The Irish standard., 1894-08-11
SATURDAY, AUGUST IL, 1894.
IRISH FACTIONS.

To every we'll wisher of ireland the
present condition of affairs across the
waters is disappointing. After the issue
Of Home Rule fought and won before the
electorate of Great Britain it is discour-
aging to see tho object of the fight com
pletely ignored through factional feuds.
Home Rule, the one thing which nine
tenths of the Irish people have been
seeking for years, is now retarded by the
senselees wrsngling of the Irish members.
The followers of Mr.. John Redmond are
determined to oppose everything that the
bulk of the Irish members want. Their
action in regard to the Evioted Tenants
bill is characteristic. When the bill was
first pushed forward by Mr.. Morley and
Mr.. Dillon the disafected band OF Irish
members denounced it as worse than
Tory coercion, yet within two months
they refused to support the government
on test vote because Mr.. Morley had
not pressed the bill sufficiently. They
have no positive purpose or aim. Their
actions are all negative. They are ap.
parently trying to convince people OF
their Importance by opposing everything
that the government proposes in the in
terest of the Irish people. It. is such
work as is being done4by the Redmond
ties that gives 1.-The coloring of truth to
the charge oft made by Englishmen that
sthe Irish are not competent to rule
themselves" &Nothing could please the
enemies of Ireland more than the action
OF this small faction. No doubt their
work disguised Mr.. Gladstone and has.
tened his retirement. The faction to be
sure is insignificant, nam ering only
nine members, yet the influence OF that
faction on English voters is great because
it gives the enemies Of the government
chance to say that the Irish are divided
among themselves. English Tories and
Irish Orangemen have been doing all in
their power to tickle the vanity and
feed the revengeful spirit of the Red
monites. Their sneering remarks in the
Commonsyare applauded by their en-
emies and not byktheir friends. Claim
ing to be the{only true friends OF Ireland
they are accomplishing more in opposi-
ton than the acknowledged enemies.
The Irish people deserve nothing until
they retire from public life every man
whose vanity is so great and revengeful
spirit so consuming that he cannot con-
troll them in the interest of the country.
The Redmondites started out in the inter-
est of one man against the whole Irish
race, and now long after that man has
been removed from the field Of activity
thew continue in their unpatriotic
course. Urged on by Tory leaders they
keep the Irish party disunited, which is
equivalent to eleoting 80 many Tories.
Their senseless course is we'll illustrated
by their action at the opening Of the
present session Of Parliament. It was
the desire of Gladstone to release the
Irish political convicts gradually, which
was the best the government could do
and save itself. The Redmondites moved
to amend so as to release all the convicts
at once. OF course the motion was over
whelmingly defeated, and as a conse
quence the prisoners are still in bondage
and likely to be. This move was made
in opposition to the bulk of Irish Nation
alists in order to make political capital
for the faction. And now they propose
to nominate prisoner for Parliament,
who, Of course, cannot be elected and
eyen, il he could be he would be ineli-
eible.
Il is such senseless work as this that
lisheartens the friends Of Ireland and
the great Liberal party Of Eng
and, that has tried to do something that
rould settie the Irish question. . No
jEltonder the Liberals feel like unloading
b; 81, Irish party and taking back