Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-23
PARNELL AND HIS FOES.

PARNELL AND EIS FOES
Progress OF the Fcu5 Bestcoea Mr.. Davit
and the FGrlianic,.faTi0ns.
That persistent and determined effort
to discredit Mr.. Parnell with the Irish
people is being made from more than one
direction is known to every one a little
acquainted with the inside of Irish poll
tics. Strangely enough the attacks come
from two absolutely hostile interests
within the national ranks. These are the
Socials and the Clericals. Without any
common agreement or even understand
ing each of these two sections is working
steadily away to undermine the Irish
leaders influence and, ii possible, disr upt
the parliamentary party by
which he is supported. For
some reasons not very clearly understood
by the general public there is between the
socialists led by Davitt and the pariiam en-
tarians deadly feud, which, though sup
pressed as much as possible Oh the public
platform, is by 40 means SO we'll controlled
III private circles. In the national con
ference gli1l pse was obtained of the real
relations between the rival parties in the
contest between Davitt and i. P. O'Connor
over the organization OF the executive
This was very sore point with DaTitt an
his friends. In the old land league move
ment they had secured all the protita-
be Offices and complete
control OF The finances of the move
ment, TO the exclusion Of parliamentary
ians. 1t is alleged that ia the distribution
OF the spoils they treated their parlia-
mentary friends in rather unbrotherly
fashion. It is well kaown tina. al, the
paid organizers and officials were appoint
ed from the ranks of the Davitt section.
who secured places for their SISTERS, their
cousins, and their aunts,' On the good old
plan. This weakness, a pardonable one,
perhaps, won for the official group which
controlled the land league Offices the sug-
gestive title Of the family gang" by
which they are pretty widely known
through the country districts of Ireland.
Now, this group Of politicians are very
active. AS they belong to the class Of paid
agitators they can afford to spend their
time running about the country, especially
as hitherto their expenses have been gen
erously paid by their friends of the gen.
eral Office. Naturally these gentlemen are
very anxious about the constitution of the
new executive, because on the member
ship will depend whether or not they will
be able to bleed in words for their country
to advantage or be compelled to seek more
laborious and less exciting means of live
ihood. What may be termed the official
class of land-ieaguers have but little SYM
pathy with the parliamentary party.
Last year when Davitt and his friends,
in their efforts to outbid
Parnell and his companions for
public favor, got themselves locked up,
the control of the land league fell into the
hands of the parliamentary party. Thus
the condition of the central Office was
found to be deplorable. Ali the Offices
were filed with politicians, who, instead
Of doing the work for which they were
paid. spent most of their time speechify-
ing or criticising the political conduct of
mentary party put sudden stop to this
Reorganization, giving the gentlemen the
choice between doing their work as clerks
and seeking their fortunes in some other
sphere of activity. For this act of severity
what may be called the permanent land
league officials have never forgiven the
parliamentary party. and even to this day
many among them continue against the
parliamentarians campaign of SANDER
and abuse.
This was the real cause OF the quarrel be-
tween Davitt and L. 2. OConnor at the ma
tional conference, though neither of them
openly said so. Davitt tried cleverly,
under the pretense of seeking to secure
representatives from every county in Ire
land, to ''dish'' the parliamentary party.
Had his amendment been adopted, what
would have happened would be this:
Thirty-two members would have been
elected, one from each county. Among
these would have been all the principal
Parnellite members Of parliament who
would be absent in London nine months
out of the year. In their absence the
whole control of the organization
would have fallen into the hands
of Davitt and his friends, who
would be able to do what they pleased with
out even consulting their parliamentary
colleagues. Roweyer, the scheme was de-
feated, and IN ali probability the parlia.
mentary party viii adopt precautions tc
prevent the socialist group from control
ling the new organization. That is unless
ParnelFs enemies should prove too strong
Tor MIN. winch Is q posS,ollity WHICH SnOulC
not be wholly excluded from the calcula
tion. II is one OF the traditions of Irish
political life that there is always a CHIEF
ana a pretender, and ''the Protestant young
man. as Mr.. Parnel was significantly
called By one OF the Irish bishops, Car
scarcely hope to escape the fate of his pre-
decessors. Already he is exposed to
the operation OF moral assassination, and
perhaps he VIII have reason to be grateful
II the efforts OF his rivals to supplant O.
remove him should go 10 further. On
peculiar feature. among many, OF Parnell'
character is that he refuses to defend hIU,
self. Whether it is contempt for the mel
who attack him or confidence in his owl
influence OF position, the fact remains tn
same. He never replies to any assault
MADE on him from any quarter, and abso
lutely refuses TO take any precautions Il
counteract the schemes and combination
when are ceaselessly planned against him
Notwithstanding this Indifference and tn
attacks made upon him from various quar-
ters, his popularity with the people seem
in no way to diminish through his enc
mics.
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