Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-19
John Redmond, the Irish
Dictator of English Policies

It, Then he sat down and waited
never missing a chance. however. to
gain whatever small advantage he
could for his country.
DISTINCTLY POPULAR.
In spite of the fact that he has at
various times fought and denounced
nearly every English politician OF
prominence there Is no more popular
man in parliament. and he has exer-
cised mono of the arts of the politician
TO win that popularity. He has no
Intimate friends outside his own party.
1t is said that he has never even dined
with an English NJ. p. but every man
of them respects him and regards him
as one of the most powerful figures
among them. He is not a great orator,
as parliamentary orators go, and he
never speaks unless he has something
to say There arc q dozen men in
his own party who rank higher as
speakers. but there is no man who can
MI the house as he can when he rises
to speak.
PARNELLS CHAMPION.
And all this has been gained by
steady dogged hghting, without ever
swerving from the straight road to the
point he had In view. He began life
as an enthusiastic friend and admirer
of Parnell and he has never wavered
from that position. When the smash
came and Parnell was compelled by
the forces of clericallsm in Ireland to
give up the leadership. Redmond stuck
to him He became the leader of the
Parnellte faction In the Irish party.
he defended Parnell In parliament and
out of 1t, and all the time labored as
cI N
among his countrymcn. His first re-
ward came in 1900, when he succeeded
In uniting the party, and was chosen
its leader, Since then he has contin-
ued to fight doggedly to maintain har-
mony and TO win home rule. From
time to time there have been revolts
against his leadership. but he has
fought on and he has brought the
rebels back into the fold. Some of
them. like Tim Healy and William
O'Brien. have been out several times
but they have always come back.
These two men are out OF the party
again today but IL is n safe predIc-
tion that John Redmond will bring
them back again into line before long.
In parliament he has fought as dog
gedly for every advantage for his
country that could be obtained from
either party. He won the land pur-
CnaSe act Wnlcn nus nearly wiped out
landlordIsm in ireland from the
Unionists. He obtained the Irish unl-
versities act which for the first time
placed education In Ireland under
popular control from the Liberals He
won large measure of self-govern-
ment when the Irish county councils
were set up In response to his insist
ent demand and he has won countless
smaller concessions, without for one
moment abating his full demand for
homo rule. He has done what Par
nell and Butt could not do In obtain
ing these measures, and he is soon 60
ing to finish the fight which they be-
gan.
1t is too soon yet to Indicate what
his course Will be In welding tho
power which has come to his hand .
the English politicians arc hardly
ready to bargain. Both are throw
ing out bait for the Irish vote. but
Redmond can be trusted to examine all
the offers and take the most advan-
tageous for Ireland. He Is tied to
no one. and home rule from the Tories
is just as good as home rule from the
Liberals. Irlshmen are not inter-
ested in English party fights, except
az they offer opportunities to Ireland
John Redmond .s now IS years old
There are few people in Ireland who
do not expect to see him. as prime
minister OF Ireland. form the first Irish
government before he Is 60.
f. X. CULLEN.