Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-05-27
REGISTRATION.
John u. Hayden, Nj p, Adj
dresses a Meeting of the
Independent League.
Urges All Irishmen to BE Pre-
pared For the Next Gen
eral Election.
The Parnellites Will Join in
Any Real Effort to Bring
About Unity.
THE WORK OF COUNTY COUNCILS.

Mr.. John P. Hayden, NJ. p, presided
at the fortnightly meeting of the Head
Branch of the Irish Independent League
which was held in Dublin this month.
An extremely large and representative
audience listened to practical and con-
vincing speech by the Chairman. Hav-
ing spoken at the outset on the gratifying
results of the County Council elections,
he urged the necessity of registration,
especially for the recapturing of
Stephens Green seat. Referring to
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy's remarkable
letter to the Independent, he showed
how the eminent Irishman had justified
the Parnellites in their policy of tolera-
ton and had borne out their arguments
on the unity question. An instructive
debate on registration was next contri-
buted by Nationalist from different
wards of the city. An admirable sugges-
ton was made by one of these speakers,
that workmen should start registration
associations in their trades union rooms.
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for consideration.
The Chairman, who was cordially re-
ceived, said since the last time they had
met the country had gone through trial
as to whether it was fit or not to govern
itself. He testified that the manner in
which elections had been carried out
throughout Ireland, and the conduct dis
played by the new councils assembled
within the past week or so, had shown
that the Irish people we're as capable of
managing their own affairs as the people
of any country in the world. The effect
of the elections was to show, especially
to their own countrymen who differed
from them on the national question: that
they had nothing to fear from an indie
pendent self-governing Ireland. The
men who had been elected, and the man
ner in which they had acted when they
came together on the new councils, had
given a certain amount of satisfaction
even to the minority in Ireland. The
Chairman spoke from his own experiences
of several who differed from them on
the national question, and who had ex-
pressed to him surprise and satisfaction
at the class of men elected who, while
representing the predominant national
feeling of the country, had shown a
fitness for administrative affairs which
compared favorably with those who adj
minister them under the old sy stem He
pointed out that now, having elected the
councils, their next duty was to attend
to the register, particularly having regard
to the seriousness with which the sugges-
ton of member of the English Govern
ment of an approaching general election
had been treated by the press and public
men. That showed that possibly the gen.
eradication might come much sooner than
they anticipated. He emphasized the fact |
that the constituency in Dublin would
require their closest attention. Perhaps |
others might claim their attention, but |
his one in particular would-Stephen's |
Green, which was admittedly National
list constituency, but was at present in the
hands of those who were opposed to
granting their national claims. They
were now entering on registration, and
the requisition forms were being sent out
by their officials. He assured them that
although the filing of acquisitions should
not require any information, yet the
officials Of the League were always at the
disposal of the people in connection with
their claims. He asked the Nationalist