The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
IS CONFIDENT OF AN
IRISH PARLIAMENT
This the Way Ireland Feels
on the Eve of the General
Elections.
LEADERS OF IRISH PEOPLE
PREDICT SWEEPING. VICTORY
Efforts of the UniOnistS to OBJ
scure the Issue Have Been
Unavailing.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.
III Cable To Tho Tribune

Special Gable to The Tribune.
DUBLIN, Jan. 15.-Ireland enters
INTO the final stage Of the general cleo
tion with full confidence that when tho
last returns are in homo rule will have
majority in the house of commons, and
the establishment of an Irish parlIa-
ment VIII be assured, That the Ma
tionalIsts will be able to do their full
share IN bringing this about is adj
mittedly due to tho splendid manner in
which the 1rishmen across the sea have
responded to the call for financial aid.
II has been possible to exert the full
hghting force of Ireland, not only in
the island itself, but in Great Britain
as we'll | have talked with John Red
mond. John Dillon, 7. P. O'Connor,
General Secretary F.. l.. Crilly of the
United Irish league in Great Britain,
and every one Of them expresses full
confidence IN a sweeping home rule vic
tory; The UnIonists have been trying
to obscure the issue by claiming hard.
ships TO Ireland in the budget, the en-
gendcring of old age pensions in case
Of bone rule and danger 10 Catholic
schools as result Of Liberal success,
but these have been unavailinr.
Decay of Fairs.
The decay of several fairs through
out the country is attributed to the
growing practice of "forebuying, that
Is, the transaction Of business on tine
day before that fixed for the fair
Portarlingtou fair has suffered from the
cause, and now, according TO the scar
low Nationalist 1T is so poorly sup
piled that buyers practically ignore
IT altogether In these circumstances,
ap agitation against the practice has
been lnaugurated By the townspeople.
whose view is that the fair should be
one of the most fourisbing, having
regard for the fact that Portarlingtou
is prolific stockraislng area. is within
a short distance of Dublin. and enjoys
good railway facilities. Another pro-
test against foresialling is indicated by
the advertisement of board Of town
commissioners in Wexford, who, in ref
erence TO the Christmas fowl market,
advise sellers, in their own interests,
not TO expose fowls for sale before 8
o clock IN the morning.
Holidays IN the Irish capital were
socially duller than usual this year.
There naturally were no festivities at
the vlceregal lodge, owing TO the mourn
ing of Lord and Lady Aberdeen Much
public sympathy is felt with them in
Ireland. especially AS Lord Aberdeen Is
short visit to Dublin TO attend Sir
Ernest Shackleton g lecture IN aid Of
Lady Dudley's nursing scheme raised
hopes that they might be spared the
blow Of their son s death.
Arthur W. E. Richardson, an Amer
lean, has been held for the Derry quar-
ter session, charged with dcfraudinp
hotel and claiming to be A Catholic
priest United States Consul O'Hagan
pleaded for the young mau. He said
the accused was member of & most
respectable family. Unfortunately he
WAS the prodigal. His people lived in
the United States. In fact, he had
been asked to communicate with the
accused before he fell into the hands of
the police. Accused was all American
citizen, aud his father was merchant
or contractor.
The investiture of Lord Arran as q
knight of st. Patrick by the king re-
fair, with its undiscovered mysteries.
There is nothing TO show why the
shadow of tho mysterious theft should
rest on the Order of ST. Patrick, vet
the last three knights have been ere.
ated without the traditional calling to-
gether OF chapter of knights in Ire
land. Lord Pierrie was privately adj
mitted into the order by Lord Aberdeen
at the command Of the king. Lords
Gransrd and Arrsn have since been in.
vested at Buckingham palace by the
king. Previous TO these three inveS-
titures, these ceremouials had sp im-
portant position amongst the court func-
lions of Dublin castle. The king, when
Prince Of Wales. went to Ireland to
be installed n knight of ST. Patrick,
with full court ceremonial IN st. Pat.
assigned for changing the tradition of
the order. But the publc mind i'll
Ireland associates the change with the
jewel mystery, which IS not generally
believed TO be mystery IN high Official
quarters but close guarded secret