Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-02
legislative Union to Remain Untouched
Under Plan Now in Evidence.
IRISH COUNCIL is TO BE CREATED
Present Boards Will Be Consolidated Under
Four New Boards.
CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT A REALITY
Freeman'a Journal, Commenting ON
American League Convention,
Says Extremists Have Now
Joined with Moderates.

! DUBLIN, Dec 1.-Cspecial)-I is an
nounced here, on what is considered to be
| reliable authority that conference re-
| Gently took place in Dublin between Mr..
Bryce and Sir Anthony MacDonnell and
! Mr.. John Redmond and Mr.. John Dillon,
| representing the government and the Irish
| party, respectively, in reference to the form
Of next years homo rule measure.
| Sir Anthony MacDonnell Is said to have
| submitted a draft Of the measure. and 1t
is now stated that the essential features
of the bill have been completely settled, as
/ follows:
The legislative union is to remain un-
An Irish council is to be created with
| proportion of between two-thirds and three
existing parliamentary franchise the re-
mainder to be elected on a restricted fran
chise or nominated.
ireland is to retain It's present representa-,
ton in the imperial Parliament
| Clergymen Of all denominations shall be
| eligible for membership in the council.
All the forty-Odd boards by which at
! present the work OF administration Is per-
formed are to be replaced by four new
boards. First, the central or castle board;
second, department of education third,
! a department for agriculture: fourth, a de-
partment for land transfers.
/ The police are to remain under imperial
! control, but are to be reduced in numbers.
The position OF the judiciary also Is to
| remain unaffected.
/ As to the financial arrangements It Is
computed that after certain deductions from
Irish tax revenue are made for imperial
and other purposes balance of between
$50 COO and 325,COO,OOO will remain at the
disposal Of the Irish council
American Meeting PIeases.
The Freemans Journal has a jubilant
leading article on the recent convention
OF the United Irish League Of America. It
declares that the convention has repudiated
with emphasis the schism of Mr.. William
o'Brien and 1t reproduces from the Irish
World of New York the speeches of
Colonel" Blake, who fought against the
British forces in South Africa. of O'Dono-
van Rosa and of John Finerty. Blake is
reported to have said that while 1t did not
require much Of an army to whip the Eng
| lish, he was not an advocate Of physical
\ force. The people OF ireland were without
\ arms and ammunition, were not allowed to
have them, and could not smuggle them in
Commenting on these various observations,
the Freeman's Journal says: THE ex-
tremists who were extremists when 1t was
practical politics to be extreme are con-
stitutlonaiists today because they believe
the constitutional movement to be reality
and recognize the work that II has accom-
plished. Probably 1t would be found il new
conditions arose, and the constitutional
movement were unfortunately -oiled, the
constitutionalists of today would render
more hostages to the new methods than
their critics Of the hour"
Report is Attacked.
In a letter of four and one-half columns
in the Freeman's Journal Mr.. Dillon, M
p, makes a fierce attack on the report
OF the Dunraven-O % Brien conference with
reference to the reinstatement of evicted
tenants. He says that the report will ef-
feet nothing, and that the real object OF
the conference is to dethrone the national
list party and to put Lord Dunraven and
his friends in control of Irish politics
Mr.. Dillon cannot understand how Mr..
Harrington. and T. w. Russell could nave
felt themselves free to take part in such
an enterprise, and he declares that one OF
the chief indictments to the lords TO main
tain their present obstinate attitude has
been the hope that through the exertions
of Lord Dunraven and his colleagues fur
ther plumber would be forthcoming. The
nationalist organ heartily indorses Mr..
Dillon's attack and says 1t would be a mis-
fortune il the evieted tenants or their
friends were deluded into the notion that
any good could come from the wholly in
effective report OF the Dunraven confer
ence. II remains 10 be seen whether the
nationalist leaders will now take such
action against MIR. Harrington as would
send him definitely into Mr. O'Brien's
camp.
The committee which has been inquiring
into the working OF the Agricultural and
Technical institute has the evidence before
It Of the Rev. Father O'Reiliey, p. p, of
ISilcorrnack He declared that the depart
ment was an un-Irish department and that
it was largely stated from abroad.
Hot shot for PIunkett.
He referred also to Sir Horace Plunkett's s
notorious book which he declared was one
OF the factors that Initiated against the
department and very nearly destroyed the
departments work in the kings country.
Father O'Reilley stated very frankly that
gentlemen who praised everything for
eign and discounted everything home
grown were doing a great deal OF harm to
the country"
, The establishment of the Leinster
Teaching oollge now makes the proper
, educational equipment Of Gaelc-lovinE
Dublin a mere matter OF time. The col
, lege will teach Irish Even the national
, board has admitted that the introduction
OF Irish has awakened a new interest In
, the schools made them more attractive
and led to better results in other studies
as well. There Is evidence, too. that the
teaching Of other modern languages Is be-
ing reformed in view Of the new methods
and the happy results OF the Irish classes
The Irish college appears to start out un-
a.