Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-02-18
Veto of Lords Will BE Debated
i'm Commons Next
Week.
Timothy Healy Overstepped
Himself in North
LOuth.
UNIONISTS ARE DISORGANIzED

This is the second week of the
present session of Parliament and,
like the first, it has been enlivened
by debates on reciprocity and home
rule for ireland. To make the stu
alton still more interesting Premier
Asquith announced in the House of
Commons on Monday that he would
introduce the Government veto meas
ure on the following Monday. AS
evidence that the Government in
tends to push that measure Hon.
John W. Gulland, the Scottish LIB
eral whip" in speech at Edin-
burgh on Monday afternoon said
that he was even then busy com
piling a list of men who would ac-
cept Peerages with the object of
passing the veto bill in the House OF
Lords in the event the Peers prove
recalcitrant.
On the same day Hon. Augustine
Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland.
was asked in the House of Commons
what measure of home rule for Ire
land did the Government propose.
Mr.. Birrell replied: THE entire re-
construction of the Irish administra-
llOu NlbOIOuS NdllOHdliSl CnCcio
greeted the reply of Mr.. Birrell, as
it was indicated to mean that Irish
legislation may be undertaken
sooner than was expected.
The Tories are about to play
their last cards. They are endeav-
oring to enlist the support of Will
lam O'Brien and his followers. 1t is
the intention to offer an amendment
to the home rule measure demand
ing to know precisely what measure
of home rule the Government pro-
poses, and complaining that the
Ministers have made such contra
dictory declarations that none
knows what home rle means, ~Ih-
reality it is an anti-home rule meas
ure. If O'Brien and his seven fol-
lowers support the amendment it
will indicate their secession to
Unionism and dependence on the
Union party.
Last week the cable brought the
announcement that the election inl
North Louth had been declared void
and that Richard Hazleton, a Ma
tionalist, had been unseated in favor
of Timothy Healy, O'Brien's chJ
! lieutenant. This was only partial a
true. In the recent election Hear
was defeated by more than e w
votes, and so great was the fe,
| against him that he was assaul
the polls in Dundalk. Healy "a
took contest in the courts anss
legged intimidation of his suppd
by the Nationalists. His az
purpose was to deplete the fun
the Nationalists by involving
in heavy legal expenses. Mr..
ton thereupon withdrew his d
to the action and accepted an
OF court declaring the election
Healy is now striving to hay
North and South Louth constf
disfranchised. If he fails and
, again for election he will be
by more than 1000 votes.
realizes that his position in
is seriously damaged and int
moving to London to prac
His talents and the backin,
Unionists insure him a han
come.
On the whole the Unlo
sadly disorganized. JoseI
speech on religious persecution
Premier Asquith's speech on ra
proeity tore down all their ARD
ments. They have even chang
their tactics on the veto bill. 1t W
the original intention to introdux
the upper house a plan to reoft
ize that chamber then when
veto bill was sent from the
house to graft on 1t their
scheme for reform. Now they
decided that no Tory scheme I'd
reforming the House of Lords WI
please the people in their prese
temper. The Union leaders are n
ing that something will turn up1
disorganize the Liberals. othnnn
there is nothing but disgraee
feat In store for tham II