The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-28

in his opinion extended to America and
whether the new movement now being
organized and which looks to the with
drawal of the Irish representatives
from Westminster would not aid Lord
Salisbury's plans.
'Unquestionably," he said, Tory tao
tics are promoted in America, and now
that Mr.. Balfour is at the head of af-
fairs revelations are liable to be
sprung any day during a heated de-
I bate in Parliament which will connect
the Tories with their American allies.
These facts are now kept up the sleeve
of the Irish members to be used at
the right time. So far as my observa-
ton goes of declaration made by var
ious associations calling themselves
Irish Nationalist, I have failed to see
single name appended to these dec
laratiOns or a single sentiment which
1 consider friendly to Ireland.
This SO-called new movement is COM
posed of the very men who opposed
Parnell during his days of power, and
who took up his cause only whGa their
attachment would be fatal to home
rule. There need be no mistaking the
character of this new movement Its
promoters are simply vote brokers
who win muster votes as cheaply as
possible and back the aspirations of
the biggest price. Their convention
will be timed so as to give market val
lie to the sO-callsd Irish vote which the
leaders will be found huckstering from
one candidate headquarters to another
during the campaign of 1896. One or
two of the chief pedlers may expect 10
obtain office and somebody else an o.
ton in all the petty patronage whGl
would otherwise be divided up among
the people upon the merits. Such is
the history of the past
But what / wish particularly to
draw attention to is that there is pol
itics in this movement in a double
sense, that is to say the politics of
these cOpperhead Irishmen, like choice
toast, is buttered upon born sides, or
from the side of American politics and
from the English Tory side. However,
once it becomes thoroughly known by
the majority of Irish-Americans that
these men are mainly acting in the in
terests of Lord Salisbury and the Brit
ish Tories, that they are passing resolu-
tons upon which the Tories can seize,
and that they are the enemies of Ire
land in disguise, then the game is up,
because the American politicians must
see that in touching them they will
ALLEVIATE the friends of home rule who
are vastly numerous and still thor
oughly loyal to Ireland's cause.
Irishmcn Should Unite.
General Martin T. McAIahon, in an
swer to the question, What ought the
Irish to do to thwart Lord Salisbury?
replied: My only answer is that the
Irish should unite in the presence of
danger if pressure from this country
cannot effect union. The chief conse-
quence of Lord Salisburys administra-
ton will be the qualification of Irish
n 1IGTIo1 in Of
opposition. Whenall factions are to-
gether they will have the balance of
power, which they can use in forcing
party concessions as occasion arises,
no matter whether Liberals or Tories
hold the helm.
I'VE in this country should aid those
at home by every possible means and
have no misunderstanding about it.
Ireland united in her national demands
and sutained from America can easily
compel the Tory government to get out
or do the right thing by the home rule
platform"
VIII Force Concessions.
Judge James w. Fitzgerald said:
be got together in some way for the
purpose of formulating a plan that
would bring about united action. 1
think, however, it is very unwise no
matter how we'll intended it may be,
to be Offering suggestions to the people
of Ireland, who must, after all, deter
mine all such matters for themselves
as the necessity arises. The patriot
ism, capacity and courage of the people
may be certainly relied on now as in
the past. The Irish are not in SO much
danger from any changes that may DC.
cur in the British cabinet as they are
from the evils that follow indulgence
in factional spirit.
An Irish parliamentary party unit
ed, thoroughly disciplined, unselfish
and devoted to their country will
wiring from one English party or the
other the same concessions already
made by Mr.. Gladstone and the Liber-
ais Clearly what the Irish ought to do
is to unite their forces solidly and
press home their common demand
When this is done there cannot be any
doubt as to what the Irish in America
will do, and if it cannot be done, then
equally obvious is it the duty of those
who stand in the way Of union to
either suppress themselves or get out
There can be no evasion of responsible
ity and no halfway hating place for
hesitation or doubt
Capitalist John d. CrimminS stated
that the condition of affairs precipitat-
ed by the English elections was very
serious one 1T is so serious" said
Mr. Crimmins, that do not feel like
talking for publication on the subject
without consulting my colleagues of
the Council of the Irish Federation 1
favor the calling of a special meeting
to discuss the question at as early date
as possible, and must be excused for
Withholding my views on the subject
until that meeting takes place."
Recorder John w. Golf, when ques-
toned on the subject said: eI haven't