Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-28
AFFAIRS IN IRELAND
Important Political Results of the
Recent Elections.
SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS In LONDON
Ritualstic Agitation and Its Effect
on the Church.
The CHILDREN'S ACADEMY


| The revolution has come. Ireland has
| passed at bound from the narrow rule
| of cantonal oligarchy to the management
| of some. at any rate. of her own domestic
| concerns. Everywhere the county council
elections give results in harmony with the
| political divisions Of the country North
! east Ulster returns unionists, the rest of
! Ireland returns home rulers. 1t is inter
| esting to examine the returns. The County
| Limerick sends up three peers-Lords Dun
| raven Monteagle and Emily, all men of
| high character and great popularity. Far
| and away the most significant Of these re-
| turns is that of Lord Dunraven, who was
! opposed both by the bishop of Limerick and
! the United Irish League. To some degree,
| therefore, local political forces are liberat-
| ed and called into active play. In Charlie
vile still more interesting conflict took
| place. Two nationalists and one unionist
/ stood There had been two uniOnists but
| one Lord Castietowm withdrew. though
| not in time to have his name removed from
| the list Of candidates. One of the national
| lists was supported by the United Irish
| League. the other CMr OBriem was not,
Charleville has had a iaborers' union
| taDliSned for some time and seemingly the
union supported Mr.. Sanders, the anI-nonle
| ruler. There have been disturbances there
| during the campaign of lively character.
The result has upset all calculations The
| l.ninniSt and the official home ruler have
| been beaten. and Mr.. o. Brien has been
| turned by an overwhelming majority This
again argues the assertion of local opinion.
| There are also some notable returns of
men whose character and uprightness alone
We're the grounds of their claim to public
confidence. The new men among the
tiCnaiists are not easily picked out, as they
are men TO whom hitherto little or no OPP
pcrtunity has been offered for the display
Of deE elOpment of their powers. And this
|
with regard to these new local bodies |
mean their possible function as training
schools for public men. For twenty years the
Dublin corporation did some good work in
preparatory drill of that kind. But OF late
years public men in this country have been
so largely recruited from London that there
| has been little promotion from Irish mu-
nictpal life to London parliamentary life.
For Ambitious Merit.
This led to an estrangement between the
people and their representatives which the
| new political system may do much to set
| right. For of the young men who are now
entering public life there are presume bly,
many quite competent to fill places in par
lament. So long an eager eye like Par
nellS in 1850 the lookout for such
| young men they-the Sections the Red
monds. the Healeys and O'Connors-Were
! sure to get call to the service of their
| country. Perhaps another and a better
I
| ton and eager merit At present the re-
| lations between Irish members and their
| constituencies distant and weak. but
| closer and stronger relations will be estab-
| hShe1 to the advantage of both sides.
! There are suggestions of central council
! in Dublin being formed from delegations OF
! the county bodies II such a general coun-
| Gil We're once established, it might grow in
! time TO be a great organ of public opinion
| whose views would inevitably carry in
| hucnce and weight. 1t would be an educat-
| ing as well as a guiding force. and by teach
| ing tact and forbearanCc would bring back
to public life some Of it's lost amenities
Sc that d great deal lies in the embryonic
state in Ireland at this moment. The
| course of everts will day by day become
more and more an interesting study. Some
| see the chances of an entirely different
| political outlook. They hope for that union
| of classes and Crecds for which true pa
/ triots have long yearned. All this rests with
| the minority. They loudly blaming
| their predecessors for the blUnders they
| have made, but so far they go on, falling
into similar hlunders, They do not
! ask that papists should be by law excluded
| from political and civil rights, do they
| hope to get the good old notice to quit"
| brought back in all its glory, sweeping
| away tenants improvements. But under
| new CatchWords they still fight papists and
! tenants inch by inch yielding nothing to
| Irish opinion. and. for all their loyalty
! growing when England in lucid interval
| turns to the Irish question. This cannot
| go on forever They must be Irish or non
Irish. 1t is for them to choose.
sunday Papers in London
The new Sunday newspapers made their
| appearance last Sunday and London was
| agog with interest to see what such inno-
| vatiOns would be like They have hardly
| hit the mark The Telegraph was neither
| fish, flesh nor fowl. 1t was not a specimen
| of its own daily paper 1t precisely
| like any other older established Sunday
| edition. 1t cross between dull pro-
! vincial paper and vapd weekly. The re-
| suit was inSiDidity and lifeeSSneSS. The
| only department in which 1t eXcelled was
| advertising The advertisements spread
! themselves everywhere column after col
| unn. and the bad custom was followed of
I letting them creep into the reading matter.
| Thousands bought the paper who proba-
| bly, Will not read it regularly on Sunday,
since its rival, the Daily Mail, is so far su-
perior. The Sunday Daily Mail is, so to
speak. divided into two compartments-the
first of eight pages being mainly occupied
with the news of Saturday. and the other
possessing the character Of a magazine. Its
conductors have been more successful than
| the rival paper in securing striking and
| original contributions. They have obtained
| from Lord Kitchener a sketch and plan Of
| the Gordon College as well as the new city
! of Khartoum Itself Prof. Schweninger tells
how he preserved the life of the iron chan
cellor for thirty years, and Dean LEROY Of
| Norwich contributes a paper on the after
math of Easter" Among the other contrib
utors are Mr.. Hall Caine on English Jour
| nalism Compared With the Rest of the
| World" Mr. Clement Scott on the early
Struggles of Henry Irving" and Mr.. Max
Pemberton on Mr.. DoOley on Peace and
War" The Mail is much more largely il
Illustrated than the Telegraph.
In addition to the new morning Sunday
papers threatened with a Sun
day evening paper That is to say, a new
| evening Daper @ started which will