Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-17
THREE BRITISH LAWMAKERS
Members Of Parliament Nay Meet il
Omaha This Week,
SIR HORACE PLUNKtTT is ABOUT DUE
T. NJ Kettle and Richard HazIetOn'
Two Home Rule Champions,
Come in Interest of Irish
League.

II is probable that three members Of the
Parliament of Great Britain will be IN
Omaha before the week is out; one is al
ready.
r. NJ. Kettle, one Of the youngest Irish
members of the English Parliament, VINO
represents the constituency Of East Tyrone
and whose home is at Dublin, with Rich-
and Hazleton, arrived in Omaha early sun
day morning from ST. Joseph and is stay
! ing for a few days at the Paxton hotel.
Sir Horace Plunkett, one OF the English
members. is expected here in a few days.
/ Mr.. Kettle has been in this country since
/ October IS. when he came at the invita-
ton OF the United Irish league, and at
tended the convention Of that order held
at Philadelphia Sir Horace is coming to
Omaha to look after local real estate in
| terests.
In company with Richard Hazleton, a
! fellow member Of the Parliament from
North Galway ireland. Mr.. Kettle is max
! ing tour OF the United States In an et-
fort to elicit the support, financial ana
moral of the Americans in the night
which is to be made at the next session OF
Parlament--which begins in February or
March-in an effort to obtain home rule
for his country and the abolition Of the
bureaucratic form Of government.
Barely skins Through.
Referring to the conditions against which
the Irish protest and on which the most
strenuous fight is to be made, Mr.. Kettle
said:
Il was elected last July from the dis
trict Of East Tyrone by a majority of Is
votes out of pol! of 6,O2O votes Six Of
the votes ucast were by men who had emil
grated to this country and who returned
a of a a.
sistlng in my election The crying neces-
sity for reform, which has been apparent
for many years. is the present form OF
government of Ireland by forty-tive boards
| none Of the members of which are elected
but are appointed from Westminster, and
are neither responsive or responsible to
public opinion. To abolish these boards
is the aim of the liberal government, OF
which party am a member.
1.-THE annual taxation of Ireland has in
creased by S,75O 600 during the last twenty
years, while the population has decreased
by emigration. by over 10000.
What we want is home rule and by
that we mean the principle Of nationality
and the principle of democracy Mr.. Halle
ton and I are here at the invitation OF
the Irish league in an effort to enlist sym
pathy and money TO aid in the fight to be
lAaut lOI lub6p bAlAlClpiSSt ~ hOeA ~ NAAN
Irish people.
Liberals and LRbOrs Friendly.
1.-THE present liberal government is ex
ceedingly friendly and the new labor party
is still more friendly. Yet there always
remains the House of Lords to be reck
oned and fought with. And money is thC
backbone Of politics.
I'VE ere here on the invitation of Irish
Americans themselves to ask them to pu
the nationalist party under John Redmond
by their financial and moral support tina
we will he able to fight to finish.
Most American people have little idet
OF the difficulties that confront a man VIII,
is ambitious to go to Parliament Mem
bers of Parliament receive no salary ant
even have to pay their own travelling eK
penses and also postage on official CORE
spondence. Every cent OF the cost OF tn
campaign for election is paid for by tn
candidates, even to the salaries OF tn
judges anad clerks, In fact even the cos
of the lead pencil with which the vote
marks his ballot. I had TO pay S75O t
the sheriff before my name could even b.
entered upon the ballot as a candidate ant
Mr.. Hazleton had to pay S,75O in his dis
trict for the same service"
Mr.. Kettle and Mr. Hazleton went to
gether from Philadelphia TO st. Louis
where a mass meeting of Irish h-Amertcan
[ was held December T. Mr. Kettle the,
came to Omaha, on his way to Seattle
Montana and the northwest Arrange
mentB are being made for a large meetin
in Omaha about January 10 in the inter
est Of the cause which Mr. Kettle repre-
sents. He is going to Lincoln in a fey
days to make plans for meeting at tina
place, and expects to call on w, ]. Bryar
whom he met when the latter was abroad
Mr. Kettle said that Mr.. Bryan had al
ways expressed himself as being inter
ested In and friendly toward the move
ment for Irish home rule.