Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-06
MIR. PARNELL.s ASSOCIATES.
The Men Who Man the Ship When the
Pilot is at the Helm.
SKETCHES OF o'CoSNoR, SEXTON, HEALY, NC
CARTHY, SULLIVAN, GRAY, O'BRIEN, DILLON,
BIGGAR, oKELLY, HARRINGTON AND
OTHERS.

| OTHERS.
From the New York SUM-
| Thomas Power OConnor is Mr. Parnells
most trusted lieutenant. He is the president
| of the league in England. 1t was owing to his
! extraordinary powers of organization that the
Irish vote in England was thrown SO solidly for
| the tories at the recent election. He is about
30 years old, a graduate of the queens college
| in Galway, and man of good proportions, in
| tellectually and physically. He is well known
in the journalistic and literary world his latest
| work being volume on Gladstone and his
parliament. He is an able speaker, keen de-
| batter. and he has a cool head. Had he adopted
| the bar instead of journalism for q profession
he would have attained the first rank among
| lawyers. He is favorably known in this coun-
| try, having visited it featuring tour in the
iai! OF ISL; lie recently married the da Gl
| OF the late Judge Paschal, of Texas. Mr.. OCon-
| nor is one OF the special cable correspondents
of the sun.
SEXTON, THE ORATOR.
| Thomas Sexton is the orator of the party.
| He is 3S years old and native of the county OF
| Waterford. His father died when Mr.. Sexton
was child. He attended the Christian Broth
! ers' school in Waterford, and when young
! lad gave evidence OF great eIocutionary powers
| and literary taste. AT the age of Is he lectured
| on Goldsmith before the Young Mems Catholic
association in the city of Waterford, ana soon
| afterwaTd won q clerkShfp by competitive eX-
animation in the office OF the Waterford and
| Limerick railway, which he retained ior three
] years. In 1869 Mr.. Sexton maze MS HfSC APP
pearance on political platform Inere was a
vacancy in the representation OF the city.
| Three candidates were in the held-Slr Henry
| Winston Barron, an old wing Catholic; Ralph
! Bernal Osborne, another old wing, and Samuel
| Thomas Grub, a retired merchant. None OF
| the three candidates is now alive. Grubb was
] good-natured. but shallow and vain, and had
no Intention of going to the polls. he simply
wanted to be proposed, SO as 10 make q
| speech and retire. He found much difficulty
| in getting a proposer, but Mr.. Sections good
nature prompted him to do Grubb favor. Mr..
| Sections name had just been placed on the par
| liamentary roll and when he rose in the center
| OF the court house to propose Grubb he re-
eeived an enthusiastic ovation. The high
| sheriff, astoniShed at Sections boyiSh appear
ance, asked a gentleman who sat near him
whether he was voter. The future legislator
made an eloquent appeal in favor of Mr.. Grubb
field between Barron and Osborne. Mr.. Sexton
shortly a1terward accepted an editorial posi-
ton on the Dublin Walton, which he retained
until his election to parliament, five year ago.
He Joined the home rule league in 1879, and
national party. When Chief Secretary Forster
made his raid upon the natiOnalists Mr.. Sexton
was taken from a sick bed and lodged in Kill
malnham prison. He has marvellous power
in the handling of figures, and he has made that
power felt in the house of commons. As q pol
ished orator he has few equals in the house.
| THE SECOND MATE OF THE SHIP.
Timothy Michael Healy, in point OF ability,
ranks, according to the Pau Mall Gazette, second
in the Parnell party. In many respects he stands
first. He has neither the eloquence nor the
GOODNESS in debate of Thomas Power O'Connor
| and Sexton, but he is good speaker highly ag-
gre>sive, fearless, and always ready for fight.
/ Since he was elected 10 parliament in 1850 he
has been admitted to the Irish bar, and has con-
! siderable practice. He was born in Bantry,
/ county of Cork, in 1855. where his father,
| Maurice Healy, was clerk of the poor law
union. In 1862 his father removed to Lismore,
| in the county OF Waterford, where he holds
the offices of clerk OF the union, postmaster,
and clerk 10 the town commissioners. Tim
othy received his preliminary education in
! the Christian Brothers school, where Brother
ODonneli taught him shorthand. Young
Tim" soon struck out for himself and, when
hardly sixteen, found employment as a stenog-
rapher in Il railroad office in Newcastle-on-
Tyne, England. He went tn London in 1878
ana became "a confidential clerk in floor cloth
factory. While here he contributed weekly
| letter to- the Dublin Nation parliamentary
| matters. His aunt is the wife of Mr. ID. Suli-
van. editor OF the Nation, so that there was not
much difficulty in obtaining the position of
| London parliamentary CORES pOp dent of that
! able paper. In 1879 he became Mr. Parnell's
| private secretary, and in 1850 WIS elected to
parliament. His career since then is well
known. y few years ago he married his own
lord mayor OF Dublin. Mr.. Sullivan had strong
objections 10 the marriage on account OF the
close relationship, put the young couple stood
but big in intellect.
THE THIRD MATE.
Justin Mccarthy, the wel-kuown historian
! is the vice chairman of the Irish parliamentary
party. Before he entered parliament he had
Worid-Wldc reputation as an author. He
was born in Cork in 1880. Having learned
shorthand, in 1917 he became reporter on the
Cork ETamineT, then edited by John Francis
Mcclure. In the troublesome times of 1913
Mr.. Mccarthy, john Pope Hennessy and others
started the Cork Historical Society, every MEM
Der OF which subsequently Joined the Young
ireland movement In 1852 Mr.. Mccarthy
joined the Liverpool Northern Times as a re-
| porter, and subsequently contributed to it's
| editorial columns. When the paper Jailed in
| 1S66 he went to London His first employ
nient was as parliamentary reporter for the
| saor- Dir. Mccarthy Is a good French, German
ana Italian Schokar, and he soon began to Till
the columns OF lSiding magazines. One OF his
articles in the Westminster ReUie,0 ttracted the
/ attention of John Stuart Mill. An introduction
| followed, and young Mccarthy stood ON the
| stepping stone 10 fame. He became editor of
| the London Morning Star, paper in which
visited this country and wrote a series OF arti-
| cles for the GALAXY. He also delivered lee
1871 he accepted call from the London Daily
Neus as parliamentary leader writer. Mr.
Mccarthy Is the author of a number of novels
Inc work which brought him fame was 1.-THE
History of Our Own Times published in 1S7S
he has suffered pecuniary loss by his utilization
with the Irish parliamentary party. Tne sale
OF his books has fallen off, and every effort has
been made To iniure him in the literary world
OF London. Although great thinker, he is
not a great speaker.
THE sUPERCARGo OF THE SHIP
Timothy Daniel Sullivan, one OF ParnelI's best
men, has sat Ia the house since 1850. He is
the editor and proprietor of the Dublin Nation
Dublin Weekly NetCs. and other periodicals. and
| Is the lord mayor OF Dublin this year. He is the
author of the national ant them, 'God Save Ire
/ land" tie was born liz the county of Cork So
| years ago, and received his preliminary educa-
| ton from the best schOomaster in the town at
| mat tlIne-the grandfather OF " Tim - Healy
Nr. sullivan married Miss Kate Heaiy the
daughter OF his teacher, ttnd thirty years after
ward the teachers grandson married Mr. SuIli-
| vans daughter. W hen Alexander NJ Sullivan
became part proprietor of the Nation Timothy
began to contribute TO its columns and since
then, for nearly thirty years, his name has been
household word in Ireland. He is not a great
speaker, but his advice is always sought by
| Parneil. Few men more popular with the
| irish race at home or abroad.
| THE PURsER.
| Edmund Dwyer Gray is the Oldest son of the
| late Sir John Gray, editor and proprietor of the
| Free1aGn's Journal, the leading paper in Ire.
! land Mr.. Gray succeeded his father as editor
and owner OF that newspaper, and he derives a
handsome income from it. When the land
! league Was young Mr.. Gray did not give that
| cordial support To MIR. Parnell which was \.
| pected of him, and there was much tally OF
| starting daily paper in opposition to the
| threw himself heart and soul into the national
| movement, and to-day Mr.. Parneil has no more
4 ardent supporter. Mr.. GRAY has heen lord
| mayor OF Dublin and high sheriff of the city
| W lille acting in the latter capacity he was i'm
prlsoned 10y Judge Lawson and fined $500 for
| crlticiSlng III the freeman the verdict of the
| packed jury that tried and sent to the calIows
| Innocent Francis Hynes. Mr.. Gray is about 3s
| years old. lie Is a man of distinguished ability
and his paper has been a tower of strength 10
| the nationalist party.
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