Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-07
NUMBER FOUR
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3 D. m. W1.nam T. C0SSraVe, preSlQenI of the Dali cabinet, and Kevin OHiggins i minister of home affairs, and nephew of | the new governor general were among ! the first arrivals an doccupied the same l seats as in the old Dali Eireann. At 1 5.1O o'clock, Speaker, Hayes announced | that he was authorized by the governor | general to administer the path to the | deputies.
 Mir. Cosgrave was the first to be sworn and to sign the roll The form of the 1 oath of allegiance was primarily to the ] constitution of the Irish Free State and I then to King George as the head Of the l peoples forming the British common l wealth. MT. O'Higgins and the other ministers | took the oath in turn followed by the member of the Dail. The oath was ad- ministered to each man individually and most of the repetitions were audible 1 throughout the chamber. Some Of the military members, including Defense Min ister Mucahy, were in uniform. l When the ceremony was completed, i Professor Hayes was reelected spedKer and Mr. Cosgrave president of the cabi- net.
 Only two of the five Irish signatories of the treaty, Eamonn J. Duggan and George Cavan Duffy, took the oath. Of the others, Arthur Griffith and Michael l COlllnS are QGdO, anu IIODeTL S bdI lSi 4S , in jail as a rebel. All the labor members were present and took the oath, with the exception of .l NJ. Gaffney, member for Carlow, who was the only member of the Dail to vote s against the constitution. He is expected to refuse the oath thus leaving his con- e stituency unrepresented
 Cathal O'Shannon, editor of the $ Voice of Labor, and noted for his ad- l1-;o,r of :, Lord Mayor O'Neill was absent because of $ illness. Another absentee was Liam De Roisite Civilian Roche) member for s Cork City. He has been a supporter of !, the treaty, and is counted upon as certain to take the oath later.
 General McKeown, who has been con ducting the Free State military opera | tions in the provinces and has not been = in Dublin recently, appeared and took the oath He was in uniform
 The labor party authorized its leader : to make a statement explaining it's ac- 7. ceptance of the oath. The statement said the laborites were merely following 0 the tactics of the political parties of the - workers in all other countries, whether y monarchial or republican. The oath they looked upon as implying no obliga- : ton resting upon any person in accept ,. ing the principle of citizenship. n Patrick O'Maille was elected deputy speaker,
 IS Cosgrave in acknowledging his cleo d tion as president, received an ovation e He began his address with an expres' n sion of regret that twelve months whicf might have been spent in securing the n fruits of Ireiands struggle had beer ,- wasted in resisting what he termed the mad efforts of those who had called up k on the people to throw aside those fruit: , and re+eEter battle.
 Mr. Cosgrave paid warm tribute tC IF the British, who, he said, once the treaty " was signed, never tried to whittle it dowr . one iota, but had stood by the letter ane spirit of their bargain with unscrupu lous and undertaking good faith. He ther I read the following telegram from Andrew i, Bonar Law, the British prime minister Al "On the inauguration of the Irish Fret U State I desire, on behalf of my colleagues srI and myself, to convey to you a messag .e of greeting and good will You may b 0li assured that we, on our side, will do al
 that lies in our power to further the com ,.t mon inter tsrs that we both have in viev U peace and prosperity to Ireland an' le lasting concord between the two coun
 tries"
 . Mir Cosgrave in his address dwelt o
 the full powers given Ireland by tn A treaty and the acknowledgment of thi "A
 garded northeast Ulster, he said tn
 people there were bound by the treat in honor and their northern policy mus x be continued in accordance with it. H N pointed out numerous advantages t 4 northeast Ulster by coming into the Ere
 State, but said that if Ulster retnaine k out the treaty clearly provided what wa to happen and he would act accordingly
 not forgetting the solemn pledges | H 4E efxr 1io E desired to enter the Free State. as ha
 been proved by the recent election i
 Tyrone and Fermanagh.
 The whole tenor of the president
 reference to Ulster was quiet and conci H iatory.
 After his address MT. Cosgrave nom
 mated the following six ministers as COT
 stituting with him an executive council Kevin OHiggin, Richard Mulcahy, Prt
 lessor John MacNeiL Ernest Blythe, Jt
 seph McGrath and Desmond Fitzgeral His nominations were accepted. CIT
 council as formed is made up respectivel of the ministers of home affairs, defens
 education, local government, industI
 commerce and labor. and foreign a fairs.)
 Parliament has the duty of nonninatir
 all the ministers not members of u
 executive council, and will do so throus representation Dy all SectlOnS or q
 chamber. The ministers not in u cabinet will be agriculture, fisheries, ar postoffice. In addition there will be
 assistant minister of labor, an industri commissioner and one Haison officer b
 tween the lower house and the senate.
 An interesting feature of the procee
 ings was the disappearance of N
 Cosgrave after his election and t
 postponing of his speech for half an hor
 On the return of the president to t
 chamber an explanation of his absen
 was given, Tins was to the effect tn
 Governor General Healy had approv
 his appointment.
 MT. Cosgrave later announced his I
 of 30 nominations of senators. T
 more prominent of those named by hi
 were the Earl of Granard, the Early E Wicklow, the Earl of Kerry, the Mara,
 of Headfort, Baron Gleneavy; the Es of Mayo, the Earl of Dunraven, Genel
 Sir Bryan Mahon, Sir Horace Plunke
 Sir Thomas Esmonde, Martin Fitzgera
 of the Freeman's Journal; Henry Gui
 ness, a governor of the Bank of Irelan
 pr. George Sigerson. Professor of bio
 gy, University of Dublin and Willi:
 Butler Yeats, the poet.
 The president included in his nornir
 tioas the Dowager Countess of Des;
 and Mrs. Wyse Power.
 The house adjourned at three o'clc
 lthis afternoon until tomnrxOw @ .