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...partial blight and many evictions followed. It was then that the Land League was formed by the peasants to try and better conditions. The next year Mr. Gladstone turned his attention to the land troubles and secured temporary relief, by the passage of a bill, until in 1885 the great Land Purchase Act was passed. This measure provided that after the landlord and tenant had agreed upon a fair price for the land they should jointly apply to the state which gave the purchase money to the landlord, who from that time had no hold upon the land. The tenant...
...vested privileges of the Dramatic Club that the CRIMSON was constrained to protest. We have been assured that the Speakers' Club will hereafter confine itself to the encouragement of public reading, speaking, and argument, in which, since the decline of the debating organizations, it has opportunities for great usefulness...
Graduates of West Point played a great part in the quick termination of the Mexican War. A great number of the officers of the Civil War also were graduates. But war has not been their only field, for they have been prominent in educational, political and civil life. Graduates of this institution have done great service to the whole country and have had large influence in other countries. West Point commands the respect and confidence of the people...
...Passing of the Old Ireland." The lecture will be open only to members of the Union. Mr. O'Connor is one of the Irish members of the House of Commons and is therefore a powerful factor in the coming parliamentary election. In his fight for home rule for Ireland great expense must be incurred, and it is to get funds to carry on this election that he has come to America...
There are three great matters at issue before parliament at the next meeting: the budget, the House of Lords, and home rule for Ireland. When the first two questions are at issue, Ireland's 81 to 83 votes in parliament will have great weight...