The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-10

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The Arst news which the piloe brought
n I afeon,ed toward New York lat o.
tober va the arrest Of Mr.. Parnell; the
int news which the pilot brought me
- / approached Queenstown la9e week
WaD tie Phoenix Park aaDosGin0t300.
have been In London now for few
days and am able to gauge the state Of
feeling here, both before and since the
catastTuphe, and never, believe, was
there . Transformation Of . political po-
sition % complete - this assassination
produced. / am told that the scene was
most extraordinary when Mr.. PArnell
and hiD fell0W-sslspects appeared In the
House Of Commons for the lint time
after their releaee. They were treated
~ victOrs returned to reap their splen-
did harvest. Member Of the Govern
ment-nke Mr.. Chamberlain and Sir
Charles Dixie, Wing Irishmen like Mr..
Shaw, personal enemies like some / will
not n.nle-vied with each other in their
eagernese to grasp the hand Of the man
who tor the moment Was master Of the
situation. In short, Parnell was king
and tho courties wished TO do him
homage. For, I hope, your readers, In
the confusing items Of the hour, have
not forgotten what Parnell had nearly
accomplished.
PARNELL's GREAT WORK.
He had obtained from the Govern:
ment three pledges first, stoppa&e Of
eviction; second, abandonment Of c0er.
cion, and third, initiation Of peasant
pr0prietfy-ino other words, complete
reversal Of the policy Of NJ. Forster and
. full adoption Of the policy 0fthe Land
League. What made such . triumph
the moro remarkable was that the sitlla-
ton in Ireland was Immediately before
one almost Of desperation. The people
had behaved with great 6rmnees, but
the forces against them were Irresistible.
Evictions were proceeding at . fearful
rate; in the 1ryf quarter Of the present
year 7.ooopeople were LETT without house
or home; In the second quarter It was
ANTICIPATED that the total would amount
to 100 The League was doing ito
49, 49, NJ
nate creatures, but It could not reach .
1.-THE q their number, for in fact, II It
advanced help to III, it, entire resources
would have been exhausted in the
course Of . single week. Meantime, the
bue;ueoo Of the shopkeeper1 Was ruined
bv wholsale impgiDo0me0t; crimes were
multiplying In number and atrooity,
and the Government Was preparing
ouTef and even severer repression than
anything which had yet been tried.
Wa It not real statesmanship to - In
lluence the Government that Ill this
disastrous picture Of who:esale eviction,
ruin, murderous retaliation and Gov
ernmental deposition should be chang
Cd 70 Q promi6e Of securing homes, 10
stored Consultation and the final settle
ment Of the land question?
A DAY OF TRIAL..
The Sunday which followed the trag-
edy Wa fearful one for parnell and his
brilliant but delicate man-WaD brought
tho news 81 : Ispo9ter early In tie
mofninG. He told mo that for IN heur
he felt . II be was dying; and . lady, .
daughter u ! leading Home Ruler, Who
nw most Of the party on that fatal day,
said that these Gentlemen looked Il
most insane from grief. Lord Frederick
Cavendish W. . victim to inspire the
deepest sympathy, and good deal Of
the sogTow fe9t for him = attributable to
tho harsh ositicism towhich he bed been
subjected IN biz appointment. He was
. moet induetrious and painseaking
man; i1deed, II W. one Of the marvels
AZ English political n1s to - this con Of
a e1egmoooly wealthy duke trudging
through the sereets with bis satchel like
. hank clerk on . small salary. But he
Was . mast incompetent speaker. He
had . fearful lisp; could not pronounce
the letter r." % that he used 70 b
known - tho ''eekWstaWy q the tweas-
uWo'' (oecfetary Of the treasury; and
IN the midst q his dIawl and hl6 ''r's''
used 70 get IN State ofpitable beWilder.
ment. The House, foFeoeeing the d.
tTootion 10 which such . man must b
driven By the aoute Healy and pjtileD
Biegar, laughed and jeered when his ap-
po6ntment Va anno0nCed IN the House
q CoWmens; and Il was the recollection
q these laughs and jees1 that probably
shaspened some Of the sorrow over hb
death. A story h told Of Mr.. Gladstone
-who w. relative and warm personal
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