Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-02-12 | Page 6 | Home Rule in the British Isles

HOME RULE IN THE BRITISH ISLES just so soon as homo rule for ireland comes on the carpet of practical politics the larger question of home rule all round will bo be brought into prominence there are Scotch men welshmen Welsh men and englishmen loyal to the principle of union who will never consent to give the irish a parliament for the management of their own local affairs unless the same principle be extended to the other constituent portions of the united kingdom in fact the conviction is growing everywhere that it is in a larger measure of devolution that the solution of the vexed irish question will ultimately be found england scotland wales and ireland have each distinct national characteristics ies and even now they fre require separate acts of par hament to td satisfy their particular wants but all the bills are debated and passed by one general legislature so that the one division of the country which happens to command the largest number of votes becomes the dictator for all the others the united strength of the three smaller nations nation 4 scotland wales and ireland is votes in the house of commons aga against dinst En glands a perpetual ma bority of in favor of england on every question relating to affairs that do not specially concern her devolution moreover would free the hands handa 0 of the central parliament for imperial business proper at present a measure granting the right to a scottish village to expropriate lands for a local waterworks water works scheme has to bo be gravely passed by the imperial parliament li a procedure which on tho the face of it is ridiculous therefore devolution Is not an irish question only but a paramount british feces sity sit the united mine workers have reached the mark being in the anthracite reg regions lons