The Washington herald., 1906-10-10
English Bidders Given an
Unfair Advantage.
MORE HOME RULE ARGUMENT
Soap and Tobacco the Only
Kind for Irish Paupers-WcaIthy
American TO Make Home in Ire
land Because OF Investment Op-
observation-disclosures Isle Police.
Correspondence Of The washington Herald.

Correspondence Of The Washington Herald.
Dublin October 2-It Is a poor rule that
won't work both ways When the North
Dublin board of guardians. in inviting
tenders for supplies for the Institutions
in their charge. specified certain Irish
goods the local government board, which
has its headquarters In London, prompt
ly intervened, declaring that it could not
tolerate the imposition of such restric-
tions on competition But when the guar
dians Of the Oughterard Union in Galway
specified for EnglIsh-made soap to
cleanse its paupers and an English brand
Of tobacco to sOothe them In their hours
OF relaxation. the lynx-eyed bureaucrats
OF the local government board uttered no
note of warning against such arbitrary
ruling out of Irish competition. 1t is not
a matter which viii greatly affect Irish
industries. but it IS significant of the
manner in which English officials exer-
else their cntrol over Irish affairs And
Il furnishes another argument for the
control Of Irish affairs by Irishmen them
selves.
VIII Stay in Ireland.
James b Armstrong. a wealthy Mis-
sourian, has been on his first visit 10
Ireland. He has been so struck with the
opportunities for investing money advan-
tageously In the industrial development
scheme that is now occupying the atten-
ton OF the whole of ireland that he has
resolved 20 go back 20 his home, settle up
his affairs, and return 10 Ireland 10
spend the remainder Of his days He IS
a stockholder in a number of stores in
Chicago.
My visit has convinced me- he says,
that there are big things in Ireland Il
they are properly exploited. Emigration
and politics appear 10 me to be the only
things that the majority CT the people
are interested in. The young men and
women need 10 be educated in industrial
matters
Mr.. Armstrong has decided to settle in
Dublin
National society Formed.
Belfast is at last opening It's eyes TO the
necessity Of a national spirit in the life
and character Of its people. A society
called the "Fianna Eireann" has been
established there. Irish literary records
describe the Fianna as the most perfect
and best disciplined national body that
ever existed. There was greater difficulty
IN getting within its ranks than there is
in becoming a Freemason. It is intended
10 observe the ancient laws, regulations,
and rules Of conduct The ancient cos
tune viii be worn. and as the movement
grows, each contingent of the brigade
will have a band, which viii consist OF
The ancient Irish pipes.
RoscOmmon Wants Help.
Roscommon is regarded in Ireland as
being decidedly backward in the matter
of Nationalist aspirations. but this week
it has tried TO get in line with the rest Of
Ireland For some years the local gov
eminent board Of Ireland-which. OF
course, is controlled from London-has
been most generous in restoring old his
toric ruins right throughout the country.
The R0scommon men felt that an old
abbey. which contained the remains OF
the last King Of Ireland. should in the
usual course receive the boards atten-
ton. The board was not interested In
Irish kings, and coolly told the chairman
Of the rural district council of Roscom-
mon that this particular abbey was not
vested in the government, and that if he
and his friends wanted to maintain
monument 20 the last King Of Ireland
they must do II themselves. RoscOmmon
is up in arms, and the member for the
division, J. p. Hayden. is invited 70 ask
question on the subject in the House OF
Commons Immediately Parliament meets.
The Orangemen in the adjacent County
.of Fermanagh look upon the whole affair
as an attempt on the part of the Nation
alists to perpetuatc memories that might
be allowed 10 rest
Anniversary I'm Cork.
A movement which is meeting with en-
thusiastic support has been started in
Cork for the conversion Of the Queens
College in that city into a local univer-
sity. The agitation is the result of the
Intimation of the Trinity College COM
mission to Or. Wendle, the president Of
the Cork Queens College, that It was
not intended to call him as a witness be-
fore II. This was at once rightly re-
garded by the people of Cork as proof
that in any proposals which the commits
sion might make fer a settlement of the
university difficulty the position of the
local Queens College would be entirely
excluded from their consideration. The
Cork folk will not grudge Dublin what
ever college may be established with the
object of satisfying the demand of Irish
Catholics for adequate educational facili-
ties But their cry is hands off our own
college" They do not want TO see their
seat of the higher learning dismantled or
turned into some species Of educational
annex They assert. with good ground,
that they have as good a title to, and
can provide material as ample and as
promising for. a local university as either
Dublin or Belfast.
Irish Police Leaving.
For some reason or other the Irish po-
lice are the first body Of public servants
to get terrified at the prospects of home
rule. Many Of the younger men are
either resigning their positions and going
TO America and the colonies, or making
applications to the police authorities Of
the large cities in England and Scotland.
For quite a number OF years now the
policeman has not been regarded in Ire
land as a gentleman" and he naturally
feels the indignity. A quarter of cen
tury ago there were three gentlemen in
every paTish-the priest, the policeman,
and the village schoolmaster. This con-
dition of things no longer obtains. The
poor policeman is ridiculcd; the good
looking country girls idolize him no
longer, and instead Of being the pet OF his
own family, he is regarded as one Of the
idlers, who was too lazy 10 work and
too dense 10 study his books. The tribe
is now commencing 60 feel that under a
home rule government life would be al
most unbearable. and it is. therefore.
looking out for new pastures. Liverpool
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