Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-20
LORD MAYOR TALON
DUBLIN's CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND
HIS VIEWS.

Home Rule Every Day-He Declares
That the lrishman Is Cleverer and
More Lovable Than Anybody Else.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin crossed
his legs and filed his briarwood pipe.
He was on a comfortable settee in the
Hoffman House, New York, and he
felt comfortable himself.
DO you know" said he to a New
York World reporter, pressing the to-
bacco firmly down into the bowl and
striking match, " we are going to get
home rule in Ireland eventually? 1t
may take some time, to be sure, but
believe we will win. We have gone
a long way already. 1t is bound to
come"
The Lord Mayor of Dublin speaks
beautiful English, but 1t is beautiful
Irish, too. His English is pure and
undefiled Written, it would compare
with any English. Spoken, it has
the softest brogue. 1t is Irish all
through, but never a tense is violated,
never a case. The grammar is all
there, and the rhetoric. The brogue
is all in the manner it is dropped from
the lips of the most august citizen
of Ireland's capital-Daniel Talon,
Esquire, Lord Mayor of Dublin.
"The late extension of the fran
chise," he said, taking few medita-
tive puffs of the stubby pipe, 'is do
ing everything for Ireland. 1t has
been in operation only few months.
but it has already worked wonders.
Managing Local Affairs.
I'VE now have the management
aff inc IN,
tofore they have been in the hands OF
Grand Juries, composed of the land
lord class, whom we look upon as the
garrisons of England in Ireland.
Now we have got the affairs of the
country districts-the county affairs
in our own hands. These are managed
directly by the representatives of the
people elected by them. Town Ma
yors, sheriffs, bailiffs, justices, all,
are elected by the people We are
fast coming to American ideas, when
we will elect all our officers. If the
people choose to elect the landlords
to govern, why, all right. Let the
majority rule.
I'VE, of course, would like to see
a Parliament sitting in Dublin to gov
ern Ireland. We would like to see
such Parliament having the power
of imposing taxes on Ireland, which
we now feel are unjust and excessive.
AS a matter of fact Ireland is now
taxed e2,750,000 more than she should
pay, or nearly $14,000,000. These are
not our figures; these are the figures
of the Royal Commission on the fin
ancial relations between Ireland and
Great Britain. This in excess of the
amount we should pay under the
treaty of the Act of Union"
The Lord Mayor had dropped his
jolly mood now, and was getting seri-
Gus. He puffed fast on his pipe and
laid down the law with emphatic ges-
lures. He uncrossed his legs and
leaned forward
These Royal Commissioners" he
continued, were men of great abili-
ty in questions Of finance. They knew
how wronged Ireland had been and
is on matters of taxation. There were
Englishmen, Irishnen, and Scotchmen
on the Commission. All We're of the
highest attainments. OF the English
| may state all were masters of fin
ance.
"The seventh article of the Treaty
of Union provided that out of every
G100 raised by taxation in the Uni
ted Kingdom, Great Britain should
pay GSS and Ireland G12. These pro-
portions We're explicitly stated by Pitt
and Lord Castlereagh to be based up
on the taxable capacities of the two
kingdoms. If this bargain had been
kept Ireland would be taxed nearly
G3000,000 less than she is to-day.