The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-24
THEPARNEILTRAP
His Friends Wary Of the
Special Commission.
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the bsls dealing with tke eA<<xss and ssie-
rasions asziasz Enesahrss x pz-sEAaaeas.
He sas.i sse rosxsusasEs 1ssrsss esgrnsxis-
ssen ef isauiry upon praeesssass IL rsxsssl
with tie hoase - sat how eorafaete the
powers ot The seEnxsissaas sasszaa BE- Sir
James Hannsn maasa ase psess3ers and
yssfsecS Day sAa saith wousd he the osAos
aerab@+~ as she commission
Pa-uszi said Il seemed TIA; smith Bad a
friendly hiatt frsssa e.ssaa<es fas the fSsses,
ia consequence Of Which tneasFy Was 20 -
sxfenasd ses snly tase hiS fser~oasi con
dats. s,ag into the acts d fhe ieseas ia
! AFncries, f-esaad 1ad GfsSt Britain. II
xss evfaeat The case, As resArt- the te-xed
/ asstfrs. ~as xos0g ~ nrtsx sa9wizs- lie As2s1
! nssaszsd sh~E the x0sefusxas Hsst EA%
originally proposed. uzrnssys c5aFxxs
sgzsaes himself xad osher Irish raesnerrs
Allegations AGAINST the league ezsnl6 uss;
eSsae before the commission a. affecting
him- They we7e The nstst erue2
and Infamous charges ever made
eaxirafe that the letters were far
geTsxs. He admitted ta2s he bad rorn-
faUalrasioGs a}fh JOAN Dewey. bzss tnase
communications were salesy In rcEasa 10
political matters. aud were epsa 70 the
fullest scrutiny He also nsisaitfed max,
ing a speech al III ais ia favor cf hoyns's.
ting He believed lsoxesssing did Eoei
then. bnf hzs8 erased te atrDcate u after
the passage oi the aFrears bill af is.1 IV
make the inquiry 3adieiai the government
ought 10 ietiIsileiy sEseesfy the charges and
also prsyide Tor sernifny ni the documents
nYs0n which the charges are hasess II was
OF vital importance 20 Irish Izscinhers to
ss-e tisesz documents bef.sse The eoIn sais-
slou began 10 sis
There was an expec.afs pause, during
which cries were raised far the attorney
general. No member O: the government
responding. Gladstone expressed surprise
thai tsie g1serameuf did not answer Par
neil, aad declared there must be an
answer. He was BOT prepared 10 give The
unqualified confidence Ia iGe eolnsaisSlesi
which Ssaitb appeared 10 entertain. bat il
was In ;he power vi the government -
make seiecfsou v hseA would have com.
tsAaded warm exclamation ffotn eNesy-
hoay- The government enght 10 make de
hulte charges against definite psfsouS
There ought to Be no skulksug. The leifers
we're really the enly uew charges, and
farnesl mus. have aa opportunity 10
ton. A more derioFabie efraE was ilei er
made than when the attorney grnetal
undertook 10 condact the case si The
Yfsaes. Unless pafnelrs conditions were
concerned. the country Womb he 0fsNtN 10
the conclusion that the proposals wese
made % be refused,
Matthew'S, home secretary, maintained
that whatever Webster had said vss solely
In bis capacity aS coansci for the TiasSs-
The eon missi.in surely could Dc trusted %
deal im9artialiy.
Maita..as afgned tia; the charges were
insersrahle p1uhfiesS when seeking 10 la
dict punishment the charges AGAINST the
accused should be iaost specific and deii
nile. but when the object was limited te
the discovery OF the truth. sLen definite
ueSs Was unnecessary. Loud fagneilliei
laurhierl The present attitude Of the fss-
neliites caused q suspicion that they de
sired 10 eyade inquiry, OF al least hamper
and obstsuet efforts TO get at the truth.
One af the capital points OF the charge was
tha, members protesting 10 carry on con
siitatiofai agitation had arranged basis
Of operations with the dynamite faction
woula the country be satisfied II these
charges were not fully probeds The gov
srntnent thought not, aud could not con
seut 10 limit inquiry.
Sir Charles Russell said he would prefer an
action before the most blreiei and pafti-
san gnfs ia London TO trial By . tribunal
constituted upon the unfair aud iisa3VaIli
agconx terms proposed BY the government.
the object OF which appeared MOI 20 bring
the guilt home TO individuals, but 10 dis
credit party
After a vigorous speech by I. T. o'teti-
uor the debate was adjourned. on motion
Of Jakoaebcre.