Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-01
MOBBED I'M IRELAND.
Parnell Attempts to Address Con-
stituency.
He is Rotten Bgged, Roughly Handled and
His Friends Beaten.


Die altogether gratifed. The dis
patches below show how he was
.reated at one place
ESNrscoRTHY, March %. Mr..
Parnell, who since his return has
carried things with high hand, had
almost assumed dictatorship as re-
CARDS political affairs, but he met
with a significant check at meeting
held here to-day for the purpose OF
selecting candidates for the Parlia.
mentary representation of Wexford.
Mr.. Parnell and two of the three
candidates, Messrs. Byrne and John
Barry, travelled from Dublin by the
8 O'Clock train. At Wicklow and
several other railroad stations large
crowds assembled on the platform to
see and cheer them. AT Fernes,
however, the enthusiasm was by
NO MEANS so GREAT
as before. Many of the people shout.
ed for Chevalier O'Cleary, who is
the third candidate. When the train
arrived at Enniscorthy it was re.
ceived by an extremely large crowd.
Mr.. Parnell and his friends were
cheered, but the reception was luke.
Murphy, of Fernes, who had travelled
down from that town on the same
train. II was arranged that the
meeting should be held at O'Clock,
but the point of vantage was already
occupied by the Chevalier O'CIearys
and six priests, and
AROUND THEM RALLIED
the Chevaliers supporters in large
numbers. Mr.. Parnell's party had
decided that the Rev. Mr.. Kenny
should preside, but the meeting Sc
lected Mr.. German, who was, how
ever, assailed by man named Mur-
ply. The priest flung his assailant
off the platform. At this moment
Messrs. Parnell and Barry were seen
advancing at the head of large
crowd, with band playing and
green banners flying. They marched
down the sloping ground toward the
platform. The assembly numbered
not less than Is, 900 men. The plat
form was densely crowded. Amid a
GREAT SCENE OF DISORDER
Mr.. Parnell struggled to the front Of
the stand. His appearance was the
signal for the uproar to commence.
The confusion lasted for several min
utes. Yells, groans. cheers and cries
filed the air. Rotten eggs were
thrown at the agitator one of them
struck him on the beard. For a mo
ment Mr.. Parnell appeared to be on
the point of addressing the people,
but, if he had formed the design, he
Immediately abandoned it. Silence
having been in a measure restored,
the Chairman,
WAVING HIS STICK OVER HIS HEAD.
SAID:
'Men OF Wexford, listen to me.
We come here to day to select a
representative for our county. We
will hear Mr.. Parnell, but we will
not allow him to be our dictator"
A violent uproar then began. The
crowd surged toward the platform,
shouting. Several cried: "Put Par
nell down; put Parnell down |" A
rush was made at him by some men
on the stand. They seized him cry.
hell !" and endeavored to drag linn
to the ground to the front of the rail-
ing. Father Murphy and several
other priests put their arms around
him and endeavored TO protect him
from the violence of his assailants,
who continued to crush forward. II
seemed probable that he would in
another minute be thrown off the
platform. The crowd below hootinc
aud shouting,caught him by the legs,
endeavoring to drag him down. In
the struggle his hat was battered and
his trousers slit up to the knee.
HE WAS ONLY SAVED FROM ANOTHER
BLOW
by a stick being suddenly seized
from behind by gentleman who rep.
resented newspaper.
AT this stage in the proceedings
the police, armed with rifles, ad-
vanced through the people, and took
up position near the platform.
There was lull in the noise. Mr..
Parnell was again abou. TO speak,
when he was interrupted by a voice
calling out, "Take off your hiatt" A
rush was made at him by the people
who again tried to drag him off He
succeeded, however, with the assist
ance of the priests,in resisting the at.
tack. He tried to address the peo-
pie, but his remarks were inaudible
amid the uproar and shouts of
"Down with the Dictatorship! We
did not invite you to go down !" Sew.
eral Of the priests appeared as if urg-
ing Parnell to retire, but he contin-
ued TO speak despite the noise. Three
cheers were called for Barry and
O'Clesry. The latter was warmly
ana loudly cheered, lie asked the
people to hear Parnell. To this
there were cries of mo, no !" and
RENEWAL OF THE RIOT.
Parnell again attempted to speak.
He was interrupted by cries of s.You
went 10 America to beg for ireland,
but not for Wexford. Go mend your
trousers = At this the tempest once
more broke loose. The Chairman
asked for silence. He was totally
urable to obtain it. Amid much
Psrnell retired. After he
had done so, several speeches were
made, the substance of which was
that the people would not tolerate
in the selection of candi.
date The result was that Mr.. Byrne,
Mr.. Psrnell's candidate, was reject
ed. On the way to the station the
crowd again assaulted and hooted
Mr.. Psrneli, and the Constabulary
had to guard the gates of the sta.
ton, which were closed to keep ont
the hostile aud threatening mob.