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VOL. xxvn., NO. 6.
Advocates Adoption of Initiative.
Referendum and Commission*
Form of Government
Is, However, Strongly Opposed to
the Principle of the Recall
of Judges.
Urges Catholic Fraternal Organ
izations to Study Carefully
These Questions.
Bight Reverend A. F. Schinner of
Superior, Wis., differs somewhat in his
political views from other members of
the Catholic hierarchy of the United
States who have expressed them
selves on modern political reforms.
Bishop Schinner believes in the initia
tive, referendum and commission fornr
of government. He does not, however
believe in the recall of judges. In an
address at a banquet given before a
Superior, Wis., court of the Cat'holk'
Order of Foresters Bishop Schinnei
urged Catholic fraternal organizations
to study these questions so as to be
able to vote intelligently when the
time comes for doing so. In his ad
dress, Bishop Schinner said that he
had firm confidence in the people and
that the nation which ignores the voice
of the masses cannot prosper. He did
not t'ouch upon the recall of judges in
his address but when he was inter
viewed later he said that he was op
posed to the passage of such a law.
"Besides the immutable laws that
are part and parcel of our very souls
and as immortal as these," said the
'Bishop, "we have and must have laws
national as well as locc.1. Theso laws
constitute something definite and, at
least for the nonce, stable to serve as
a safe guide for the people in their
relations to each other and to the com
monwealth. If judges were subject to
a recall there might be danger that
they be influenced by what they con
sider* public opinion rather than by
their respect for the law the law
would become a mere shadow and one
might as well ask the pepple what is
their will in every individual case, un
certainty perplexity and anarchy
would follow.
"I favor the initiative and the ref
erendum. Initiative and referendum
are but the logical conclusions from
the first premises of our national con
stitution. A restricted referendum has
been provided for us by the founders
of our national body and they have
given a proof of their consummate
wisdom by acknowledging that the
ccnstitution might have to be amend
ed either on account of its initial de
fects or on account of changes induc
ed by the growth of states or other
causes, not excluding scientific discov
eries and inventions which have ren
dered the intercourse between the ex
treme ends of our country in our day
easier than between communities with
in the same state in the days of the
founders."
Bishop Schinner believes that the
prejudice against the initiative, the
referendum, the recall and the com
mission form of government is due to
a misunderstanding of the meaning of
those terms. They are In reality means
by which the people retain the power
which Is justly theirs.
"I have supreme confidence In the
people," said Bishop Schinner. "The
promises that God had made to man
In the temporal order have been made
to the masses and not to the few, and
any class that separates itself from
the people Invites its own doom. The
people are the living waters that pre
serve unsoiled the well springs of all
that is noble and good. Separated from
these living waters, the pools will
stagnate and breed corruption. Even
great leaders are but the crystalliza
tion of their time and race. Their
powers would but spell impotence did
impulse not come from the people. The
danger most to be feared is not that
the people should have power, but that
power should he wrested from the peo
ple or that the people should be too
supine to use their power."
Pius X. Sits for Portrait.
Not long ago His Holiness Pius X.
was prevailed upon to grant to a
painter from Chill, Pedro Subercas
eaux, for the first time a sitting for
his portrait. It Is only In the mornlpg
boom whan His Holiness is at work
and before he begins to receive those
who have audience with him, that the
painter is allowed to see him. Many
artists here have made portraits of
him one of the most satisfactory is
that of the American artist, Wumuel
ler, which His Holiness kindly pre
sented to the American College in
Rome, where it forms the third of the
portraits of Popes intimately associat
ed with this institution—Pius IX., Leo
XIII. and Pius X.
FOR NEWSBOYS
Father Dunne's Annual Treat Pleases
Homeless Ones.
St. Louis.—"That good feller," as the
newsboys of Father Dunne's home, St.
Louis, call their benefactor, who for
several years has given to them a
Thanksgiving dinner, served by the
costliest caterers in the city, rented
a hall for the occasion this year.
The refrectory of the home is not
large enough to accommodate his
guests.
The kindly donor of the banquet is
known familiarly to the boys of the
home, whose path he has helped tt
smooth since its founding. He is the
donor of many treats and of many
comforts and conveniences and even
luxuries, from mittens and ear-muffs
to a swimming pool and library.
Some of the best chefs in St. Louis
contributed their art to the spread.
The decorations were a feature. A
number of distinguished guests at
tended. Archbishop Glennon was in
vited.
The campaign for the new wing of
and Christmas, he said. There are
now 126 boys in the home. With the
addition it will accommodate 300 lads.
Prelates in Severe Storm.
On their recent trip to Rome Arch
bishop. Farley and Falconio had a nar
row escape, in a terrific storm at sea,
olf Cape Race, a fifty-fooi wave flood
ed the promenade deck of 'the Kron
prinzessin Cecilie, smashing inch glass
windows on the starboard side, drench
ing passengers and rolling over
steamer chairs vacated two minutes
before by the Cardinals-designate.
Both prelates just escaped the deluge
of water and flying glass.
During the height of the storm the
wind reached a velocity of seventy
miles an hour.
Archbishop Farley's Gift.
On the eve of his departure for
Rome, Archbishop Farley presented
the Rev. John H. O'Rourke, president
of the Brooklyn Catholic college, with
$2,000 for the founding of a Pope Plus
scholarship.
Two Irish Centenarians Die.
The death has just taken place at
Dunamore, a mountain district near
Cookstown, of James Loughan (Ham
ish), at the remarkable age of 110
years. The deceased centenarian, who
resided with an unmarried daughter,
was a small farmer, and had been in
receipt of the Old Age Pension since
Its inception. He was a well-built
specimen of Irish manhood, fully six
feet high. Mr. Loughan was fond of
his pipe, and occasionally indulged in
a glass of whiskey, but was moderate
in the use of spirits.
Another County Cavan centenarian
has passed away in Mr. Francis Duffy,
Coravilla, Knockbride, near Bailie
boro'. The funeral to Knockbride
graveyard was largely attended.
Amongst the chief mourners were Rev.
E. O'Reilly, P. P., C^rrigallen Rev. A.
M. O'Reilly, O. P., The Priory, Sligo
Dr. O'Reilly, J. P., Carrlgallen Dr.
O'Flynn,- Drumshambo Dr. O'Reilly,
Monaghan Asylum Dr. O'Reilly, Tal
lyvin Dr. W. Reilly, Virginia, and Mr.
Wm. Daly, D. C., Carrickmacross.
Heard O'Connell at Tara.
A short time ago there was laid to
rest in the new cemetery, Drogheda,
the remains of Mr. Patk. O'Neill, one
of the oldest patriots in Ireland. The
deceased, who was over 83 years of
age, was born in Navan, and when
quite a lad he walked to Tara to at
tend the great demonstration there
which was addressed by Daniel O'Con
nell in 1843. He was a Fenian in '67,
took a prominent part in the Land
War, and was to the end a stabnch
supporter of the Irish Party.
Pope Reeeives Bishop of Galway.
Rome, Nov. 21.—The Pope today re
ceived in private audience the Most
Rev. Dr. O'Dea, Bishop of Galway. His
Holiness expressed much pleasure at
the report submitted by the Bishop
regarding ecclesiastical conditions In
Galway diocese.
E
Vast Progress Made in Cause of
Total Abstinence Since Days
of Father Mathew.
Furnishing Employment For the
People the Easiest Means of
Curbing Intemperance.
Home Rule With its Opportunities
and Responsibilities Will be
Boon to the Cause.
Right Rev. Dr. Kelly, Bishop of Ross,
and one of the most astute financiers
in Ireland, delivered a lecture not long
ago at Longford on the subject of
Temperance and Irish Economics. Dr.
matter to keep people sober when they
the home has been opened by Father age its own affairs, and we shall want tive capacity, and conductlng-the Col
Dunne. He needs $10,000 between now all the young men of the country, and!
He went on to show that while Ire
land had made vast and rapid strides
in the direction of temperance, the
battle for the cause for which Father
Matthew strove so nobly was not yet
won. They were fighting, he said, an
insidious enemy and it would ill be
come them to feel that the fight was
over when the victory was only half
won.
The breaking down of ascendancy
and raising up of the people of the
country has taken a long time the
process has gone on since 1829, and is
1
going on at the present moment, and
I is not fully completed. Those living
in happier times now could hardly
realize the condition of the population
of Ireland in these days after the pass
ing of the Emancipation Act. A Royal
In 1900 public opinion was aroused
to the danger that threatened the
country, and the Irish Bishops adopted
a resolution demanding the reduction
of the number of licenses, and the ab-
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9,1911
all the old men, too, and if the women' °n Monday afternoon, at a large
are able to give a helping hand, all the meeting of the Palmer tenants in ref
better. We expect that every man will I erence to the recent purchase of the
be able to take an intelligent view of' estate, the largest in the province, the
the management, of the country's af-1 Chairman (Very Rev. Father Qulnn,
fairs. They will all be voters, and it! Vicar-Capitular), before the opening
is by these votes the Government will of the meeting, made the announce
be made that will have to do the busi- ment publicly, amids^prolonged ap
ness of the country."
Commission was appointed in 1833 to
inquire into the conditions of the peo
ple of Ireland, and on that Commis
sion served the Catholic and Protest
ant Archbishops of Dublin—Dr. Mur
ray and Dr. Whately—two well known
names (applause). They found that
the number of agricultural laborers in
Ireland, in comparison with the num
ber of acres of land under tillage, was
two and a half times as great as the
number of laborers in England, com
pared with the number of acres of land
requiring their labor there. And at
that time the laborers in England were
paid partly in outdoor relief. The Roy
al Commission found that the wages
of a laborer varied from 6d to Is a
day when working, or 8%d was the
average wages of a laborer, and then
he was employed only 30 weeks out of
the 52 and spreading his earnings over)
the 52 weeks of the year, the average I
was between 2s and 2s 6d a week,
There were in Ireland at that time 2,
385,000 persons in a chronic state of
distress.
stentlon from granting new licenses.
Then an Act was passed, having been
introduced by Mr. Clancy, M. P.. for
North Dublin, which laid down that
no new license should be granted for
to extinguish a llcejiw to protect the
holder from misfortune, anil the reduc
tion of the number vould leave a bet
ter chance of a livelihood to those
legitimately engaged in the trade.
BISHOP OF KILLALA
Very Rev. James Naughton Chosen to
Fill the See.
The Archbishop of Tuam, Metropol
itan of the province, received word
from Rome November 20, that the
Very Rev. James Naughton, President,
St. Muredach's College, had been chos­
en to succeed the late Most Rev. Dr.
Conmy in the See of Killala. The
news was received .with the greatest
satisfaction in Balllna, the native town
of the new Bishop-elect, and through­
out the diocese, and was warmly wel
comed by all the clergy of the diocese,
with whom Dr. Naughton throughout
his missionary career was always a
great favorite. All the houses were
brilliantly illuminated in celebration of
the
tidings.
Dr-
Kelly said that the solution of the gained in 1889, after passing through
drinl problem in Ireland was largely
a
a matter of providing proper employ- 'md the first of his class-fellows in
ment for the people. It is an easy
the
are engaged in profitable work. He' Enniscrone, and he was afterwards
urged the young men to take an in-
in
terest in the affairs of their country,' Balllna. In the year 181)1 he became
to become acquainted with its poli
tics and its financial questions, adding:
"As matters look at the present
time, this country will be called on be
fore very long to rule itself and man-
Naughton was or-
distinguished course in Maynooth,
great National College to be raised
to the
Episcopacy. His first curacy was
Erris, and from there transferred to
Administrator of the Cathedral parish
and live years ago, when the new Col
lege was opened, he became its Presi
dent, in which position he. has remain,
ed, giving proof of great adminislra-
leSe
with the
highest success.
plause," of Dr. NWtghton's election.
Since St. Patrick placed in the See of
Killala St. Muredacii, the Patron Saint
of the diocese, many great and noble
men had ruled the diocese. The great
est of them all was the great John
MacHale, Whom tliey sent from hjs na
tive diocese to rule over tho Archdio
cese of Tuam. Next to him, the late
lamented Dr. Conmy may take second
place. With the zeal and piety and
allegiance which the people of the dio
cese had always gH'en^to the priests,
they were confident that tho rule of
the new Bishop would be present, just
and above all, holy.
Archbishop Bourne's Irish Mother.
Archbishop Bourne, the new English
Cardinal, had an Irish mother, Ellen,
daughter of John Hyrne, a Dublin mer
chant. Msgr. Bourne was born at
Clapham, March 2:i, 1861, educated at
Ushaw and ordained jtriest in 1884. He
founded the diocesan seminary at
Wonersh in 1SS!J, of which he became
rector, and in IHlir, was consecrated
Titular Bishop of Kpiphania and Coad
jutor for South walk, to which see he
succeeded in lSiitT. lie was translated
to the Archbishopric if Westminster in
1903.
Well Known Canadian Jesuit.
The Rev. John t'oinoily, S. J., who
died on November li, at Sault Ste
Marie, Canada, wan 'or several years
editor of the Canadian Messenger of
the Sacred Heart. He was born March
31, 1848, and as a seminarian entered
the Jesuit novitiate near Montreal,
September 9,1870. Ha taught theology
ill the Jesuit scholast
flee of Superior in
the order in Canada,
known
priest.
a period of five years, and that was
renewed in 1907, and is at present the Father Friec|en Dead.
law of the land. There was some re- gt. Louis, Dec. 2..
duction of the number of public! president of the St.
houses in consequence, but there are I dropped dead of hear
still vastly too great a number. He
recommended as a solution of the diffi
culty the extinguishing of licenses
where the owner dies and there is no
male member of his family to carry
on the trade, and also in cases where
houses were not properly conducted.
This, he said, would be no hardship on
cate, held the of
ijeveral houses
and was widely
as an cflielcit and zealous
Uncharitable
Father Woodman,
said:
Words.
C. S. P., lately
Uncharitable words are far too
rm of Ill-nature,
common in the fi
spite, malice, hac* biting, calumny,
slander. They are nt always mallei
0UfJ. they often comc
geem funny t(J paHf
c]eyer satlr)st8 of th,
from an effort to
ourselves oft as
foibles of others.
But they shoW an Ur-Christian
ajway8
nlng.
Jesuit.
anybody, and it was often a good thing presents and got onl
8omthing
temper
Father Frieden,
Louis university,
disease this eve
was a prominent
Father Fricdei
Afrong.
reform Christ-
"Now they want
mas."
"My wife says It
Last year, for instctce, she gave 85
needs reforming.
62 In return.'
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GREY'S SPEECH
INTERESTS ENGLAND
Accepted as Satisfactory by the
Country Because of its Stem
Dignity.
Uneasy Feeling Prevalent That the
Same Danger May Again be
Precipitated.
The Passage of the Insurance Bill
Through Parliament is Now
Assured.
This week like its immediate prede
cessor was stormy at the start and in
decisive at the end. Sir Edward Grey's
speech was accepted as satisfactory by
tho country generally because of its
stern dignity in the face of Germany.
It is backed also by the lories for the
same reason, says T. P. O'Connor in
his London message of Dec. 2 to tho
Chicago Tribune.
But it has not yet carried with it
tho assent of the radical wing of his
own party. The radicals still hesitate citizens.
to approve an alliance so close with
France as to drag England into all
possible continental complications, and
still regret that the tone of Grey's
speech was so stiff and even ungraci
ous to Germany.
If Grey had been a lory minister the
radicals undoubtedly would have at-
tacked him, but his strong personal,
1
position, the palpable necessity of thelotlvlng
ot the next three years and tile dread
o."' displaying any national fissures in
Two More By-Elections.
But again the same considerations
that saved Grey from a serious attack
OK the German policy will keep back
any serious attack on the Persian pol
icy. In the meantime two more by
elections made necessary by death and
promotions of the Scotch members of
government will once more, expose tjie
liberals to peril.
Another defeat, following those in
Oldham and Somerset, might produce
a serious demolition in the liberal
ranks, but fortunately the coming by
electlons take place In strongly liberal
constituencies and unless there bo com
plications by labor candidates, tho lib
erals will easily win.
But the lories undoubtedly are in
better spirits and are lighting more
vigorously than at any time In sev
eral years.
The insurance bill now is secure of
passage through parliament, Chancel-
To Propose Hostile Amendment.
This Indecision reveals Itself among
the tory leaders who, while not oppos
ing the third reading of the bill Wed
nesday, will propose a hostile amend
ment, accepting the principle, but de
nouncing the details of the bill.
And they will even more violently
denounce the drastic closure under
which the bill has been carried. What
Influence on the elections the bill will
have when it is passed into a law re
mains to be seen. Nobody agrees even
among the liberals on that point but
for the moment Lloyd-George remains
the central figure of the stage, having
accomplished the most difficult feat of
reconciling thousands of conflicting In
terests ever performed in English poli
tics.
Home Rule bill and in spite of the per
sistent rumors of difference between
members and Redmond's friends, there
is no foundation whatever for such
rumor.
VISIT CONVENT
Nine Governors Pay Tribute to Cath­
olic Education.
Nine Chief Executives of as many
of the Western states, with a largo
number of prominent citizens who
came with them, in their special train,
visited Kalamazoo, Michigan, on the
29th of November. It was the privilege
of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Naz­
areth Academy, to entertain tills dls
tinguished gathering. A reception was
lii.uorcd them by the Faculty and stu
dents. Several of the guests gave ad
dresses, extracts of which are here
with given.
Governor Chase S. i.sborn, Michigan,
said: "I wish to join with you in
thanking these worthy Governors and
statesmen, for their visit to Michigan,
and particularly for their visit to Naz
areth, for It is a great honor, but 1 feel
1 may speak In their names, and say,
that we all feel repaid. We may feel
proud of such a gathering, and in such
an institution as this we know that the
noble women, Sisters, are doing all in
their power to make good American
1 fully subscribe to
the thought of religion and God being
combined with Patriotism. While I am
not a Catholic myself, 1 am learning
more and more to admire the Catholic
1 faith, and the members of Its reli
gion."
Governor John liurke, South Dakota,
'said: "1 know that you arc not going
to 1V)r|,et lhu lrillning
liberals standing together to confront tviotic citizens. Many in South Da
Homc Rule and the other gigantic: tasks ]cola
aro
now Why
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the face of such nati^pal perils held tion», the training you have in your
them back.
Sir Edward Grey's position was fur
ther weakened in radical eyes by the
news of Russia's performances in Per
sia and Grey's apparent acquiescence,
If not* approval, of the design of Rus
sia to break up the independence of
Persia, and everywhere there is an un
easy feeling that the slate of exaspera
tion between Germany and England
may again bring the countries as close
to war as they undoubtedly were dur
ing tho fateful days of last July.
lov Lloyd-George having overcome all spicuous merit," measures 17 feet by
of the opposition and the torles being I feet, and is intended for the refe.c
divided as to tactics. tory of the Franciscan monastery at
The democratic wing of the tories Chllworth in Surrcyshlre, England,
still shrink from any action which will
enable the liberals to gibbet them as
enemies to the bestowal of its benefits
tc the working classcs, and while some
of the tory organs, like the Daily Mall,
conduct if. fierce campaign against cer
tain provisions of the bill, other tory
organs strongly dissuade the tories
from active opposition.
The Home Rule committee of the O'Dwyer, the Bishop of his native Lim
cabinet Is working steadily on the crick.
that you nrt
h(,ro Umt wln mal((, K„m,
from Michigan and I know
are good citizens. I do
wonder when 1 see the Institu-
schools I do-not wonder after all I
have seen here. Remember the pa
triotic lessons you have learned from
your teachers here. It will bo
so much easier to obey the laws of tho
land when you leave the school and go
out Into the world to fight the great
battle of life, 1 believe no student of
tills school that will keep )n mind the
teaching and training he receives here,
will ever violate the laws of ihls coun
try."
At the public banquet tendered the
visiting Governors at the New Bur
dick, In the presence of two hundred
prominent citizens, Governor II. Hrady,
of Idaho, said: "If we see nothing
more, and hear nothing more than we
have seen and hoard at Nazareth
Academy tills morning, I feel sure that
we will be more than amply repaid for
the. Inconveniences of our trip. II was
a revelation. The good Sisters aro
training in a grand way the young to
be great citizens of this country."
IRISH ARTIST
Receives High Praise for Painting of
Last Supper.
An Irish priest has received very
high praise In the press, both of Lon
don and of Dublin, for a painting of
"The Last Supper," which he has Just
finished and on which he had been en
gaged for eighteen months. The pic
ture, which Is described as "of con-
writes the Dublin correspondent of the
Catholic Columbian.
Tho painter, Father Epiirem Uleke.y,
is himself a Franciscan and native of
Kilmacow, county Limerick. He early
displayed artistic talent and cultivated
at first the art of painting, under priv
ate Instruction. He. then went abroad
and spent several years at Florence,
the home of Michael Angelo, Fra An
gellco and Leonardo. There he lived
with his brethren at Ognlssanti and
studied the old masters whose treas
ures make Florence the truly artistic
center of Europe. He completed his
continental studies at Munich.
In its general lines his picture in
based on "The Last Supper" by Dom
enlco Ghlrlandajo, and very naturally,
foi the original of this latter is pre
served In the Franciscan monastery at
which Father Hickey lived while In
Florence. But all the figures in the
picture are actual portraits painted
from people, mostly Irish, living in
London.
Father Hickey has just paid a visit
to Ireland, making arrangements to
paint a picture of tho Most Rev. Dr.
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HISTORICAL
society,
$2.00 Per Year
REBEL 10 ENGLISH
RULUN^ IRELAND
A Free Ireland, Says Dillon, Would
be a Source of Strength to
the Empire.
Fight is for Liberty in British
System and Reconciliation
With England.
The Minority in Ireland Not Pro
testant but Unionist and
Anti-Irish.
On November 21 Mr. John Dillon was
the principal speaker at Home Rule
demonstration in Salford where he was
greeted by an enthusiastic gathering,
lie took up some of the principal ob
jections to Home Rule which were up
permost in the minds of the people and
•showed wherein they were erroneous.
There was, ho said, in the first place,
the religious objection. There was at
present in iOngland an army of mis
sionaries, not from Ulster, but from a
corner ot' Ulster, who were going about
earning a not very honorable living
(laughter) by blackening their own
country. It was said by these men that
i.' Home Rule were given to Ireland
the r'roteslants of Ireland would be
condemned to persecution, and the
question was evoked what security
there would be for the minority. Weil,
a great deal was heard of the Irish
minority, but who created a permanent
minority In Ireland? The fact was
that wherever they found in any coun
try a permanent minority they might
be perfectly certain there was some
thing wrong with the principles of
these men.
There never was In any free' country
a body of men who could be a perma
nent minority unless they were wrong.
I! was said that the minority in Ire
land were the Protestants, but there
were fourteen Protestants in the Irish
Nationalist Party, and Ihey repre
sented Catholic constituencies. If the
matter was pushed further, the com
plaint was that the Nationalists of
Ireland would not elect to represent
them on public hoards Protestants
who disagreed with them In politics.
Was there ever such an absurdity? As
an Irish Catholic he had to say that
an Irish Protestant who agreed with
the constituency before which he came,
had an equal chance. If not a better,
to be elected than a Catholic. Never
in Its history had that part of Ireland
elected a Catholic to represent thein.
Yet these were the men who talked
about intolerance. The truth was that
the minority in Ireland was not a Pro
testant minority, but a Unionist and
anti-Irish minority.
Mr. Dillon as a "Rebel."
Mr. Dillon went, on to comment on
the handbills put into his hands on his
way to the demonstration. Someone,
IK said, had delved into a speech he
made in i!M4, and an extract, from it
was given on the handbill. He was
there reported to have said:
"I say deliberately that I should
never have dedicated my life, as I have
done, to tills great struggle If did
not see at the end the crowning'and
consummation of our work a free and
Independent nation."
Mr. Dillon said he did say that seven
years ago. "I have all along," he went
on, "looked forward to the day when,
In the sense I put upon the words, Ire
land will be a free and independent na
tion. From tho earliest day I entered
politics I have held the view that Ire
land could be such inside the British
system—a loyal supporter of that great
Commonwealth of nations which is
called the British Empire. That is the
sense I put upon these words and the
leaflet quoted his words that he had
been born and brought up a rebel. I
did say that in the House of Commons
(Mr. Dillon said), and I think the gen
tleman who composed the handbill
might have given me credit for saying
It there. I was born a rebel, and my
father was a rebel before me, and 1
and Mr. Parnell, whose follower I was,
made up our minds that we would
show our people who were rebels a
road by which they could reach lib
erty within the British system and
reconciliation with the English people.
I was a rebel to English rule in 'Ire
land, and I am an unrepentant rebel
today. So long as the present system
of government is maintained in that
country I will remain a rebel, but I
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it