New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-15
IRISH CHAMPIONS.
vp TIMOTHY MICHAEL HEALY, NJ. p FOR
WEXFORD

NJ T NJ Ueaiy appears 10 MI Escotts nrst mum
- The Fortniokty Rerieu November as spokes-
-, Cor the Irish Parliamentary party Inc cnU'ce
= cot bad one. Mr.. Healy Is not the leaoer VI
AZ Marty to be sure, but he sometimes ieaos "'
His Parliamentary reputation dates IRON
A. discns,ions on the Land Act of 1851 beloio
.h.t time he was known as yourg man Oh oi.'o,
sn"s nth rather less restraint in his use oil IL
- tne average Irish member lie useu :" 20
.;u,sa ont to the inquiring stranger VINO caieu M
.,,cla of irish manners at their Wors" '
.neech was waspish his delneanor ahsis n.o
,sr sour His sharp features wore d ...,o 50
&c al Tn. CLEAN from his dark eyes was 80.
h,,a These are perhaps traits ana cu" YNr
- ,,ish natriotism. inseparable from pure Wv -
.nas country. But they did not make MI Ai'~ NJ,
nls.sinr figure in the House OF CouiinO"0 80
nos,t,on he attained last year he attaineo oy ;+
,be onportuuity which came to MIN lor o'ap,~'
his great natural acuteness OF nihu' h'' s.rG.
90 his remarkable power of mastering a oo"sP
anu "'' go. ue mastered the Land Bill. IL
.d q, he tbouoht he knew more about th''' piou'.
- ,,o.snre than any body in the House eA'o
r. c1odstons on one side and Mr. Giosoh y" 'He
-, NJ Gladstone as most people AnV"' W.
,ha a,,thor of the till Mr.. Gibson was ''s '"''
obla critic among the Conservatives NJ
poi0 49,. - ,be Land Bill under DEBATE MI
f1a,,v was an undoubted power III the Iio"'
snectea his abilities, they we're quite .e""S "
s,rcr the possessor OF them. II 94', ia" Is h,s
sc,zea that suspicious moment 70 sum -
-, habits TO adapt bis speech 10 inc Iiou'e -
W. oo1s n foreco the pleasure be found IN
nsrsoralities he might easily nave passeu
,osition of influence aud have ustd thae H.
nv ,r.alv for the good of Ireland. but MI
- .; satnratea with the notion that the HlsV
80 of an IRISH patriot in Parliament IS 20 'naNe
hs,solf as disagre6able as possible 10 HIS E"s'."
-. This Is his idea of duty and few men III
ooo or country have ever acted mp more COM
rls,elv 70 the ideal they set before them.
Mr. lIealv passes for being The most !nsuooIu'i''0
of Mr. Parnelrs squad. Nh parneh mas nevIi
sLo,,b+ the Irish cause depended ON his eroWi-
.no"s1 s,oriing at the Liberal Ministry
=. - thu fashion here to say of Mt Farneh
~ he birth and breeding he is gentleman
t1-notaver his political antagonisms may be- DC
a.. cot feel himself bound to carly political nos
,;,i,v into personal intercourse lie can smile anu
.uIs and be n patriot still. lie mages polhU oil
+rastinO Minister'S and Mr. Speaker. aud the HOUSE
~.raiI, with cold courtesy These polite good
1,.nuers irritate MIR. Healv. He appeals to see I'D
tb-u kind of treason to LELAND aud ne SOMETIMES
nrorests against them by saying OF doing sone'uius
-. ,bon nsnallv offensive; to keep up the average
As it were On many points not OF mere inanuei'
ar Heslv is believed to be much more extreme than
Mr. parnel. IL was uuutlotN'N '"''
with m,,b ,upat,ence to his leaders expression OF
raorot NJ the mnrder of Lord Frederick Cayendlsh
"a NJ Ronrle Nor has Mr.. Healy, as n rule
taken mart IN the occasional demonstrations Vi
decorous dislike to agrarian outrages whieh o'heI
members of the party have thought IL pruuen' VI
polite to make.
Now if IA man of this explosive temper and real
affinity would make a frank statement on any pou'
OF Irish policy il would be very interesting MI
Helvs statement is interesting, but it is much less
interesting than 1t might be because 1t * not quiee
frank Print has imposed on HIM some SORT Oh 10.
arva He has not freed his soul. nor poured out all
tho call one would have looked TO see flooding the
nooe He hardly calls anybody names, or Insults
ANYBODY. Much OF this paper might have been
written by a milder man; by Mr. justin mccarthy
himself. whom select, of course as Vie Oh IN
oNensiveness The substance of 1t all Is that WIN
or ,vi,bont closure the Irish Parliamentary party
will find means of hindering the conduct OF ousi-
ness We could have guessed as much as thaV WIN
ont MIR. Healys help. The note OF menace Wulcn
Misses through this hole harangue Is indicated
I'll s,ougb nv single sentence: " But although
the island beng no longer desperate, wears the ap
pearance of calm, quiesceuce in Ireland does not
mean inaction in the House OF Commons lie
does nevertheless, pay au unwilling tiibute to the
nrobabe effectiveness OF the rules OF procedure now
nndsr discussion. They will make necessary, ne
thinks n large addition to the ranks OF the Par-
rellltes before they can make obstruction so oo-
structive IS it now is The excuse he oilers Tor the
tactics which have brought scandal on che House
of Conmons and everlasting disgrace on those who
nract1sed them Is the usual excuse, stated perhaps
with rather more than the usual impudence'
That Mr. Healy should scoff at the notIon of Irish
LOYALTY. now or ia the future. is natural. But ne
- sknar lktanf
INV mind" declares Mr. Healy, "loyalty and self
interest are much the same thing Does he mtan
IL TO be understood that he could become loyal If 1t
ware made worth his whileR l presume not; GER
tainlv not in the ordinary Of the phrase But
the remark reminds one that there has been some
idle questioning about Mr.. Healys Snanciai rela'
tons to the Land League and his pay for Parma
mentary services. The gossip of the lobby mas IL
that Mr.. Healy has all along been receiving $50
week out of League funds. Mr.. Egan. lately treas
urer of the League. is understood TO assert that
only one member of Parliament has been paid out OF
the proceeds of the American levy on servant girls
wages and that this member is not Mr. Healy. But
Mr. Exams statement is challenged Mr.. Louden,
name well known in patriotic circles has written
to q leading Irish journal in the most singular
terms and we hear from America that MT PatrlcK
Ford has gwen way to violent anger ON learning
that some part Of the sums he sent for extlrpat
ing landordism land landlords D. have gone into the
pockets of mere Parliament men.
Mr. Patrick Fords correspondents ought to have
Kept him better informed. Half dozen men or
more than half dozen beside Mr. Healy have been
commonly spoken Of as being in the pay of the
League AS English members of Parliament are
not paid. and strong feeling exists here against
the system of salaries 90 legislators these stories
naturally add to the prejudice against Mr. Healy..
al. IL
accept money from their employers. writer in
. society journal remarks TINT NJ unalr hos III