Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-31

irish filler of the goN was honest The
payments were made 10 'ne government
in every ease. and this hy mon who. un-
der the land tenure ru,e had refused
in pay unjust and in'qu.fous demands
IRELAND NOW WEALTHY
As a. result ireland can point today
20 100000 acres OF soil $50 reclaimed.
OF the record of which she Is Justly
proud. And So the men OF the Irish ma
iloudI party ,u parliament have reason
TO think that generations yet unborn
VIII open their eyes on an Ireland
freed from The course Of AN alien land
lord and an alien rule.
INDUSTRIALIsM DIFFICULT
!, has been said thar Ireland has
made ma industrial effort set no rea-
sonable man familiar with the Coudi-
lions of land tenure can be surprised a
industrial conditions In ireland Her
people, hardssed with the perpetual
struggle FOR rent had yet mo- security In
their holdings The more they worked
the more they had to- pay Their best
earnings as their least were taken by
an alien landlord who knew nothing
OF their condition and cared less. Yet
struggle ended We shall see Industries
for which our land is fitted sprIngug
up, ana renewed energy renewed hope
and renewed enterprise on every hand,
You IN this great land of liberty must
know that no matter how happily your
people may be situated IN your great
nelds OF Industry no Irishman can be
so happy anywhere as in the green isle
which God has given him for home,
not for province of the British parlia-
ment
HOME LIFE DEVELOPING,
The huts lnlwhIch the common people
once lived have been replaced with de-
cent homes, and where 10 years ago
even Ireland had no voice IN the cleo
| ton Of her representatives. today every
district has It's representations and by
! the conduct OF those representatives
| Ireland has proved her capacity for
! government I'm every land whore she
| has been given tho right 20 enter pole
! Tics, Ireland has shown that capacity
These reforms Of which ! have spok-
en- are important, but there Is one great
wrong which Overshadows Ireland stlh
! and that IS the lack Of the power Of
self-government Why Is IT that IN
every country where an lrishman has
been given tho right to show
loyalty, he has been distin-
guished for the great qualities
Of head and heart while In Ireland
alone he Is known for disloyalty and
dissatisfaction, lt h because every
where he finds freedom except IN Ire
land, He feels that there he has no
voice IN the government of his land.
He has no control over the laws
whica govern his land nor the appoint
no, aAF
laws,
RELIGION NOT INVOLVED
II has been claimed that the ques-
ton Of home rule is only a question OF
religious supremacy. but | dare to say
as q representative from the county OK
Wexford the strongest Catholic county
that this question has nothing TO do
with Il, Many Of the leaders Of the
Irish national party today are or the
faith opposed to Catholicism. 1t Is not
O question of the supremacy or the
Catholic faith, but of the continuance
of the ATTEMPT to make Irlshmen Eng
ushmeu IN semblauco at least The
Irish paoplc have "a say in the election
of their representatives but they nave
nothing to say as TO the appointment
of their rulers. OF the judges who han
die tho affairs Of ireland not one iu
four Is of them The whole body Is
alien On faith, allen In sympathy ana
I'm feeling with the body of people, ana
they are chosen boy the ruling power
| because ~ this quality How can
country develop under suCh govern
| ment2 She IL taxed shilling for shilling
as England is taxed though the re-
sources are not in proportion win
| her industries languishlng, her people
! dcsponed, she Is yet compelled 10 stahl
| I'm the matter Of taxes shoulder 10
! shoulder with a country whose indus-
| tries are az their best And over the
! disposal Of these taxes she has no con-
troll
REASONS FOR Discomfort.
And In asking for home rule We are
asking for nothing new one hundred
! wears ago Ireland had a parliament OF
! her own, which she lost by England
force, fraud and corruption, There are
ample reasons for the disoyalty ana
| discomfort OF Ireland. I'm the past Sixty
wears she has seen more than half Of
| tho best OF her countrymen go, ana with
| the decrease in population has come
| increase Iu taxation Her industries
| have vanished, her government has be-
| come "a thing OF the past But inc
/ heart of the Irish people has never been
| enchanted Never have they suffered
| enough To- give up the hope that some
! day they would regain their rights
There are two great hopes Tor Ire
land today First, the efforts OF Eng
! land 10 divide lrshmen have never
been $40 far from successful as they
| are today. There Is % united sentiment
I'M favor Of the right despite creed or
other interests
PARLIAMENT INEFFICIENT
There Is o feeling that an Irish par
lament Is the only solution of the
question. The second great ground
for hope for the cause Of ireland lies
An the sentiment OF the English people
IL is well known that with an the ma
icsty Of the British parliament there
is no more inefficient body polite IN
the world. This must OF necessity be
co. To 6i0 men are entrusted the az
fairs Of 42l, 100000 OF people. For %
| years their record, with O few excap-
tons. has been q fruitless one one
hundred years have passed since any
| changes were made in the body, and
yet affairs have changed greatly IN 100
years. SO the hope FOR national self
government for Ireland IL well found
ed, and ireland Is prepared. May tho
great body OF Irishmen who have found
] peace and contentment IN your land be