St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-20
DEFEAT PREDICTED.
Parnell Likely to Lose in the
Bye Election Next
Monday.
The Clergy Arrayed Almost
Solidly Against His
Candidate.
England's Navy is Preparing
Against an Irish Out
break.
Strong Denial That Lime Was
Thrown Into Mr.. Par
nell's Eyes.

KILKENNY, Dec. 19.-Harold Freder-
les, correspondent for New York
paper, says: "To-day L visited the rural
districts. driving over thirty-fiye miles
of country. A great change was noted
from the mob of the city Of Kilkenny.
which latter does not vote. In the cOun-
try l found the rural population to be
under the leadership Of priests and
ardently anti-Parnellites. This curious
difference between the city and the
country led me- to probe beneath the
surface. Was it all an anti-English
feeling in The city which mastered Par
are the principal industries of the city,
and the brewery work people the prin
cipal ingredient of ParneIl's supporters.
Recently the bishops and priests started
determined temperance crusade.
greatly reducing the incomes of brew
ers and publicans. This engendered
bitterness which only required the oc-
casi0n for its development. The Par
nell split served the purpose, and ac-
cordingly beer flowed freely among the
town rabble, which was agitated anti
clerically by the brewers and vintners.
At once the ecclesiastics took an anti
Parl elite attitude.
Respectable TOvvnsmem
side with the priests. but ressectability
does not make nobs. Accordingly, in
outward brawling show, the city favors
Parnell. Among the rural population
the clergyman is king. The priest is at
the head of every country league, con-
trols its working, and knows it's pivot.
The men, therefore, of the country are
dead against Parnell, being further in
tluenced by the fact that every land
lord. agent, bailiff, emergency man and
land graaber is now firmly Parnellite.
My forecast of the situation at Mondays
poll is that, allowing thousands of alb
stentions for neutrals, double entries,
deaths and emigratlons, Hennessey will
receive 5000 votes, and Scully, the Par
nellite candidate, 1,700. The one GER
tainty is Parnells crushing defeat,
despite the sayings of the Freeman's
Journal and United Ireland, which are
being circulated gratituously among the
voters. This brings me to topic raised
by Mr.. Realey to-day.
Two Large Sums of Money
from New York and Paterson, N. j.,
were yesterday announced by DR..
Kenny as allotted to the National league.
MIR. Healy charged that this was
breach of the understanding arrived at
by the American delegation, claiming
that the money should go to the evicted
tenants fund. He alleged that other
wise it would be diverted by the Par
nellites for campaign purposes. Treas
urer kenny's reply is awaited with
interest. Parnel's move after the Kill
kenny defeat is now causing specula-
ton. He. however. still entertaining
hopes of victory, declines to speak of
his plans. The extraordinary intensity
of anti-Parnellism among the devou
Catholics is shown by a unique incident
in the Catholic church of Castle Conner,
the principal anti-F Farnellite stronghold.
Last Sunday, before high mass, the
Organist, instead of sacred music,
played as an overture, LET Erin Re
member the Days of Old, Ere Her
Faithless Sons Betrayed Her," and the
song of O'Rourke, which cOmmemOrates
the incident which led to the invasion
of Ireland by the Normans, consequent
on the seduction of O'ROurke's wife
by Marlborough. Such music, played
amid a devotional pOpulace, created
thl llliDg effect.