Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-01
REVERSING THEIR GUNS.
Parneli's Forces Now Assume
 the Offensive.
NO TRACE OF TIE MESSING PIGoTT
Project to Banquet Parnsll-Ihe stand ard B,acnes Him for Not Exposing p;gott Long A..n-Heated Words in Parliament. Irish Members Excited.

Irish Members Excited
 LONDON, March 1.-m the event of The Times counsel asking to be allowed to pro ceed with the Para T inquiry, Sn Charles Russell will press the judges u adjourn until an interim report on the letters has been pre- sented to par ian .nt. In the lobby of the house of commons it IS taken fo: granted that such report will be presented, which will enable the opposition to attack the govern ment on the subject.
 MT. Campbell telegraphs from Antwerp that he has found no trace of Pigott
 A Radical project 10 give a banquet to Mir. Parnell has been taken up with enthusiasm. Mir Parnen has intimated his acceptance of the honor. Lord Granville Lord Rose berry will be asked to preside.
 The Standard, referring to the collapse of The Times case in regard to the forged Par nellite letters, asked why MT. Parnell did not take means himself to prove that the letters alleged to have been written by him forgeries He would thus, The Standard says, "have saved himself, the public and par lament from all trouble, anxiety and sus- pense AS he refrained from pursuing this course, he compelled the public to draw its O"Ilz II tue lGlltIeuce Itts been so injurious to him, fairness conlpels us to say he has only himself to thank for it."
 In the house of commons last night MT. Thomas Sexton, Nationalist, gave notice of motion to compel the disclosure of the names of the officers who had pledged to associate themselves with Col. Saunderson, Conservative member for North Armagh, Ireland, to violate their oaths of obedience to the crown in the event of a home rule par lament being granted to Ireland. MT. Timothy Healy, Nationalist, said that ill view of the fact that Attorney General Webster had received in November Pigott's statement to the effect that he could not stand cross examination regarding any testimony he might give concerning the al l,..ed Parnell letters, he (Healy) would give notice of motion declaring that Sir Richard Webster had forfeited the confidence of par lament.
 Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, Liberal, in speech, | charged the Irish executive, MT. Balfour, with taking advantage of the parliamentary | recess to increase the rigor of his acts of re- | pression toward the Irish people.
 l Mir. Joseph Chamberlain, Unionist, ad- | dressed the house. He contendel that the opposition speakers avoided the main issue | The house, he said, was asked to censure the | government This reGue-t demanded, first, | that the views of the government seeking to | succeed the present one should be set forth
 He said the opposition should explain its | policy. Then there would be something | definite presented to the country
 In the course of the debate MT. T. w. Rus | sell made statement which seemed to accuse
 Mir. Dillon of paying for the defense of mur- | dercrS.
 MT. Dillon exclaimed: That is a foul lie
 The speaker called upon Mir. Dillon to with.
 draw the remark, which he subsequently, did
 upon MT. Russell's disclainling any intention
 of personal application in his remark. Mr. Healy accused MT. Balfour of having
 made misstatement in reference to the | O'Brien matter. At tie speakers request
 Mr. Healey withdrew the remark.
 Stormy Scene in tue Hungarian Diet. PESTH, March IA stormy scene wa
 enacted in the lower house of the Hungarian diet, the resumption of the debate on tn,
 army bill giving rise to violent denlonstra
 tion by the members of the opposition
 After several members had presented thei
 objections to the bill, Prime Minister vol
 TisZa rose and attempted to reply, but hi voice was drownel by torrent of misses ant