, 1880-01-04
SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK, SIX MONTHS, AMI
ENTIRE YEAR
CHAS. STEWART PARNELL.


CHAS. STEWART PARNELL.
The Third Visit to This Country. of
Commodore Stewards Grandson-A
Talk with His Mother at Her Resi-
dcnce In New Jerscy-Vhat His Views
and Purposes Are.
Nesv York Sun, Dec. 81.
The mother Of the rich young landlord who has
lately become SO prominent as the leader Of the
Home-Ru1e party in Ireland is d lady Of much
force Of character. She is Il fluent and incistyo
talker, md is said to be IN excellent woman OF
| business. To q question concerning her son
yesterday, she replied with much readiness:
"You want to get an impartial sketch Of his
character and history?' Mrs. Parnel laughed.
"You must judge for yourself how impartial it
Is. He was not always rs cool In his temper as
he is now In the debates in the House, nor us
self-balanced and collected US now On the ros-
trum. When Il boy he grew so angry when he
could not hare his own way that his face would
purple with passion. And wasn't he headstrongl
But he always loved his mother, and from baby
hood he would be softened by a word from
me spoken in tenderness As he grew up he
WIS 1mperious to the servants, Us every
young landlord is in that country. After he
came back from Cambridge, wherc he was edl-
Gated ut 1iagdalen College, he was US conserya-
tive in his politics the most bitter Tory. This
until he camc to America, purity on private
business and partly to study its institutions,
when he wls g years old. He remained here
for some time, und returned to Ireland tt changed
man. From Conservative he had become Ill
out-and- out Radical. His change was radical
one, too, for he lowered the rents Of his tenants
and raised the wages of those In his employ.
Even the temper Of his blood seemed to have
changed From a hot-hcaded y0ungster he had
become sedAte and well-baanced man. But
he was only following in the footsteps of his
father and grandfather, who Werc, for the day
which fhnV live fOr THAR rnSitfnn n
lords, extremely radical in politics.. Slr.r Par
neIl's g1andfather,, William Parnen, was the
to write and publish u book denouncing the
penal laws. The book was reviewed ut length
BY Sidney Smith, and the review is published in
Catholics ought to be allowed to hold property
in Ireland, which was I'M unusual position for a
Protestant landlord to maintain. The Parnells
have been, and now are, attendants at the Epis-
copal service.
'Were VIC afraid that Mr.. Parnell would bo
arrested by the British Goyernmentin in the recent
disturbances? No; we were not fearful Of that,
so long as he had such q strong following Us he
has. II he was arrested, then Justin Mccarthy
and Of ether 6e,oG Home Rulers
'tBut is it not possible that Mr.. Parnell might
say word or two, perhaps inadvertently, that
would give the Government an excuse for arrest
swell" replied Mrs. Parnell, "Mr. Parnell
knows that he is watched, and that every impor~
listers. Like Golden III fighting for freq trude,
and OConnell in taking lrcland's part ngninst
England, he means to agitate until thg whole
landlord will see that it is to his interests to
create peasant proprietorship, and, therefore,
when the Government Is besieged by both peas
ants and proprictors, it must yield. Mr.: Parilels
futhcr, by the WAY, was one Of the magistrates in
County Wicklow, and was the only magistrate
who refused to sign papers proposing to impeach
1.-TWO weeks ago We learned from friend in
Ireland TINT warrant was out for the arrest Of
learn Il TINT he sailed with Mr. Dillon. m Tie 60 only
was that a recent nrticle in New York Journal
G
harmless and that, fearing lest he might be ar
rested, be is running away in 2 cowardly manner:
a coward; but perhaps the Government believes
that he is running away, and that, therefore,
1o t6res m
leu. Fist, to inform the people as to the princi-
pies, md, as you would say IN AMERICA, the plat
meaning people insist that bis plans smack Of
Communism. They say that Denis Kearncy is
going to Ireland to help along the movement.
the Irish leaders. Dlr. Parnell does not want to
abolish property rights. But Mr.. Parnen comes
here secondly, to get money to tide the peasants
a fa1nine in Ireland cannot be avertcd this win
ter You say that famine may be averted by !
Ha9 ba1s qs @ for only tho5e hos o can
who would suffer and die from the famine have
hand to a1 @o9t6 They @ Cannot % e ind 1T
the first touch Of the hand Of famine they |
wither. So 11r. Parnell is working to gehmoney |
to feed the mouths that will be hungry this |
1.-THE third object In his coming to America is
to appeal for voluntary subscriptions for the |
result of some little subscriptions for the relief
Of distress in Ireland, undertaken by members |
Of our family here. For some months 4 gentle |
ceving subscriptions, but the Irish people in
Boston subscribed only 500. That amount was
sent on, however, With the thanks Of my daugh-
helps. In Dordcntown, a little pluce Of less than
!, 5,000 inhabitants nearly as much was given by
ton We are iii Wrapped up up IN lis cause and
both from principle and from affection second
my sons efforts as far as possible He writes
often, but not very often on politics. OF course,
business on both sides prevents discussing these
questions at great length.
'' With my SON were expected to come Mr
Mr.. Finncgan Is very eloquent speaker. He I
went through the French and German war, and
Va s takca ken prisoner 6y The Germans OF
according to the rules Of war, if he was Of an
other nationality be could be executed. An
officer who spoke French fluently was ordered I
whether he understood French we'll enough to
be a Frenchnlan. Fortunately, Mr.. Finnegnn
3puhE luG Alla NEllILlEu ulIuSGl1 EU /
well TINT the officer reported that without doubt
Mr.. Finnegan was French He is now corrc- |
spending with q large Partisan daily newspaper |
It s., ,0G0 year. S{r. John Dillon, you will re. |
member, escaped from ireland with O'Gorman, |
and John Martin, and the other patriots
Mrs. Pnrnell's reference to her own absorbing |
led to the statement that she took /
much interest in Wall street, and that, through
aer brokers, she does heavy business there. !
Then you find that dealing in stocks takes |
rood deal Of timer she WIS asked
Indeed was the reply, II have to be at my |
brokers' Office every day, and during the better /
part Of the day, too. wish there could be or
,7lniZed here i women's board Of stock brokers. |
There is one in San Francisco, know
*'You hare some trouble in dealing with |
2rokers?"
"Well, not so much in New York. where Gun
1eep my eye on them, as in the West, WHERE I
lnvc to tr1lnsact business by. correspondence. |
Not long ago bought some mining shares and
eft them with a broker in Sun Fr7sncisco. The |
,roker failed. I sent for my stocks. They did
lot come. Finally received brief communi-
.ation from my precious broker, The stocks |
lnd gone with the remainder of his property.
just sent man with instructions TINT he
hould tell the broker either to give up the
,onds or he arrested on charge Of breach of
rust In the next mail came the bonds,-eTery
me Of them |
One of Mrs Parnells daughters Is UNDER
TODD to be engaged to cousin Of the Capt. |
Puget whofmarried Miss Minnie Stevens, daugh-
er OF the late Paran Stevens, of this city.
nf hara mig RFy1 GD{3 |