Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-03
DAVlTT'S LETTER
Forces Gathering for the National
Fight.
WHAT MUST BE DONE At ONCE.
The Difficulty Of Finding Proper Candidates
for Parliament-Men Who Cannot
be Trusted and Others Too
Poor to Go.

DUBLIN, september ZU.-Ine Oelay IN n1-
ing upon the man who is to be put forward
on the National ticket for the city of Linn
erick is the subject of general comment in
Dublin political circles. Anti.National
papers are jubilant at the seeming fl
Guilty which Mr.. Parnell experiences in
providing candidate, and rumors Of dis
sensions" in the ranks Of the popular party
are set going in the interest of those whose
political fortunes are buoyant or depressed
as the representatives of the National
cause are at issue with each other or united.
The delay, however, is not occasioned by
division, but by
Trouble OF Another Kind,
and as this trouble is more likely to in
crease than diminish it may be of interest
to your readers for me to point out what its
nature is.
There are sixty.four Parliamentary con.
stituercies in Ireland. At the general
election OF 1850 thirty eight declared for
the National ticket and returned sixty.tive
members, nine pronounced for Toryism-
or the landlord interest-and elected twen-
ty-five members while but seven ranged
themselves beneath the banner Of Whig-
gerry, contributing the unlucky number OF
thirteen as supporters OF Mr.. Gladstone.
Since 1880 one Whg constituency has
been wrested from that party by Mr.. Par.
nell's following and another has been di.
vided and seat won by the election OF
Mr.. Healy for Monaghan. While the Ma
tiopal constituencies have increased dur
ing the past three years the deserters from
the National 10 the Government party in
that period have considerably
Weakened the Voting Power
OF the popular representation. No less
than twenty-three members who were elect
ed on the Home Rule ticket have selected
Mr.. Gladstone as leader, in preference TO
Mr.. Parnell, or more than one-third Of the
whole National party has proved recreant
70 its pledges. Their names are Shaw, |
Cork county; Coldhurst, Cork county Fay, |
Cavan county; Henry, Galway county; the |
two Blennerhassetts, Kerry county; |
O'Donoghue, Tralee: Meldon, Kildare |
county; Brooks, Dublin; Martin, Kilkenny |
county; Smithwick, Kilkenny city;
OBrien, Kings county; O'Beirne, keitrm |
county; Collins, Kinsale; McCoan, Wick |
'ow coun ty: Errington, Longford county;
McKenna, IoGghali p; l. Smith, Tippera.
~ county; OConnor Power Mayo county;
O'Shea, Clare county O'Shaughnessy and |
Gabbet, Limerick, and Bellingham, Louth |
county.
Independent Of ParneIl.
In addition to this list may be added the |
following members, who have either openly |
declared their independence OF Mr.. Par |
nell or otherwise shown their indifference
TO his leadership: O'Donnell, Dungaryan; |
Metge, Meath county; DAILY, Cork; Rev. |.
Nelson, Mayo county; Mscfarlane, Carlow
county; Moore, Clonmel; Blake, Water.
ford county.
Add to these the following questionable |
supporters: Nolan, Galway county; OSul- |
Iivan and Synau. Limerick county; Leahy, |
Kildare county, and Molloy, Kings county, |
and we find the Irish proper reduced to the
following members: Pdrnell, Cork city; |
Justin Mccarthy, Longford county; Biggar, |
Cavan county Sexton, Sligo county Healy, |
Monaghan county; o Brien, Mallow; T. ID. |
Sullivan, Westmeath county; T. p. OCon.
nor, Galway city; Arthur OCOnnor aud
Richard Laor, Queens county; Barry and
Small, Wexford county; |. f.. Redmond, |
New Ross: w. X. Redmond, Wexford; |
Harrington, Westmeath county COrbett
Wicklow county.
Cummins and O'KeIIy,
ROscommon county; Dawson, Carlow Gray,
Carlow county; Leamy ana hlcha'I row
er, Waterford city; Kenny, Ennis; Lynch,
Sligo county; Mayne, Tpperary county;
Marum, Kilkenny county; Ehiel, Meath
county Callam, Louth county; OGormon
Mahon, Clare county.
Even this list might be divided into
"active" and "insctive" members and the
real, reliable membership OF the Irish Par
liamentsry party could be written down,
according to Mr. Leamy's estimate in his
recent Waterford speech, at fifteen. But
taking the numbers as betweeA those who
loyaliy adhere to Parnell's leadership and
the Home Rule members who belong to
the Shaw or pro government group and re-
pudiate his leadership, we will find at least
thirty seats for which
New Men Must be Forthcoming
at the approaching general election-that
is if those "Home Rulers who hive bro
ken tn. pledges and are not again 10 be per-
mitted to misrepresent their constituents.
Assuming, IN addition, that efforts will be
made TO win some OF the Ulster constitu.
encies from the Whig part, Mr. Phrnell
must provide him>clf with thirty.tve re
liable nPn over and above those who are
now reckon eli his rusty adherents, with /
whom TO fight successful contest st lhe
rust ngs within the next twelve 1ontns.
Where are these men TO be PotE Az the
present moment there is difficulty expert
enc ed in = ttirg single suitable ianhiiate
for Limerick city.
The chief difficulty, as / havn already
rointed ou5, is TO provide qualified and re-
liable men sufficie TO carry every avail
able Parliamentary seat in Ireland at the
impending General Election.
Have we those men in Ireland? Undoubt.
edly. Whv are they not forthcoming
There are two answers TO this question:
The class OF men upon whom the country
could rely for loyalty and courage nave
not the means by which they could main
tain themselves during the session OF Par,
lament in London. The class that could
i 4: a1 ir the nrpsent Home |
Rule party that has given twenty.three
pled re. brpaf ers ont OF total OF sixty tive
members in the short space OF three years
Men of this stamp are plentiful but can
not be trusted: men OF the humber but /
honester and better metal can be had In |
numbers, but cannot be supported. This
is the situation exactly. What is to be the |
outcome OF u?
Two Remedies are spoken of.
The first credits Mr.. Parnell with the In;
teption OF recommending a number oil
young men from England as ellglose can
didstes for Irish Constituencies ana OF de,
yotirg one-half of the Parnell national
tribute to meet the election expenses and
the psyment OF such members as will have |
to be supported. This, in my opinion,
would be a doubly unfortunate e1pedi'
emit. without in any way disparaging the
patriotism OF Irishmen resident In Eng'
land. or UNDERTAKING tuclI
am ntarv work in the service OF Ireland,
the right of representing this country be.
longs to those who live here and who are
conversant alike With its local feelings snd
national demands, and the recruiting of q
national representation from outside OF
Ireland. without first eKhsusting its csDic-
ity to supply its own members would be
botn
A BIunder and . Disgrace.
There were one thousand men qualified,
from a government point Of view, 70 rep
resent the Land League in Irish prisons
during the Forster regime. Surely thirty
of that number can be found who are ht
and proper persons, from tsa nC ~ ,hs
Irish Parliamentary party.
The proposal 10 devote any pornon OF
national testimonial which lrishmea the
vCrId over are raising for Mr.. Psrneil 70
The supIort Of any section Of his following
would be in keeping with hts generosity oi
mind but rot with bis usual Judgment IL