Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
PARNELLs MANIFESTO.
Mccarthy Tells Of the Position of the
Nationalist Leader


BANKMENT, CHELSEA, LONDON. Sept IL
! New York Herald Cable-Special to the
BEE. l-Parnell's speech at the dinner of the
Irish parliamentary party on "Wednesday,
waSa political manifesto. 1t was intended
to be SUCH and 1t was received by the public
| as SUCH 1t reatirmed with vigorous pre-
cson the line of policy OH which the Irish
party and the Irish people have determined
to act. 1t explained to all the world, as
have already explained in my dispatches,
why it is that the Irish people, at home and
abroad, look upon recent events as a
TRIUMPH FOR TIE NATIONAL CAUSE.
The question at issue, as Mr.. Parnell
! pointed out, is no longer one between the
Irish party and the house of commons, or
between Ireland and England. 1t is a
| question between the combined liberal
opinion of England, Ireland, and Scotland,
and the combined torysm and renegade
liberalism OF England alone. In minor
way Mr.. Parnelrs bill has laid down the
lines of the only policy which he and his
| party can consent 70 act on. In regard to the
| immediate pressure OF the land question, it
| is only, of course.
| A TEMPORARY MEASURE
to save the tenantry of Ireland from utter
ruin while some abiding reforms are being
prepared. 1t is not likely that the bill will
come On for several days yet. The govern
ment wants to get on as far as they can with
| the votes of supply before they undertake a
| debate on the bill, and Parnell, while not
anxious to put unreasonable pressure on, is
naturally unwilling to let all the supply slip
out of the hands of the house of commons be.
fore having his debate. There may, there
fore, be some difficulty in arranging for day
on which to bring in the BILL but it is clear
/ t1,nt H.,
make their arrangements in some way that
will satisfy the Irish party. OF course |
! speak now merely of arrangements about a
day for the debate. do not mean to suggest
that tory government is at all likely to
adopt the main principle OF Parnell's bill and
allow him to pass it into legislation. The
bill
WILL DE FIERCEIY OPPOSED
by all of the landlord party IN the house 1t
| Will likewise be opposed by a certain number
of the observation-disclosures. OF this latter
body many are out of town and will make it
point not to return for the division on the
bill. At some future day, when this land
| question becomes question of liberal
against tory these men will be able to say
that they never voted against the bill for
staying evictions in distressed Ireland.
| THE BILLS PROVISIONS.
| John Morley has been made acquainted, no
doubt, with the provisions of the bill. In
deed they have now become public property,
and the measure is sure to have his support,
and there is still hope that Gladstone may
come back in time to enforce it with a speech.
| 1t may be taken for granted that Harrington
will oppose the bill. This will be the
ONLY OTHER GREAT DEBATE
of the session. Then grumbling Legislators
will be released and permitted SO much as is
left them, of time consecrated to spoil Then
will come on England and on Ireland
THE DREADED WINTER.
Why dreaded? Why is 1t so much dreaded
at this time is especially because there is
only too much Likelihood that it will be a
momentous season for Ireland. Assume that
parliament will not pass ParnelPs bill, and
even if the house of commons were to pass
it, the house of lords would infallibly reject
it. We shall have the tenant farmer who
cannot pay his rent placed at the mercy OF
his landlord. L say ''placed at his mercy" be-
cause the landlord will feel con.
| vinced that this time all the
forces of the crown are to be freely at
his disposal to enforce his claim. There will
be OH the one side a reckless resolve to have
his pound Of flesh; on the other will be q
desperate feeling like that which animates
| moment has come when one has to
FIGHT FOR ONES LIFE OR DIE.
Add TO all this the unquestiOnable fact that
it would be for the interest of the tory party
If outrages did not take place in Ireland and
thereby give an apparent excuse for meas
ures of coercion. Many observation-disclosures
TO do them justice, would not under ordinary
| circumstances, vote for coercion, but the gov
crnment can point to the number of outrageS
and violent acts done in Ireland. Then they
! will have an argument with which to work
upon the sensitive consciences OF
the seccsslonists. Then will come another
LONG AND BITTER STRUGGLE
in the house of commons. No man who has
been through few years of such struggle
wants to go through more of it, but all the
same those who resisted coercion before In
the house of commons will resist it again,
and with the old determination and energy,
and will resist 1t now under very different
conditions. While VIC were carrying on our
battle against coercion in those days we
were small cluster of men against, may
almost Utterly say, q whole house of COM
mons. Now we have eighty-iive. shall be-
hope, eighty-siX of our own band, aud shall
have the support of great number Of Eng
lish radicals. Therefore, If we have the worl
put upon us, we shall do 1t cheerfully ana
with a good heart, and tine tory government
will find they have undertaken task at mos
as dilicult as the upheaving of Atlas.
nuMoEs OF THE STRUGGLE.
IrcmemGer, oddly enough just now, one OF
what may call the humors of the old coercion
struggle. Some dozen or so of us used to walk
when division bell rang, into one lobby, while
the whole mass of the members streamed
into the other. We had with us q pleasan,
comrade-he is not with us now-who, as the
mass met us poor fellows wandering through
the vast space of the halls Of the lobby, t.
call out to those behind it, in tones of one
fearing TO be crushed to DEATH keep back
boys; don't come crowding in that way
There viii be room enough fer US all If yol
will only be quiet and not try crush through
all together" JUSTIN MCCARTHY.
RISMAECk ROTHEkED.