The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
A Strange Omission Has Been Found in the Irish Union Act

LONGEhAuCHb HAu AdtASu Np uu oOs <A ANs~ olution was passed by seven of the magistrates calling on the govern ment to hold a public sworn inquiry into tho circumstances connected with the death of Stinson.
 The Congested Districts Board has taken possession of the farms of Stonepark and Rosmeen. at Ballintub- Der. County Roscommon. The farms which contain 200 acres. belonged to the O'Connor Don. and were nold some months ago to the board Two oth- CTS, belonging to the same landlord, and containing 300 acres. have also been taken over by the Congested Dis tricts Board. with 500 acres of land held by Lord Westmeath in the same district.
 The Irish Unionist Alliance has is- sued a pamphlet. with illustrations from photographs, giving a history of the cattle driving movement In Irc- land from its first beginnings down to the fatal shooting near Riverstown. It Is an attempt to show dreadful rec ord of lawIessness on the One hand. and of nerveless and apologetic admin istration on the other.
 John O'Donnell NJ. P, for South Mayo. was denied a hearing the ether day at a meeting of his constituents in Mayo Abbey, which had been called for the purpose of revising the local organization and considering r,eans for putting an end to the grazing sys- tenn: MT, oDonnell has been associ- ated with William O'Brien's policy. The honorable member was proceed Ing to address the meeting en Home Rule when he was greeted with cries of Shut up." We don't want you any longer" You didn't come 10 us when Mayo was on flre." and Away with you" These expressions were sgeom- TIC HAA Aas A.. ana at one time scutfie on the plat form appeared probable, being pre- vented only by the presence nf police In large numbers. After the removal of a few disturbers, peace wes tenn porarily restored. Mir. o'Donnell said he had not been Invited to the meet ing. They knew he had always put down and denounced the grazing sys- tenn. Mir. o'Donnell was told to sit down as he would not be heard On ac. | count of hls attack on Mir. Redmond | and his party. There were bud groans l and cries of 'TIe nas done with South Mayo" Eventually after further att | senpts to address his constituents. MT. | O'Donnell had to abandon hiS speech and retired amidst a hurricane of | groans and misses. Mir Conor oKelly, M. P. said the findings of he Royal l Commission on Congestion would soon be embodied in an effective and op- erative act, which would mean the compulsory abolition of every landlord and grazier.
 l Letters to Times.
 Mir. J. P. Farrell. M. F., proprietor | of The Langford Leader. has address, l ed letter to The Irish Times. pro. testing against the compulsory notih- cation clauses in the Prevention oi Tuberculosis (Ireland) Bill, which he | regards as "a far more drastic coer- cion act than any before attempted ty q Liberal Government" In the course | of his letter, Mir. Farrell says: Threat ened aR I am. and have been. by ouI local district inspector, on behalf oi the government, with & prosecution for my conduct as A Nationalist Jcur. nalist, I do not yet know whether or
 the report of this bill to the Commons will be able to take part in the dis,
 cussion of its objectionable principles
 but. if not. I earnestly hope that my
 colleagues in the Irish Party. will not
 allow the pernicious principle of co
 ercion. which is now embo lied in 1t, tt
 be carried Into law. at least. withou
 a vigorous protest on their part"
 In the Kings Bench Division befor,
 the Lord Chief Justice, Mir. Justice
 Gibson, Mir. Justice Madden. and Mir
 Justice Kenny, the hearing was re-
 stunned this week of the :nso In whicf I
 Lord Fermoy, is the plaintiff and Sii
 Timothy O Brien IS the defendant.
 The case came before the court ir
 the shape of an application for the at
 tachment of the defendant. The ac' tion had been brought for slander all
 legged to have been spoken tt 8 meet
 of the DuhalIow foxhoun1s in Mal cf
 last. The plaintiff complains that thI
 defendant used the words towards him
 "You arc liar. thief. and Swind.
 Ter. and you have been living or
 swindling for twenty years. The Se.
 fence was a plea of Justification. Tha
 case came before the Lord chief Ea.
 ron and q special jury at the corh
 Cummor Assizes. but the trial cc;Pps'
 ed on the third day n consequence oi an alleged attempt by the eefendS nj
 or some one on his behalf tn interfer'
 with MT. Morrogh, one of the juror engaged in trying the case. on th'
 collapse of the trial an application fol
 attachment was made against Sir Tln
 othy O'Brien for contempt. enhdt
 tional order was granted by rhe Icr(
 Chisf Baron, who directed that thu
 matter should be b. @Iught before th' Il Kings Bench in order that cause might be shown. The plaintiff haC also an application to make the de
 fendant responsible for the costs oi the abortive trial At the sitting ol
 the court, Mir. Serjeant Moriarty. CT behalf of the defendant. submitted that the allegation against the defend ant disclosed no offence in point oi
 The court, however. imposed a fins l of Sl,500 on Sir Timothy OBrien and 1 ordered him to be imprisoned until the sum was paid. They also ordered 1 him to pay all the costs If the abor- I .S