The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
LORD CADOGAN
HAS AROUSED
ORANGEDOM
Words at Belfast the
Cause of Wrath.
"M0RTAL SINS" IN A SPEECH
AFTER LAYING NEW TOWN
HALL FOUNDATION.
An Alleged Insult Resented on the
Spot by the Orange
Leader, Roaring
mortal SINS" IN A SPEECH
AFTER LAYING NEW TOWN
HALL FOUNDATION.
BY j. j. CLANCY.
Special Correspondence Of The Can.

DUBLIN, Oct. 22.-Orangedom is In re-
volt this week. The Lord Lieutenant,
Lord Cadogan, went down from Dublin
g few days ago to lay the foundation of
new town hall in Belfast, and a banquet
/ was organized in his honor in the Ulster
/ Hall. Belfast is the heart Of that por-
ton of Ulster which calls itself loyal, and
its leading citizens thronged to meet Lord
! Cadogan. But they will hardly do so
again, for some time at least, for his EX
cellency's speech in reply to the toast of
his health has MORALLY offended every
Orangeman. In this utterance Lord Cado-
gan committed two mortal sins. He actu-
ally rebuked the Orangemen to their
faces for their intolerance and for their
playful habit Of tearing up the streets of
their beloved city and hinging the paving
stones on the least proVocation at the
houses and heads of the Catholic minor
ity of the population. This was bad
blow enough, especially as it came from
a supposed political sympathizer and
friend; but 1t could be borne. What was
really intolerable was his Excellency's
declaration in favor of acceding to the
Catholic demand for a Catholic univer-
stty. Here was deadly insult 10 the
feelings of every Orangeman, and 1t was
accordingly resented on the spot by the
Orange leader, the Rev. DR.. Kane-popu-
1arly known as Roaring Kane'-rising
up and leaving the banquet hall In the
very middle Of the viceregal speech
Since then the Orange ''bloods" in all
parts of Ulster have been up in arms,
fhirsting for the blood, politically speak
ing of the present 'Romish" Ministry,
-UnioniSt administration -
How long this state of feeling will con-
tinue to exist in Ulster is doubtful; out
Lord Cadogan's crime is but the least of
q series of similar offenses which nave
worked VI, the followers OF MlIiam .td III
into a condition Of unusual exasperatlon;
They have been repeatedly betrayed
since the present GOvernm ent-tne Gov
eminent which they themselves helped to
nut into poWer-carne into office three
years ago. The land act of 1896 robbed
Rfresh the landlord section or the or.
ange party. The local government act or
this yeaI. robbed" the whole loyal NIL
nority throughout Ireland Of the monop-
oily hitherto enjoyed In local ana1rs. Ihey
have been threatened with other ''conf1s-
cations of q, similar kind in other mat
ters Worse than all, a few vacant offices
have been conferred on Catholics and
one on a home ruler. What is the use
of being an Orangeman and 'loyanst
# this kind of thing Is to go on under a
Ing l;'' himself Yet the Government does
s.insulted' Orange feelings there In the
manner have described, but the Attor-
ney-General for Ireland, Mr.. Atkinson,
has within the last few days bearded the
Orange lion in his den in North Derry,
boldly defending the whole policy OF the
ernment does not care If it loses every
Orange vote in the House of Commons.
1t has a majority at present or l40
and 16 votes taken from that large num-
Der would obviously not make much diff
Wei that the orangemen have nothing
to do but support them. The alternative
would be the dreadful one OF voting Tor
home rule. And so the poor English gar
rfson in ireland" will continue to be sac
rificed, even by it's friends in Great Brit
ain, just as occasion demands
V1xry11{l IA
on irritating the popular party In Ireland
also, and undoing any good that may
by the passing OF the local government
act. They are reviving the coercion re-
gime. It is all over the e., meetings OF me
which, like the Land League eighteen
years ago, was started in the west. has
for its object the relief of the ''conges-
ton which prevails there owing to so
large a part of the population living on
little patches of land which are too
small to afford the people who live on
fhern-sufficient means of support. 1t pro-
poses as a remedy that the grass lands |
ings shall be purchased by the State
and parceled out among the people who !
have not land enough, and occasionally
it does not hesitate to hold meetings not
only for its main purpose. but also to de- !
nounce "grabbers" is, men who take
evicted farms over the heads of the for,
it to have its way, its progress in the
present divided state, Of the country
1yoI1Id desire; but the Government is Civ
ing it life and vigor by ,proclaiming its
meetings and dispensing them with police
hatons and rifles Last Sunday q meet
ing was proclaimed at Ballinrobe. in the
county of Mayo. and a couple of hun
fovrn 10 carry out the ukase. The peo-
Die who congregated would not dispense.
and then the batons were resorted to as
IN +he old DAYS by the magistrates in
Command. The great object was to pre-
vent any one from outside getting tn Into into
crinoinate effort made to attain that end
not only intending speakers were kept out,
but so, also, were newspaper reporters
who wanted to telegraph reports OF the
affairs of the day to their respective
journals. telegraph messengers Govern
ment employees themselves carrying as
fessional duties Tomorrow another
meeting is to be similarly dispersed in the
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