The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-13

her for East Down daughter and Ma.
llonallst cheers). He at oil events
would have given it a ,1orc distinctiye-
lS Irish flavor. I cannot help thinking
that tho sympathy of the noble, lord for
ireland, as evidenced by his speech,
rs of the kind often called inlpertinent
wipe mp at the earliest possible moment
as Something Coming Between the
Wind and his Nobility" (Opposition
cries OF "Oh" and Nationalist clleeryj.-
Ihc first question ] have to deal with
!" as 10 what is the actual state OF
Ireland. Then on The heels of that, no
doubt, comes the question as to what
have the Government done and what
good would result were they to put into
operation tho Grimes Act. am gp--
ing to lay on the Table Of the House,a
preciY Of the police reports on thu
condition of ireland. AS everybody
lShows Ireland always has been ul1yisr
the microscope of the police tNatior-
;'list cries of "lIear, hear") The right
ION. gentleman proceeded to read a
summary Of tho state of each county,
reminding the House that every !a-
uictablo offense in Ireland was callel
an outrage. Antrim, Armagh, Carlow.
Cavan, Donegal, Dublin. Co. lrerr,a-
nagh. Kildare, Kilkenny. Lout,I, Mayo,
Monaghan. Tyrone, Waterford, and
Wexford were among those in a gen.
orally peaceful condition. but Glare wils
III troublesome state. Apparently tho
county was settling down, but was
a long way yet from being in a satis-
factory condition. Owing to the Nuns
Der of places where agrarian troub!eY
existed brutal outrages were reported.
The East Riding Of Galway was rr-
settled, and some Of the police wels
dangerously injured. Owing TO the r.-
storation of evlcted tenants, some parts
of the county showed Improvement. IN
Kings County boycottlng and intimi-
dalton continued unabated owing to the
against the payment of rent ON some
estates existed In Roscommon, and thu
general condition OF the South Riding
&C Tipperary could not be regarded
,as satisfactory. Sligo was still in sn
unsatisfactory state. The year tllir-
teen; threatening letters or notice".
424; last year, 1913; intimidation. SO
cases; last year, 81; injury to property,
$50 cases; last year, 80; other offenses,
1886; last year, 25-shoWing in 1885 a
total Of 1906 cases, as agains:. d total
1,506 cases, as against g, total last year
Of ITS. The boycotting figures ares.
On the list January, 1885, wholly boy
cotted, Its persons; partially boycottod.
716; total, s91. In 1867 there were 145
wholly boycottedaand 76S partially boy
cotted persons making a total of go. {
On the LIST of January, 1909, there weraS
Is wholly, 10 partially, and IT, minor 3
boycotted persons, making in all, 1S1
persons. There were on tho 31st 1T,
December, 1887 under constant police
protection, 252 persons. and under prr-.
lection. by patrols, 7O4-a total Ct 956.
On the 31st Of December, 1908, there
were "a under constant protection, and
270 under protection by patrol-a tc'.al
Of 344 as against a total of 965, tMin-
isterial and Nationalist cheers). leave
the House to draw their own inference
from that:
Independence is plant of slow
growth. 1t will take = very long tins
to, grow under the operation Of tho D
ordinary law. Your Coercion would;
stop It at once tNationalist cheers,.
Everything worth striving for, would
be at once brutally and cruelty de-ass
stroyed by hasty adoption OF Coer-s
cion.. So far as cattle driving is cor-s
cerned,} LIDO not rely upon monlentaryss
figures, but as a matter Of fact, ct the
present moment cal tie dri living il; rapid M
liy on the decreaAe. ScI desi,isis.zss \