The Irish standard., 1910-04-30
NOTED YOUNG MEN
IN PARLIAMENT
The Striking Personalities
Are Those That Deliver
Good Speeches.
I. M. Kettle is One of the
Lights of Young Ireland
Who is Witty.
The Real Weight Carriers
Void of Brilliance, Says
Col. Lynch, M. p.

Vold OF 6fllllance, says
Col. Lynch, M. P.
While waiting for the real issue
and in the British parliament we be-
come accustomed to the process of
waiting, indefinitely, for reforms-it is
we'll to take a survey of the new House
of Commons and to pick out few of
| it's striking personalities, says Col.
Arthur Lynch, NJ. p, in his letter from
the House of Commons of April 23 to
the st. Louis Republic.
I heard member declare this week
that comparing the present house with
those he had known for twenty-five
years, it stood higher in average abil-
ity than any of them. Certainly it is
| becoming more and more difficult to
enter the House, and many a man has
spent a fortune in successive efforts,
only to stand like Peri at the gate
of Paradise.
| The striking personalities are those
| that make good speeches. 1t does not
follow that they are the real weight
carriers, for the House of Commons
has not yet got over it's distrust for
men of. brilliant parts, especially if
these be shown in lambent wit. That
is typical of the British nation. 1t
laughs at and enjoys George Bernard
Shaw, but it makes Austen Chamber
lain chancellor of the exchequer. Aus
tens worst enemies never suggested
that he had too much brilliance. Lloyd
George is the present chancellor of
qualities. That believe accounts in
part for the furious antagonism he
| meets with. The Lords might swal-
low even his land taxes, but Lloyd
George is not one who Jokes wi diff
ficulty," and his manner exasperates
his enemies.
because, if I praised too highly, that
might be attributed to partiality. John
Redmond has, however by universal
consent, done remarkably we'll. His ut
terances have been grave and weighty,
delivered with a fine rotund voice in
classic, parliamentary manner. T. P.
which will long be remembered. Some
of the witty sallies were enjoyed on
all sides. Beginning slowly, he grad
ually worked up to a passion in recit-
ing the story of the iniquities of the
Lords. Finally he declared that the
reconciliation of Irishmen to England
by rendering Ireland full justice would
be worth feet of Dreadnaughts. This
declaration made an impression, for
even among the Tories there is a grow
ing idea that it would be we'll to make
friends of the Irish, if possible, in
view of the haunting nightmare of
Germany's growing power.
T. M. Kettle, one of the rsing-or
perhaps we should say, now risen
lights of Young Ireland, made one OF
the wittiest speeches l ever heard
either in this parliament or elsewhere
Kettle is still under 80, a tall, well
made fellow, with dark, twinkling
eye, full of intelligence and humor, and
countenance that bespeaks plenty OF
human nature. His voice is rich and
mellow and he seems to cling with af-
fection to an accent that is redolent
of old Ireland. His sayings were more
than witty. Some of them were true
aphorisms. For example,: "Indigna-
ton is an emotion too valuable to be
wasted on history"
Then Kettle made a hit, which had
the honor of cartoon next day. II
must be explained that Arthur James
Balfour, leader Of the opposition, is g
much less determined advocate of pro.
l tection-or, as it is called here, tariff
, reform-than Austen Chamberlain
Chamberlain had Immediately before
Kettle rose, delivered vehement
! speech. Kettle, referring to this, said
, ut struck me that it was speech
2 intended not so much to nail his col.
ors to the mast as to nail his leader t
t the mast" All this, delivered with
slow utterance and Irish accent