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THE COCHRAN JOURNAL Entered a? second-class matter August Ist, 1912, at the post office at Cochran, Georgia. T. L. BAILEY, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED WEEKLY by THE COCHRAN PUBLISHING CO. OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR BLECKLEY COUNTY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 81.(X) PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. In 1911 the English House of Commons passed an act forever destroying the power of the house of lords to hold up legislation passed by the commons in the interest of the people. I his act was feigned by the King and has become law. It provides that any bill passing the bouse of Commons three times in two years be comes a liw and the aristocrats in the upper house have no power to veto it. This law has made it possibile for Ireland to at last secure home rule. A home rule bill has twice passed the house of Commons and though voted down each time.in the house of lords, will only have to be passed once more before May 9, 1914 to over come the lords veto and become a law. There are only two important political parties in Ireland, the Unionist and the Nationalists. The Nationalists are the party of Parneila, John Dillon, John Redmond and the Irishmen who have been fighting for two generations for home rule. It is composed of the rank and file of the common people of Ireland. Ihe Union ists party is really an English party and opposed to home rule. They are greatly in the minority, but through English influnce has been able to dictate legislation. They claim that Ireland is now one of the most prosperous countries on the globe and that a large part of her prosperity is due to the financial assistance obtained from the treasury of the empire through the imperial parliament at London. However history tells us Ireland under English rule dwindled from 8,000,000 people to a little more than 4,000,000 during the course of a century. It tells us of a century of oppression, excessive taxation, ab sentee landlordism, terrible eviction of tennants, iniquitous land |aws and educational laws. Ail liberty loving people will rejoice with the Nationalist in the achievement of home rule for old Ire land after so many long years of sacrific and struggle. The Irish are a wonderfully heroic people. They are impulsive and turbulent, but brave and generous and fully capable of self go eminent. We understand that they will have a house of com mons and a senate and be allowed to manage their internal affairs when they don’t conflict with the imperial governmnet. 1 hey will have no voice in the foriegn policy of the empire nor will they be allowed to make any laws effecting the Crown. Under home rule Ireland will bear about the same relation to the British Empire as the states do to the federal government in America. Ireland will ultimately gain independence and not until then will the full fruition of her hopes be realized by her patr.ots. Bishop Candler, who is always interesting, writes very inter estingly in last Sunday’s edition of the Atlanta Journal on ‘‘some final things and the final thing.” He says “within recent years both the North Pole and the South Pole have been reached, and it said by competent geograph ical authorities that the discovery of ‘Nicholas The Second La ;d' leaves no other area on the planet earth to be discovered by man.’ In other branches of knowledge and invention he says final things have been reached. For example whit can be added to the inven tion for communication beyond wireless telegraphy? The tele graph, telephone and phonagraph are also spoken of as final things or at least as near final and also rapid transit by steam power and electricity as approaching final swiftness. The bishsp being a man of God, his mind naturally reverts to final faith capable of comprehending all men and all races in a common salvation and of course he believes the Christian religion is the only religion that can be reasonably expected to become the universal religion of all mankind. He says “Buddahism is incapable of such power. Passing over its philosophical absurdities and moral blemishs, it may be dismissed as too Orental for acceptance of all men. Brahminism is still more narrow, and Mohammedanism can hardly stand much longer among the Turks even. No other religion but Christianity can be the final faith of man. Old Porfirio Diaz, the aged Ex-president of Mexico, who is now in France, says he will return to Mexico to fight in defense of his country should it be invaded by a foreign foe. This grim old v arrior is now 83 years old and although his extreme old age has rendered him both mentally and physically unable to undertake a strenuous campaign, yet this old man who ruled Mexico with an iron hand and with unexcelled ability, presents a dramatic and heroic Spectacle, when almost at the end of life’s journey he asserts his willingness to return to Mexico to assist his countrymen in re pelling a foreign foe. Old Diaz is made out of the stuff that heroes are made out of. He will go down in history as one of the worlds strong men. He was able to cope witn the situation, and although his government was termed a benevolent despotism, yet for many years he pre served order in that distracted country, and Mexico made great strides in civilization and enlightment during his long successful administration. We fear it will be a long time before Mexico brings forward another statesman equal to the elder Diaz. THE COCHRAN JOURNAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA. DUBLIN COURIER-HERALD FAIR EDITION The thirty-four page Fair edition of the Courier Herald reflects great credit on the management of the paper and also the hustling City of Dublin. Dublin has grown by leaps and bounds for the past ten or fif teen years and is now one of the most prosperous town in the state. No doubt her newspapers have contributed a great share to this prosperity. Bleeckley County must have a county exhibit at the next State Fair. _ .. We have the best little county in the State of Georgia. No mistake about that. Let everybody help boost and advertise and we will grow and continue to prosper. There is no reason in the world why we should not commence right now to prepare for the exhibit. With proper effort Bleckley County can have a magnifi cent agricultural exhibit. We can raise almost anything in the world on Bleckley County soil. Let everybody get together on this movement and organize at once so we will have plenty of time to prepare for the exhibit. 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