Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-11-29
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Irish Cemetery Authorities Object to
0Leary Shaft Inscription.
FENIAN MEMORIAL OPPOSED
Suggestion Patriot" Be Substituted
Meets with Disfavor.
HOME RULE AGAIN TO FORE
Irish Parliamentarians Afraid of
English Liberals.
SOLDIERS TELEGRAPH SERVICE
Irish TeIesraphers Make Good War
Training Observation-Disclosures of
Island safe-PIeasure at
Taft's Election.
SOLDIERS TELEGRAPH SERVICE

BILE situation has arisen over the proposal
to erect a monument in Glasnevine ceme-
terry to the late John 'Leary. the famous
Fenian leader. The committee which has
the matter in hand had completed all
rangements and the inscription for the
tombstone had been submitted to the
governing committee of the cemetery and
approved by them. The inscription was
engraved and the stone all ready for
erection when the committee received a
letter from the cemetery authorities taking
exception TO the words "Fenian leader"
on the tombstone and suggesting that they
should be changed to patriot"
This suggestion was, Of course, promptly
repudiated by the committee and the
cemetery committee was informed that II
81 withheld its consent to the erection of
the memorial in its present form in the
; cemetery 1t would be erected somewhere
else. There the matter rests for the ceme-
terry authorities have not answered this
communication yet.
The objection to the words, "Fenian
leader" seems to be particularly absurd.
John OLeary was nothing II not a Fenian
and he was proud Of it, The idea Of some
OF the objectors seems to be that the honor
paid to an apostle of the physical force
movement may embarTass some Of our
modern politicians in their new alliance
with the English liberals.
Irish to sound England.
This alliance by the way seems to be
entering on a new phase. The liberal party
indeed is no nearer giving definite pledge
for speedy homo rule legislation than 1t
ever was but II seems to have arrived at
a decision to allow the Irish members to
sound the English liberal voters on the
subject In pursuance Of this policy 1t is
announced that Mr.. John Redmond, Mr..
Devlin. Mr.. Dillon and a number OF other
leaders OF the parliamentary party will be
the principal speakers at great liberal
meetings in various parts OF England. IT
is understood that the future action Of the
government will depend largely on how
they are received by the liberal voters at
these meetings
Great Indignation IL now being voiced in
Ireland at the Joint action OF the postoffice
dkDartment and the war office. by which
eb6ut 100 Irishmen win be thrown out of
work and their places taken by English
soldiers serving with the colors. 1t haI
been decided that the entire work Of build
ing and maintaining the telegraph lines IL
the south OF Ireland shall be taken ovel
by the war office. and a detachment Of th'
royal engineers has already been ordereS
to Ireland for this purpose. About twenty
engineers and eighty lnesmen will be dis
placed and it is stated that II the expert
ment works satisfactorily the rest of tn
country will be similarly dealt with.
The excuse for the change is that a grsa
part OF the work consists In maintaining
the signalling apparatus on the railway
and that it Is desirable that the soldier
should be thoroughly familiar with the rail
ways system in time Of war. No fault ha
been found with the civilian engineers
They are simply being displaced to turn tn
telegrapNs over to the soldiers for train
ing purposes.
AccIdent List Small.
The excellence Of the Irish railway ad
mlnistration from the point of view o
safety is shown by a return which ha
JUS. been issued giving the number @
deaths and other accidents on the railway
Of the United Kingdom for the thre
months ended June 30. last. There Ner
90 persons killed and 17i0 injured durln
this period In the three Kingdoms, and
is gratifying to note that not one OF tn
fatal accidents occurred on the Irish raj
ways. and only five persons were inJure,
These five were all railway employees,
that not a single railway passenger wa
killed or injured in Ireland during the thrt
months.
The saying OF David that all men Al
liars has been extended to include a
clocks. and there is no doubt about II
truth II II is applied to Dublin clock
The mendacity of the public clocks
the Irish capital Is almost proverbial an
they have not even the grace to agre
with one another. The corporation hs
now taken the matter up and they al
likely 20 be sterniy dealt with IN II
future. The city fathers are solemnl
considering the firing OF a cannon, larl
enough TO be heard all over the city,
O'Clock every day. This Is to be
signal to the owners OF all public clocl
to set their tmepieees in order and
is also suggested that those who fail
do so should be punished BY a sma
fine.
Rejoice over Taft's Election.
The election OF Taft as president of Il
United States has brought JOY to Il
north Of ireland. The linen trade in BE
fast has been practically stagnant for Il
last six months because of the dislocatiC
caused by the election in its largest ma
ket. and had there been serious dang
of a tariff reduction the same conditi'
would have continued until the amou
OF the reduction was known. Now, hoy
ever. they are busy again Thousands
workers In Belfast and the ether norths
towns. who had been idle for month
returned 10 work the Monday aft
the election and orders are pouring
Y by every mail and by cable. Stocks
the United States are reported TO oe We
low and the importers are calling loud
for goods. All this. of course. spells
prosperous winter for Belfast and q
north
Trinity college, Dublin, usually the mo
conservative of educational institution
has gone In for radical departure
organising a school OF journalism a
the first series OF lectures has been 9
ranged for the winter term. The openl
lecture viii be delivered about the e
Of this month by A. r. Robbins. EXPIRE
; : dent OF the Institute of Journalists. a