Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-29
InBehaIf of Mr.Parnel
Urgent Letter to the Irish Ma
 tional League of America.
FITZGERALD's EARNEST APPEAL.
He Wants a Parnell Defense Fund Estab- lished in Every State--Irishmen Must
 Aid the Man Who Is Fighting the Eng
fish Government for Them.

1ished in Every State--Irishmen Must
 Aid the Man Who Is Fighting the Eng
 fish Government for Them.
 LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 29.-The following letter has been addressed by President FItz- gerald, of the Irish National League of America, to the different state delegates, and explains itself:
 LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 29, 1SSS
 DEAR SIR-Owing to the refusal of the Salisbury cabinet to graft 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 collision between mem bers 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 commons, it would be absurd 10 expect an impartial verdict from tribunal so constituted. The royal commission can have but one object, and that is to evade the investigation into the authenticity of The Times letters, and to screen its proprietors and their friends in the cabinet from the punishment that strict justice should accord to forgers and moral thugs.
 MT. Parnell seeks from Scottish jury the justice that could not be obtained from the Brtlshy parliament nor from London law courts, liable to the interference of corrupt government officials. Armed with unanswer- able evidence, Mir. Parneu asks 8 jury of honest Scotchmen to convict the proprietors of The Times of uttering forged letters, and attempting by such criminal means to destroy the reputation of honest mon. Great issues hang upon this trial. A verdict against The Times will cover with deserved infamy the cowardly and murderous cabinet of Lord Sal lyc1N, gether blind to decency with a government capable of descending to measures so unut- terably vile to defeat its political opponents To prevent that result and its attendant con- sequences the cofferS of The London Times will be supplemented by the secret service money at the disposal of the government, and no means that can safely help to defeat the ends of justice will be left untried by this cabinet, so experienced in all the darksome ways abhorrent to honest men, In such a critical position MT. 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 rause for mere want of funds to carry on what must be an expensive suit.
 It is our cause he is fighting. It is we who, through him, are assaied by the combina- tion of perjurers and forgers, and it is in- cumbent upon us to stand Loyalty by him, and to give him that financial support which the circumstances may demand, A Parnell defense fund should be organized in every state without delay The need is inn perative, and the funds should be remitted promptly to Rev. Dr. OReilly, Detroit, Mich. It is a 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 corruption, 1x-I Ite nell's triumph will be the avant courier of a still greater triumph, when this cabinet of murder, forgery and perjury will be driven from power to make room for honester men.
 Yours very faithfully,
 JOHN FITZGERALD