The Commoner.
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APRIL 26, 191
terpretatiori of the homo rulo bill is
to he settled by appeal to the judi
cial committee of the privy council.
Senate to Bo Nominated
"The Irish senate is to consist of
forty-five members and the house of
representatives of 164, of which
Ulster is to have fifty-nine and the
universities two. The senate is to be
composed of nominated members.
In the first instance the imperial ex
ecutive Ib to control the nominations
with a view to assuring the repre
sentation of the minority. The
nominations are to be for a fixed
term and as the members retire by
rotation vacancies will be filled by
the Irish executive. t
"In case of disagreement the two
houses are to sit in joint session.
"The lord lieutenant is to be head
of the executive. There will be no
religious bar and he will hold office
for a fixed term. The authority of
the executive is to be coextensive
with that of the Irish parliament.
"The 164 representatives are to
be elected by the existing constitu
encies, but no constituency is to have
less than 27,000 population.
"The collecting of all taxes is to
remain in the imperial service and
they will be paid into the imperial
exchequer, which is to pay over to
the Irish executive an amount equiv
alent to the expenditure on Irish
services at the time of the passing
of the act.
"An additional sum of $2,500,000
is to be paid to Ireland the first year,
and this will diminish by $250,000
yearly until it is reduced to $1,000,
000. "The postal services are to be
handed over to Ireland.
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power to reduce or to discontinue
the imperial taxes excepting the in
come tax and the stamp and estate
duties. It will also have power 'to
alter the excise duties, but except in
the case of beer and spirits it is de
barred from adding to the customs
duties anything which will give a
greater increase than 10 per cent.
"The Irish representation at West
minster is to be 42 members, one for
every 100,000 of the population." .
Sir Edward Carson, the leader of
the Irish unionist party, denounced
the government's proposals as ridi
culous and fantastic, and declared
that the safeguards in the bill are
delusions.
Best Yet, Redmond Declares
John Redmond, the leader of the
nationalist party, admitted that a
faction of the Irishmen are in favor
of separation, but they are the small
est faction, and if Ireland is given
the management of its own affairs
this small faction will disappear.
He declared that the safeguards are
adequate with a nominated senate
and a veto by the imperial parlia
ment, adding:
"It is idle to say that the safe
guard of the imperial veto is humi
liating, when every one of the self
governing colonies is subject to it.
I consider the bill a better one on
the whole than the bills of 1886 and
1893.
"This is a great measure and we
welcome it. The bill will be sub
mitted to the Irish national con
vention, and I shall without hesita
tion recommend to the convention
the acceptance of the bill. I believe
that this bill will result in greater
unity and strength to the empire,
and will end suspicion and dissatis
faction in Ireland and suspicion and
dissatisfaction in this country with
regard to Ireland."
James Ramsey Macdonald wel
comed the bill in behalf of the labor
party, especially in view of the hint
thrown out by the premier that
home rule will be extended to other
, sections of the country. He believed
the measure would Increase the sta
bility of the British empire and make
Ireland one of its most peaceful and
most prosperous corners.
O'Brien Congratulates Government
William O'Brien leader of the in
dependent nationalists, thought the
bill provides a large and generous
measure of administrative homo rule
and purely local legislative power,
although it does not offer anything
in the remotest degree approaching
national independence. He wished
that the government had taken
courage with both hands and given
the Irish parliament complete power
over the Irish purse. He congratu
lated the government on its determi
nation to complete the land purchase
under imperial auspices.
The Rt. Rev. Hon. Eugene Wason,
chairman of the Scottish liberals,
welcomed the bill, while several
ulster and English unionists op
posed it.
Mr. Balfour then moved adjourn
ment of the debate, which was
agreed to.
A Statement by Redmond
Irish Leader John Redmond made
the following statement to a corres
pondent of the New York World
after his speech in the house of com
mons on the home rule bill:
Nothing could have been of more
hopeful augury in Ireland than the
conditions under which the prime
minister unfolded his homo rulo
scheme tonight.
That scheme has been accepted by
the Irish party as a final settlement
of Ireland's national demand.
It is a better scheme for Ireland
financially and otherwise than either
of Gladstone's bills and I feel sure
that it will commend itself to the
good sonse of the British people as
just and fair.
The opposition has so far only
violent, unreasoning hostility to
offer it, but when wo come to ham
mering out the dctnils a more ra
tional spirit may bo found to pre
vail. Anyway, I feel confident that tho
bill will pass into law.
HOW President Taft's judicial mind has worked
in politics is shown by a review of some of his
acts by Amos Pinchot in Pearson's Magazine
for May. If you are for President Taft for re-election
this story of some of his acts will make you do a lot of
thinking. If you arc against him it will give you plenty
to talk about that cannot be dodged. Every candidate
should be judged by his public acts when that is pos
sible. His acts are more important than his words.
The right man as President means a great deal to you.
Just fix that in your mind. Then see by this review
of his acts if you think President Taft is the right man.
Another article in the same magazine gives the written opinions of promi
nent Democrats from all over the countryas to the availability of W.
R. Hearst and other men for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
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