The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-02
PARNELL AND FENIANISM
THE AGITATION Is CONDUCTED
CONSTITUTIONAL

The Witness Classes the "Irish World"
Among the Papers Hostile to Him
An Emphatic Denial That His
Schemes Ever Included Coalition
With the Fenians
LONDON, May THE direct exau.ua-
tion of Mr.. Parnell was concluded at to-
days session of the Parnell commission
Mr.. Parnell declared that he had con-
Quoted the Irish agitation constitutionally.
His cross-examination was begun. Mr..
Parnell declared that the Irish World
never collected money for the parliament
airy party. The IRISH World had been
hostile to himself and the parliamentary
party since 1882.
Attorney General Webster here pro-
duced extracts from the Irish World prais-
ing Mr.. Parnelrs actions in parliament
after 1882
COUNTER CLIPPINGS.
Sir Charles Russell, counsel for the
Parnellites, put in extracts adverse to Mr..
Parnell.
The cross examination was then contin.
ued. Mr.. Parnell admitted knowing
Mooney. otherwise known as Trans
atlantic He did not know whether
Mooney contributed 60 the parliamentary
fund. Mooney wrote violent articles.
Still the witness would not object to receiy-
ing MONEYS tribute 30 assist tho party IL
he did not publish articles advocating muir =
der. The witness had held no communica-
tion with Patrick Ford since 1891.
NO COALITION WITH FENUANs.
Mr.. Parnell emphatcally denied that his
Irish schemes ever included coalition with
the fenans in order TO excel the landlords
lrala Ia tai nj nj Al 10 IL,
stroy landlordism, but not to drive individ-
uals from the country, and never had any
idea of resortng TO illegal means. He did
not recollect meeting Mr. Davitt aud John
O'Leary in 1878, and discussing with them
possible alliance between the nationalists
and feniaus He had no notion that the
national fund In America and the skirmish.
ing fund were identical.
Attorney General Webster here read a
violent manifesto signed by John Dewey
and Others and issued at Dublin.
HAD MET PHYSICAL FORCE MEN.
Mr.. Parnell declared that he had never
heard of it before He had met Dewey,
Breslin, Finnerty and Alexander Sullivan,
and number Of physical force men He
said he would frankly avow he felt it was
no part of his duty TO exclude any from
the league on accountEof their antecedents.
He wanted to include in it all Irishmen trust
ing that every section would accept the
new constitutional form of agitation. He
had intended TO ask the physical force men
TO abandon their movement and adopt his.
To shut the constitutional door in their face
because they did not Immediately agree
would have been very foolish.
THE LYNN SPEECH.
He did not recollect making a speech at
Lynn, Mass. in which IL was alleged that
he had said that when England was beaten
to her knees the time would have come to
realize the idea of the natonalists. He ad-
mitted that If be had used those
words he must have been think
ing Of the methods of warfare
In the event of constitutional agitation
falling At Troy somebody offered him s5
for bread aud $50 for lead. He did not OBJ
ject 10 the offer because no thought the
offerer only meant S5 for charitable work
and t20 for league work. This statement
caused laughter.
The commission at this point adjourned.
RUssELL's LAND SCHEME
DUBLIN, May 1.--Ata a meeting to-day of
the promoters II Mr.. Russell's scheme for
settling Scottish and Ulster farmers on
Irish campaign estates, ID was decided,
having e1O,00 in hand, to issue prospec-
tus in regard to the cultivation Of derelict
lands held in trust.
A delegation in behalf OF British, Irish
and American protestants we're to-day pre-
sented TO the Irish primate on the palace
grounds at Armagh, on the occasion of the
10th anniversary OF his assumption Of the
Episcopacy.