The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

William o'Brien< Predicts Union
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Special Gable to The journal.

W WY dpped1S " tne -IilSn ENJOYS IOT
contributions to the Irish war chest,
an interesting and somewhat acrimoni.,
GUS discussion has arisen as to how the
money should be. expended. It is esti-
mated that the subscriptions will
am amount mt to between $25o,ooo and $780,,
With lcharacterristicc' vigor, William
0'Brlen, M r., urges that d large por-
ton OF it, should be deVQted to the re-
lief of the eyicted tenants who have
not yet been reinstated-t lfe"' wounded
soldiers of the land war; as they have
been .aptly termed. That phrase alone
-justifes their claim to the most gen.
,erous consideration, They number be-
tween three and FOUR thousand, and their
plight is a pitiab1e. one. They continue:
to suffer, while others reap the fruits
of the victories they have won. :
There can be little doubt that if the
matter were left to the determination
Of the exiles of Erin who have been so
ton Of the money raised would go to
help them, Thee Cork Evicted Ten
ants association is moving in the mat
ter. The Cork county council has
adopted resolution calling on the ma.
tlonal trustees who have charge~ef the
fund to set apart at once a substantial
share Of it for this purpose.
Opposition Arises. r..
Perhaps this viii be done. But un-
fortunately there are elements at work
which interfere with the settlement of
the question on tits merits alone Mr..
ways arOuses, fractional feeling. Be-
tween him and the leaders of the Irish
party it is now war to the knife. Mr..
O 'Brien is hard hitter In his own
organ, the Irish People, he savagely as
sails the Irish ENJOYS to America for
appealing for support for the Irish par
l1amentary fund on the ground that the,
Irish people couldznot afford to pay the
expenses Of their representatives in
London. @.- -
"Could a greater insult be offered
declare that they are SO poverty
stricken that they are unable to pro
vide themselves the $4,000 or 100000
required to maintain their representa-
tiHes at Westminster? T. P. o Conner
is well aware that the county of Cork
alone used formerly to provide over
$4,000 a yearsfor the nationalist move
ment, that sums of 100000 and f40, 900
used to be raised annually, in ireland
q policy before tie country which had
it's aDproval, ,andSSif the Irish party en-
joyed the confidence { of&Sthe people,
there would NOT be- the slightest diff
fculty in obtaining ample funds at
home to- sustain the ri ST. party and to
carry on the national movement as WE'LL
Americans Deceived. s.
f It is evident,O he continues, tjtthat
Mr.. O'Connor felt that some explana-
tion was necessary as to, why, when no
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in this country, when nothing was be-,
ing done which called for a large ex-
penditure Of money, their constituents
would not furnish sufficient funds For
the .upkeep of the Irish party. He
could himself be under ne ;delusion .as
to the cause for this state Of things.
He knew that it was because the coun-s
wasted years, because during that time,
the Irish party and the standing com
mittee had done nothing but mischief,
because they had condoned or Allotted
d Wanton revolt and sanctioned or con-
nlved at the loss of great opportuni-
ties. That Mr.. O'Connor should sol
EMMY assure our kith and kin in Amer
lea that it was solely because Of their
poverty the Irish public declined to
adds the browning touch to the game of
deception by which the Australian and
American subsidies have been secured -
/. All this is deplorable, but as an
indication sof tile state Of feeling in
Ireland. it is something worth taking
into eonsid erations AS factor in Irish
politics. Mr.. 0 'Brien has tdT be reck-
.oned with. In the county Of Cork he
has aslarge following. * 5s
Il, Scotch Aid Hoped For.
IS when the Scotch and the. Irish
combine in, their demand for home rule, /
there is no power in English politics
to stop their progress. These were
the PREGNANT words uttered by William