Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-23
DOWN ON MICHAEL DAVITT,
What the Extreme Irish Party Thinks Of
the RumOred Conspiracy,
RossA SAYS 1T is ALL A LIE.
The Revolutionary Faction DiSsatis-
fed with the Parliamentary
Leader and Hint at His Do
ing Crooked Work.
Tho pnYitt Sensation.

New IoHK, Nov ~. Special Telegram
to the BEE. In regard To the rumor about
the conspiracy against Michael Davtt. there
appears to be u strong reluctance among men
who have heretofore courted newspaper no
tority to say anything about the matter for
publication To them ii seems TO be danger
ous ground, and all were anxious not to have
their names mentioned either as friends or
enemies of Davitt. Rossa, the reputcd head
OF the extreme Irish revolutionary faction in
this country, was seen last evening by re-
porter at his house. Uis response to an in
qury concerning the alleged threats against
Davitt was the production of an advance
copy of his comments upon the telegram
which he had written for this weeks United
lrishman. They ran as follows:
We read that telegram in the New York
papers. II is false The telegram in all
that it spoke of O'Donovan Rosa, is lie:
The gentleman spoken of Is beneath Official
notice lie knows the work he is doing, and
he knows what prompts him to do it, Per-
haps ne realizes what he Is deserving OF from
the Irish people. He wanted notoriety to en-
hance the value of his services in the estima'
tion OF his employers. 1t lis that that gives
rise to such r,imOr as the above.
This was all that the dynamite chieftain
had to say on the subject, and no amount Of :
questioning would induce him 10 tell any
thing further. Brief as was Rossas conf
ncnt, ltS tOne was SlBnllCaHt. w llllS tHS
members of the Irish National league in this
city were not inclined to talk about Davitt or
his affairs, fair idea of the trouble was,
however, cleaned from other and reliable
sources Accordingto to this story 1t seems
that Davitt when he denounced the Phoenix
Park (Dubin) "removals' four years ago, he
became involved with former friends. Since
then the gap has been widening, and the
suspicion has gone forth that he could not
be relied upon, and that he had become mys-
teriously wealthy. These stories, whether
true or false, had bad effect, and IN tho
western country. where they We're widely
trip has been badly received in several
places The circulation of the story, which
found its way into the newspapers, stating
detectives, who were taking notes OF his
speeches, Ostensibly to use against him when
he returned to Ireland, has been looked upon
as 4 sort of deception. These and other
way into print, have tended to create a feel
ing of serious nature against Davitt. Then
it was remarked that he had become more
methods than Parncll, and this was
certainly strange thing for man who had
always before been looked upon as an eX-
tremst. While DaviIt was love-makinB at
Oakland, Cal, and was capturing the heart
of an heress, he did not offend anyone, but
when he mounted the lecture platform and
denounced the deeds of desperation, on
| Helena, Mont, quite recently, he came near
| being mobDed, and in Nebraska the trouble
| was aggravated.
In Irishspapers communications couched
! in such violent language as this have ap-
peared "lsn't it too bad how these trick
sters our treating our poor people. / mean
Parnell, Davitt, ETC. and the parliame ntary
| traitors. Now, the people of Ireland have
| got to either starve or fight, and our consti-
| tuition traitors have spent all the money in
| London that should have bought corn meal
tn hn traitors
| want more. Finerty missed good chance
| to rise on the ladder of fame. If he had got
| Davltt, Redmond a. Co. tarred and feathered
| the sentiments of the Irish-Amerlran people.
| he would be the Washington of Ireland and
would have a monument to his memory"