The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-22
HOUSE CRABBERS
ARECONDEhIlgED
Resolution Of WickIaw
Council
ARCHBISHOP TESTS ACCURACY.
h IS Plain O'Brien Has Caused
Some Deaections.
Canon O,Mshony Declares That the
Constituency Is All Tora To Pieces.
Moealishtias Is Exte.dins
the western Country--
OtAer Irish Notes.
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ARCHBISHOP TESTS ACCURACY

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NJ TIMOTHY ,. O'CONNOR. -7'
Dublin, Dec. 2f.--An echo Of the
recent auction OF Earl Fitzwilliams's
property was heard at Wicklow Coun-
ty Council. when the Following reso-
luton from Rathdrum District Coun-
ell was read: ~
That we. the Rathdrum District
Council. condemn the action of the
house grabbers and iobbers who
bought the homes over the heads OF
the occupying tenants. who also bid
for their property at the recent sale
of the Fitzwilliams estate in Wicklow
and Rathdrum: and that copies OF this
resolution be sent to all public Boards
ArkIow. wicklow, County and Urban
Councils. and shflielagh and Rath-
drum Unions"
Mr.. Reilly proposed the adoption OF
the resolution, and said residents OF
the urban district had been In occu-
patton OF these houses for centuries.
and had from time to- time expended
large sums OF money on them. and
when the landlord wanted to dispose
of the houses 1t was natural to ex-
pect him to give preferences to the oc-
cupiers, hut instead OF that he put
them up for public auction and grab
bers bought them over the heads Of
the occupiers. Not alone did they
purchase the holdings but the nous
tries of the people also: and 1T was
an extraordinary thing to see people
selling their own property, and coming
to wicklow to grab the industries, Of
the tenants there
Newcastle was grand village, built
by the late Earl Fitzwllliams at enor-
nous expense. and the tenants who
occupied the housss there did not owe
one copper of rent. yet some houses
in the village had. he was sorry TO-
saw. been grabbed by farmers. A
few years ago the farmers depended
on the laborers for support. and now
that the tenant farmer had been plant-
ed In his home, ne had turned out q
grabber OF the dwellings OF the un-
fortunate laborer. 1t was the duty OF
the people, after the long and bitter
struggle. to abolish landlordism to
prevent tho laborer from being put in
to the position which the farmer was
In years ago.
solution.
the tenants had been given an oppor-
tunity of purchasing the houses7
The resolution was passed unami-
mously
ously. s. s,ssf,,,- s
The Nationalist Press has printed
letter from the Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Dublin. which at this
juncture must be particularly un-
welcome TO the Nationalist Parlimen-
tary party. In his speech In Dublin
recently Mr. John Redmond tried to
show that, while the present Budget
undoubtedly Increased the taxation OF
ireland, the Nationalist party had OBJ
tanned from the Government in the
last four years financial s benefits
amounting to nearly $t5.oo0.0o0. He
included this total sum OF 100000
year for the new National Univer-
sity. $50 CAV
Archbishop walsh points out that
this figure--the only part OF Mr.. ked-
mond's statistics about. which he Is
able to speak-is .hopelessly mis-
leading" From his knowledge as
Chancellor of the University, the
Archbishop states that under the
seventh section of the Universities
Act and In other ways the alleged
"ofiicial figure" of $4,000 has been
brought down to s2sstss5 The Arch
bishop adds that he has death with
only one of the nine figures adduced
by Mr.. Redmond. as~
Tests Accuracy.
81 have done SO because II is the
only one as to which ! am, in posi-
tion to test its accuracy. have
tested It to the best of my ability, and
1 feel bound to say that the result OF
my examination OF II Ii to justify me,
In my own opinion at all events, In
suspending my judgment as to the ac-
curacy of the others until they have
been tested by some one better quail
ned to judge of their accuracy than
/ can claim to be-"
In a postscript DIR. WEIGH states
that under the Universities Act the
Treasury has succeeded in throwing
on the colleges OF Cork and Galway
number of charges from which
those colleges have hitherto been
free. He concludes;
Cork is badly hit; Galway, I fear,
is made bankrupt: Is there to be no
remedy"
Judging from tile scant attention
paid to 1t. the announcement that MI
william OBrien contemplates an early
return to the political arena Is evtd-
emily not taken too seriously by his
former friends Those who are in
Mr.. o'Brien's confidence are now max
ing 1t no secret that such is his In
tention. It may at least be said that
for the effective Intervention OF so
formidable a prota gonist the moment
is undoubtedly propitious. AS recent
events have shown the O'Brienites
are far from being a negligible guam
fifty, and although the sudden with
drawaI of their leader left them at
grievous disadvantages, 1t is asserted
that his Temperatures would find their
strength unimpaired, II not consider
ably augmented. -
Nothing further Is yet reported as
to the rumored new organization
which is TO carry the fight into every
Nationalist constituency" 1t Is, plain,
however, that were Mr.. ,o'Brien to sue
coed in detaching a proportion of the
rebelIious and disconnected elements
he would be able greatly to en-
barrass Mr. John Redmond and his
friends. To compel the party to hght
for a number of seats would, Il Is
pointed out impose financial strain
which in the present state OF the funds
might prove serious.
Meanwhile the party caucus in Dub
lin has not decided to carry the war
into the enemys' camp. A determined
attempt is to be made to Dust Mr..
Sheehan's NJ. p, who was one of Mr..
O'Briens lieutenants. from the repre-
sentation of Mid-Cork. The prelimi-
nary steps were taken the other day
at Macroom. andD1n the course Of the
proceeding a serious collision, between
the contending parties was narrowly
averted. Mr. Sheehan's opponents Sc
cured the Town Hall for a meeting
at which the selection of suitable
candidate was to be discussed with
Mr. Denis tombstone league official
from the Dublin headquarters.
Stewards were stationed on the
steps of the hall, with strict injunc-