The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-30
IRISH PARTY
STILL CONTROLS
Scheme to Postpone Royal Declar-
alton Bill is Finally
Abandoned.
The Liberals Are Hopelessly Bound
Up With the Lords in
Many Ways.
Had the Government Kept its Prom
ises it Would Not Now be
in Danger.

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in Danger.
In a special cable to the st. Louis
Republic dated at the House of Com
mons, July %, Arthur Lynch, M. P.
sums up the political situation as fol-
lows:
The royal declaration bill came very
near being postponed to winter ses-
sion. That fact in itself does not
seem very important, but the inter-
probation throws luminous beam Oil
parliamentary tactics and ON the psy-
chology of statesmen. 1t is from this
point of view that l will consider it
Politics is always so disappointing to
one who desires reform, that for COM
pensation the mind flies to the idea
of considering parliament as a game,
and marking the points irrespective
of principle. ...
The royal declaration bill, the OBJ
ject Of which is simply to avoid put
ting into the Sovereign's mouth words
which are insulting to Catholics, has
behind it a great majority in the House
and the force of public opinion. But
religion is always one of those ques-
lions on which it is not difficult to
excite animosities in this country ana
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names exist virtually for that pur-
pose.
Naturally, therefore, the government
would desire to get this thorny ques-
ton out of the way as quickly as
possible. But they were for holding
it over for some months as political
weapon, till they were forced to pla.
cate the Irish and appease their own
supporters by disposing of the declara :
ton this session. But the fact re-
mains the government does not know
itself whether it intends to play the
straight game, and if it should de.
eide to throw overheard the program
of reform on which it was elected
there still will be trouble in the COM
ing fall. Despite grant of $4,000 OOO
to improve Irish cottages an attack
by the Irish party is not at all i'm
probable, and, perhaps, the balance
of power may be used to throw this
government out of office in November
and to precipitate a general election
in which the chances of the Liberals
would be very considerably dimin-
ished.
Their downfall would not be re-
GREETED by friends of progress for we
have never seen any party shape 81
meanly at their task as this govern
ment, borne to power on a wave OF
popular enthusiasm. 1 happened to
be speaking to one of the members
of the Labor party this week who dis
cussed this aspect of affairs with me
Liberals Bound Up With Lords.
But that" he added, lis the las,
thing they want to do. They are
bound up with the Lords in too many
ways. There is hardly prominen,
Liberal leader that does not hope t.
end his days in the House Of Lords
Many of them are related to mem
bers of the House of Lords. They are
even chosen for Office on account OF
their family influence Others arc
chosen on account of their wealth
and their big subscriptions to part,
funds; and wealth and aristocracy are
in this country always associated. Their
~ a powerful means of gaining funds
consists in the honors lists. Promi.
nent Liberals are given knighthoods
or raised to the peerage. All the in.
f1uence of their families and of theil
wealth is therefore devoted to keep.
ing up the system. How then car
the Liberals be really in earnest i1
/. destroying the power Of the Lords
: when, with the ideas that prevail
! amongst them. the Lords are neces.
sary for their own existence?
THE Labor party" he continued
, (which ought to be quite independent
and which ought to be a continual
) goad to the Liberals to keep them VI
t to the mark, is really to some extent
r affected by similar ideas. There was
a time. for instance. when Jack