The Washington herald., 1912-10-13
49,
IRE|lNDCOMPARED
/ WITH THE DISTRICT
Speaker At Peoples Forum Says
Both Had Their Liberty
Splen from Them
THOMAS Z. WILL
CONTINUES CAMPAIGN
Election to Be Held When Public
Can Vote Their Senti-
ments.

"Orangemen" in the District of Co
iumbia 'avowing In public meetings that
the price OF bondage II better than the
blessings Of liberty" were decried last
night by Thomas e. Will, secretary Of
the District Of Columbia Suffrage LeaGue
In speech at Eighth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue Northwest on the SIM
liar conditions Of the people of the '.ten.
mile square" and the people Of Ireland.
Both Ireland and the District were
'defrauded OF their legislative bodies,
and have been cruelty oppressed by their
ccnquerors." DR.. VIII asserted. "ireland
has lost half her population. In the
alley slums Of the District, one-third of
the children born die before reaching the
age Of one year.
The Irish people have been taxed
with Inadequate representation; we have
been and are being taxed with no repre-
the English landlord holding Irish lands
obtained by violence and fraud. has rob-
bed the peasants house and left its in
mates starving by the roadside along
which rumbled carts carrying loads OF
Irish grain to England.
ITO collect personal property taxes,
absolutely illegal, of course, the tax COL
lector Of the District has sent out his
minions in moving vans with instructions
~ SSASSs 90 oAShss tuC BOOuS anu ClldItcIS
OF alleged delinquents. and cart them
away to be sold for taxes.
Irish Never Acquiesced.
For affronts to their liberties, petty
in comparison with this, our ancestors
have risen in revolution, and Irish pa
triots have gladly died on the battlefield
or the gallows: but in the Federal Dis
trict the spirit Of liberty and manhood
appears to have become SO completely
dead that not one protest against this
recent outrage was reported.
The Irish. to their deathless credit be
1t said. have never yet acquiesced in
their subsection. Wherever found.
whether on the old sod Of the Emerald
Isle or in the New World, they have still
demanded home rule. The District peo-
pie, as community, have likewise never
acquiesced in their subsection, though
many. too many by far. indulge in that
cowardly silence which gives consent.
ireland has her Ulster and her
Orangemen-traitors to their country and
its cause; a community of Benedict
Arnolds. not only refusing to aid in the
cause Of emancipation. but opposing 1t,
and threatening TO oppose 1t even to
blood. The District unquestionably has
her Orangemen. voting in public meet
ings that the price Of bondage Is better
than the blessing of liberty. and avowing
their readiness to fight for the flesh pots
TO whatever depth Of degradation the
District may In consequence be sunk.
Despite the Districts apathy. her
helplessness, her broken spirit and her
ruinous race conflict: despite her Orange
men. her Tories, and her Benedict Ar
nolds eager to sell liberty for gold, her
record Is written In the book OF fate.
Slavery in America Is doomed. The
Declaration Of Independence and the
bill OF rights will yet be made effective |
in every square foot Of the United |
States. The rising tide Of liberty will
overwhelm this petty island of abso-
lutism: and. even in the Federal Dis !
trict. home rule and government Of and |
by and for the people will prevail"
Besides speaking to the people on the |
streets last night. DR.. VIII distributed
copies of Henry Georges report on as
sessments in the District. and circulated \
4 petition to Congress for self govern
ment for the District.
The force of speakers Of the league is
being constantly increased. Besides DR..
VIII. James Hugh Kelley and p 8. Mo-
nahan are on the programme for ad-
dresses at the meetings held on the
streets by the league Tuesday. Thurs
lay. and Saturday nights. and others
will be announced later. The election
n the District November s. at which
he people of the District can say
whether they wish home rule and also
express their choice for President is
being widely advertised by the speakers.
The directors of the league will meet
night to further plans for the
election.