The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-10

and it Is not unlikely that he will short
ly confer with President Mckinley ON
that subject. He told me that one rea-
son he earnestly desired to see the Irish
Home Rule settled was because it was
absolutely impossible for the Canadians
to come to good and permanent un-
derstanding with their republican neigh
bors so long as the large Irish element
in the United States continued chroni-
cally disaffected towards England and
English institutions. He added his be-
lief that this consideration was not alb
sent from Mr.. Gladstone's mind when he
made his great effort to place the politt-
cal relations of Ireland towards Great
Britain on a more safe and mutually
satisfactory footing"
"Has Sir Richard Cartwright any par
ticular plan of his own for the settle
ment of the Irish question:"
"Yes. His solution is federalism on
Canadian lines. He would have four
Provincial legislatures, dealing resrec-
lively with the local affairs of England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and one
federal parliament for the discussion
and determination of imperial issues.
This system works we'll both in Canada
and the United States, and Sir Richard
is strongly of opinion that it would
work equally we'll for the British Isles
if given fair trial. I think so, too, and
I believe it will come to something like
that in the end. In this connection Sir
Richard Cartwright expressed regret
that his old friend and ministerial COL
league, Mr.. Blake, was not sitting for an
English constituency. He thought that
Mr.. Blake, as an occupant of an Eng-
lish Liberal seat, would have sreer
hand and be capable of more effective
service in popularizing the federal idea
from the platforms of the predominant
partner. This would be a splendid and
fruitful mission for Mr.. Blake, he said,
and no man was better endowed with
the requisite capacity, profound knowl-
edge and practical experience to carry it
to a signal and successful ISSUE
what other members of the new Lib
eral government did you see?"
II also had interviews with Sir Oliver
Mowat, minister of justice, veteran
Liberal, leader of his party for many
years in the Province of Ontario, and
one Of the most able, accomplished and
experienced of Canadian statesmen; the
Hon. William Mulock, postmaster-gen-
eral, who combines the progressive en-
ergy Of the up-to-date business man
with academic distinction of a high Or
der; the Hon. R. w. Scott, secretary of
state, a genial surviving member of the
last Liberal cabinet, to whom I am in
debted for much valuable information
concerning the recent extensive mining
development in the Dominion; the Hon.
Charles Fitzpatrick, solicitor-general, a
clever Canadian lawyer of Irish extrac-
tion, and an erstWhile pupil of the Lord
Chief Justice of England in the days
when the latter was simply Mr.. Charles
Russell, @. c., and the Hon. J. Israel
Tarte, minister of public works, who, in
face and figure, is singularly suggestive
of Mr.. w. T. Stead. Mr.. Tarte, too, has
all the irrepressible go and vitality of
the untiring editor of the Review Of Re
views. He was until quite recently a
Conservative M. P, but he had the cour-
age to throw powerful searchlight into
the dark places of Conservative jobbery.
After that he naturally gravitated into
the Liberal ranks, and his presence in
the new Liberal ministry is generally
and justly regarded as guarantee of
honesty and purity of administration
did you hear much about the Mani
toba school question:"
"Only casually. 1t was regarded as
practically settled by the compromise
agreed upon between Mr.. Laurier and
the provincial government of Manitoba
There were some dissenticnt voices, but
on the whole the compromise was con-
sidered the most satisfactory attainable.
A devoted Catholic himself, and the soul
of honor and impartiality, Mr.. Laurier
would be the last man to sanction any
thing in the nature of surrender or a
sacrifice of the rights of the Catholics of
Manitoba in the all-important matter Of
primary education
WHAT LABBY SAYS.