The Irish standard., 1890-02-01

Of people in the country the cost Of
police was Ii millions sterling. If the
Unionist Party continued long enough
in power there would be nothing but
policemen left in Ireland (prolonged
laughter and cheers). Mr.. Dillon went
on to draw comparisons between the
police systems Of England and Ireland,
to the disadvantage Of the latter. Could
there, he asked, bs any mole disgraceful
record of acknowledgement than that OF
50 large an expenditure upon the en-
ployment of policemen to oppress the
people and SO little upon education? In
this respect the position was nnparal-
leled in the history of the world (cheers.) J
ANOTHER HORRIBLE ABUSE
that existed in IrelBnd was the admins
tratlon Of Justice. For eight or nine
years there had been no public conf
dence In that system. No man in Ire
land relied upon receiving Justice as be-
tween the Govern nment and it's enemies.
Jury packing was carried on to an enor-
nous extent, so much so that there was
no necessity for the Government to ex-
ercise the power they held of dispensing
with trial bY jury altogether. The Gov
ernment could, by changs Of venue,
place man upon his trial in any part
of the country, and have him tried by
special luries which was almost entirely
composed of landlords and their lmme-
diate friends. Was this fair play, or
did it bear even the semblance Of justice
that a political prisoner should be
tried not only bY men prejudiced
against him, but by men who had act
ually suffered in their pockets bY his
agitation? Every juror whose sympa,
thies were against the Government was
challenged, till there remained nothing
but a dozen True Blues, who were pre-
pared to convict before a single witness
stepped into the box. The judges, too.
imposed much heavier penalties upon
Nationalists than they would place
upon symrathisers with the Govern
ment for the same offences. This state
Of things
WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED
in any other country in the world, aud
under the circumstances he wondered
that the people of Ireland remained SO
peaceful as they were. He denied that
ho pv,1a Ho1
man to repudiate just debt, and said
that their objects were simply to reliye
the people of oppression, Their methods
and combinations had secured for them
the affections of three -fourths Of the
people Of Ireland, as any appeal to pub
lie opinion there would prove. They
could now even 60 further and appeal
to enlightened public opinion in Eng
land, Scotland, and Wales for they
could secure from any audience in those
countries an enthusiastic vote Of ap-
proval. Even their bitterest enemies
admitted that in the last ten years they
had done much to alleviate rhe suffer
lngs Of their fellOW-countrymen. In all
the circumstances, seeing the magni
tude Of the forces arrayed against them,
he failed to see that there was anything.
unreasonable. or mean or dishonorable.
in looking to their fellow ~countrymen
in New z saland and Australia for and
in the struggle (cheers). It could at
least be relied upon that any moneys
entrusted to the delegates would be
fairly distributed. Those who said that
the Irish people could not select men
who were above petty pilferlngs with
money placed in their care. must Judge
Irishmen by their own standard. In
Ireland the people had more confidence
than that ia the leaders (cheers) When
they arrived IN the colony they were
told by some papers Of the same kidney
as the Times that they had come on q
FOOLS errand. He only hoped that in
his career he would experience many
such failures, and 20 on many such
fools errands (laughter), for they had
met with such a measure of success as
had never been anClclpaCeQ.
THE MATERIAL AID AND SYMPATHY
which had been sent home by the colon
lists was an aid, the Importance Of
which they could never appreciate, for
"a blow struck by an outside Ter, when sucn
a struggle was going on, often decided
the contest. The struggle could not
now last much longer, and the colonists
might soon 6nd that theirs was the
proud position Of having struck the blow
that inclined the scale to the side of
right and justice prolonged cheers
#Y On the motlon Of Mr., Devine. q sub
scription List was oDened in aid Of the
IRISH Evicted Tenants Relief Fund.
and e332 was collected III the hall.
The North . ak ota legi gislature was ct
Grand Forks on Monday. GOV. Miller
has approved the bill extending the pay
d. ment ofy taxes az 1889 to Oct. u While
this relieves the ind iyid dual and WAS tne|