The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-02
y la MAnouisE DE FoNTESoY.


IN j. Terrell. who assumed Office on
~ st. Patricks Day. finds but lit
tie sympathy In his loss of Sl0.-
900 per nnnum from his salary as
chief magistrate of Irclands metropo-
lis: for 1t was he Who. when he saw Il
seat in Parliament rather than the his
goal OF his ambition. inaugurated the
movement for the reduction OF the
Mayors stipend from $4,000 n year
% $4,000. lie took the ground that
the municipality had no right to squan-
Ger in this ia shion the money that
ought 10 30 10 the poor and TO the
needy. This of course. appeal ed to
the MASSES OF Dublin, where tho poor
mans vote is commanding factor In
politics.
Eventually compromise was reach
cd. according TO which the Lord Mayor
was only paid his full salary Of 1000
year during the first year OF his
Office. and but $4,000 during the second
and third years. When some lime ar
forwards he withdrew his candidaturo
for Parliament. in order to obliGe the
Nationalist leader. Redmond, who was
In sore need OF n seat In the House or
Commons Com 3is for " Abraham. Who had
Cork, 1t was decided that he should
be rewarded with election to the may
orally of Dublin on the first opportu"
nifty that presented itself, and he was
In due course elected
With the election, however,. there
came great deal of talk about the
terrible poverty and distress existing
In the city of Dublin. and the press
ing necessity for economy in the nd :.
ministration of the public funds. Tho
unionists. whose business II Is TO op.
pose all the proceedings of the Ma
posed toNreduce the Lord Mayors sal
airy. for the first year as well, to S..
600. The Sim Feiners, who are against
everybody and everything, for once
fhnnca1NaS D ir,y Wi 1, t,.
Unionists still stranger was it to SEES
the Ancient order OF Hibernians and
the Nationalists agreeing with the
other two on any conceivable point.
But they did agree to the reduction, on
the preteXt that, after all, they were
only carrying out the plan which the
new Lord Mayor himself had SO earn 4
cstly and SO vigorously advocated.
In fact. the reduction, to the intense
annoyance of the Lord Mayor, was car
ricd almost unanimously. and he now
finds himself restricted for his term OF
three years to q salary OF $4,000, which
1t must be admitted Is completely In
adequate even to keep warm and clean
the huge old Mansion House. with itp
two acres of floor space. while as for
The maintenance of the traditional hos
pitality OF the chief magistrate of this
Irish metropolis on his moagre stipend.
that Is altogether out OF the ques
tion.
Realizing this. Lord Mayor John ].
Farrell has announced that lie Will
rot occupy the Mansion House rs
y esldonce during his term of Office, and
that he will keep it closed and make
no effort TO. give any entertainments
there. not having any money for tho
purpose. Lord Mayor Farrell, who Is
about the most Disguised OF Mayors
now holding office, is an entirely self
made man, who started life as news
hoy. eventually developing into n very
subordinate official in the corporation's
water department.. This brought him
Into politics. and politics he has made
his profession ever since. fourlshina
thereby, although ho kept a news
agents and tobacconistS shop, in Tall
bot Street. near,-the Amiens Street
Railroad depot, the prosperity Of which
relieved him OF any imputationg Of de
riving undue wealth from the political
affairs OF the city. NJ
Let mo add that he never drinks, and
Is. TO the best of my belief, the first
Lord Mayor of Dublin to be a total alb
stainer. Had 1t not been for his un
friendly attitude with regard to the
visit Of the King and Queen to Dublinfin
July, he would assuredly have either
been knighted or would have received
baronclcy on that occasion.
Enver Bey, who next to Shcfket
Pasha the Minister of War, wns the
moving spirit and the brains of tho
military pronunciamento that oXtorted
9. Constitution from Abdul Hnmid, and
which put an end to tho rule Of tho
Infamous lYlldiz Itiosque ring ut Com
EtQnttn0ple, has now bcnon1e thrant,h>I