The Carmarthen Weekly Reporter

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IR. JOliN LLOYD MORGAN by his action in the debate on the Rating of Land Amend- ment Bill has acted up to those principles which he has always professed. He has always declared himself ready to support any measure calculated to benefit tenant farmers-and that irrespective of the Party by whom it is introduced. He supported the Bill because-although it barely touched the fringe of the difficulty-it would cer- tainly be of some benefit to the farmer. But the so-called friends of the farmers were shown up in their trne colours during the debate. Mr Lloyd Morgan spoke strongly j in favour of an amendment, which proposed that one-half of the rates should be paid by 1 the farmer and one-half by the landlord. He urged the extremely moderate character of the concession asked for and appealed to the Goverment to accept the proposal. But no; the 11 friends of the farmers went solidly into the Lobby against the amendment-which was of a character calculated to make the bill of more practical benefit to the tenant than it otherwise would. The Tory Party is indeed the farmer's friend —as long as the farmer rests content with being told that it is so. But it is evident that the friendship won't stand much of a strain. When, however, a General Election is at hand again, wo may expect to hear the same old hoary fables trotted out to do service for the time being. But they will certainly be pretty full of moths after being seven years locked by in the cupboard. The dullest political optics will then bo able to see daylight through them. in

AN IMPENDING DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. TiiE Lobby correspondent of the Press Association has drawn public attention to a matter which could not very well have been much longer left in tho dark. The Liberal and the Irish Parties have been gradually drifting assundor and the fault is certainly not to be laid at the door of the Liberals. For ten years the Liberal Party has placed Home Rule in the forefront of its pro- gramme; and has consequently retarded the progress of other Radical measures. Home Rule has during those years always taken precedence of other Liberal proposals and Liberalism has suffered accordingly. The Irish Party has strenuously insisted that its demands shall not be asked to play second fiddle to anything; and the result has been the collapse of two Liberal Governments after having wasted the t;1 greater part of their time in passing Homo Rule Bills which would not be of the slightest service to the Liberals ot Great Britain. This is tho dobit side of the Irish account; the credit side is much easier to write up. The Irish Party evidently consider themselves quite free to support the enemies of Home Rule and to vote against the Liberals on a purely sectarian question—and that question, one which in no way affects Ireland. A Bill is before Parliament which will give increased grants to the Anglican and Roman Catholic schools in great Britain-not Ireland-and at the same time leave these educational establish- ments under the unqualified control of the clerics and the clerical iluukies. This Bill is promoted by the Party which throutened to "lino the hedges with bayonets" in the event of Home Rule becoming law. Nevertheless, in obedienc3 to orders from the priesthood, the whole Irish Parry goes into the Lobby against the Liberals—and that under circumstances in which the Government was assured of a three-figure majority in any instance. Seeing how little the Irish Party is inclined to put Home Rule in the foreground, it would be the height of folly for the Liberals to consider themselves any longer obliged to keep to the old order of precedence. The fact of the matter is that ever since the fall of the colossal influence of Parnell, the Irish policy has been regulated by a caucus somewhere in the neighbourhood of May- nooth-the training-college of the Irish priesthood. It is the Church first-and the the Nation a long way behind. Irish politics are subject to these fluctuations the broad National platform, occupied by O'Connel in his early days gradually degen- erated into a ferocious religious bigotry. The young Ireland Party with its contempt for mere creeds and its desire for the general elevation of tho whole nation caused a re- awakening of the National sentiment, until it in turn was swallowed up in the hideous gulf of of petty Ribbon Associations. Then arose Fenianism, a wild murderous improb- able and wholly Utopian orgrnisation—but with that healthy contempt for priestly domination which the leaders had imbibed from the teachings of young Italy. Then after half a generation of stagnation dis- turbed only by the puny efforts of a few nonentities, Parnell-the Napoleon of Irish politics-came to the front. The priests joined in the Home Rule movement then but they did not dominate it. Parnell was not one of their flock; and whilst he was strong enough to utilise all allies, none of the allies could utilise him. After his fall and death, many of his followers made a struggle for the independence of the laity in matters political. It was evident, however, that they were in a hopeless minority. Illiterate voters were driven like sheep to the booths; men who had independence enough to make a stand against the clerical Old Man of the Sea were subjected to petty persecutions; and the Bishops openly denounced any- one who would read those newspapers which advocated views not bearing the Maynooth Hall-Mark. This is the degraded level to which Irish politics has now fallen; and which has resulted in the Party putting their ostensible principles in tho background in order to serve tho supposed interests of the Church to which they belong. The Irish Alliance means that the Liberals must always consider Home Rule as a preferential claim; and that the Irish will always consider themselves free to do just exactly as they like. Heads I win, tails you lose." Liberals cannot be blamed if they wish to cancel such a very one-sided bond. Home Rule—like universal arbitration-ig a very sound principle; but Liberals will think twice before they put it in the foreground in order to delay English, Soots, and Welsh measures and to oblige a coterie of back- boneless politicians who place sectarianism before everything else. It will be time enough for the Liberals to think of Home Rule when a thorough measure of Disestab- lishment has come into operations and a far-reaching instalment of electorol reform has been placed on the Statute-book.

H. M. STANLEY AS THE PATRON- SAINT of DIC-SHON-DAFFYDDISM. MR. H. M. Stanley is the man who found Livingstone." He is also the author of In Darkest Africa." He came to Swansea last week, and combining tho character of a scientific explorer, with the semi-missionary spirit—which is so much affected by gentle- men of the W. T. Stead type—he felt called upon to say a few words with the intention of enlightening Darkest Wales." It was. however, but a voice crying in the wilder- i ness; the more pronounced the National spirit becomes, the wilder shriek the toadies of Dic-Shon-Dafydd. The brighter the, moon shines, the louder the dogs bark. Mr Stanley did not say anything very original; he was not fettered by too strict a regard for accuracy; but his platitudes were of a: character eminently acceptable to those who would have us believe that we do not form a part of tho British—but of the English— Empire. Mr Stanley is afflicted with th t unfor- tunate failing of the Irishman who "could never open his mouth without putting his foot in it." He proceeded to expose his ignorance. H" knew of no Welsh colonies nor of any people outside the Principality that could speak Welsh. It is a great mistake for people to imagine that a thing doos not exist, because they are not aware of its existence. There is a delightful old Boer lady in one of Rider Haggard's works, who counts up the few hundred British troops she saw in Natal, and the thousand or so she saw in Cape Colony —and as great a number of these were killed in the South African wars—she comes to the conclusion that Queen Victoria has no army left! We wonder if that old lady was any relutim to Mr II, M. Stanley Perhaps tho next time that gentleman goes exploring, he will pay a visit to the Chaput Colony in Patagonia, where all legislative C) ZD and official business is conducted in the Welsh language. It might also enlighten him to visit one of the huge c-isteddfodau held regularly in the United States—or even to pay a visit to some of the Welsh places of worship in London or Liverpool. Mr Stanley's next utterance was slightly hazy. He had seen hilla of Welsh coal in various parts of the world, but the sellers and tuyers of it were perfectly ignorant of Welsh. Ha had seen stacks of tinplate boxos, and heaps of iron and steel rails made in Walee, tut those who dealt in them were absolutely ignorant of Welsh. Quite so. And wo have seen shiploads of Champagno and the people who dealt in it and who drank it were absolutely ignorant of French We have also seen cargoes of German yoast; and the users of it did not understand a word of the language of Goethe. Thousands of children may be seen running about our streets eating sweet — or spottad Seville oranges; and — mirabile dictu—they cannot speak a single word of Spanish! What wonderful discoveries some of us can make, to be sure But Mr Stanley has not seen everything on the faco of the earth after all. He had seen a goodly portion of the British Empire but he had never been able to determine which pirt of was specially built by Welshmen. Of course not. When any member of the Celtic fringe" does anything creditable to distinguish himself, he at onco becomes an Englishman Sir John Moore, the hero of Corunna, was born in Glasgow; but he is a famous English General." Picton was a Carmarthenshire man but as he happened to die a glorious death at Waterloo he is at onco raised to the dignity of being an Englishman! The brave Welsh Fusiliers, who swept the Russians off the heights of the Alma, camo in very handy to adorn an English victory—as the Highlanders did at Xel-el-kebir. How many sons of Welsh county families are in the regiments which to-day uphold the British power from Suakim to Cairo? But, of coarse, they are gallant English oificers." It looks very much as if somebody else was a greater thief than Taffy One discovery he made was that wherever aborigines in any part of the world were found clinging to their traditions, they were always sunk in obscurity aDd unimportance. Mr Stanley's ideas run too much on the Congo and the upper reaches of the Nile. Let this erudite traveller traca the history of Europe from early Greece to modern Italy and he will find that the preservation and the re-awaksning of the National Spirit has always produced that which is best in art, literature, and commerce and that the servile plagiarism of foreigners has always resulted in the decline and downfall of a people. From inaccuracy Mr Stanley again fell into haziness. German children had to devote four hours a week to learning English, while in Wale3 there intelligent people who maintained that children's education ehould largely be in Welsh, as though there were countries abroad where a knowledge of Welsh would be of advantage to their sons. As a matter of fact, intelligent Welsli parents wish to have their children educated in Welsh, so that the children may under- stand English. The English them- solves experienced the bilingual difficulty from the days of William the Conqueror until the time of Edward III. Education was then conducted in Norman-French. The Saxon schoolboy had to translate the Latin Mater amat puerum suum as "La mere aime son garcon." The result was that after endless floggings the unfortunate English boy understood very little Latin. When, however, the sentence was translated, The mother loves her son," it was easy for the budding Englishman to bccoine a proficient Latinist. So it is with Welsh children nowadays. A Board School teacher would take a long time to explain in English, to a Welsh child, who the Prince of Wales— who now is coming to Aberystwith-rcally is. If, however; the teacher understands Welsh and informs the child that the gentleman is "mab henaf y Frenines," the most thick-headed pupil in the school will understand that His Royal Highness is lioir to the British throne. Sir William Hart- Dyke, a former vice-president of the Committee of Council on Education, said:- Wo must not encourago the Welsh language at the expense of English but rather as a vehicle for the sounder and more rapid acquisition of English." Sir William Hart-Dyke knew more about education than does Mr H. M. Stanley. The children of the Principality speak Welsh for the most part; and they can never learn English or anything else except through the medium of their own tongue. How much of the history of England would a Welsh boy learn by having H Macaulay" thrust into his hand by a teacher, unable to explain a single sentence in tho vernacular. If, ( however, the difficult phrases wore ex- plained in Welsh, the pupil would learn the I history, and would learn to appreciate a good English style. Having acquired r English, and being well grounded in his mother tongue, tho VVelsh boy is better fitted to learn French or German than the monoglot English youth is. The greater number of languages a student knows, the easier it is to acquire another. Welshmen are too shrewd business men not to bo awaro of the commercial value of English, and to take full advantage of it. But that is no reason why they should give up the tongue of the home, the pulpit, the oisteddfod, and the Sunday SchooL Saes'neg ydy w iaitb fasnachol, Benat yr boll deulu dynol Ond y mne Gymraeg yn hynach, Ac i mi yn fil melusach. Saes'neg ydyw iaith dadblygiad, Iaith gwyddoreg a gwareiddiad, Cymro uninith, myn ei dygu, Ond-paid anghofio iaith y Cymry.

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,I, i ö' lA J t" United Agricultural (JCK'ty. ,1. FtNALARRAXGEMEXTS. 7 SEVEN CHALLENGE CUPS TO BE OFFERED FOR COMPETITION. A meeting of the committee of this society was held at the Boar's Head Hotel, Carmar- then, on Saturday. Col. Lewis, Llysnewydd, presided. There were also present Mr | Edward Lewis, Cilletwr Mr Davies, Capel | Dewi Mr W. V. H. Thomas, Starling Park > Mr R. Footman, Hafodwen Mr Edward Francis, Penygraig Mr Morgan Richardson, Novaddwilyni Mr Griffiths, Penally Court; Mr C, W. R. Stokes, Tenhy Mr W. S. Marsh, ;1 Penybedd; Mr T. H. R. Hughes, M.F.H., I Noyaddfawr Mr Eynon Bowen, Troedyraur T Mr Bowen, LI wyngwair Mr J. L. Thomas, I Tanlan Mr John Francis, Myrtle Hill Mr | Yorke, Trecwn Mr Henry Davies, Typicca; Mr H. J. Davies, Bremenda: Mr Harries, i Llandilo-Abercowin Mr David Evans, Llwyncadfor and the Secretary (Mr D. H. Thomas, Croft Cottage). f The draft rules and prize list presented by f a sub-committee were adopted with certain u emendations, and it was decided to have the jt show on August :2ht. the day after that of 9 the Joint Counties Hunters' Society, the f venue to be Ystrad Park, near Johnstown, Carmarthen. This suggestion was adopted, because the fixtures of the Hunt Show could be used for the Agricultural Show. Seven challenge cups are to be offered by the following, viz. Mr Morgan RichaVdson, Xoyaddwilym, Cardigan, the prime mover of the new venture Mr J. C. Harford, Falcon- dale, Lampeter the solicitors of Carmarthen, the tradespeople and others of Carmarthen the licensed victuallers of Carmarthen Sif John Jones Jenkins, M.P., and Mr Tom Harries, London. The prizes to be awarded will amount in the aggregate to about £:300, Several classes will he confined to tenant farmers whose rental is under £2no a year.

Races at Llfiusteylian. L For some years Llanstephan Races consti- 1H\ tuted one of the annual events looked forward af to in "West Carmarthenshire as the motive R for a good day's outing. The event was, how- ever, allowed to fall through j aud was in a St fair way of becoming a thing of the past gw when it was revived by the exertions of Mr Tom Rees, of the Union Hall, Llanstephan.* The races, which came off this year on Whit- p Monday, were on a much more extensive and | j complete style than the event which came off on the sands on the previous occasion. A good course was secured on the Down Farm, which was as well suited for the purpose as any in the county and, although it is nearly. a mile distant from Llanstephan, it waS visited by crowds of people during the time the different races were being run off. There was a large number of visitors present from Laugharne, Ferry.side, Kidwelly, and Li an- elly but by far the greater number came V Laugharne, Ferryside, Kidwelly, and Li an- t, elly but by far the greater number ctuie, y In from Carmarthen. In fact, it seemed as if all Carmarthen—and his wife-had turned out to do honour to the restoration of the pristine A glories of Llanstephan. A more enjoyable {! day the visitors could not have had for the N veritable Queen's Weather" prevailed the I various events came off without a hitch and the racecourse being situated at a goodly 0 elevation afforded a magnificent view of the beauties of Carmarthen Bay. The generous X prizes ofrore(i- -iii one case amounting to £15 drew horses from a considerable distance K to take part in the competitions and to win 1 glory or filthy lucre—for their owners. Mr IT T. Rees, the hon. sec., by the efforts which he has made has benefitted almost every trades- man in Llanstephan for the crowds of people who were drawn to the favourite little watering-place by the fixture were so numerous as to fill to overflowing every place of refreshment —temperance or otherwise—in 1 the place. If Llanstephan Races become ft J permanent fixture, they will certainly be a I great boon to tho village. Mr J. Lloyd I Thomas acted as starter, and Dr J. Carver as judge. Mr W. Vincent Howell Thomas >M performed the duties of clerk of the scales in mj a peculiarly efficient manner. There were no K- regular" bookies;) present on the course but Mr John Daniels, of the Albion Inn, Carmar then, "made a book;) for the occasion—sofW that none of the usual excitements of a race 1 meeting were lacking. The fact that the jockeys rode in the orthodox parti-coloured j costumes added much to the appearance of j the field. The following arc the results :—■ i TRTE LL.VNSTHPHAX STAKES of n:>. For ho 83? ot ] any heijjiis, 15 h?iE;?.s fcr; c?rry I0.ifc..51bs fcr every a inc.i over, ruq allo.^od er.cVi inch und^f f J that height. Mile and a on tho flat. WiDner 1 to fay £ 1 to the second horse. J to ray jEt to the second horse. J Mr Harriet's b m Annis La-irie list John Erans 1 1 Mr Lewis's th m Naughty Girl, Sot 3iba J n T, Davies 2 Mr Da vied s ch (iota Seeker. lOof. 10 b3 J Davie3 3 Mr Edmunds1 ch g Paihfio.lor, 10st lO.bi Smith 0 Mr Beabows' b m Lit fit Saliy, 10dt. Owner 0 Mr Lloyd James' Tit-Bite, 1 Osfc ol' S ,B James 0 ( 1 Mr Thomas' b m Lady Ashburnham, list 0 ♦ John Thomas 0 fej Mr Williams' b g Prince of Teck, lOst lOlba 0 %r Henry Jones 0 Mr J J am OB' br m Little Wonder, lOst ."dbs 0 T Thomas 0 OPLN GALLOWAY STAKES of For Q-alloways 14 hands 2 inches and under. Catch weights. One mile and a half on the flat. Winner to pay 10s to the second horse. Mr L-,wi-.i' ch m Niughty Girl T Davies 1 Mr J F Thomas' Towyn Lass .Daniel Jones 2 MAIDEN GALLOWAY RACE of £ 5. For Galloways 14 hands and under, that have never won a race of fiuy description. Catch weights One mile on the 11* Winner to pay 10s to the second 1 horse. j Air Charlie Jenkins' Dolly Varden Own?r 1 ,m Dr Carver's b m Madame Angot T Rees 2 B Mr David T I-e-,v"s' D Davies 3 m Mr D Williams' b m Rock Dove Owner 0 ■ Mr William Jones'Judy D Phillips 0 I POXy RACE. 13 hands and under. Catch weights. H Ilalf-a-mile. First, £1 15s second, 10s third, I 5a Mr Ebswortli's b m Bride of the Sea J Rees 1 ■ Mr J Rees' b g No More J Howell Evans 2 I Mr W Thomas' or g Sam-de-Arab J Thomas 3 I Mr W Jones' br m Judy D Phillips 0 K. Mr J James' b g Longford T Rees 0 B Mr J F Thomas' Towyn Lass — Thomas 0 !g POSy RACE. 12 hands and under. Catch weights. t Ilalf-a-mile. First. £ 1 IOs; seo:ond. 10d; third, M Mr John Roc?.' Xo Mora J Howell Erans 1 n Dr tarvera ch m Dorothy Vane J Rees 2 f! Mr Lewis' b m Bridesmaid T Olive 3 E A. CONSOLATION* HACK was also run fur beaten horses, and w«s won by I Mr Lloyd James' Tit-Bits A good deal was added to the discomfort of the visitors by the exceedingly bad accomodation provided by the lessee of the g rerry. Visitors who came down to Ferryside K by train had in many places to wait three- ■ quarters of an hour before they could get ™ across. It was not a case of "first come first served but it was the case of the survival ij of the fit test; for those, who were not able to h fight for a place, had to wait until the last. 5 then again m coming back, those who thought that—if they were at Llanstephan an hour before their train started from Feri-yside-tliey would be in good time, found out that they had made a great mistake. Many had to wait a good deal more than an hour. To see the landing-stage crowded with people, and the boat taking off a batch reminded one of nothing but a tea- spoonful being taken out of a sugar basin. L nder normal conditions the accommodation provided is inadequate, but on Bank Holidays it is simply disgraceful. The lessee of the rerry has as much of a monopoly as the < Railway Companies and it seems peculiar if lie cannot—as the Itailway Companies do-- provide accommodation both for ordinary and extraordinary occasions. If any Railway Company provided such poor accommodation for passengers, Parliament would have no hesitation whether in sanctioning the construction of an opposition line. DKARNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD, cured a the patient's home. This Illustrated Edition also treats on the cure of Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma Extreme Stoutness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Hbenma- fcism by Medico-Electricity.-4d C. D. BRIGHT Publisher, 8, Tavistocke Place London, W.C. CARMARTHEN: Printed ond Published by the Pro- prietress, M. LA WHENCE, 36 her Offices 8 BIN*. afcreot, FUIDAT, May 2t>th, 1&9G. j;1