The Irish standard., 1893-12-02
grar,te u IRELAND the q n
io oil will Be- eeuted1 and oppressed
~ tf,e Catholic majority in Ireland Y g
That ID d slander What are the factsY
sMu \, GovERNMENT.

The only ~ p,opuiar elected bodies III,
Ireland that have funcont oiled power
over their enplo5es are the munici pal
corpora tio,n lions There are Steven Of them d
viz, Belfast, Clonmel, Cork, Drogheda,
Dublin, Kilkenny, limerick, London
derry, Sligo, Waterford and Wexford
How do these corporations trust their
Protestant w-citizens? Take the
Catholic corp rations first. . |, u. "
In Dublin there are Al, 283 Protestants,
and 2O1,418 Catholics; yet the Protest.
ants receive $4,000 year il salaries
from the. corporation, and the Catholics
e. 400. That is to say, the Professionals
| form less than Is per cent OF the popu-
laton, but they receive more than - per
cent OF the amount paid IN salaries.
In Cork there are 1874 Professionals,
and 64,56l Catholics; but the Protestant
employees Of the corporation receive
Ie1,84o q year, and the Catholics only
$500 year. That is to say the Protest
ants are less than Is per cent Of the pop
lulation, and receive Is per cent OF the
amount paid IN salaries. u
| In Waterford there are 2,042 Protest
lants and 1880 Catholics. That is to
|say, the Professionals form less than 9 per
cent OF the population, yet OF the five
salaried officials employed by the Cor
poration, two, one of whom is town
clerk, arc Professionals.
| In Drogheda there are 81 Professionals
and 1885 Catholics. That is to say, the
| Professionals form less than 8per cent OF
the population, and yet the highest paid
official, the borough engineer. Is Prot
estant, with the salary of Gl4O year.
En- Sligo there are 2,24l Proteetants,
and 1867 Catholics, but the Professionals
receive gl8O year and the Catholics
9l78. That is to say, the Professionals
form less than II per cent Of the popula-
ton, and receive more than SO per cent
of the salaries.
Ia Wexford there are 1000 Professionals
and 1853 Cathol cs. The Professionals
receive Ell year and the Catholics
ESQ year. That is to say, the Protest.
ants form less than 4 PEI cent Of the
population, but they receive more than
20 per cent Of the salaries.
But what has been the case in "Prot-
estant Ulster?"
LIN Belfast there are 10000 Catholics
and 273,O55 Professionals That is to say,
the Catholics are more than Is per cent
Of the population; yet, 'nasmnch as the.
wards of the city are 80 arranged that
there is Protestant majority. in each
one, not one single Catholic has seat in
the corporation, and out OF the sl6,61o
paid every year in salaries by the cor
poration, only $1,000, or less than 5 per
cent is paid to Catholics.
In Londonderry there are 1908 Cath
olics and 1909 Protestant, yet, owing to
the restricted franchise, the Professionals
hold every seat on the town council ex-
cept one, and not a single paid official of
the corporation is Catholic
PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.
There ara eleven Professionals returned
for Roman Catholic constituencies in
Ireland. They are z. r. v. Knox, for
West Cavan; s. Young, for East Cavan;
j. r. Mcguire, for West Glare; Dr.. 9. K.
Tanner, for Mid Co. Cork; Capt. A. j. G.
Donelan, for East Cork; J. g. Swift Nc
Neill, for South Donegal, j. Pinkerton,
for Galway; Hon. q. Blake, for South
Longford; jeremiah Jordan, for South
Meath; Florencs O'Driseou, for South
Monaghan, and Alfred Webb, for West
Waterford. After She member for South
Meath (Miohuel Davitt) was unseated on
petition on the ground of undue clerical
influence, the Roman Catholic people
selected as the anti Parnsllite Candidate,
Mr.. jeremiah Jordan, one Of the staunch-
est Presbyterians in Ireland. On the
other hand, there is not one single Ro-
man Catholic member OF Parliament re-
turned from any constituency in Ireland
where the Protestants are in majority.
IRISH HISTORY.
The generous treatment OF Pedestrians
by Catho Iics has been the characteristic
Of all Irish history. La Cork mp to q
recent period, the Town Clerk was the
only Roman Catholic official, all the 9th
ers being Professionals. In Cork, nine
Professionals we're elected on the first
City Council after the Irish corporations
were reformed, the second mayor was a
Protestant, and others have followed, one
Of them having been elected three times.
There have also been Protestant Sher-
ifs. q
III Dublin there have been sixteen
Protestant Lord Mayors since 1850 and
many Protestant Sheriffs. d
IN Limerick there have been thirteen
Protestant mayors since lS4l, and since
power was given to elect Sheriffs, four.
Protestants have been elected in success.
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