The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-09-09
Mr.. REDMOND IN THIS COUNTRY

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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 tour
OF some OF the larger cities in the in
tcrcst 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 i'll the
interests OF his country. He is serving
now his twenty-third year in 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 lie was OF legal age,
AMI he is how but iorty-iour. Mr.. Red
mond is iull OF hope for the Irish
cause. He says that general cleo
, ton is certain to put the Liberals i'll
power and that either Sir Henry
Campbell Banncrman, the Liberal lead
er in the Commons, or Lord Spencer,
! the Liberal leader in the House OF
Lords will be the next prime minister
to succeed MIR. 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
arms were practicable, that would have
been done long ago by the suffering
Irish people. 1t ought hardly be neces-
sary to say to Irish Americans that
resort to arms on the part OF the Irish
people would be futile. The Irish Par
liamcntary party is pursuing a 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 a 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 Commas, 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 in
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
braniest as well as the fairest Of all
British editors, has this to say about
John Redmond in the September num-
Der of Watsons Magazine:
| "If only the Irish had not been
forced by hundred years Of wrong
} into an attitude OF irrcconcilable oppo-
r sition to the British Empire and the
, government thereof. Mr.. Redmond
J would have had better chance thar
: most men to be prime minister. He
S has the qualities for the post. He i:
: a gentleman. He is the greatest of on,
c modern parliamcntarians He is an adj
mirable debater, superb leader. mar
, OF dispassionate intellect, OF sount
3 sympatllies and OF splendid courage
c And he has around him group o
e colleagues. half 4 dozen of whom
). would grace any Cabinet.
t "'The Irish team said an observe
# who did not disguise his hatred. is too
n strong for any OF the English minister