The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-05
IRISH ABIDING;
PROVED BY RECORDS
ONLY One Criminal Case in
Monaghan County at Last
Quarter Session.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.


Special Gable to The Tribune
DUBLIN Nov. 4.-One OF the faNorlte
Arguments OF the opponents OF home rule
Cor ireland Is that the Irish are Wiid
and Iawicss people who are not MT Tor
sell. COVE rnmcnt and who II left 10 them
selves would soon lapse Into CONDITION
approaching anarchy. \ conmentarI on
this charge is found in the fact mat
when the grand jury OF the county MOI
aEban quarter sessions met iast week
tLcre was ONLY one criminal case for Its
considerations man charged WIN us,nk
a knife in n fight. The ser'ousness OF
that the culprit upon being a3judsed
guilty was sentenced 20 ono week ih
II. worjd he interesting to know how
many English or American counties could
show such record.
An extraordinary example OF the ic-
norance which ehaTSctcrlIes ,ne n, niser- II.,r
Tnionists WAS recently given in "A speech
az William Moore, Nj. p. Al the meet,
ing at Craigvad To receive Sir Edward
carson he said that thr English gov
ornTnsnt had never had To face Prot
estant rebellion in ireland. or course.
any one Win a smal,crinS ot SnoWl-
ciety OF United IriShmcU Vas formed
in Belfast and that the rebellion Of
as originated with them; Moreover, ,wo
| OF the ficrccst battles 81 that rebellion
were fought in Ulster. One took place
within a few miles OF the spot where
! MIR Moore Was speaking Eallinahlnch
| County Down. The other was at Antrim.
! These arc the ccutcrs OF the two most
! Protestant districts In Ireland and prob
ably NJ least 9q per cent Of the rcoels
| who took part In them were Proicslants
I, may bc 81 interest in this connection
| To recall tho fact that the grand uncle
OF Mr. Mckinley. not lonS aSo president
Of the United states. was hanged as
Mo"re's Got' home. Mir a,cIlinl~y's grand
father had, fortunately for himself
| America in disgust AT the state Of things
at home. II is quite characterist tcaIlE
irish that ono brother should he hanged
for scdition In Ireland and the other
! should go to the United States TO give II
Its president.
The late Dr. Dawson Burns in his an,
rual analysis OF the national drink bill
for 1905 estimated that Ireland share
was 100. 900. It was AT that time
contcnded that this huge sum was eN.
ccssiyc and that the official returns on
which he based his calculations wer,
misleading. But. according to T. Gal
loway Riggs, Dr. Dawson. Burns under
stated the case against Ireland and ln
the year l90S9 our drink bill exceeded
$50 600 600. This seems hardly crcdtta
bic. and on examining the figures giyer
ono finds that Ireland Is assumed 10 con
sumo its entire beer and porter produc'
tion. II being taken for granted tina
Irish beer exports and imports nearly
balance each other. statement Whicl
Is open 10 question. j neil. II is als'
assumed that the retailer OF spirits add:
to each gallon one-nfth as much water
while account Is taken for the cost o
Illicit spirits consumed. extra hotel an'
estaurant prices. and the use of minera
waters with whisky and brandy. Th'
calculation is made that the l,2oO.2l
male adults in ireland, With the womci
10 help them. consume per head per Nccl
fourteen pints Of beer or stout and fou
and a half glasses Of spirits. No allow
ancc seems TO be made for the total ab
stainers, a large and steadily CROWN!
| number OF the popula tiOn OF Ireland