Catoctin clarion., 1899-12-14
LORD MAYOR TALON
pUBLlN'e CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND
HIS VIEWS.

He Thinks ireland 10 Getting Nearer
Home Rule Every Day-te Declares
That tho irIshman is cieversr and
More Lovable Than Anybody Else.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin crossed
his legs and filled his briar-wood pipe.
He was on comfortable settee In the
Hoffman House, New York, and he
felt comfortable himself.
do you know" said he to New
York World reporter. pressing the to.
bacco firmly down into the bowl and
striking a 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
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
undef1led Written, 1t would compare
with any English. Spoken. 1t has
the softest brogue. 1t is Irish all
through, but never a tense Is violated,
never case. The grammar Is all
there, and the rhetoric. The brogue
Is all In the manner 1t 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 1t has already worked wonders. /
Managing Local Affairs.
I'VE now have the management o !
local affairs In our own bands. Htre
tofore they have been in the hands ot
Grand Juries. composed ct the laad'
lord class. whom we look upon as the
garrisons Of England In ireland. |
Now We have got the affairs OF the
, IN our ,oSp hands Thels arI kanassd
directly BY the REPRESENTATIVES of the
people elected by them. Town Ma,
yors, sheriffs, bailiks, justices, all.
are elected by the people. We are
fast coming to American Ideas. when
we will elect all our officers. II the
people choose to elect the landlords
to govern. why, all right. Let the
majority rule. |
1--WE, of course, would like to see
a Parliament sitting in Dublin to gov.
ern Ireland. We would like to see,
such a 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 s2,7500 more than she should
pay, or nearly 100000 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,
folly mood now, and was getting seri.I
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-l
ty in questions of finance. They knew,
how wronged Ireland had been and
is on matters of taxation. There were
Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen
on the Commission. All were Of the
highest attainments. OF the Englishl
| may state all were masters Of fin.i
ance.
THE seventh article of the Treaty.
of Union provided that out OF every,
f100 raised by taxation In the Uni,
ted Kingdom Great Britain shouldl
pay E88 and Ireland f12. These pro-.
portions were explicitly stated by Pitt,
and Lord Castlereagh to be based up-I
on the taxable capacities of the twol
kingdoms. II this bargain had BEEN
kept Ireland would be taxed nearlyl
E30O0,O00 less than she Is to-day.