Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-22
NATlONALISTS REJECT BILL
Convention Of Irsh Party is Unanimous
Against Proposed Zone Rule Measure.
GOVERNMENT WILL PROBABLY ABANDON IT
No Further Concessions Can lie
Granted ireland without Causing
Differences That VIII Disrupt
the Cabinet.
GOVERNMENT WILL PROBABLY ABANDON Il

DUBLIN, May 21.-The largest, most
representative and most harmonious con
Vention which ever assembled in Ireland
today repudiated the plan for a linz
Irish council which was all ths, ~
government had to offer in 2, ~
its campaign promises. T'cA ~
the hope of any hop,,N =SN Il by
the present Parp' N,vSN =. serious
split in the COVE ees and may
have far reaching
The temper Of t. convention was plain
from the beginning. No one had a word
to offer I'm behalf of the bill. Home rule or
nothing was the unanimous sentiment and
the resolution rejecting the measure pro-
posed by John E. Redmond, commanded
every vote.
The resolutions declared as follows
That this convention, representative OF
Irish national opinion, which especially
places on record its sound conviction that
nothing can satisfy the national associa-
tiOns of Ireland or bring peace and con-
tentment to our people but a measure of
self-government, which will give the Irish
people complete control of their domestic
affairs.
That while we never wavered in our be-
lief that IL is impossible to produce any
logical or workable scheme for the eX-
tension and development of popular power
and responsibility in Ireland short of the
concession OF home rule in accordance
with a resolution of the national directors
Of February 5, 1901, and with the public
decla rations made from time to time In
our behalf we have been willing to give
fair consideration to any scheme prepared
by, the British ministers which. IN their
opinion, would be consistent with and
lead up to the larger policy" to which
they were pledged.
That having considered the Irish coun-
Gil bill introduced by tho government, we
declare that II is utterly inadequate in its
scope and unsatisfactory in its details, and
should be rejected by the Irish nation, and
we regard the production OF such meas
ure by a British government pledged to
home rule confirmation of the position
we have always taken, that any attempt
to settle the Irish problem by halfway
measures would be entirely unsuccessful,
and we call upon the Irish party to op-
pose the bill in the House of Commons and
press the government with all their
strength and power to introduce a measure
for the establishment of a native parlia-
ment with responsible eXeout. ye power
over all purely Irish affairs, and at this
crisis In the fortunes of Ireland we unite
In support of our representatives in Par
Lament and enable them to. effectively
press for the speedy and genuine settle
ment of the Irish question.
NntiOnaIists Reject BiII.
LONDON, May A.-The nationalist con-
vention at Dublin having rejected Mr. Bir-
reils Irish bill II is understood that the
government will drop It for this session at
least and proceed with the other reforms
which it's liberal supporters are urging, and
with which the sessional program is
crowded That the government cannot
| grant any wider measure of self govern
ment to ireland without causing dissen-
! sion In the cabinet. Is not denied, 80 there
is no other course to adopt than shelving
the BILL which is reported 70 be the limit
TO which the anti-home rule liberals would
consent to 60