Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
HOME RULE AN ISSUE
Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland Finds This Out
in Recent Queenstown Visit
REPLY NOT FULL OF ENCOURAGEMENT
Say trying to Learn ALI he Gan Of
- Local Conditions
) JESTl0N IS RAISED IN PARLIAMENT
JEsTIoN is RAISED IN PARLIAMENT
Subject Being Considered by Premier Not
Ready to Talk.
IRISH HARVESTER ~ 10 ENGLISH FIELDS
Men and women to Number of Two
Thousand Cross Channel TO
work Until Late In
Year.

DUBLIN, July 8.-tspecial Cablegrsm to
The Bee.)-The question Of home rule Tor
Ireland, like Banquos ghost, will not down
at the bldding-even of a liberal govel n
ment supposed to be in partnership with the
home rulers.
The lord lieutenant of Ireland, accom-
panied by the countess Of Aberdeen, paid
an official visit to Queenstown recently and
received an enthusiastic welcome.
The town council presented an address,
which contained the following paragraph:
We are confident that your excellency
will have recognized from the remarkaoly
peaceful state of the country, as wei as Dy
the complete absence of any serious crime,
that the Irish people appreciate the BoOu
intentions of his majestys goNernnennl, n I,
and await with patience and conhdence 'ne ne
passing of measure that will cntlust 10
them the control of their own affairs.
The lord lieutenant, in the course of his
reply, said:
We desire to learn all we can regarding
the circumstances of the country, ana IN
relation to that | venture to say, speaking
more to the country at large, that you may
be confident that his majesty auNseis
will not be forgetful of the undertaking IN IN
his maiesty's speech from the throne 20
study most carefully what can be done ioI i
the fuihlment OF those aspirations to which
you allude in this address.
Question i'm Parliament.
About the same time in the House OF
Commons Mr. Lonsdale asked whether the
inquiry into the system OF government IN
Ireland. which was mentioned in the king
speech, was still proceeding, and whetner
and proposals had yet been formulated with
a view to the introduction OF bill next
session 70 constitute a representative oody
in Dublin for the control Of Irish finances
and the performance of such legislative
functions as may be delegated to 1t.
The prime minister said Mr.. Lonsdale
need not be afraid that the question was
escaping the governments attention. The
subject was under the consideration OF the
government, but he was not in position
to make any statement.
Meanwhile home rule for Ireland appears
about as far removed as ever.
The annual rush of Irish harvesters tc
England is over. AS an indication as tC
what this rush means Il maY pe, mentionec
that in n single twenty-four hours nearfJ
1000 men landed at Holyhead and Liver
pool on the Cork, Dublin and Belfast boats
The men will be kept busy assisting Eng
| lish farmers chiefly in the eastern anC
southwest counties, with the hay and corr
crops until we'll on in the autumn. MOS
Of them are small tenant farmers In Lin
erick, Mayo and Sligo who rely on th'
money earned in England at harvest tint
| to pay their rent and buy new stock ant
seeds It Is no uncommon sight to SCI
many old men who have been harvestinl
! in England for twenty years or more, ant
some Of them brought their sons and grand
sons. There were also many women amonl
the arrivals. whose help will be welcomed
in the dairies and in caring foh the men,