The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-21
IN HONOR OF PARNELL.
A Monster Mass Nesting in London Presided
Over by Mr.. Morley.


LONDON, March 14.-Mr. Morley
presided over a tremendous mass meet
ing in honor of Parnell at St. James
Hall tonight. Mr.. Gladstone was alb
sent on account of delicate health.
In closing a bitter denunciation Q
the London Times conduct in tn
Parnell case and of the conduct of at
torney General Webster. Mr.. Morley
reminded his hearers that the whole
matter rested with the nation and
triumph depended upon each one max
ing himself center for right ideas.
If we do this, he declared, the time is
not far distant when we shall see the
false image with front of tory brass
and feet of dissentient clay trampled
in the dust under the feet of the honest
citizens of England, Scotland and Ire
land. loud cheers.)
When Mr.. Parnell stood up to speak
the singing of Hes jolly Good Eel
low" presented, but after the singing
had abated he spoke as follows:
delight at the reception given me.
Such meetings will do more
for the union than twenty ceASuries of
the present government. This great
meeting is assembled to protest against
the petty and malignant policy of Mr..
BalfouI s government i'll Ireland. The
chairman expressed hope that [
would be a privy counsellor. On
that point L must be pardoned for say
ing nothing, BUTT is legitimate to en-
quire whether there is not something
rotten in system of government
which compels the ostracism from
the affairs of your empire of
IS of the lO3 Irish members.
That is one of the first results of seven
centuries of firm government, much
firmer than we are ever likely to see
| again [cheersl. A government under
which it was only necessary to get up
not to prove them to enable the
Observation-Disclosures they cannot be
such things now days. After denOunc-
| ing the Imprisonment as common
! felons of twenty-four Irish members OF
parliament for offences unknown to
the law of England mainly
for speaking and writing In
the newspapers, Mr.. Parnell pro
ceeded to speak on the subject of the
charges made by the Times.
In scathing arrangement of the
course of the government he de
clared that even when the charge;
were first started Lord CarnarvoI
was writing the natiOnalists Il
confer as to new constitution to bt
given to Ireland. why he contin
ued, when Lord Carnarvon was driv
en- from Office owing to the failure o
his colleagues to carry out the pledge
he had given us with the charge
strengthened by the proofs of forge(
letters did not the government under
take the job, and you must remembe
this-no single matter substantiated b.
the times was unknown to LOr;
Carnarvon and Lord Salisbar
when they entered into thel
negotiations with us SO the
could not plead ignorance and VIII,
again did not the government instea
of fighting behind the petticoats of til
Times say boldly ''we think these mat
E tiers worthy of clearing up and will OuI
selves appoit a tribunal for the purpose
WeShail ourselves be responsible fu
: the proceedings, and we shall ourselve
} prosecute the parties who may
found IN the result worthy of proSecU
tiOn. What would have been a govern
ment worthy of Englishmen CHEERS
B 1t no. they had recourse to ever
subterfuge and dodge. Indeed, they pre-
tended that they had established til
commission to enable me to disprOv
the letters, but they so CAREFUL
: framed the terms of the az
that the Times were enable
: to compel us to appear in court da
after day for nearly six months-fC
I 80 actual sitting days of the commi
D sion while every charge, every alleg;
5 ton devisable by the cupidity and ii
: genuitY of informerS an
jail birds against everybod
but ourselves was brought forward an
2 investigated until at length they al
! preached the letters most unwilling
: and gave us for the first time an oppO
E tun1ty. The skill of Sir Chas. Russo
and other gentlemen was promptly use
o for exposing what, without disrespet
g to the judge. shall venture to call or
: of the most scandalous wastes
: public time and money ever institute
= under the guise of ajudicial investing
O tiOn [cheers]. l think we are entitled
G ask all thinking and rejecting me
L and women in England to consid;
: this: Is it right that the future an
u the liberties of Ireland shall be d.
8 pendent upon a casual publication {
e a forged letter by the Time on tt
= morning of great division? (Cries
MOI. 1t has been admitted on oath by I'll
l. manager of the Times that the pub
u cation was purposed to effe
the division. [Cries of shame
Mr.. Parnell closed with {
eloquent and touching reference to Il
A cruelty of the eviction policy in Irelan
, At the conclusion of his address he w
- given a magnificent ovation.