Evening star., 1901-11-18
Changed Conditions.

in miserable hovel; today the land is
studded with decent, clean, comfortable
houses. the homes of the agricultural la
borers. The oppressive grand jury system
has been swept away, and we have county
councils, elected by the people themselves,
with absolute Jurisdiction over local taxes
and their expenditure The whole system
Of education in Ireland has undergone q
change, owing to the constitutional move
ment in the last twenty years
Before that Irish history, poetry and the
language were banished from the schools.
and the little Irish boy or girl was taught
to look down upon his or her own people
Now, at last, it is fashionable in Ireland to
be Irish. The people are better educated,
better fed, better clothed and better housed
than ever before. They possess the fran
chise and have power in local affairs
Il claim, therefore, that our record justi-
fes US In pursuing the same policy Parnell
pursued and using for our weapons in the
future the advantages he won, and we will
harass the English government until it Is
convinced that the only way to rid itself of
the nuisance and danger of the Irish mem
bers of parliament is to send them from
Westminster back to Ireland, where 1t
would be their joy and their duty to man
age their own AFFAIRS
Reasons for POstponing.
When this movement was announced. a
meeting in Washington along the lines Of
those being held elsewhere was contem-
plated by the united Irish-American soci-
eties Of the District. 1t has since been de-
cided, however, that such a meeting should
have the cooperation and support of the
greatest possible number of representatives
In Congress, and that it should be held
when both houses Of that body are in ses-
sion. At the present time 1t Is believed the
number Of senators and representatives in
Washington is too small; that the desired
congressional weight and support could not
be obtained, and that any Washington de-
monstratfon without that support would be
most unrepresentatfve. Accordingly there
Will not even be formal reception of the
delegates. When the party has arrived at
the hotel its members will be asked to
receive the officers of the local organiza-
tions from whom support is expected, and a
general informal conference will occur.
plan will be offered Mr.. Redmond and his
associates for q meeting to be held after
the Montreal visit, and If the envoys can be
persuaded to return to the American cap
ital before sailing for England q wash-
ington meeting will be arranged which
can expect from the Irish-American rest
dents Of the capital.
Mr.. Redmond is man Of clerical an
pearance emphasized by q garb Of austere
black and q high silk hat. His face In
clear. his brow strong and his expression
benevolent and affable. He looks very
much like a Catholic bishop. Long traininr
as a public speaker and a campaign orator
have made him ready. concise, cold
logician He is the beau ideal Of the modern
school Of Irish orators-occasionally fervent
and eloquent like the famous speakers OF
earlier days; possessed OF all the grace of
diction and expression that comes with
rather logical than dramatic speaker
One OF his charact eristics liz that he - ,aS~.