Evening journal., 1900-01-11
MAY0RTHLL
pUeLlNs CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND
His VIEWS, -

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He Thinks ireland ls Getting Nearer
Home Rule Every Dsy--He Declares
That the irishman Is cleverer and
More LovabIe Than Anybody Else,
The Lord Mayor Of Dublin crossed
his legs and filled his briar-wood pipe
He was on a comfortable setteo in the
Hoffman House, New York and he
felt comfortable himself.
Do you know" said he to a 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? II
may take some time, to be sure, but
believe we will win. We have gone
a long way already. II is bound to
come"
The Lord Mayor Of Dublin speaks
beautiful English, but II is beautiful
Irish, too. His English IS pure and
undehled. Written, 1t would compare
with any English. Spoken, It has
the softest brogue. II is Irish all
through, but never a tense IS violated.
never a case. The grammar Is all
there, and the rhetoric. The brogue
is all in the manner II is dropped from
the lips OF the most august citizen
OF lreland's capital-Daniel Talon.
Esquire, Lord Mayor OF Dublin.
The late extension Of the fran
chise' he said, taking a few media.
tive puffs of the stubby pipe, is do.
ing everything for Ireland. IL has
been In operation only a few months.
but It has already worked wonders.
Managing Local Affairs.
we now have the management
local affairs in our own hands. Here
tofore they have been in the hands OF
erand Jurfes, composed of the land
lord class, whom we look upon as the
garrisons of England in Ireland.
Now we have got the affairs of the
country districts-the county affairs
In our own hands. These are managed
directly by the representatives OF the
people elected by them, Town Ma
yors, sheriffs, bailiffs, 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
majoritw rule.
We, Of course, would like to see
a Parliament sitting IN Dublin 10 gov.
ern Ireland. We would like to see
such 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 E2,75O,000 more than she should
pay, on nearly sl4,0O0,000. 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
jolly mood now, and was getting seri.
Gus. he pulled 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.
~ in questions of fnance Thev knew
how Wronged Ireland had been and
is on matters Of taxation. There were
Englishmen, lrishmen, and Scotchmen
on the Commission. All were of the
highest attainmente. OF the English
] may state all we're masters of I'm.
ance.
The seventh article OF the Treaty
OF Union provided that out OF every
600 raised by taxation in the Uni.
ted Kingdom, Great Britain should
pay fSS and Ireland e12. These pro-
portions were explicitly stated by Pitt
and Lord Castlereagh to be based up
on the taxable capacities OF the two
Kingdoms. II this bargain had been
kept Ireland would be taxed nearly
tS.000,0O0 less than she is today.