The Irish standard., 1908-10-31
QUITE ACTIVE IN IRISH HOME RULE LEC|Sl ALTON
Could Represent Roscommon the British Parliament But
Was Too Patriotic Citizen to Renounce the 4
Stars and Stripes.

sttion In Parliament or In the oomuaus
nifty. and his rights are none the less
because sorle one happens to be mora
blessed with this worlds goods than
he. You are told that those who hava
the greater wealth have the greater In.
terest in the country: that they have
more at stake. This is curious argu.
ment In the nineteenth century and In
England at that. hold that a man
who runs s'le risk Of losing the wel.,
fare OF his home and Of his family
runs the iis't Of losing all that Is worth
having in this lite. A poor man with
home has !ust as large n stake in the
welfare of his country as the richest
man III it. 1t is absolutely necessary
under existing conditions that there
must be some persons who are richer
than others, but that fact gives nGa
privilege to the rich man from which
the poor lr1.n must be debarred. In
equality, which gives every man tile
same right as his neighbor to live, pur-
sue his business, and aid In the gov
ernment Of tho State, and in liberty Of
speech and discussion lies the whole
secret Of the welfare Of the state.
Therein lies the distinction also be-
tween the Liberal and tho Tory
When the Home Rule agitation was
at it's height, dozen years ago, Mr..
Chanler's synpathies wore aroused
and. like "the Irish Indian fighter" who
was among his forebears, he went to
tho front. Throwing up his law prac-
tice In New York, he sailed for Ire.
land and enlisted with Redmond and
his associates. He stumped the co,in-
try from end to end. and his was ono
Of the famous figures in that memor4
able campaign.
Hanging in his library at Rokeby II
this framed cablegram, Of which the
Lieutenant Governor is exceedinsla
proud:.
London. Nov. 12. 1905.
Lewis stuyvesant Chanler,
Lieutenant Governor. elect, New YorlA
"Just heard Of your election. Hearts
lest congratulations from irish Parlias.
mentary Party.
REDMOND. J.
He had erdeared himself to his ass
sociates by his earnest and effective
work in their cause. He had not only
tramped tho whole Island, but he had
also edited a newspaper dedicated to
the cause, raised contributions and
himself given generously. It was with
genuine regret that they bade him
goodbye in Dublin in 1900, when l,A
sailed for New York to resume tha
practice Of his profession. .5
The New York World" after telling
Of Mr.. Chanler's return to this country
and of his interesting himself in the
betterment of the conditions Of the
poor in New York and by way Of exer-
else and recreation in the building OF
good roads at the old home in Duch-
ess county, describes how Lewis stuy-
vesant Chanlcr combines the blood Of
some of the oldest New York, New
England ami Southern familics--how.
through his mother he is a descendant
Of John Jacob Astor his father hav-
ing been prominent in New York poll
icies and for several years represented
a metropolitan district in Congress
how young Chanler's family afterwards
rented house in the vicinity Of New
market from the Duke Of Leeds, but
being true Democrat, he quickly
broke through that environment and
made speeches for the English Liberals
how While studying sociological
| questions ind the Improvement of the
condition OF the poor he entered the
English University. of Cambridge
| Union, which is devoted entirely to the
discussion Of. social economies-how
this particular position is one which
has been held by q long line of Eng
lish statesmen during their collegiate
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