The Irish standard., 1912-10-12


ter and applause). Again. the Guild
of Merchants Of Dublin, on the 1ath
Of January. 1893. resolved That the
commerce Of Ireland has 8 increased
and her manufactures improved be-
You'd example since the Independence
Of this kingdom swasf restored by the
exertionssof her scountrymsn in 1882"
That the citizens Of Dublin were
strongly against the Union was a his
torical fact beyond contradiction. The
problem of unemployment pressed
with exceptional severity on the city.
A revival Of industrial life in Dublin,
if it would not entirely remove I'M
employment. would go far to miti-
gate the evil. With substantial en-
ployment in the city, the housing
problem would quickly solve itself.
Municipal effort in this direction
would be aided by Parliament. and 1t
was to be hoped that one of the first
tasks to which an Irish Parliament
would set its hands would be to sweep
away the cumbersome anomalies
which impede local bodies from &C.
curing on reasonable and just terms
sites for the building Of workmen's
dwellings (aDplause).
Tho Medical Profession.
Continuing, the speaker gave a
brief glance at the prospects of the
Dublin professional man under a
Home Government. Noble and elevat-
ing as the medical profession was. it
could scarcely be said that its prac-
tice in Dublin led to considerable
fortune. The rank and file had 10
work hard to earn a modest compe-
tence, and it was doubtful II many Of
the Merton square doctors were L.
able for the super tax. Or, take his
own profession, the earnings Of the
most successful men at the -Four
Courts would be regarded by mer-
chant of moderate business as poor
return on his capital, and the rank
and file were content to toll for long
weary years for an income entirely
disproportionate to their talents and
energy. The return to Dublin of COM
mercial activity under Home Rule
would necessarily react favorably IN
medicine and law. AS a member OF
the legal profession, l, in common
with my countrymen, am proud OF the
position at both the Irish and the
English Bars, to which the right hon.
and learned members for the Unlver-
sity Of Dublin have attained. Will
either of them dare to say that In the
exercise Of his profession in Ireland
or Dublin he has ever found his prog
ress impeded by those who differ from
him in religious belief? On the con-
trary, Sir Edward Carson and Mr..
James Campbell WILL am sure. admit
that no inconsiderable portion os
their success has been due to the sup
port which they have received in Ire
land from a public and a profession,
the majority of whom hold different
religious views to those of the right
hon and learned gentlemen Zap
plause). The same can be said Of the
other five hon. and learned gentlemen,
who drew such narrowing pictures Of
the misery and misrule which will
follow If their fellow-countrymen are
allowed to govern themselves in their
own land. In an active and prosper
GUS community not medicine and law
alone, but all the learned professions
must find wider fields and ample scope
for their operations. If proof were
wanted that their city would, rs a
city, benefit by the change. one had
only to regard all that was done by
the short-lived Parliament Of 1882.
An lnestimable Boon.
Dublin fiourished constitutionally
and commercially during that golden
age, and it was above all as q GEN.
ter of art, culture and social life that
she proved how inestimable was the
boon she possessed in a native Parlia-
ment. She looked what she was, a
thriving metropolis, at once a hive Of
industry, home of learning, and a
haunt of fashion. Absentees were
drawn back again by the brilliant So
cial life of the Irish capital. The
streets were crowded with the splen-
did equipages Of the aristocracy.
Private residences on all sides rivalled
in beauty the public building. Those
who knew Dublin were aware that
many Of its squares and streets pos
sess Georgian houses built and deco
rated in style Of matchless beauty.
The work Of the Italian artists on
walls and ceilings remained to testify
to the culture and spirit Of the Irish
gentleman at tho close of the 18th
century. Those mansions, once the