The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-08-22


Cochran, former congressman, wh'
has recently returned from Ireland
where he made close study Of th'
exact condition in relation to home
rule, gave your correspondent to-da,
an interview. in which he said IRELAND
is soon to have home rule and her day:
of trouble are over. says the Enquirer
DIR. Thomas Adds Emmett, linea
descendant of the famous Irish patriot
is now in Ireland verifying the exact
spot in which the Irish patriot was
buried. The grave has been opened
and there appears to be some doubt as
TO the Identification of the remains.
DIR. Emmet's investigation is prepara-
tory to the erection of a monument to
.the Irish patriot. This, it is believed,
will be erected Immediately after
home rule will have been granted.
Robert Emmets dying wish was that
Ireland might be free before his mOnU-
ment was erected. The home-rule
plan Which King Edward is now adj
vocating, and which Mr.. Cochran says
Ireland is sure to secure. will practical
ly carry out Robert Emmet's wish
concerning the memorial to the patriot.
1.-The passage of the Irish land act
said Mr.. Cochran. ENSURES the settle
ment of the Irish question. which has
disturbed millions of people for scores
of years. 1t removes all reason for
refusing to let the natives settle the
conditions of their OWN government,
and this means that Ireland will forge
rapidly to the front as Il nation, even
as her people have come forward
through their own inherent qualities
Ireland is bound to be one of the most
potent factors in the worlds govern.
ment. 1t has taken years to get to the
position Ireland will now. hold, but
after all, the years of waiting may not
have been in vain. Home rule was
and is necessary to Ireland. The only
force active in preventing self-rule by
tIe Irish people was the landlord class
They believe that their property would
be endangered. That force will now
be eliminated. The landlords will be
equitably recompensed for their hold.
ings and the people will be free to
advance. 1 predict wonderful f,l.
ture for Ireland. 1t will become Il
nation of cities and gardens instead of
.bogs and poverty. Emigration to
America will be stopped. The husky
young men and the strong, rosy
checked lassies will not have to leave
,heir homes now to earn a living.
they will stay in Ireland, marry and
settle down on the farms the new bill
will enable them to buy. No more will
the grasping landlords be allowed to
squeeze the last drop Of blood out of
the people. They will be able to save
the eXhOrbitant interest moneys the
landlords formerly eXacted. and in a
few years will be the owners Of theil
tenancies instead of merely serfs. AS
an cttl llle lIlSil iIt
unequaled. AS a working class they
are away above any other nationality
-Four Irishmen can do the work of
eight Italians or of five or six Yankees
There you are-the Irish can do and
earn more at labor than any other
people. Working earning and profit.
ing for themselves. why shall not they
be among the leaders: They will be
mark my words. The people there
have for centuries paid even more than
their earnings to the landlords. That
left the people always in debt. 1t was
impossible for them to lay aside q
penny or even pay their bills III Ire.
land So little wonder that the hordes
invaded the United states. where they
are free agents to strive and profit for
themselves l do not think the new
bill will cause any exodus from this
country back to Ireland. except per-
haps in few instances. Ireland still
has people in plenty. and under the
now order of things conditions are to
be so changed that an Irishmnn will
he able to make and keep Il homestead.
inst as an American. Those who emf