The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-17
IRELAND'S FUTURE
GROWS BRIGHTER
Chicago Record)


Dublin-When Queen Victoria came to
the throne in 1887 the Irish people hoped
much from her reign. The Georges
frankly hated ireland and made no secret
of their hatred. William ~ took no IN
JercSt in 1t. good or pad. But those VINO
claimed to Know the new queens feelings
asserted that she was tuit OF sympathy
for Ireland and anxious TO serve II
O'COnnen. then in the height or MS
power greeted the new reign with an en-
lhuslasm that was almost riOtous IN It's
manifestations. At the proclamation ne
was one of the most prominent figures IN
the crowd and 1t Is recorded mat ne
waved his hat and cheered VOciferOuS-
W. At the general election which fol-
lowed O'COnnell stood for the city OF Kill
kenny and in his address to the electors
declared: 81 desire to remain In parlia-
ment in order to give my humble but
Jealous aid to the queens ministers TO
work out the benevolent intentions of the
sovereign. C'COUnelIS support of the
Hueens first ministry was made by the
tories of that day a repTO2ch to her
ma jesty and was taken as an evidence OF
friendly leanings toward Ireland on her
para which they desired to discourage
How the Irish nope was flashed IS
matter of history. Ten years later the
prince cOnsOrt in his diary recorded the
death of O'COnneU with relief, and the
queen : mind was year by year bent more
completely against-all concession to irish
popular claims. Her subscription toward
the famine fund in 1871 a famine which
reduced the population by one-fourth in
/ less than two years, was smaller than
the contribution of the sultan of Turkey.
: In 1859 al the weight of such influence as
the British constitution allows the Sow
ereign was thrown into the scale against
/ the Irish church act of Gladstone. The
! queens objections to the irish land act
! were equally strong. and when Gladstone
committed himself TO the policy of grant
/ ms an Irish parliament she MADE no Sc
) Cret of her opposition Yet though these
matters are all well known in Ireland,
! they have never caused any feeling Of
Il 70 nna an HOY
death provoked many manifestations of
/ genuine popular regret For. though Ire
! land knew herself TO be the stepsister Of
/ the family, no one could deny that Queen
/ Victoria was d good mother TO her own
/ people.
| Now that the Prince of Wales has as
/ cended the throne, it is curious to note
1 that in many influential quarters his ad-
4 vent is hailed with precisely the same eX-
pectatiOns as followed the accession of his
! mother. This is in great degree due
} to the continued proof given by him of
! his high regard for Mr.. Gladstone When
/ Nj. Gladstone retired from public life,
! stricken with blindness, after having
/ four times held the office of prime min
/ lister Of England. no message OF regret
! came from the queen, who sent her an
nual wreath of flowers to the grave of
/ Lord BeaCOnSfeId. But the Prince of
! Wales never lost an opportunity of show
ing his regard for the great liberal states
! man. The opinion grew in Ireland that
the prince sympatniZed with Mr.. Glad
/ stones Irish policy, and that opinion,
though based upon no public declaration,
was confirmed from private sources OF
undOubted authority.
In 1856 the prince desired to make pro-
vision for his family from the public
| funds The sum of e360O0 a year was re-
! CURED for the settlement of his children
MI Gladstone was in office, depending
upon the Irish vote, and the task of Sc
curing so large an allowance without ar
acrimonious discussion was one of some
z f=Hs arnaea
Mr. Parnell and invited the cooperation
of the Irish members. The Irish leader
declined to give his assistance till he re
celVed the assurance that the Prince OF
W dleS was by no means opposed to the
establishment of home rule for Ireland
Uhereupon the Irish party voted sOlidly
! Tor the grant This afforded a sufficient
/ ~ strong indication that the prince die
! not share in regard to home rule the ex
cited apprehensiOns of the queen. But
. / ICrtner confirmation was found in the as
| seruOns o. Lord Russell of Killowen
| made to private friends. that the primo
was a hOme-TUleT. Lord Russell elaine,
credit TO himself for having had some in
huence in forcing the princes views H
= was always on terms of intimacy with tn
. prince, and there is nothing startling il
, the SupposluOn that the ardent advocac,
by the lord chief justice of England O
1 the claims OF the country from which h
sprung should have convinced the Drinc
that one more parliament added to tn
? scores OF parl1amentS of the British EN-
pire did not deserve the fierce opposition
: it provoked.
King Edward VII is bound by constit1l
tonal usage to keep his political opinion
to himself But in English politics tn
? mere hint of the sOVeTeign'S views goes
? long way with large classes of people. 7
, Is therefore not surprising that many me
III ireland nave formed expectations O
+, good results from the new reign. TheT
is no cheering vOciferOusly," as ther
was at the accession of Queen Victoria
but there is no lack Of good will
o . &. o
The Prince of Wales had singularly ba
r luck on his public visits to Ireland. II
came when years old with his mother
e and was created Earl of Dublin, and late
D on he did some soldering at CurTagh. BU