The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-11-25
WORK OF FUTURE
IRISH PARLIAMENT
Education, Land Drainage, MANAGE
ment of Railroads, Etc, Will
Engage Attention.
In it Will Be Numbered Business
Men and Professional Men of
Various Creeds.
There Will be No Religious Con-
troversies to Arouse the Pas
sion of the Country.

On November Mr.. John Redmond
addressed Il meeting In Agricultural
Hall, Norwich, under the auspices of
the Norwich Central Liberal Associa-
ton. He outlined in detail during the
course OF his speech what the work
of the future Irish Parliament will be
and toward the close of his address
replied to some of the statements
made Ivy MIR. Balfonr in Il speech the
day before.
u have been asked in some places
in ltngand,' said MIR. Redmond, what
exactly an Irish Parliament would do
if created tomorrow? and I am glad
t." answer that question. Let me di-
rect attention to the re-asscmbling on
Irish soil of an Irish Parliament. The
first election will have been over,
many of tho old fighting faces of men
who took part in winning the restorl-
tion of tho Parliament will he pres-
cnt. but there will be there mnny 9TH
VI iiiNIl--lIltIl vi HloucTdlN views on
both sides of existing controversies
who have been quite unable. owing to
the circumstances to take part ii. the
work Of the Imperial Parliament;
there will be many business mrii there,
who are preciuded absolutely from
serving their country in Parliament at
Wnst mi j, will l,,,
rcssional men men representing Sci
cncc. literature and art; there will be
representatives of the old landed gen.
try. You will have there men of all
crrcds--Cnthol.c, Protestant. Prcsby-
trrian and, If ! understand the feeling
on !rishmcn right. you will have nom
Catholics in that House in Il far larger
proportion than their numbers would
warrant as compared with the Cath
oics of the country.
The old parties will have diSap-
troversics to arouse passion in our
country. The last OF those controvers-
les ccntcrcd around the Land Ques-
ton which has already been settled
by the adoption by the Imperial Par.
lament of the policy laid down by
pnrnell, Davltt and the Land League
the policy of peasant proprietorship.
Those in this country who will be
looking out for violent scenes, for ex-
trnvagant language, extreme or revo-
lutionary proposals, will be woefully
disappointed. Our proceedings will be
prosaic and hundrum In the last de-
gree. We will be engaged on the work
of endeavoring to put our house in
order, and we will address ourselves
to that work in quiet and business
like manner, just as the new County
Councils in Ireland, in the year 1898,
addressed themselves to the work Of
country government"
After pointing out that the Irish
Parliament would find work to do in
providing for education, land drainage
the management of railroads, ETC., the
speaker continued:
mind you, that is all we are ask
ing, that is all that Home Rule means.
We are only asking for a local Parlia-
ment, subject to the unimpaired su-
premacy of the Imperial Parliament,
for the transaction Of purely Irish To-
cal affairs. We dsclaim with ridicule
the charge that we are Separatists.
What we are asking is the very anti.
thesis of Separation. 1t leaves you
as strong, aye, far stronger, than you
are today to deal with any demand
for Separation in the future. I read
with amusement a speech delivered
yesterday by Mr.. Balfour on this sub
ject. Mr.. Balfour says there Is no
half way house between centralized
Government at Westminster and an
absolutely independent Parliament.
and he says the kind of Parliament we
are suggesting is hybrid constitu-
ton unknown within the Empire. Why,
the truth is that every Parliament in
the Empire today is subject to the su-
premacy of the Imperial Parliament.
There are twenty eight such Parlia-
ments at this moment and in answer
to Mr.. Balfour say that over every
one of those Parliaments the Imperial