The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-01-15

~. DelleVe e1t0rtion could go to that
extent, SO I made very careful inquir-
les, and md they are charging some
thing like IS. per square yard per an
mum (renewed cries of "shame"). Well,
who is Barabbas, would like to know
Cloud cheers)? i want you to work out
the sum. 1t is valued at RbS los. for
the purpose Of contributing to the rates
Of Cardiff, to. the public expenditure
that helped to make its value. Eight
pound an acre is the value the MARQUIS
of Butte puts upon that land when he
is' asked to contribute upon it, but
when he comes. to receiving he values
1t at .s1,200 per annum ("shame").
Now, all I say 10 him is this, that you
ought to contribute at the rate of
$1,000 per annum lcheers). You ex-
; pect people. with such a record to let
| the Budget through (hear, hear). OF
course they threw it out. it is going
! through cloud cheers). and many an
other Bill win follow. it (renewed
cheers).
Like the mountain sheep have seen
many a time. once they find gap in
the wall all the rest 60 through (laugh-
! teri, and the Budget will go through,
and the whole flock will follow to bet
tor pastures than that they are on now,
ito security for the. workman against
unemployment (hear, hear), against
starvation in the darkest hour of sick
ness (cheers), to security against old
age (cheers), security for the tenant
farmers against .capricious eviction
! (hear, hear), security for the worker.
+, 1t is all coming, and this is going to
be the beginning of it (cheers). They
talk about a Second Chamber to pro-
tect the weak and the powerless. BY
all means. let lis set it up, but when
did the House of Lords ever do that
(hear, hear)? There are people in this
country. who have riches, possessions,
/ power, influence, retainers. The Lords
go out Of their way to shield them
(hear,, hear). There are people in this
country with no: possessions, no in
/, fiuence, very few friends (hear,i hear).
When did you ever hear Of the Lords
| striving to; rescue 'them?. (Cries OF
"Never'). I remember poor little cot
tiers m ireland thrown out by hun
dreds and thousands on the bleak way
side, out of novels they had built with
their own hands; flung out ruthlessly
by cruel landlords What did the peers
do? They stood by and cheered and
bounded on (cries of "shame"). I re-
member hundreds of Welsh farmers
: thrown out Of the homes Of their
fathers. Why? Because they obeyed
the dictates Of their consciences (hear,
hear, consciences planted in their
breasts by their Father in Heaven to
guide and direct them through life.
What happened to them? Flung out.
Did the Lords protect them? On the
contrary, when the Ballot Bill was pro-
,duced to make. it impossible for out
RACES Of that kind to be perpetrated,
the Lords threw it out. Talk about the
Second Chamber protecting the coun-
try against popular impulse and pass
ion: Let them name single oppress-
ion In this land which is due to popular
passion. If there was one, fifty were
due to the cold. deliberate greed of a
class, and yet they wanted a Second
Chamber against popular passion. They
are not there to protect honest industry
against confiscation; they are there to
defend monopoly which plumbers indus
try. They are not there as the
guardians OF liberty; they are there AZ
i:a garrison Of privilege. We have found
them oit. and Britain will strip them
Of their pretensions Cloud cheers).
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