of iron daily, win soon re-
| sumo operations after q suspension of six
years. They give employment to over 1000
men.
| The Grand Army men, who are making ready
for . big reception to their commander-in-
chief, to be rendered by New York, Brooklyn,
and Queens county posts, ct . meeting In the
Brooklyn city hall Saturday night, decided upon
April 80 - the date Of the event
Major Lewis GiYter and Mr.. Joseph Bryan,
president and ce-President Of the Richmond,
| Va, 1Snses publishing company, have retired
| and Mr.. Harry b Owen has been chosen presi-
dent.
| An American Catholic pilgrimage to Rome
| and the Holy Land viii start from New York