The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
IRISH OPPOSE
 FINANCE BILL Representative in Conflict
 With People. MEMBERS ARE PETITIONED Changes Made in Land Bill by
 House of Lords. Co.sesfea District Feature of Land Hill Crestes Unbeunded AEita- tisa Aneas IrssA workmenJ
 Meetings ana Petitions
 the Result.
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e8hiubt the thfr0 reaolnB or tbo riu- ance Bill Is strongly condemned by the Irish public and press. Mir. Red- mond's own followers completely fail to understand his defiance or misin- terpretations of the popular will
 | At meeting of the Enniscorthy Board of Guardians a resolution was unanimously adopted condemning the iniQuitous Budget" and calling upon Sir Thomas Esmonde to vote against 1t. as. If 1t became law. it would have ruinous effect. more parttculariy on the farming classes by the outrageous proposals to levy ex- orbitant death and transfer duties. The chairman said that if one of them died tomorrow possessed Of only 50 acres of land his successors would have to pay $500. They should | not be under unjust taxation. If they were powerless in Parliament they were not poweriess out of it. | At meeting of the Edenerry | tKipg's country) District Council a I resolution was unanimously adopted on the Nationalist party for an ex- planation of their action in support ing Budget which would put $2.50 per head on every man. woman and child in Ireland declaring that the land taxes were calculated to inf1ict ruin on the Irish farmers. and ask ing the House of Lords to reject the Bill. It was decided to ask all the public boards in Ireland to pass simi- lar resolutions and to send them to the House of Lords.
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 The extreme unpopuiarity of the Nationalist party's attitude to the Budget Is having the worst effects on the Parliamentary fund. A Nation alist demonstration was held at Baliy- shannon. at which MT. Joseph DeyIin. M. F.. and Mir. Swift MacNeill, M. P. were the principle speakers. A let ter was read from Dr. O'Donneli, of Raphoo. one of the trustees of the Parliamentary fund. in which the bish- op regrets that the subscriptions to the fund for some time past have not been "at all equal to the occasion" To win its liberties the country must persevere in sacrifice. We must not.p says Dr. O'Donnell, "lean too heavily on over generous America and Aust ralia. no matter how numerous are the other demands upon our slender resources.
 | MT, Devlin devoted most of his speech to the need of those funds without which the party must cease to exist He urged that farmers who had purchased their 10 holdings were bound in honor to, stand by the party. An annual sum of 4s0,0oO would 20 Tar to relieve it of anxiety on fam cial grounds. IT they were 10 take fun advantage of the, present excepl tional situation practical support must be forth coming without delay. and in no niggard fashion. ,f1's, Ii.
 The extent of the burdens which the. Budget inflicts on Irish arrlcnitnra are only now beginning to be .realizes, by the farmers. The estate duties, even more than the increased liu,,or taxes, occupy the mind of the Irish pu-ltc: the farmers have at last be-. gun to appreciate the oppressive na. ture of these duties and the deeen- tive character of the so-calied ".oo,,- sessions" which the Government has made 10 the Nationalist party. | significant sign of the times is, the following resolution, which, was passed On Wednesday night l. at Ia, meeting of the committee of the Kils kenny working Mems CIub:--,,' 5. '.es l Petition Members. gftts l.i That this committee representing large body of working men in fine city of Kilkenny. most, respectfuIiy and earnestly appeals to the Maroufs of ormonde as Kilkenny man and an Irishman. to vote in his capacity as member of the House of Lords l oeoAhEt tHS tutHultOuS huQKet Of the anti-Irfsh Liberal party, and to use his great influence with his brother peers also to vote against 1t. We are convinced that if 1t passes 1t will by innict incalculable Injury on Ireland. and in a special degree that it's ef- fleets on Kilknny. which Is so largely dependent for whatever measure of prosperity it enjoys on the brewing and bottling industries in the city and the barley-growing industry in the country, will be most prejudicial. not to say ruinous As our members in the House of Commons voted for this Budget. we have no other course left but to appeal to the House of Lords to save our industries from de- struction and some of our own class from the workhouse. and we trust that. as the representative of an an- cient Irish family, Lord Ormonde will
 hearken to our appeal. That our sec- retary be instructed to send g copy of this resolution to Lord ormonde
 and the Marquis of Lansdowjne."
 At a meeting of the South Mayo branch of the Irish Landowners con vention at Castle MacGarrett. the res Idence of Lord Oramore and Browne, who presided, resolution was pass ed, thanking the House of Lords for their action in converting the land bill into a more workable measure, but regretting that the principle of compulsory acquisition of land in Con- naught had been admitted. as the meeting was convinced that there 1 would be no difficulty in acquiring the land voluntarily at a fair price.
 A second resolution suggested that. as the principal of compulsory pur- chase had been admitted, 1t was es- sential that the tribunal that fixed the price should be an impartial and perfectly independent one, unconnect- ed with either the Estates Commis- sioners or the Congesteds Districts Board. The meeting urged the lead CTS of the Unionlst party to sanction no compromise on this vital point.
 At the fortnightiy meeting of the Swinford County Mayo) Rural coun- ell. MT. T, Doyle. vice chairman. moved a resolution condemning the House of Lords for having destroyed the land bill. expressing complete ap- proval of the section of the original bill dealing with the -Congested Dis tricts Board. and enlphatically con 1emning Lord MAcDonnelrs hostility towards the Board. The resolution went on to state facts" connected
 with the sale of Lord MacDonnens II property in the sYinford Union. It alleged that the valuation was $6OS. the number of holdings on 1t thirty nine, and the average value Of each s15.5S; that the land vas sold direct to the tenants trust at zone prices; that the cabins huddied together now
 continue danger to the sanitation of