The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-29
MR.. JUSTIN MCCARTHY
COMFORTABLY CHARTERED AT
THE HOFFMAN HOUSE,
In the Course Of an Interview Gives
His Views Upon Men and Meas
ures Affecting ireland.

view with Mr.. Justin MCCARTHY, who
is stopping at the Hoffman House:
The first alters whom he received
after Mr.. F. I'd s departure were J. 7. Far
rell, President Of the Home Rule Club,
known as "the little Napoleon" of the
Irish Parliamentary Fund Association,
and John Mcdonnell, OF Omaha. He
was accompanied on the trip by Mr..
and Mrs. Campbell Praed, who will re-
main with him during his stay here.
Mrs. Praed and Mr.. McOsrthy are
Joint authors of a novel called The
Right Honorable, published in England
last year, and were at work together
during the voyage on another entitled
The Ladies Gallery, which will treat OF
politics and social life, and is nearly
ready for the printers. Mr.. Mccarthy
greeted Tribune reporter who called
on him cordially, and spoke freely on
the present condition Of the Irish
question and the prospects OF home
rule.
"The Irish people," he said, "are
thoroughly satisf ID with the condi-
ton Of affairs as regards home rule,
and believe that more success has
been accomplished in the line OF self
government for Ireland within the
last few years than in any previous
fifty years OF the country's history.
They do not look upon the division
on Gladstone's bill as a defeat for
home rnle."
"But there was a majority large
enough to prevent the Irish having
their Parliament re-es'ablished in
Dublin" the reporter suggested.
''Of course" said Mr.. Mccarthy,
laughing; "but what strikes US is that
whereas eight years ago only snail
handful of men were willing to sup.
port the home rule question seriously
in the House OF Commons, now there
is the solid feet that 81 men with
Gladstone at their head proclaimed
their adhesion to the measure and
voted for 1t. My countrymen, there
fore, are perfectly satisfied for the
present, because they feel assured that
home rule will come as certainly as
tLat tomorrow's sun will RISE"
"You are not member Of Parlia-
ment at PRESENT.
"Well," he replied. with a smile,
Technically ! AN not; but, as a mat
ter Of plain justice, am the legally
elected represent alive OF the borough
of Londonderry. True, Mr.. Charles
L, Lewis, my English opponent, holds
the seat, having defeated me by three
votes. have petitioned against his
return, and The case will be heard on
October 26lh, with I. NJ. Healy, ex-
member for Monaghan, as my coun-
sol. i claim that Mr.. Lewis received
many fraudulent votes owing to the
personation of voters and the voting
OF many who were under age, which
was permitted by the returning Off
Ger, an 0rapgeman and Tory; also,
that many OF my opponents were in
Inundated ard undue influence exer-
cised toward them. ! am quite conf
dent that Lewis will be unseated, and
that The seat will be declared as law
fully belonging to me or else new
election ordered"
"WhAt about the petition against
Mr.. Sections return for West Belfast ~
sin that case new election Is asked
for, not the seat claimed. IL will come
to nothing, though. Sexton is quite
safe. 1t Is most magnificent victory
and the Oiaugemen, notwithstanding
all their bluster, will come to Iecog.
niEe thic-have recognized it, in fact,
though they have adopted means
quite barbarous aud cruel to let the
world know how angry they are"
"Do You attribute the riots alto
gether to Sections victory2"
mo, mol Lord Randolph Churchill
prepared them and spurrad them on
by the fiery and dis inctly lawless
speeches he delivered in Belfast. Still,
1t is not the decent Orangemen, but
that terrible, ferocious, rowdy section
OF the organization that are commit
ting these outrages against their unof.
Tending neighbors. Tneee very riots
are an indication that the 0rangemen
took be tyr measure of the situation
than the London newspapers, which
raised a wild exulting cry at the defeat
Of home rule, while the Orangemen
raised howl Of fury at their defeat in
West Belfast. This shows plainly how
greatly the canse is advanced"
"How do you sccount for the pro.
longation of the riotsP"
Because the administration of the
law is In the hands of the Orange par.
ty, and the magistrates sympathizs
largely with their brethren. viii you
be surprised to know that the Island
men, that body Of 5000 men that YOU
hear Of marching every day through
the streets OF Belfast in solid array ant
in defiance of all law, terror to tht
peaceable inhabitants, are chip build
ers in the employment Of Sir Il. Har.
land, the Mayor Of the ci,y2 Why
does he, II he loves law and order
permit his men thus TO provoke rio
and bloodshedY There riots woul(
have been put down long ago II Johr
Morley had continued as Chief Score
tary in Dublin Castle"
When questioned as to the effec
upon the people OF the arrest o
Father Fahy, and his being sent L
Galway Jail for six months on {
charge OF alleged intimidation of I
landlord at Woodford, where tht
peasantry were Offering resistance Of
the most determined kind to The
police and soldiers who were helpinI
the landlord to eviCt scores of families
from their homes, Mr.. McCarth,
seemed surprised and said that wa
the first knowledge he had received o
the aft air.
II am certain" be continued, "tha'
1t will have terrible effect upon tn,
temper OF the people, inst as tn,
arrest OF Father Sheehy and Fathe
Feehan during the Forster coercion
act did"
There is rumor that the Nationa
League will be suppressed"
II doubt very much whether eve,
Churchill will agree to 30 extreme
step. There are practically no ou
RACES in Ireland cave those provoke
by the ofiireis OF the law. In proof {
this you must have noticed that sine
Gen. Sir Redveis Butler went to Kerr
with the pretended design of putin
down outrsges, more outrages hav
been committed in a month than |
several months before. II was tn
same, you remember, with the Phpni
Park murdtr,. These foul murde