The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-14

hsgond that tAey haA no punlie dr4,uu =.
dtinsna nor any administrative funcssc.s
for which they were Responsible -
swoep1ng away Of these fossllised spn.S
jur3es, which. when not actively hor1s,s
TO and contemrtuous Of the people. -
doninesrlng and indifferent.
But now the peaceful revolution ~.
changed all that. Manly principle 49,
~ scaeer gtve way TO sxpediencv -
seinsnness The common people. havinn
the power ana the votes. can now inasT
tute measures OF their own and ora.
such improvements as they need. MA
this means may be best understood -
1t 10 stated that heretofore IL an IrrN
community or district wanted a frrs-
ehise for an electric lighting or -.
plant, or wanted to build little hrancA
railway or wagon road. they would hav~
90 20 TO parliament for II. All the~
things the local authorities can nov a.
OF their own volition and when n.
choose. Every county and city and NJ.
ban and rural district throughout a
Ireland can now levy local taxation a.
has supreme authority within its own
boundaries. subject only TO certain zen.
eral regulations OF central local govern,
ment board. The change, cccurrinx a
Il did In one brief April day. is nofhfne
less than mcmentous. aud when II n
remembered that the grand Jury system
which Il has supplanted, has been an -.
cubus and an arrogant and irrresponsS.
BILE form OF tyranny ever since the days a
James I.
Some Striking Results.
Tho striking results Of the election he,A
On April can only oe seen by a REFER
ence to the returns. In the province -
COnnAnght. comprising SIX counties ,hec.
were elected eighsy-eight Nationalist arS
only three unionists: In Lesnster, win
twelve counties. the result was: Nation.
al!sts. 3i9; Unionists. g: In Munster. win
seven counties. III Nattonalists were r.
turned and ten Unicnists; and In the MIN
counties Of Ulster the NAtioualists won
ninety-seven seats and the Unionista
eighty-th The capture Of this prov
tnce by the Nationalists and home-rulers
10 one Of the sensational outcomes OF IL
elections Ulster has always been tn
hotbed Of Orangeism and Unionism hut
the letters OF ascendency have at LAT
been broken. and there Is little proheh1l-
ity that the people there can again Be A..
possessed OF the power they have
grasped. q.
The total number elected to the county
councils throughout all Ireland is 60 ana
Of these 65l are Nationalist and IN ~
Unionists or Conservatives. There vMe
also elected on April s. besides the ceunty
councillors. urban district oouncilorA q
urban guardians. and in the selection q
these the Nationalist were equally o.
more successful. The contests over them
however, were not so bitter or otrenuouo
and the fitness and capacity q ths can
didate. whether Unionist or Natiudoa1st.
were tho magnets which attracted NJ
There were separate ballots for tAo ~.
ter councillors, which were colcreA dr..
emily and placed In a separate boz.
No Dictation Allowed.
Tho O'Connor Don. Unionist, wAo ~
supported by the Parnellites. was oleot-
ed. although opposed by the Dillonitsa aad
clerical organs. Lord Frederick IN.
gerald. another Unionist, was elected for
Maynooth. the home OF the great cAtAo-
nc college for priests. and viecount Dun
cannon was returned for Kilkenny, The
city Of the Buffers. A score Of etAee
Unionists and Protestants wore dected
In Overwhelmingly Catholic constitusnA
cies. and In numerous cases tho oppuol.
ton OF the priests had the opposite sllDct
to that which they intended. A true
Irish Nationalist never. II 10 said WI
take any dictation from priest or pasDon.
In the County Antrim . Catholic n1ml.
mated an Orangeman. but he was not nc
cessful at tho polls. In anothsr and
most Catholic district Of the same Aoptx !
a Catholic nominated = Unioniett ~ sAAf7.
was elected This praisewoFl1vs ee!oenrxrc
ton II must be mentioned. howNes. vas
seldom reciprocated by the Unieniet1 a~d y
Orange Professionals But a. an o9eoe IL ).
may be noted that Donegait one q n /
Ulster counties, returned all Nationahsts :
except two out OF the total OF eiga9eeA-
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