Omaha daily bee., 1899-01-29
SEVERAL DEFEAT THEIR OWN EMPLOYERS
Man Earning Two Dollars a Day Elected in
Opposition to His Landlord.
WOMEN EXERCISE RIGHT Of SUFFRAGE
Extent OF the Revolution Cannot he
Estimated. but II Proves n Great
shock to the ProfessiOnu
Politicians.

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-(New York World Ca
blegram-Special Telegram. 1.-THE labor up
heaval, which has been the dominant fea-
ture of the first elections in the Irish mu-
inequalities under the local government act,
introduces another bewildering complication
into the inextricable tangle of Irish politics.
Except in Limerick, where Mayor John
Days twenty-five stalwarts are obviously
extremists. the labor members are po-
~litically an unknown quantity, but they
must be counted with in the future, not
only in municipal, but in parliamentary
contests, where labor never has been recog-
nized by representation as such, although
several nationalist members spring from hat
class. AS was predicted, Mr.. Daily has been
elected mayor Of Limerick. In his speech on
assuming the mayoral chair and chain amid
uproarious enthusiasm, he said:
During my years of suffering in British
dungeons my fancy painted many pictures.
but never in my widest dreams did / ex-
pect the cruel Iron chain OF my English
jaiiers would be replaced by the golden
chain of the city of violated treaty. will
do all in my power to preserve decorum
in this counsel. and l trust it will be found
that my party displays a spirit of intelli-
gance and fair play to those who opposed
u.s."
Days salary as mayor Is 81 800.
The old municipal clique OF Limerick is
dazed by the astonishing upheaval. William
Shaw, one of the wealthiest millers in Ire
land. was defeated by a drayman earning
$3.50 a week in his own employ, for alder
man. Maurice Leonard. tho earl OF Ken
wares agent, a ground landlord and hitherto
dictator of his town. was defeated, while
the first place on the poll was taken by one
of Leonard's day laborers earning $2.25 a
week.
UPsetting of Old Ideas.
All the old ideas Of e~lecting men Of prop
erty and social standing have been COM
nletely upset In the smaller towns. The
silent revolution finds its most grotesque
manifestations in the election Of two jaunt-
ing car drivers. locally called "jarviea."
one for an alderman and the other for a
councillor, A local merchant drove to the
council chamber for the first meeting of the
corporation on an alderman car, paid the
alderman "jarvey" six pence fare. was sa-
luted with thank you. SIR" and then both
walked together, the "jarvey' taking his
seat among the aldermen while the pros
porous merchant subsidized into the compare
tive obscurity OF the councillors bench.
There has been nothing like it for the
comic opera stage. Alderman Kelliher Is a
working tailor. three working carpenters
have been returned. while Alderman Caves.
4 most intelligent man. sits all day mend
ing boots in one OF the old fashioned shan
ties on the quayside. The other morning
a nelghbor called to get his boots mended.
Alderman Caves lady put her head out of
a window and Informed the customers:
His workship isn't down yet"
Councillor O'Connor is a working baker In
the employ Of the defeated candidate.
Councillor Eagan is a printer. Alderman
Murphy the youngest alderman in the
United Kingdom, only 20, says:
Il attended the first meeting OF the new
council when the mayor was elected and
took note OF the new men. a perfectly cool
and embarrassed lot OF gentlemen. a trihe
eloquent. but having minds of their own.
OF the faces recalled the French revo-
luton, one alderman in particular re-
sembling Robespierre."
In Dublin the leader Of the laborites. or
Nanatti. is foreman printer Of the Evening
Telegraph. The other laborite aldermen
and councillors are working men Of differ
ent kinds. In Listowell, a small town in
county Kerry, the whole district board except
one merchant is composed OF laborers. The
result is that the merchant resigned. refus-
ing to associate with them.
Many Women Vote.
Throughout Ireland upward Of 70 per cent
OF the women electors exercised the fran
Chise entrusted to them for the first time.
They almost invariably supported the can
didates who advocated temperance and to
the great surprise of the politicians the bulk
of the women voted against the Parnellite
nominees. Their inclusion on the register
had been confidently predicted as a solid ac-
cession of strength to the Parnellite party.
Fortunately for the latter they are yet only
enfranchised for municipal and not parlia-
mentary elections. Though cheered and ban
tered by the crowd at most of the booths the
women took their privilege very seriously
and in a busknesslike spirit, showing n
keen appreciation OF the personal merits OF
the different candidates In alloting their
votes. They are relied on in the future as
the surest check to the excessive growth OF
laborite power.
The mayoral elections In Dublin and Cork
showed the laborites able to exercise indie
pendent judgment, as In both they were di-
vided. Dublin reelected Daniel Talon,
Parnellite, lord mayor, but William Red
mond, NJ. p, was defeated for the office OF
hlEu II II ny a bIllOHllc tOuutlllDT Dy
SO votes to 20. This is regarded as the most
significant event in what had hitherto been
s~trongholds. The Parnellites also
lost control of Cork corporation, which
has had a succession OF Parnellite mayors,
by electing Alderman Create, NJ. p, one of
strongest supporters OF the local
government act. In fact, it opens a new era
In Irish politics, but the full extent of the
revolution will not be manifest until the
election for the new county councils II
March.
HaIfOur's Latest Proposition.
Balfour's proposal to allay Orange hostil-
ity 10 the establishment OF a Catholic uns-
versity In Ireland by setting up simulta-
a Protestant university in Belfast
has been received with favor by the Catho- |
Of all parties in Ireland, but rejected
BY the spokesman of the Orange party, who
declares they would prefer to have no uni
versity themselves than to see one estab-
Iished for the Catholics. This declaration. |