The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-10-05
The Irish People Are Returning Nationalists
to Parliament Without Whisper
Of Opposition.
1t is Plain That They Have Not Lost Faith
in the Methods by Which Past
Victories Have Been Won.

When in tho days of the Ralfour
regime, after the big Coercionist dem
onstration attended by Lord Harting-
ton and Mr.. Goschen In Dublin. the
unionist Prcss was filled with dascrip-
tions of the Unionist progress In Dub
lin. the late Professor Galbraith prcked
the bubble Ivy a single humorous 1ucs-
tion: (Which Of the four divisions are
they going to carry?" The remarkable
MFR. Redmond recalls the Professors
question. says tho Dublin Freeman. II
ono were to take his Impressions from
the UnioniEt and Liberal-lmperialist
Press he would he convinced that the
Irish Party and the National Organiza-
ton were sick unto death. that their
critics and opponents held the field.
that 1t WAS only a. question OF time un-
til the Irish Nationalist representation
disappeared from Westminster to trou-
BILE Westminster no more. and that the
Irish Nationalist forces were rlven
asunder by influences that prevented
anything like a. vigorous agitation In
Ireland ever again. Meantime tho
strange phenomenon Is presented Of Il
stubborn people jogging along In the
old political paths. selecting their rep
resentatives In Parliament. returning
them like clockwork. without a. whs
per Of opposition. pledged to support
the Irish Party, and receiving the Lead
or of the Party with all their old-time
enthusiasm. There is nothing more
easy in politics than to create the i'm
preston of dissension In the ranks OF
a. political party until the polling day
arrives. These new political parties
that spring up in Ireland. and vanish
with the approach of each election. re-
minds us of nothing so much as the
Catholic Churches" that were so often
started to wipe out the old Mother
as their particular financicr. whether
public or private. interested In their
survival ceased to find the necessary
cash Longford, like It's neighbor, Ca.
van, has demonstrated how farcicaI Is
all this talk about dissension among
the people. The other day It. returned
unchallenged a representative to take
the place in the ranks Of the Party
left vacant by the regretted retirement
of Mr.. Blake. On Saturday even
ing 1t gave Mr.. Redmond ono of
those welcomes that stir the pulses Of
even the most hardened calnpaigner in
the difficult field of Irish politics. On
Sunday all the representatives Coun-
ellis of the county, Councils elected on
the widest franchise, presented ad
dresses Of approval and loyalty to the
Chairman Of the Irish Party II this is
how a divided and broken party Is re-
ceived, II this is dissension, then the
more of 1t the better.
1t is plain that the people have not
lost faith in the methods and the means
by which the victories Of the past thirty
years have been won. The disapi
pointment caused by the provisions Of
the Irish Council Bill has not weaken
ed their determination In the least. If
| it has taught them to rely even more
than ever upon themselves the lesson
has been well learned. They are re-
solved to try out to the last the wea-
pons Of a strong organization and a
united and disciplined Party. The Irish
Party was never more united than 1t
is today. The attempt to create dis
senson within its ranks is miserable
failure. II public confidence is troubled
| by the shadow Of dissension. the peo-
pie recognize that the trouble is Gre
ated by those who refuse to accept the
law and the discipline that made the
Irish Party powerful in the days Of
ParneII and restored it's power the mo-
n1ent they were established once more
within the Party. No Party and no