Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-09
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Marcus A. Wolf, of st. Louis, Relates His
Experience with Mr.. ParneT, to Whom
He Carried a Contribution From the st.
Louis Knights Of St. Enthusiastically
snubbed by the Irish Leader a4savs ',
f. NEW York, Oct. f4.-7sMr. n Marcus A.
Wolff, Of ST., Louis, who was delegated
,y the Knights of ST. Patrick of st. Louis
| o present in person purse Of $1,000 to
| Charles Stewart Parnell to be used insi
tfurtherance ofjthe cause of ahomesrule in !,
Ireland, arrived yesterday on. the
| Etruria. In conversation with re-
porter he said: 81 took short trip
through Ireland on my arrival son theA
other side, after which 1 went to- Lon a
Ion, arriving there August IL. dropped
Mr.. Parnell note at the House OF Com.
mons, stating that l would be pleased to
deliver to him in person, at any time and
place he might name,, an important
communication of which was
the bearer. His reply to be
directed to me at the Holborn Viaduct
Hotel received no answer to my let
ter, and at the end of two days sent him
another, saying that the communication
came from the knights of st. Patrick OF
St. Louis, who had the honor to enter
tain him five years ago. This letter was
not answered either, and on the follow
ing day, thinking that my letter might
have miscarried, l telegraphed Mr.. Par
nell asking him if he had received any OF
my former communications. Still no
answer. / then addressed him for the
fourth time and explained that L
was the bearer of a draft to be pre-
sented to him for the Home-Rule fund,
b ut that as it seemed to be impossible
to obtain an Interview with him | would
have to return the draft. to the source
whence l received it. | waited patiently
for two days, and as my original inten- n
ton was to stay in London three days,
whereas had now been detained over
week, packed my traps prepara tory
to starting for the continent. An hour
before my departure and two days after
sending my fourth request for an inteE-
view, l got telegram from Parnell
which read like this: Call at House OF e
Commons this evening. Have Just
opened YOUR other letters. Parnell.'"
so started for the ointment. From lleidel- i,
berg, however l forwarded the draft to
Parnell, accompanying it with another
polite note telling him St louis Knights
of st. Patrick would appreciate it-as a
compliment if he would forward an auto
graphic acknowledged of the receipt
of the draft to me at 1.-The American ex-
change in London, where could get 1t
on my return, and would then consider
that nv mission would be accomplished.
Meanwhile | communicated with: my
ST. Louis friends. ! told them
. that ParnelI was inaccessible; that
had not seen him and did not
/ expect to see him. Arriving at Paris
/ received n cable dispatch from st. Loufs
/ instructing ME either TO return the draft
to the secretary or to bring back an ac-
knowedement Of its receipt by Mr.. Par
. nell. went at once to London and
! again addressed Mr.. Parnell, this time
acquainting him with the action of the
/ ST. Louis knights and asking that he
I either send the draft or a receipt to the
! Etruria on which | was to sail that day.
1 Still / got no word from Mr.
/ Parnen, so l started for home,
l not knowing whether he ever got
\ the draft or not. To say that was just
! ly angry but i'll expresses my feelings. 4
/ had done every thing in my power to get
an audience with Mr. Parnell and had
/ failed. Ny journey was fruitless, and
I yet could not help thinking that Mr..
/ Parnell and not myself was; at. fault: II
certainly regard Mr.. Parnells treatment
of me very, very shabby. Commom
courtesy, it strikes me, in case OF such
| importance required some recognition,
however small, of my mission. That my
letters reached him have no reason tog
doubt, and that he should have neg
Iected to answer them l can't explain. As
it is have nothing to show to the st.
Louis Knights that the money they sub
scribed, and of wAieh-4 was the respon-
sible bearer, was delivered and received.
| 1t was a cold -blooded snub, and I%doubt
whether the cause of Ireland can be adj
yanced under such leadership as that OF
the unapproachable Parnell. Mr.: Wolf
will cable the London bankers on whom.
the Parnell draft is drawn, asking Whethet
the draft has yet been cashed.
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