The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-13
MR.. pAvITT TAKES A HAND.
Ho Wants to Testify Before the Parnoll
Commission.

Commission.
LONDON, Sept. l2.-Mr Dayitt intends 10
apply TO the Parnoll commission for permits
sion to give evidence before that body. lie
has prepared for the press an abstract Of the
statement he proposes to make before the
commission. Commencing with occurrences
Of 1850, when he joined the Irish Republican
brotherhood lie SAYS that hc became &C
quaintcd with Mr.. Parncll and Mr. ODon-
nell on his release from Portland prison
During mis- imprisonment after much
thought he concluded that tho Irish were
not adapted for agitation by secret oonspir-
acy, and formed plan OF open combination
lie communicated his views to the leaders Of
both the revolutionary and constitutional
parties, Among the latter he found di,po.
sition To resent Butts policy of Cancellation
Among the Fcnians lac received more en-
couragcment than ho hal expected. After
his tour IN America lac started movement
Ia make the Land question the basis Of agl
tation. lie coutrUycrts the fHiss' theory
that this new departure hal anything 90 do
with the new departure originated in New
York. Although defending the American
proposal ~ far ms IL included the scheme
Tor supplanting secret conspiracy, lac says
the cun,titutionali,ts aud rryulutiunist, wa,
impossible. and therefore took an indie
pendent line without consulting either Mr.
iarncll or the fCnihn leaders. In 1879 lac
started nn agitation against lnnilurdism on
funds received from his American lectures
lie applied a. John BOYLE uRilly,
Patrick Ford and John Dewey Tor a.
sstancc. lie received $500 from the
national OF skirmishing fund. but as the
for constitutional agitation lac returned the
amount Mr.. farncll offered money from
the resources Of tho league. Mr. Panclls
official connection with the movement began
with the organization Of the league IN Octo-
Der, 1879
Parncll, during his absence in America In
the winter Ot 1879. forwarded To the league
GjO.OOD 60 be distributed for the relief Of
distress. Ia ih,n DayitL going Co America to
form au auxiliary league was expelled
from the Irish Republican brotherhood
for advocacy Of constitutional agitation.
Since then there has been constant
| hostility between the lCagucrs aud the
| Fcninns. Early In issn four men visited
his lodgings la Dublin designing a. murder
| him AZ the same time Fcnian gang
headed by "Phwnix Park" Carey broke up
| his meeting In the Rotundn. About this
time II be aud the other leaders Ia favor 81
| the control 81 the league by the government
imprisoning them the ln,inciblc. conspiracy
would never have been heard o. On the
morning following the Fhwnix park muir
dcrs he met Parncll greatly excited and said
| lac had resolved to send In his resignation to
the Cork electors that very day, retiring ut
tcrly from Irish politics rarncll dc.
clarcd that no man could he safe
here. irresponsible conspiraturs organized
deeds of that kind aiming deadly
blows at the constitutional movement on
the threshold " victory. Dayitt succeeded
| in pcrsualing him to reconsider. ON the
same day the manlfcstos recommended that
the murderer DE sent 10 Ireland. Nj Dayitt
although taking no prominent part in the
league, oo-operaicd with Mr. rnrn"ll's dele
| gates 90 Chicago IN i>,g In trying a. In
iluoncc the convention In the direction ~ q
pacific policy. lie wns ait"rwarl condemned
| 10 he shot by the council of dynamitcrs ~
| the Rosa faction becnu-e be- had denounced
the use Of dynamite IN Chicago. Mr. Dayitt
concludes with reference a. the plan ~
campaign of which be dimpprpyc- ~ only
| proposing ~ lower rents, thus tending ~
| prUlong lanlloriism.