The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-01
Representative Sulzer AdyO-
Gates Its Adjustment.
SPEAKS AT IRISH MEETING
Declares the Emerald isle VIII Get
Home RuIe-EngIand Would Make
nexed by United States-Insists the
Philippines Ought to he Free.

should be abolished. If a new Consti-
tuition were drafted to-day it would
be abolished, and there would be but
one legislative body-the House Of
esentatives-elected by and for the
people
These and several other statements
were made by Hon. William Sulzer, Of
the House Of Representatives from New
York. ia speaking last night before
Michael Davitt Branch. United Irish
League Of America. assembled in Good
Samaritan Han. 10 promote the work
OF the league.
Hon Richard Hazleton. Irish men,
be, Of Parliament. was the honored
guest and principal speaker
Congressman Sulzer said:
Irish representatives in Parliament
are accomplishing a great deal for their
beloved mother country.
"They believe that right is might,
and their cause is just. One of the
greatest things done in history In the
last 300 years is the adjustment Of the
landowners.
Need Council for Home Affairs.
THE next step will be the introduc-
ton Of a bill providing a council TO
cover all home matters. II this be-
comes law, it viii herald an Irish Par
lament This viii mean home rule.
Just as much as there is home rule I'm
Australia, in New Zealand, and in Canada.
And 1 want to tell you right now, that if
Australia voted TO separate from England
entirely. England would do nothing to
bring her back. Americans have moved
into the Canadian Northwest. They are
moving there now and becoming Cana
dian citizens. And they are just as good
American citizens on the other side Of
the forty-ninth parallel as they are on
this side. There are more Of them going.
When Canada votes TO separate her
self from the mother country and be-
come a republic, or to annex herself TO
the United States the British empire viii
do nothing to hold Canada within its
fold And then when Ireland votes for
home rule the British empire viii do
nothing
"The greatest duty that de,olves upon
thIs government tC-day-yOu are free-is
10 trtdDl-Git Fl lfl4Dltf az Ait tttl bA
Asia I say. and / always have said, the
FHipiUos should be free. They are just
as capable of self government to-day as
the Cubans When this Is done "a resoiu-
ton should be passed by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of these United
States saying this republic was estab-
lished by America. and any act whatsO-
ever against e. viii be considered an act
Uufriendly 20 the great United States.
Show % the world our much-daunted love
and belief in free government 10y the peo-
pl. And Japan won't steal the Philip
pines.
Corrections Are Coming.
'The great statesmen of England will
say that it is better for the British En-
pire 10 see Ireland a republic under the
wing Of the mother country than depend
ent on 70. The twentieth century VIII see
"a correction Of the mistakes OF the nine
teenth. Tt VIII not be one Of centrsIiza-
ton. either in great fortunes or govern
ment- but rather one of disintegration and
distribution. The days Of Capitalization
are over. and the people Of this earth are
coming into their own The dark days of
Ireland are over The sunshine of her
hope has dawned. You. sir" turning 10
Mr.. HazeltoH. have the people with you,
not only of Ireland. but OF the world.
Public sentiment. the most powerful force
in the world to-day. is with you the
House OF Commons is with you. and I say
if the House Of Lords is not with you,
abolish the House of Lords. They should
be abolished anyway And I repeat that
the Senate Of the United States should be
abolished.
The House of Lords Is as essential as
FIVE legs on dog. I don't believe in two
bodies All constitutional forms Of gov
eminent having two legislative branches
were drawn during an ultraconserva-
tive period. It was and is wrong TO have
two bodies pulling against each other
the one counteTactng the work OF the
other. When they were constituted il
was generally believed that the people
did not know enough If Il new Consti-
tuition Of the United States were drafted
to-day there would be but one body. the
House of Representatives. That would be
better. The people are capable and their
wishes should be law. There are no peo-
pie more capable Of self-government than
the Irish
HazeItOn, VI. r., Speaks.
Mr. Hazelton. who does not look to be
over twenty-one years old. gave at length
the history OF the oppression Of Ireland
and the gigantic efforts made in her be
half saying that there was no period
in her history more critical, yet with
brighter prospects. than the present. He
has received cable advices. he said, to
the effect that the present bill before
the British Parliament making many con-
cessions would be passed within a few
weeks
Representative DriscoH of New York.
said that twenty or thirty years ago there
was a discussion as to how to keep the
Irish out of the country, but to-day the
immigration laws We're aimed at she
southern and eastern part of Europe and
the Irish We're welcomed with open arms.
Rev. Father Quinn. OF Georgetown
University; Judge De Lacy. Of the Juve-
nile Court. and NJ. F. O'Donoghue also
spoke
The following subscriptions to the fund
of the league We're received in response
TO q call from President Downey:
W. F. Downey. 500; Rev. P. J. Quill.
So; Cotter T. Bride, $40; p J. Nee. So;
Hon. W. II. De Lacey, SO; r. A. Dove.
So; J. r. Fitzgerald. SO; Mrs. W. r.
Downey, SIS Miss S. Davitt, s.; Mr. Nc
Dermott s.; NJ. Mangan. s.: James
Mooney, s.. J. Leo Kolb. s.: Edward
Purcell. s.; John Newman, 81: Emil
Huck. S.
One Of the subscriptions was from Miss
S. -Davitt. sister of Michael Davitt. who
was eulogized by several Of the speak
ers Miss Davitt attended the meeting.
RICHARD L. PHELPS MISSING.