The Irish standard., 1904-05-28

memory, and confidently predicts that
the present democratic occupier of tho
cha1r OF Peter will not be so easily in.
huenccd against Ireland by English
lntrigues us was the gentle but no,it;c
Leo.
Before he quilted Ireland, King Ed
ward VII. inflicted upon us another
squad Of knights, though God knows
there are many who think we were
nearly benighted enough. Naturally.
there were severe heartburnings
among the would-bes.
wag In Dublin-there are always
wags there-sent to several we'll
known gentlemen Of the city and
county an invitation purporting to
come from Dublin CASTLE command
Ing them to attend ut certain door
of the castle at an hour named to be
knighted by his majesty. Some of
these gentlemen saw the hoax; others
did not, and 1t is related that these
were seen like process servers hover
Ing around the castle all the morning.
One Of them mustered up courage
to present himself at the secretary's
office and make inquiries, and was
pathetically bowed out. The whisper
swiftly passed among his fellows of
the hoax played on them, and to the
loud enjoyment Of the "boys" who
were there to watch the fun, the poor
unbeknighted ones evanesced.
Apropos Of the humors attendant
upon the royal visit, story is told
at the expense Of Kilkenny-one of
the three towns in Ireland that gave
the king an official rcception-how
that among many other decorations
and notices the Jail, which has Ian
qnishcd sorely through depression and
dread, had its front elaborately deco
rated with bunting and bore across it's
face. in proud lettering, "a Hundred
| Thousand Welcomes Here"
The naive hlmOr of the thing re-
minds one of the welcome that greet
ed Gladstone one time i'm Scottish
burgh. His thousands of admirers
there, with bands playing and drums
beating and colors flying came to the
railway station to meet and greet their
grand old man, the great word jug
gcr. The banner carried in front of
the throng, and Of which evidently his
admirers were proudcst, bore the
lines: ...
Great is thy power, great thy fame;
Far kenncd and noted is thy name.
Gladstone racked his brain for an
hour to locate this couplct, and 1T
length remembered that it was an ex-
tract from Burns address to the
DELL"
In the local government bill, which
the party of conciliation granted Ire
land under the new era, was clause
prohibiting any man who had suffer-
ed imprisonment with hard labor from
holding position under the local gov
crnment act. A benefcent coercion
act was passed about the same time
to meet the requirements of this clause
in the local government act, and under
this coercion act a number Of honored
and respected men were for purely pO-
litical Observation-Disclosures created by
act Of parliament-committed to prison
with hard labor, thus depriving them
of the right of being elected district
councillors and county councillors.
Just now, when King Edward was
supposed to have been dropping olive
branches over Ireland, the Irish party
introduced a bill to amend the local
government act by removing from po-
litical offenders the prohibition and
the stigma which has been placed on
them. The bill was kicked out BY tile
Tory members of parliament +
The forgive and forget, policy
tlmt our English friends when hard
pressed are wont to preach seems to be
run upon the plan of "You dosthe for.
givingsswe will keep YOU busy and Y
arrange to do the forgett more