• MR. HEALY, M.P., AND THE COUNCIL BILL.
(TO TRH HDITOR OP TEM "SPROTATOR:"
• Sin,—I observe that Mr. T. M. Healy, M.P., through the medium of a Press interview, boasts of having been the chief means of causing the rejection of the Irish Council Bill. I do not contest the statement, though it bears the appearance of an ungenerous hit at Mr. Redmond's leadership, since it implies that he possesses more power than his nominal chief; but I notice at the same time that the Member for North Louth studiously avoids .mentioning the reason of his hostility to that measure. Was it because, as a politician, he thought it did not go far enough, or because, as Cardinal Logue's particular friend, he ,agreed with his ,Eminence that the pro- visions of the Bill were "mischievous" in that they tended to take primary education from the control of the priesthood . and put it under public control ? If Mr. Healy opposed the measure as a politician, I should be glad if he would indicate to me where I may find his answer to the defiant challenge thrown out to the politicians by the Cardinal,—that he would prefer even Home-rule to be sacrificed rather than the educational or religious interests of his Church. . In other words, will Mr. Healy, on the Home-rule question, act as Mr. Redmond's dutiful lieutenant, or will he set himself up as a guerilla leader of the clerical element in the party ?—
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