St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-29
CELTS CONTRIBUTE.
Mr. Parnell Must Not Be
Left to Fight Un-
aided.
President Fitzgerald's Appeal
to Irish-Americans for
Financial Assistance.
It Is the Cause Of Ireland
Parnell Is Champ
ioning.
His Triumph Will Cover With
Infamy Tories and the
Times.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 2s.-The follow
ing letter has been addressed by Presl-
dent Fitzgerald, of the Irish National
League of America to the different
state delegates, and explains itself:
Dear Sir-Owing to the refusal of the
Salisbury cabinet to grant the Irish
members of parliament an investigating
committee to examine into the truth OF
the charges made against them by the
London Times, and owing to the evident
collusion between the members OF the
cabinet and the proprietors of the Times,
In drafting the royal commission bill
which brutal machine majority car
ried through the British house of COM
mons, it would be absurd to expect an
impartial trial from q tribunal so con-
stituted. The royal commission can
have but one object, and that is to evade
investigation into the authenticity OF
the Times letters and to screen its pro-
prietors and their friends in the cabinet
from the punishment strict justice
should accord to
FoRGERS AND MORAL THUGS.
MI. Parnell seeks from Scottish jury
the Justice that could not be obtained
from the British parliament, nor from
London law courts liable TO the inter-
ference of corrupt government officials.
Armed with unanswerable evidence,
7Mr. Parnell asks a jury of honest
Scotchmen to convict the proprietOrs of
the Times of uttering forged letters and
of attempting by such criminal ms ans
to destroy the reputation of honest men.
Great issues hang upon this trial.
A verdict against the Times will cover
with deserved infamy the cowardly
and murderouS cabinet of Lord Sails
berry, and disgust every man not alto
gether blind to decency. with a govern
ment capable of descending to meas
ures so unalterably vile to defeat its
political opponents. To prevent that
event and its attendant consequences,
the Golfers of the London Times will be
supplemented by the secret service
money at the disposal OF the govern
ment, and DO means that can safely help
to-defeat the ends of justice will be LETT
untried by this cabinet, so experienced
in all the darksome ways
ABHORRENT TO HONEST MEN.
In such critical position Mr.. Parnell
must not be left to fight unaided. The
Irish race must not permit their leader
to fail in his efforts to secure a fair
hearing of his cause for mere want of
funds TO carry on what must be an eX-
penSive suit. 1t is our cause he is
fighting. 1t is we who, through him,
are assailed by this combination of per-
jurers and forgers, and it is incumbent
upon us to stand Loyalty by him and
give him that financial support which
the circumstances may demand. A Par
nell defense fund should be inaugu-
rated in every state without delay.
The need is imperative and the fund
collected should be remitted promptly
TO Rev. Charles O'Reilly, at Detroit,
Mich. 1t is cause that appeals not
only to IriShmen, but to every man who
believes in the good American
VIRTUE OF FAIR PLAY.
It is case OF honesty against corrup-
lion hacked by England's treasury, and
Mr.. Parnell'S triumph will be the avant
courier of a stlll greater triumph when
this cabinet of murder, forgery and
perjury will be driven from power to
make way for honester men. Yours
very faithfully,
JOHN FITZGERALD,
President |. n. l.. A.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2S.