The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-11-26
REDMOND CONFIDENT
Of EARLY TRIUMPH
lhe Fate of Ireland Depends on
Outcome of the Present
Grave Crisis.
Irish Leader Says, Il am Sure the
Triumph of Home Rule
is at Hand"
The Elections Will Be Over Before
ChristmaS-Contest to be
Sharp and Bitter.

AAS LACollOllS VIII DC OVcI DClOIc
Christmas-Contest to be
Sharp and Bitter.
The position of the Irish Party Was
never more promising than il s at
the present time. Under John Red
mond's leadership the party controls
the situation. Nothing less than an
unexpected and far reaching political
upheaval can alter the situation John
Redmond is certain OF the outcome
On being interviewed, he said:
II should like to say that am most
confident that we shall win," he said
There has been u tremendous amount
Of talk In the English papers regard
ing the money collected by America
The trip was in every way gratifying.
but the truth is that hardly a dollar
of the large amount OF money sub
scribed came from the capitalists
Nearly every penny was from the
pockets of the hard working Irishmcn
of small means. God bless the Irish
women whose hearts are always di-
rected to help the home people.
Triumph of Home Rule at Hand.
II am sure the triumph of home
rule is at hand. No harm can come
10 the cause from those extraordinary
men who at this crisis are endeavor-
ing to divide our forces. Our victory
Is certain"
r. p. O'Connor said:
81 look upon the coming struggle
with strong confidence. 1t was ireland
that produced this crisis and the fate
Of Ireland In the immediate future will
depend on this struggle. believe it
must mean Ireland's early achieve
ment of self-government.
at is evident the Tories, especially
the peers, are in blue funk. 1t IS
always 80 with the indolent and arro-
CANT aristocrats when they stand face
TO face with the people at the bar CT
popular Justice. 1t seems to be the
rrimordial, universal and unconquer-
able instinct Of the aristocrats to be
insolent and reckless Immediately be-
fore the volcano bursts and then rush
headong to safety when the rumbings
of the coming lava tide arc heard
ut might have been hoped that
men accustomed to breathe the air
of Democracy would not at the begin
ming of the Twentieth century com
nit the criminal bIunders Of the mobiles
who ruined France In the Eighteenth
century. The English and Irish aris-
tocrats are just as unteachable as the
aristocrats in the earlier and less free
epoch. Therefore, the only way to
teach them is to beat them.
"Jt Is sincerely to be hoped that
parleyngs with the lords will not de-
lay the issue long.
Tories Fear Appeal to People.
! What the Tories fear Ia an imme-
diate appeal to the people. They want
delay for the purpose of mystification.
| We have them at last and the more
they squeal the harder we should
squeeze Their doom has come, let
us hasten it by every means in our
power.
"The terms offered to the Tories at
the late conference were 10 handsome
that everybody was surprised at the
folly, blindness and incapacity which
they exhibited in refusing them. The
terms we're better than the Tories will
ever get again.
1--WE should avoid being drawn into
a controversy regarding reform of
lords. To keep the control Of the
state in the hands Of the commons is
to keep it in control of the nation.
Any suggestion Of second chamber
Of the commons is undemocratic, it is
taking the government of the nation
from the hands Of the nation and
placing It in the hands Of the classes
or cliaues or oligarchies. Such pro-
posals should meet with the immedi'
ate and united hostility Of the Liber'
ais.
"The question OF Ireland holds the
foremost place because Of its urgency
becouse Of the long postponment OF
her demand and because the settle
msut Of the Irish question is the first
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