Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-10-24 | Page 2 | Irish Home Rule the Main Issue

IRISH HOME RULE THEJ1 ISSUE Intense Interest Manifest in the Bye-Elections in United Kingdom. , LONDON. OcU 23. In view of tho extraordinary prominence lately given to Ireland's Vlemands and aspirations in tho "Walthatns Tow parliamentary byc-elcotion. campaign it is not possible to doubt that tho home rule issuo will cut a larger figuro in thc coming general gen-eral election than it cut in the last. At meetings addressed by Irish speak-ers.thp speak-ers.thp voters havo received with mixed emotions announcements of the success of Messrs. Redmond, O'Connor, Devlin and Boyle in raising funds in tho United Unit-ed States and Canada, but thc prevail-ing prevail-ing rries have been cries of approval. William 0;Brien's fling at the Irish envoys as "those American beggar men" when quoted at unionist meetings, meet-ings, has met frequently with hisses intended in-tended for its author. In Ireland, tho news of the big totals to dato of tho American-Canadian contribution con-tribution has had an inspiring effect and Belfast has followed Dublin aud Cork in record subscriptions Trade union grievances, however, rather than home rule of restriction of tho powers of tho lords loom up as the 'lesson of Walthamstow" to both Ead-icals Ead-icals and Unionists. As tho constituency is the second largest in England, with nearly 40.000 electors, mostly o the laboring class, the moral infiuenco of the hot light is bound to bo compolliug all over' the kingdom.