The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
CLANCYS BUDGET OF
 IRISH NEWS. Measure of Minor. Home Rule Cannot :.
 Be Defeated. .:... <. <. . Bribe Held. Out to Gain. the Support of the F. ].
 Landlords. .. "... . Indignation Caused blythe In-.. difference of England to:=.
 Distress '.. -..~- :. .~.... ..*..~...
 :.. :..: 2; :.ii., :. ...:+: ACUTE BRING GA USED It Is Calculated That. About .ago,ooo Persons in ireland Are in \ eed = of .Asststance: : .=. :: :: :.::.... :::..:
Indignation Caused blythe In
 difference. of England to :" ... Distress. ...:
ACUTE SUFFERING CAUSED
It Is Calculated That About :aBo,ooo. Persons, in. ireland Are in: \ eed ..:....
 of Assistance: :. <. ..<:-:
BY d.. d.. CL ANCY..

E. DUBLIN, April 16.-The:. question
 whether the measure. of minor. home . rule which has. been proposed for: Ire
 land by the present government is. to
 pass into law without having T .sefl first
 mutilated. to suit the YieWs::of the mi : nority-~the loyal minority as they
 call then1s selves has. practically been * decided this week The Irish and
 lords met in convention i11 this city
 yesterday and the days before to con
 sider the question, and to the surprise 7 CT a. good many they agreed t o accept :: the bill substantially as*ft* stands. now. @ This fact, of course, insures that 1lo ; change for the worse will be made: in the bill either in the House of Com. : mons or in the Houses Lords. More over. 1t insures that <ther:e:*.W.ilF= be no ,. prolonged struggle. over it in either chamber. No doubt the: ::brfbe offered to. the landlords in. connection with#the pill-namely, freedom as: :. landlords from all.future liability in respect of : local rates--has- had something to do with this denouement. But. .ft. is: :rlc,t the sole cause of it. The:t truth is: that 2 a change has come over the spirit Of the dream of the said. nfnor1ty--ats all events, of that part of the minority : Which consists of tile landlords who are beginning: to see. that after. ali;
 they perhaps would do. as we'll. for
 themselves. by trusting the :: bulk Of their fellow country1nen as by" trusting. / England. '-,>. =. .; *.. =: Z" One man stands*out conspicuously y as. the author Of this new departure .ol. the part of his class. refer ~to:.the
 O'Gonor Don. This gentleman-4as his
 Irish title suggestS--is: the representa-
 tive Of ': one Of; the ancient Irish
 chiefs of COnnaught, :=:: and has
 long been the principal "~. person. age.in the Y county of: s. Rosconlz mon. More than thirty. years ago he: was elected one of: the members Of. Parliament for. that county. He was
 Jhen a Liberal and became a = mild
 Home Ruler in the course of time. But
 the:land agitation in the" early eighties scared him from the popular ran ks he
 was then turned out of#t the representa-
 ton Of his native zcounty*s and when " NIT. Gladstone brought .. forward =: his
 home rule bill in 1886 the O'Con0r Don
 went definitely over to. the fEniorist2i.
 or &Loyalist" minority. Of late years
 however he seems to have been re-
 turning to his earlier franle: of Iilnd He has not, indeed, recanted. his anti:
 home rule opinions; but he. fias. taken: a
 leading part in. more than one. .uopul4f, # movement such .. as that " directed
 against the #over-taXati0n of.Trelarld.
 and now he has taken the lead #ifr aeI-= ...Nising his fellow landlords to accept.
 the local government bill of the pres. . ent government and to trust their
 @countrymen thoroughly" It: is: just:
 possible that this line of action may.
 open up to him once more a political: career: 1 should not be surprfsed to
 see him, for instance elected to the: position of first chairman of the .CoIlY-: ty. Council of Roscommo1l, If he would :. become a Home: Ruler he. might aim :. at even higher. things, for he: is not vet
 old and he is a man both of ability ariid: education and of experience iil: public
 affairs. #. " .;:: :: ... 2 <::.. -. Indignation is rising here at the.com
 %parative indifference shown blythe Gov .ernment in the matter of the distress in the south and west of Ireland% That. * distress as I have; before pointed "oiit is limited in. area but 1t. is terribly. real and acute where it does. prevail: It has been calculated that at least '250, 900 human beings are: unable bv
 their: own efforts to provide themselves with necessary food or"sufficient cloth- ing: ard are without seed to plant a
 potato crop this spring. What has the
 Government done for their relief? First
 it waited till several weeks of suffer