The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-07-18

prepared to admit that facts are facts,
that the faint Of factionism which has
earned for the Southern County the
opprobrious title of rotten Cork" is
undeserved, and that in the county, as
in the city, the Irish Leader can rely
on the sterling Nationality of the peo-
pie and on their complete adhesion to
the principles which the Nationalist
Party represents in the Imperial Par
lament.
The opportunity which Southern Ma
tionalists have SO eagerly sought hav.
ing at last presented itself in the Cork
County Council contests, the County
Of Cork has gladly followed the lead
Of the City, and the results should help
to reinstate Cork in the esteem of the
country, and show to all whom it may
concern that factionism is not only
dead, but it has been publicly buried.
That is all the more satisfactory as
the Unionist vote in the various con-
tests was cast solidly for the faction
list candidates, no doubt, in recogni-
ton and appreciation of the fact that
Mr.. VIM. O'Brien and his Parliamen-
tary followers refused to vote for
Home Rule, or to identify themselves
with the charter which gives liberty to
Ireland. The Nationalist victories
prove that the patriotic spirit of the
people cannot be kept under by any or
all of the devices and influences which
factionism has at it's command, and
that the indomitable spirit of Nation
ality in the electors has asserted itself
in spite Of the abuse and scurrility-
the falsehood and the double-dealing
Of those who have enlisted themselves
under the factionist banner. Cork
County has given it's answer to it's
so-called Parliamentary representa-
tives who refused to vote for the third
reading of the Home Rule Bill, and
the County Council candidates who
supported absenteeism in the House
of Commons have now been taught
lesson which has been hammered into
them by the votes of the honest cleo.
tors, who will in future be represented
by genuine Home Rulers and men who
may be relied upon to uphold and
maintain the National ideals.
The results of the County Council
elections indicate what the county
electors think of their so-called Par
liamentary representatives. just as the
Cork municipal elections of last Jan
uary indicated what the city voters
thought and think Of Mr.. VIM. O'Brien
and Mr.. Maurice Healy. Both the City
and County have clearly demonstrated
that they stand for Home Rule and
the Irish Parliamentary Party, and at
heart are in accord with Nationalist
ireland and the cause for which Irish
patriots have suffered and bled. The
new school of politicians which ap-
proves Of the Home Rule Bill one day
and denounces it the next, which per-
sists in prophesying disaster and evil
in spite of innumerable failures.
which refuses to vote in the House Of
Commons when vital Irish interests
are concerned has had its day. The
factionist politicians have been found
out. They and their supporters are
discredited and rejected by the Nation
alist masses Of the County Cork, and
they can no longer claim to represent
Nationalist aspirations either in Par
lament or outside 1t. Cork County,
like Cork City, has gone far to rehab-
iltate itself in the esteem Of the
country, and factionism may now be
dismissed as an evil thing which has
been effectively banished from the
South has wheeled into line. and that
all now stand united to face both the
open and the disguised enemies Of
freedom.-Cork Examiner.