1 13&-5-16 My dear Redmond I went up yesterday &
saw Willy to put before him my
view that we were more wanted
at home, in the present state of
things, than here - especially
as both of us are too old for our
job. I probably have a month or
so more in me than he, but
it is all a question of time before
he & I be sent to the knackers'
yard in any case: and it is
far better to come home where
we can be of some service than
to accept nominal jobs here. So
I went yesterday to my C.O. &
put this to him. It is not
recipay for W M. Hickie 2 have been always pressing him in
that sense. No one has yet
proposed it for me, but when I
talked to Lewis Conyngham he
said (& he has just been in Dublin)
that he thought my place was in
parliament. What one can
do isn't a matter for hope -
but I'd like to be at hand.
It isn't the moment to disfranchise
our constituency I do hope to God that we
may get to the point of
introducing the idea that it is
our interestto have figureheads
in Dublin Castle. Any man
who is a man & who will
work on the basis of accepting
the H.R. will as it stands 3 ought I think to be welcomed as
an ally. But there is no use
in giving opinions at a distance,
except for this - that Tennant,
friendly & capable though he has
been, seems to me a thoroughly
bad man for the job. I'd far
sooner have Seely — Anyhow, I may be back
quite soon. I've asked for the thing
to be treated as a matter of urgency -
& Conygham thought there should be
no difficulty Yours very sincerely & in
the sincerest sympathy S. Gwynn