The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-09-09

close the fact that she knows absolute
~ nothing about the parochial schools.
Her statement is but the expression of
all opinion which she believes to be
popular with the people OF her set.
Mr.. REDMOND IN THIS COUNTRY.
William kearney Redmond, Member
OF Parliament, brother of John Red
mond, leader OF the Irish Nationalist
party, is now i'll this country on a tour
OF some OF the larger cities in the in
tcrest OF the Irish parliamentary party.
His visit is OF particular interest at
this time, because OF the impending
general election in Great Britain. Mr..
Redmond has seen long service in the
interests OF his country. He is serving
now his twenty-third year i'll the Brit
ish Parliament, where he succeeded his
father. as a member for the City OF
Wexford. His political career was be-
gun as soon as he was OF legal age,
AMI he is now but iorty-four. Mr.. Red
mond is iull OF hope for the Irish
cause. He says that general cleo
ton is certain to put the Liberals in
power and that either Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman, the Liberal lead
err in the Commons, or Lord Spencer.
the Liberal leader in the House OF
Lords, will be the next prime minister
to succeed Mr. Baliour. Mr.. Redmond
says both are pledged to deal fairly
with home rule and he looks forward
to their leadership with hope. He
urges peaceful agitation as the only
sane method OF gaining reforms for
Ireland. In his public speeches in this
country, MIR. Redmond takes great
pains to prove to his audiences that the
methods pursued by the Parliamentary
party are the only available ones in
Ireland He says that if resort to
aims were practicable, that would have
been done long ago by the suffering
Irish people. 1t ought hardly be neces-
sory to say to Irsl-Americans that a
resort to arms on the part OF the Irish
people would be futile. The Irish Par
liamentary party is pursuing wise
course. the only one in fact, open to
it, They are impressing upon England
every day the impossibility OF England
ever ruling Ireland i'll way satisfac-
tory to its people. They are proving
to England that if England will not
allow Ireland to rule itself, Ireland can
at least prevent England from passing
necessary legislation for the ruling OF
the Empire.
The Irish Parliamentary party, more
than So strong, constantly on hand in
the House of Commans, remain in
their seats day after day for the sole
purpose OF compelling England to
grant favors to Ireland
For several years past the Irish Ma
tionalist party has been the only real
opposition to the present Unionist
government.
John Redmond has really been the
opposition leader. 1t was he and his
colleagues who opposed the govern
ment during the Boer war, and it was
he, rather than Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman. who during the whole OF
the recent session led the opposition
to Mr.. Balfour. 1t was the Irish Ma
tionalists who brought about the de-
feat OF the government upon party
issue, and it was they who forced Mr..
Balfour to abandon his scheme for re-
ducing the membership Of Ireland iii
the British Parliament.
Mr.. VIM. Redmond refers with some
pride to the accomplishment OF his
party during the last session and he is
justified in feeling proud of the work
done by his party. Mr. Stead, the
editor OF the Review OF Reviews. the
brainiest as we'll as the faircst OF all
British editors. has this to say about
John Redmond in the September num-
Der Of Watson's Magazine:
"If only the Irish had not been
forced by hundred years OF wrong
into an attitude OF irrcconcilable oppo-
sition to the British Empire and the
government thereof. Mr.. Redmond
would have had better chance than
most men to be prime minister. He
las the qualities for the post. He is
a gentleman He is the greatest OF our
modern parliamcntarians. He is an adj
mrablc debater, superb leader. maj,
OF dispassionate intellect. OF SOUND
sympathiss and OF splendid courage
And he has around him group Of
colleagues. half dozen OF whom
would grace any Cabinet
"The Irish team said an observer
who did not disguise his hatred. is toe
strong for any OF the English minister: