Show A RELIC OF FEUDALISM LT IN appointing an irishman to the position of lord lieutenant of ireland the marquis of salisbury is supposed to be throwing a sop to the hibernian cerberus but when examined the sop is a sham the marquis of londonderry is a tory a protestant and there is more english than irish blood in his bis veins being descended from the vane tempest family of the north of england with whom his grandfather became connected by marriage his surround I 1 ines nes instincts traditions and sympathies thies are english and he belongs to the party of coercion d it may not be known here what a soft thing for the official and a hard thing for the irish this lord lieutenancy is the salary is ia a year twice the pay of the president of the united states and the emoluments for f or secretaries and other attaches of the castle is a year he is a small monarch in his bit way has the appointment of many well local offices which he be can fill 1111 without regard to the wishes of the peo people le whom he governs and is responsible responsible to nobody but the english parliament the office is a relic of feudalism and rome home rule ought to wipe it out ont of existence |