The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-11-04
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impossible For Strangers to
Govern Ireland.

Cardinal Logue visited Carrick- on
Shannon recently and received most
enthusiastic reception from the people
Of the town and the surrounding dis
tricts. When his Eminence arrived the
weather was summerlike in its bright
ness, and the bunting and arches of
evergreens, on which were appropriate
notices in Irish and English. looked
to the greatest advantage. Rev. M.
Meade, &C., introduced DR.. Herman
Delaney, who read an address Of well
come to his Eminence on behalf Of
the priests and people Of the ancient
parish of Kiltoghert.
His Eminence, replying to the ad-
dress from the priests and people Of
the parish, expressed his pleasure in
visiting a town whose people had pre-
served the faith brought to Ireland by
st. Patrick, whose successor he was.
Continuing. he said:
Il am sure that the people here are
earnestly devoted to the interests Of
Ireland. They may differ-there are
differences on these matters. People
have various views in political mat
tiers, but the members of every po-
litical party can all unite in Wishing
well to the country and in wishing
for the welfare Of the country: and
hence those who are in earnest In
trying to work for the welfare Of the
country should always have the SYM
patty and the support Of every Irish
man. believe. my dear friends. that
there never will be success and pros
perity in Ireland until every child of
Ireland is Joined and firmly united in
effort for the furtherance of the in
terests of the country. Many Of the
reverses we have had in the past
sprang from our own disunion, and
that should be a lesson. Hence, If we
wish to make our country great in
the future. and make her respected,
and make her prosperous, we must
reverse the mistakes of the past, and
we must be all united and labor for
the welfare of the country"
Patrick Flynn, J.P., Chairman of the
Carrick- on Shannon No. Rural Dis
trict Council. intimated that that body
wished to present an address to his
Eminence. 8. E. Holt (Acting Clerk)
read the address. It was signed by
p. Flynn (Chairman). John 'Rutledge
(vice Chairman). and A. O'Conor
(Clerk to the CounciD.
His Eminence. in the course of his
reply to an address from the Carrick-
on-shannon Rural District Council.
said:
II look upon those representative
bodies which we have throughout the
country as the main hope of Ireland.
We have too little representative
government In this country. The prin-
cipal departments of the country are
directed and governed by what are
generally known as Castle Boards.
They are familiar to the whole Of you.
You have the Board Of Works, and you
have the Local Government Board,
and you have the Nationa! Board, and
don't know how many other boards
you have; I believe there are forty
of them in the country altogether. So
that our government In this country is
a government by boards, and can
say sincerely that it is the worst
government any country has.
1.-The members of these boards are
selected without any consultation on
the part of the people. and they are
made members of these boards, not
for anything they have done for the
country, but chiefly, or In many in
stances, at least, because they have
done all they could do to oppose the
views of the people of this country.
And they have no. responsibility.
They have to answer to no one for
their misgovernment, not even to par
lament-some of them-and when.
ever they are called to account by
Parliament, 1t is very hard for Par
lament to catch them.
II saw some gentlemen on the steam
yacht trying to shoot wild ducks COM
ing up, and I noticed the wild ducks
( got in among the reeds always. That
IL precisely what happens when any
person gets on the track Of mis-
take. When serious mistake is
made by one of these Castle Boards
they get among the reeds-so that.
considering that we have 80 little to
do with the government Of our own
country, so little of representative gov
[ eminent, I would be always delighted
to meet any form Of representative
4 body in the country, because think
that in all the departments Of the
/. government here in Ireland the coun-
try has been badly governed; 1t has
been misgoverned in the past. and II
win continue to be mlsgoverned, in
the future. as long. as we are at the
mercy Of these various bodies who
have no responsibility TO the people
ana very little responsibility to any.
I one else. ~
Il doubt very much whether the,
K even consider themselves responsible
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