Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
REACHING ENGLAND.
Cronin's Death and the Verdict OF
the Coroner's Jury.
INFLUENCING PUBLIC OPINION.
The Pail Mall Gazette on tho Grave
Situation.
ADVICE TO THE IRISH PARTY.
Mrs. Sullivan's Letter to tho Herald
Read With Respsct.
LEAGUE FUNDS RUNNING Low.
The Nationalists Inactive in Parlia-
ment and Out-Parnell and Bal
four Contrasted-A Bad
state of Affairs.
VICE TO THE IRISH PARTY.
Mrs. Sullivan's Letter to tho Herald
Read With Respsct.
LEAGUE FUNDS RUNNING Low.
Discussing the Clan-na-Gncl.


LONDON, June 15-TNew York Herald
Cablc-Special to THE BEE. l--Scarcey any
event. present or to come, not even the gath
ering of war clouds in Europe, attract the
serious attention Of the observant portion Of
the public so much as the pronouncement of
the coroner's jury in Chicago with regard to
the Clan. ma Gael, and the arrest of Alexan-
der Sullivan. There are some occurrences
which take every body by surprise, and these
stand foremost amongst them. Something
is always happening to cause perturbation
in the Irish party. 1t is large party, with
ramlficatons extending to various parts of
the world, and who can say, at any moment,
what will come to light or what will happen
nextl
is an honorable man, bit with him are
associated b and G. and so on down to Y.
Who knows what the tail party "Y," is do
ing or may have done at some time or other.
A is all right, but he may have
very serious doubts in his heart
about Y, and yet all may be compro
missed in the eyes of the public by the rash or
lawless acts of any prominent member of the
organization. That is just how the matter
stands with the nationallsts to-day, it being
alleged that their associationg Is being
stained by crime, or "dogged by crime" as
Gladstone once put it. No doubt it is that
accusation, or suspicion, which caused the
league to be regarded askance by many who
long to rejoin Gladstone and the regular
branch of the liberal party. ut would be
absurd" remarked the Pail Mall Gazette,
the other night, "to connect private ven
delta or DIR. Cronin's enemies with the
wider issues of the Irish politics."
Nobody has done so, in public, but the
very cagerness with which the Pail Mall
Gazette comes out with its protest shows
that it guesses what is going on in the peo-
ples minds. When they hear of these doings
of the Clan-na Gael and the finding of the
Chicago jury and Sullivsn's incident, they
can not help connecting them with Irish
politics, generally. Cali it absurd, or unjust,
or what you please but that will not alter
the direction in which the current OF thought
and opinion is running.
q The Irish party is certainly unlucky. What
Is very needful for it ls to have Lhe past bur-
led and to live in quasi retirement until
Gladstone has had another chance of seeing
what he could do for it, but the past will not
keep buried. Every now ana then it pokes
it's claws through the thin soil, and drags
down somebody or other with it.
AS far as Alexander Sullivan Is concerned
there certainly will be every disposition,
here, not to prejudice his case, and even to
hope that he will be able to clear himself
Mrs. Sullivan's letter to the Herald has been
read with respect, and her impassioned de-
Tense of her husband must tend to produce q
certain degree of feeling in his favor After
all, however, the Judgment of friends and re-
lations can not decide the terrible question,
which is now awaiting solution in Chicago.
The attention of the world has been drawn
to the remarkable chain of events which cul
minated in the murder of DR.. Cronin, and il
can not be diverted from them. All subse
quent stages of the proceedings will be
watched with the deepest interest. and in
spite OF certain lncoherent remarks abou.
the Irish vote. which have appeared in some
of our papers here, confidence is generally
felt that justice will be done. If ali the
guilty persons are not discovered, that ough,
not to excite any surprise IN London, where
every few weeks q woman Is cut up and
scattered about the streets without trace
being found of the assassin.
1t would be strange il the Irish leaders
here did not feel profound concern about
the Cronin case and the measures taken
against Alexander Sullivan. If IL be true
that Cronin discovered great malversation
In the administration of the funds of the
National league, and that for this he was
doomed to death, they cannot fail to have
serious misgivings as to their organization In
the United States. No control can be exercised
over 1t, at this distance, and yet to some ex
tent the Irish leaders here are held response
BILE for it. The leaders on both sides of tn,
Atlantic have often been in the most conf
dental alliance. Alexander Sullivan, him
self, was president of the American brancl
of the Land league in 1888. Your own col
umns have made known to us that he wa.
once within an ace of being offered the nomi
nation for the vice presidency. He was al
important man, one who must have had very
close relations with the heads Of his party il
Ireland, but 1t does not follow that the latte
knew anything whatever about his metho,
OF carrying on his organization. Still it /
unfortunate that this dreadful scandal shoul,
have occurred in any section OF the Irisl
ranks.
Things do not appear to be going particu
larry smooth with the party.
Dillon is evidently making rather pool
progress in Australia, almost as poor as VIII
liam O'Brien made in Canada, except tina
Dillon is prudent, aud does not seek to In
flame tho popular passions. 1t does not
however, look as IL money were rolling il
very fast Funds at headquarters must b
getting very low, for the plan Of campaig
is very expensive, and SO is the commission
which Is now certain to draw its slow lengt
along until autumn Meanwhile the part
is silent and inactive, and is doing abso
lutely nothing in parliament or out of il
Inaction always looks to the common ey
like weakness. Sometimes it really Is so
What is being said now, in almost all direc-
tions, some people may like and some ma,
not; but, undoubtedly the talk runs lik'
this:
''The Parnelliles are sinking fast Bal
four is winning all along the line. In anothe
year you will not be able TO lind the Iris
party with q telescope. Firmness has don