| Show H I 1 J t BAD BUSINESS jlJ I i A Boston telegram in this issue oft of-t THE HERALD tells of a meeting of t3 I prominent Irishmen for the put poss of formulating a proposition to I ° i ba presented to the two great political i i poli-tical parties of America the organ I zition that accepts or that prom fes l to further the scheme which has fort for-t Its object the improvement of the condition of the Irish in their own I country will be given the Irish vote in the coming contest The scheme t l involves the admission of certain I Irishmade goods free of duty the t t aim being to encourage the establishing s I 4 estab-lishing and development of industries JIj if indus-tries in Ireland Mrs Parnell the 1 I mother of the agitator it is old ff I I I f y f represent he 1Is9111n tq confer r t 1 1 i j ence HoWeyerbe t lady denies r Ii k that any snob peeling was heed 1 I t1 I though it Is evident from her ° t denial that the mailer has been tr iJ I f talked over though perhaps not in 1 q if i I t 1 the broad way in which the press I reporter expresses it The proposi i I 1 I I I s r l It j lid tIonwill strike thinking people as strange to say the leat and honest politicians will wish it had never been presented even in this doubt and indefinite manner It implies that the IrishAmericans have no Interest in the polftics and government govern-ment of this country Except as they can be made to ccntnbue to the benefit of Ireland Lf one were to believe the story of this Boston conference he would also have to believe that the Irishmen who would expect to stand by the bargain sought to be entered into were unworthy American citiz uehip and sven worse and more dangerous tt the country than the Chinese who caring car-ing nothing rot our politics and institutions of government do not seek to become citizens in order tope to-pe a disturbing element If the Irishman crnses here andacqulres citoennip only because he will thereby be betttr able to help ireland Ire-land or more powerful fn his fight against England be cm only be an lift ry to the United States and ought not to be admitted to tle benefits ncL privileges of the citizen The Democrat is supposed to be a Democrat because he believes the i doctrines and principles of the party aua not because he believe If he is a German the Democrats will force BIsmarck to eat our pork or it be be an Irishman he thinks the party will supply him with dynamite for blowing up England Eng-land The ibieh Eitators den the other side oHthe + Atlantic may have = o imperfect im-perfect conception of American politicsand the devotion to principle I princi-ple of Lmeiican voters as to imagine im-agine that menchange with the wiodfsnd votes are bargained for and delivered by wholesale like merchantable commcdititfj but if ep theyare mistauen as tj Irish Americans as well as tj other foreign boUcitiz3n9 The woes or Ireland 1 arouse sympathy bat they do not cause honest men whatever their birthplace to violate principle and dishonor manhood Wa believe Mother Parnell and associates have discussed this matter mat-ter but do not believe for a moment they could fulfill their part of tbe bargain were they to enttr into one If they could do eo America should at once build a higher wall against the Irish than it has erected to keep out the Chinese |
