The daily Alaskan., 1909-11-18

lands were bought, not sold" He said he could not see how the house of lords would be SD foolish as to throw out the budget when that action would give the Irish party such a chance.
 Ireland Helping Horoolf.
 Ireland. be said, was helping herself, Seven times since 1885 she had sent four.dfths of her representatives to de- mand self government. She had raised considerable funds for twenty-five years In support Of home rule and united all her forces.
 Under the land act which enables the tenant. upon declaration of desire to purchase. to obtain a reduction of % per cent In rent and ultimately be- come the owner be thought that in many instances the tenant might have made a better bargain. It freed the tenant from every symbol of landlord ism. One-third of all the land and practically all Wexford were now In the hands of the tenants. A tenant owner" became a better Nationalist approaching more keenly the ineni- ciency and stupidity of the present government.
 "Of course" said Mir. O'ConuOr, Ire land will never be country properly worth living in until she is governed by her own people. Everything In Ire land is done wrong. Certainly four ffths of the population would vote for home rule. l think the government is disposed to grant us a~generOus meas ure of 1t. The lords always oppose t. but the lords, as shown in history arc sometimes struck with terror and wish to preserve their own liberties.
 eIadstono's Error ln fa9S
 "GIadstone sprung home rule prema- urelv in lSS6. If 1t had not been for our Parnen split In 1890 Gladstone might have carried home rule in 1892 The Irish cause lost twelve years and gained twenty years of education. We had the period of division and disaster Gladstone did great work iu destroy ing prejudice.
 "The first effect of home rule would be increased education and tue next eTect Increased efficiency 10 every thing, for the government over Ireland is one of the most inefficient ever eI- erclscd."
 Thomas Power OConnor, the Irish author. journalist and statesman, be- gan his career as n writer for the Dub lin press In 1867, when he was eighteen years old. In 1870 he went to London and secured n position on the star of the Daily Telegraph Four years later he made his bow as m author with a biography of the late Lord BeacOns- field, which was followed by a revIsed edition of the work under a new title. Mir. O'Connor has since then published numerous books and has even tried bis hand at fiction with some success.
 Parnolps Advice.
 "Ny becoming @ member of DGrlla- ment was practically a mEtter of chance" Mir. O'Connor said recently. cone of my best friends had resigned the seat from Galway, and many of my friends asked me to take his place. I was known In Galway, having spent my boyhood there, ana had made sev- eral speeches there in debates and things of that sort. My Life Of Lord BeaconsfeId' had also contributed to a better knowledge of me in my native land. At the same time I encountered a tremendous amount of opposition from the wealthy class, and my seat was not easily won" The great Par nell in giving the then new member friendly advice, told him to "speak as early as possible, aS often d5 po5si- ble and as long a8 possible" and these ] F-.a.---af-.. k.7 .nH.HaN .Hrh