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an exquisite aroma of that delightful Northern flower,
H00li.’l‘1"“->‘ Bdfaslimts, that all the resources of the Public
Health Department can never hope to eradicate.
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That the Ohairmz1n’s t' -“h I H ‘ ”
Birrellslatest shake-up ointliieoiand eI’qii-ni;li]z1s%p'dl)e.‘i1ci]o%s‘coi?ef9
-g-and his speech thereon was listened to with rapt amen.
tion by a large and appreciative audience, as per 1,n.S‘tI"uCll0TL8
,---at ten bob (1, day, and batons.
That Mr. William O'Brien had the unparalleled temerity
to move an amendmieiit to the Land Purchase “Gospel ac-
cording to John,” and actually succeeded in getting in a. ifeiw
rib-ioasters’ before being extinguished by the “Beliast
time-keepers.”
That Mr. Tom O’Donnell, M.P., and the Rev. J. Clancy,
C.C., were also extinguislhed by the Northern experts.
'llh:iit Mr. T. M. Kettle, M.P., spouted uninterruptedly in
support of the Bill.
That Mr. Crean, M.P., sacrilegiously attempted to touch
the hem of the Chairman’s garment, but owing to the mar-
vellous ioribiearance of the “Sacred Band” of West Belfast,
he was only semi-asphyxialed. Father Clancy was also the
recipient of some “foiibea.rance” on the same occasion.
That matters were rpre'ci'pitated by the advent oif Mr. T.
M. Healy, K.C., M.P., who rwas thought to .be too busy
explaining the law of Divorce to a Four C-ourts jury, to put
in an aippearan-ce. To prevent “Terrible Tim” running
amok on Land Purchase, the Chairmzin. 'beca.me severely
Parliamentary by adopting the Closure, on the grounds
“that it has come to my knowledge,” “that
it has been stated,” “that it is the intention to so
prolong the proceedings that to. large ]1L1TllIlJe-1' orf the dele-
gates will have to loan: for their homes,” and will, there-
fore, be unable to attend when the proceetlings arc resumed lo-
morrow morning. Even Mr. John Dillon had topsuocumfb to
this portentous announiceinent, and pocket with “melan-
dholy” resignation a. stack of notes good. enough for a six
hours’ “anaohronisrn” on “zones” and things‘: and the mo-
tion in favour of the new Land Purchase Bill was csarriefl
"by a. large and enthusiastic ‘majority.” The YY23]01‘dtY
then, having pocketed their fpo-tsticks, ‘with Xylll-Cl,1, they
had been thoughtfully supplied by the” organiser, t0‘0'k
their special train back to the city of fires, frauds, and
failures,” conscious oci having done a good day .2 work for the
money. ‘ .
That the second da.y’s proceedings were as mild as sepa-
rated milk compared with the first. Mr. 12111011, t0 P1111 113
for his enforced silence the daY hem”: wok the ‘lure’
and enlarged for an hour or two on the awful conksf-‘<lu‘:5[n‘?%
that must ensue if Mr. Boland, ltI.P. -3', motion ma ing rbs
an essential in i.ll(‘.‘l‘l3.i’.lOIlZ1.l University were carrie . 11?‘;
Hyde had the hardihood to traversegJohn s -PIFOPI 195195: “Vt
the result that the motion was. Ca1‘1‘1CLl by a arggvmajilof; y;
But then these were only ordinary ‘delegated-d d” H: 31“
Beauties were missing. The Convention concgl [9 .“l1 . Me
Chairman’s favourite "Gide-SI>11W3’-'2 110"” “ E 13 1"‘ 819 '
” on Feb. 11, Mr. Ginnell,
oi cattle-driving. Who
uple of years ago by say-
That at a meeting of the “Party
M.P., the “hazel switch Moies
opened the “Virile Campaign -'1 00
ing he had the Party’.s SW” . .
persisted in making the brutal infilllry-h
money?" And with a view of deterring 0‘ 9
1] d war-chm behind him.
pa W an “‘Vuhere’s the
r members from
THE LEPRACAIJN.
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such blaispgmyjholwasltakenlin '
.and other “don’t-mention-the-funds” gentlemen, and cast‘
into “outer darkness.” It is painful to learn that both sides
sustained some damage on the occasion. Even legislators
find that a knowledge of the “noble art” turns in useful new
and then-as an aid to the elucidation -of complex financial ,
rproblems.
, -That on the same evening a banquet wa.s appropriately T
given at Belfast to Mr. Joseph Devlin ‘by the Belfast Branch
’ of the United Irish League, at which some profoundly inter-
esting speeches were delivered. Mr. John Redmond, who
presided, bearing .in mind the glorious work done at the‘
Convention by Joe’s “lbaton brigade,” apotheosised Joseph
as “a tower of strength.” “One of our greatest forces," a
man to whom he had turned for assistance in times of "dihicully
and embarrassment,” one who “possessed a genius for organ-
isation,” a man of “commanding political genius.” And
similar superlative “soft sawderisms.” “Tay Pay” enlarged
on J oseph’s “absolute d-isinterestednesxs,” whilst Mr. John
Dillon nearly “gave the show away” by asserting that Joe
had organised .a. Convention more rep1'esentali1:e than any
Convention ever yet held in Dublin. No doubt, John; but
representative of what? One had only to walk down Daw-
son street or Girafton street on the Convention days to find ‘
a “representative” assortment of green-ribboned rmvdies,
‘with Falls road “t’ell-wuth-th’-Pope” accents, staggering
around. In his reply, “General Joe” stated that the scene
(at the Convention) “was rm triumph of (leccricy in Ireland.” A
cynical Englishman once prescribed “twenty-four hours under
water” as .a remedy ‘for Irish -grievances. And really there
is something to be said in its zfavour ii the des.tin'ies of the
country are allowed to become the spoils of “Home-Rule-
in-sight” Redmond. “Tay Pay, the beloved of English
Cabinet Ministers”-who is probably the “power behind 14
the chair” that has “ cooked the goose” out the Irish Party
as an independent body, and who, like Mr. Dillon, regards
with pious horror the idea of making Irish’ an essential in
the National University: and the “Napoleon” of the Belfast
hooligan-delegates, who has just givensuch a splendid
demonstration of his “versatility” by “successfully packing
the latest Land Purchase Convention; ' I r .
That in Mr. Barry O’Bi-ien’s‘new vbook, "Dublin Castle
and the Irish People,” which has proved such an interesting
study of England in Ireland, will be found anjnteresting
object lesson in the imrprinton page 443, which reads-
Ileadley Bros., Printers, London and Ashford, Kent.
That the half-yearly report jiust issued of the Sheffield
Gas Company shows the charge for the past half-year to be
slightly over 1s. 3d. per thousand fret. Here in Dublin many
consumers have the distinguished privilege of paying the
“highly respectable” figure of ls. 6d. per thoilsand, with a.
prospect of the rate growing in respectability if the iC0.mrp:my’s
“more powers” little Bill becomes law. The Corporation
Electric Lighting Committee, too, have issued a. report in-
creasing the price of electricity, that delicate botanical
curiosity, the Pigeon House “Plant,” apparently requiring
the attention of sucli an army of ‘'specialists’’ that the rate-
payers are ‘gaining, at present, a .substa.ntial loss by this
triumph of Tower-of-Babel engineering. Being“a light-
hearted people, we pay up and enjoy it. ‘
That Parliament has opened, and the "Westminster Gas
House” is in full blow. That distinguished. peer, Lord
Londonderry, to whose glorious ancestor, “ucarotid-artery-
cutting Ca,stlerea.gh,” as Byron elegantly described hini,we
are indebted for the ‘‘Union'’ and its attendant "blessings, ’
made a patriotic appeal in the House of Lords rior the re-
storation of coercion in Ireland on the grounds that some
cattle were driven and a policeman was shot. He forgot
about the number of county court judges w-hose chief busi-
ness is receiving pairs of white gloves at Quarter Sessions
in, perhaps, the most peaceable country in Europe. No
doubt his lordship would like to have a return of the "good
old days” when he was a coercion Viceroy, and an irreverent
spectator was fined .509. for laughing at him. Mr. Lmbouchere
once pointed out that the -chief use of the “Upper
was to provide work for the Dzrorro Courts. A ‘fact which it is
to be hoped Mr. Asquith will take into consideration when
dealing with our old Nobilitee.
That Mr. Thomas Doran deserves the thanks of the
parishioners of Ringsend for his untiring energy in s;olici.t-
ing and collecting the handsome prizes for the drawing in
aid of the rmuch-needed church. We hope to see Father
Mooney’s Church completed in a short time.
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