The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-12-01

the Irish party; also that there should b
q central fund, out of which member
who needed it could be maintained, be
cause we wanted to do away with tb
system of returning landlords and shon
eens to misrepresent the people. Thos'
rules we're the result OF long experiec'
by men who fought the battle of the poo
pie, who had the confidence of the peo
pie, and by men who fought the battle
successfully, and by mon VITO, for The
first time, had got the confidence of the
Nationalists all round. You, fellow
countrymen, remember the day wher
| the masses of Irish Nationalists took nc
interest in Parliamentary methods. II
was our fight that cenciliated and SO.
cured the support of all that was best
and bravest in the Irish race to Parlia.
mentary methods.
We have had our troubles during the
past three years. I have heard said
lately that all this system under which
the old party lived and fought for Ire:
land, as the battle Of Ireland had never
been fought before, should be. altered
and changed. We bear men say that the
constituencies OF Ireland should be al
lowed to pay their members, and that
there should be 10 central fund. We
hear men say that the conventions to get
members should no longer be presided
over by members of the Irish party. I
warn the people OF Ireland and [ wish
my words could reach the farthest cor
nere of the c ,untry, that such proposals
arc aimed at the disruption, the ruin and
the destruction of the work of the Irish
party, which can always be relied on to
vote for Ireland's interest, and if these
proposals were to succeed the result
would be Chat III very short time it
would be every constituency for itself,
every man for his own interests, and our
united Irish party would become one OF
the glorious traditions of our party.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND IRELAND.
Believe me it is here on the hills and
valleys of Ireland that this battle is to be
Won, and the power of the House of
Lor1s to be broken. Drive the land
grabbers from their ill-gotten farp1s by
pesceab!e and constitutional means.
Why cannot you do in every parish in
ireland what was done last week in
Louisburg, when the landgrabber and
landlord withdrew, and the old tenant,
Mrs. Kitterick, is now in possession? I
remember well when the Sligo 'enantry
were the most oppressed tenantry in Ire
land and you could hardly get kick out
Of them. But they all kicked last week,
and the result is now, I am told, that
the VIII le country is up in arms, and
you might as we'll expect TO find a China
man ia the place as landgrabber. I
want to. know why cannot the same
thing be done in every parish ill ireland? !?
In the county Waterford owing to dis
sension several farms have been grabbed.
Why cannot they do as Lou.sburg has
done? 7 tell them today from this plat
form, if Land Bill is not passed
through the House of Lords, if an Evicted
Tenants bill is not passed and the evicted
tenants are n t restored to their homes,
it will be the fault of the people Of Ire
land and nobody else.
THE DUTY OF THE HOUR FOR 1RIsHMEN.
J. solemnly appeal to you today to do
two things. First to reform your organ
ization and let everybody be enrolled IN
it, let bygones be bygones, let the Irish
people only have common sense and give
up pickering. appeal to the people of
Ireland to unite for this great object.
Let them. see whether they cannot unite
as they did before and not be disputing
about matters that have no practical in
terest for the people of the country.
Unite, organize, put down landgrabbing,
and keep the farm empty, and if you do
that T believe the House of Lords will
pass the bill. The Lords never yet
passed any good bill through any love
for Ireland or love Of the Irish people
They would willingly see any OF yoa on
the other side Of the Atlantic, always
provided you did not send any money
home to carry on the war in Ireland. In
fact they wonld see you at the bottom OF
the Atlantic than pass any bill for the
benefit Of the Irish people. They never
passed any bill from q sense of justice to
the irish people. They will pass it If
they think it necessary to pass it IN or
der to calm and quiet an agitation which,
if something was not done to calm it.
would sweep Irish landlordism into the
sea. That is the only reason why they
passed the bill Of 1881; that was the only
reason Why they passed the bill OF 1887;
and Il it had not been for the agitations
which were started IN Ireland, neither of
those bills would have passed the House
Of Lords. You have to draw your les
Sons from the experience Of the past.
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