The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-11-19
TIM HEALY's SPEECH.
.,ts Of Wit Fired at Eng
lands Prime Minister.
rur ROLE OF A UGANDAN ASSUMED

uber,s speech In the Brit
uou.e of Commons Was COnStd-
"A a.. Of the Most Effective
piece. of Political Irony Ever Ut
tered
-, Tim Healy's speech in the house
~ n,mons on the reassembling Of
q ,,omont d few days ago won gen
va nr,ise as one of the most effective
60! ..as Of political irony ever uttered
i+bn the walls of st. Stephens. AS
or+od in the London Daily Tele-
i rrsnb the speech ran as follows;
Tr Healy said he rose for the pur-
.oso Of saying a few words ON the
p iobiect of the Uganda railway. Speak
,nn as a matter Of Uganda, he wished
tbank the government for the great
aoosnre of advancement which he
VOC SIRE would bring calm to Kerry
"a hahn to Balladehob-namely, the
aronosed expenditure upon that coun-
- Of large amount of public money
and tho taking up of the time of the
house with regard to project of that
aoscrintion. He could not help felici-
4o+iro the government on the proposal
% snond time and money upon the in
,oh;+onts Of that distant and neglected
land Uganda was a place which had
olwavs been foremost in his thoughts.
They had been brought up to love
and reverence it, and it was at least a
consolation that that long neglected
country should at length have won
the favor and appreciation of the prime
minister of England to such an extent
that he was prepared in a time Of
great stringency and when the educa-
ton bill was exciting so much passion
to give the people of that country the
hope of having a large portion of the
time of the house of commons devoted
TO if. There must be some reason for
this 1attering attention to Uganda. He
believed it was a crimeless country
and that it's administration was in the
hands of the most pure souled remova-
bIes which the British empire could
afford.
Law and order there proceeded with
q regularity of which they had no eX-
ample in this country England, and
hence it was that the British parlia-
ment turned aside from mere paltry
topics, such as the affairs of Ireland, of
England, Scotland and Wales, and de-
voted itself with one voice to the in
terests Of the people of that afflicted
area. New as the right honorable gen.
tleman was to the office Of prime min
lister, he had given a pledge to the en-
pire at large which would rebound
through Australia, Canada and every
island and kingdom and republic, too,
absorbed by England that, however
much this parliament might have its
hands full, if you were a niger, a
painted savage or a heather roaming
The woods the prime minister of Eng
land still had tear at his disposal and
that in his generosity he would be pre-
pared to appeal to the chancellor of
the exchequer to pour out the gold of
England for the benefit of this be-
nghted and detected savage.
The Irish members had long gloried
ID the destruction of their own parlia-
ment, because when in Ireland, within
The narrow walls of an Irish parlia-
ment could they imagine such disinter
eStedness? Where could they imagine
such altruism, when their own country
was palpitating, thrilling and throb4
olng with passionate emotion, as to
turn aside to contemplate the position
OF the niggers of Uganda? Hence it
was that i'll future the admiration
winch he had always felt would now
oe something ethical and ennobling,
ana they would go back to their own
V0uhtry with the glorious and glowing
p[lhclple that Kerry might be neglect
Gu Connaught might be starving, but
4' least the house had an eye and a
maIchtul care for the people Of
Uganda