Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-17
PARNELL AGAIN ON TOP.

PARNELL AGAIN ON TOP.
He Loses and Retakes the United ireland
Plant.
| DUBLIN, Dec 1.-THE struggle for
possession of United Lretand assumed
a new phase this morning, and again
| Mr.. Parnell is in possession oftthe offices
Of the company.
The opponents of Mr.. Parnell last
evening succeeded in forcing an en-
trance to the office and in destroying
all the leaders that had been prepared
| by Mr.. Leamy, who was appointed yes
terday to succeed Mr.. ;Bodkin, who was
acting editor during the absence Of
William O'Brien- When they took
their departure they left a force
in possession with orders to resist any
attempt of Mr.. Parnell or his friends to
enter the building. This morning Mr..
Parne1 proceeded to the office, and
with the assistance of crowd of his
supporters he forced open the doors
and took possession. The police wit
messed the affair, bat did not interfere
in any way After the had succeeded
i'll recapturing the office Mr.. Parnell
went to a window and addressed the
crowd outside.
AT noon to-day a crowd of Parnellites
surrounded the office They soon forced
,an entrance, and elected eight rough
looking fellows wAo had been
detailed as guard by the
the Office last night. In a short time
Sheriff Clancy, accompanied by a strong
guard, appeared and assumed posses
sion of the office in the name of Mr.
Parnell. Mr.. Parnell appeared at one
of the windows of the office, shouting
that he would fight the battle to the
last; that he would allow only the coun-
try to decide the issue, and thst he
would submit to the dictatson Of no man.
He appeared to be fercely excited, and
to have lost his usual self-oontrol.
To guard against any further attempt
on the part Of Mr.. Parnells opponents
to reca pture the office no one was al
lowed to enter, and the doors and win
dows were closely bolted and barred.
Mr.. Parnen was accompanied by the
staff of editors he appointed yesterday,
and when the Office was secured against
intruders all conversation with out
siders was carried on through a key
hole.
When Mr. Parnell made the assault
upon the office he himself was armed
with a crowbar, which he used in fore
ing the front door. In the afternoon
Mr.. Parnell started for Cork. A large
crowd was at the Kings Bridge depot,
and when he made his appearance to
take the train he was loudly cheered
The large and enthusiastic meeting
held in the rotunda last night, and a
speech then made by Mr.. Parnell has
had the effect of influencing public opin-
ion in favor of Mr.. Parnell throughout
Ireland, and the number of his adher-
ents is growing rapidly. tH1::s suppo1 tiers
in Limerick are making preparations for
great popular display in his honor upon
his arrival there His constituents in
Cork are also preparing to receive him,
and they will give him an enthusiastic
welcome. Mr.. Leamy has sent pri-
vate dispatch to friend in London,
stating that Mr. Parnell is winning ali
along the line
The Most Rev. Abraham Browrigg,
d. D., Roman Catholic bishop of Os-
sorry, in which diocese is situated the
town of Kilkenny, has advised the
voters there in the coming election for
member of the House of Commons, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Mr.. Larum, to cast their ballots &C.
cording to the dictates Of their
conscience. The fight there will be a
good test of Irish opinion, and the SUD-
porters of Mr.. Parnell are DESTROYS of
putting forward the strongest possible
candidate. The Parnellites have with
drawn the nomination of Barry O. Brien,
the author, and have finally selected
John Kelly to contest the seat against
Sir John Pope Hennessey, the nominee
of the Mccarthy faction
After entering the railway carriage
for Cork Mr.. Parnell, from one of the
windows, addressed the crowd sur
rounding him. He expressed his graft
tude for the confidence they had shown
in him, and said that what Dublin felt
to-day Ireland would feel tomorrow
A meeting of the municipal council of
Kilkenny was held to-day, at which res
olutions were adopted resembling the
Gently adopted by the Council. The
Workmen's Club of Kilkenny are max
ing arrangements for a torchlight pro-
cession in honor of Mr.. Parnell, and
they will give him an enthusiastic wei.
come when he arrives there.
At Mas Mr.. Parnell received an adj
dress from the local branch of the Ma
tlonal League, and at Kildare he made
a speech to the crowd that was waiting
at the station. At Monasterevan there
was an anti-Parnell demonstration
when the taain arrived, priest leading
the opposition in cheering for Mr..
O'Brien.
The clergy of the North Kilkenny
deanery denounce Parnell and support
the candidacy of Sir John Pope Hen
messy, the parliamentary nominee of
the anti Parnell faction.
Cork, Dec. 11.-At a meeting held
here last night, over which the high
sheriff presided, parliamentary
committee was appointed to
oppose Mr. Parnell. The chair
the Irish party would be brief, and an
nounced that twenty-one Nationalist
members of the Cork municipal council |
were opposed to Mr.. Parnell's remain |