Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-04
ROUGH ON O'BRIEN.
He and His Colleagues Hear
from ireland.
TIE MESSAGES ARE VERY roBusr

anu Saubc CoiiupSe OF the American
Mission-The Manifesto of the ENJOYS
Repudiated Where Ii Was Least Ex-
pccted-The Unkindest Cut as to
O'Brien-Parneil's Opponents at London
Considering Compromisc-On View
OF the situntion-Rome Speaks.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-The American tour of
the members of the Irish parliamentary
delegation has been abandoned. Dis
patches were sent out last night cancelling
their engagements at Indianapolis, St.
Louis, Kansas City, and other points
where meetings had been arranged. Dill
lon, O'Brien, Harrington and O'Connor
left to-day for New York, and according
TO the present programme the two former
will sail on Saturday for Paris, and Har-
rington and O'Connor. together with Gill
sud O'Snllivan-should the latter reach
New York in time-for Liverpool The
Day was fruitful OF surprises to O'Brien.
Last night he talked like a man dazed,
while Dillon, his colleague, was tramping
up and down the Lake Front endeavoring
to WOO the crisp. cutting northerly blast
to recall his scattered senses.
The first blow came yesterday morning
IN the cable dispatch stating that the city
council of Dublin had indorsed Parnell
and his course by an overwhelming ma
jority. Before the ENJOYS had time to
realize the full import of this decision an
other message was brought in. This was
TO the effect that the central council of the
National angina In, Urala,1 I, N a ,,..,.:x.
ously decided to by stand the leader and to
repudiate the Chicago manifesto This was
veritable bombshell in the camp. While
the three were still debating the effect
upon their mission of the news. another
cable was handed to O'Brien. He glanced
at the contents, threw the message upon
the table, and with the remark: II have
no doubt now as to how Ireland feels. ~
buried his face in his hands.
The Last Was a Sumner.
This is what he had read: Cork Young
Ireland Society, to man, stands by Par
nell to the death; Cork stands by him; Ire
land, by whom he stood when her friends
were few, stands by him when his com
rades leave him." The Significance of this
| communication was that it came from the
very organization of which William
O'Brien himself is president, an organiza-
ton composed Of 500 of the brightest and
most patriotic young men in Parnell's con-
stitueney. 1t was the death knell of the
Parnell opposition, and in less time than
1t took afterwards to tell the story the de-
cision to abandon the American tour was
reached.
Are Done with Manifestoes.
The ENJOYS would give the best years of
hair ltt he. III
lfesto of Sunday night They are no
longer in the fight. As Dillon said. the
Irish people, having declared that Parnell
shall remain their chief, must not be in
terfered with by any one. "Oh, God. nor
passionately exclaimed Dillon, when asked
If printed story that he contemplated is
suing another anti-Parnell address, was
true. He added that he would deprecate
any action on the part of the members of
che Irish party who now oppose Parnell
which might have the effect of throwing
Ireland INTO still more internal warfare.
o'Brien's Grim Remark.
IN short time my movements will be
altogether guided by gentleman named
Andrews" remarked William OiBrien.
Andrews is the governor of Clonmel iail.
Dillon smiled grimly, but said nothing.
OBrien, however, IS likely to be guided by
the wishes of his wife, and it is said that
this lady is strenuously opposed TO his re-
turning and surrendering himself TO serve
the sentence recently imposed upon him.
with Dillon. The probabilities are that
for while at least the two parliameptari
ans will loeatein Paris, where they can be
easily reached and conferred with by their
colleagues
The Priests for Pnrneil,
Private cable dispatches TO the delegates
last night conveyed the information that
hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in
Ireland have ranged themselves on the
side of Parnell. This neutralizes the in
duence which 1t had been hoped the arch
bishops would exercise in behalf of the op
position