Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-26
PARNELL CHEERED.
The Irish Leader Declares that He VIII
Not Retire.

AsOt
LONDON, November 25th-At a meeting
of the Irish Home Rule members Of Par
lament, held to-day before the opening OF
the session OF the Commons, Parnell was
present. He was loudly cheered as he en-
tered the room. A motion was made that
Parnell be reelected Chairman of the Irish
Parliamentary party and it was carried
unanimously. 1t was announced that Par.
nell will retain the leadership at the ex-
press desire of his followers.
Parnell made an address to the meeting,
in which he thanked his followers for his
reelection. He said it was for the Irish
members TO decide whetherh he should lead.
If their decision had been negative. or if
there had been any diversity of opinion, he
would cheerfully have withdrawn from
public life. Nothing but conviction that
his colleagues desired still to utilize his
services in their common cause induced
him TO resume the position in which his
altered circumstances exposed him and
them to the attacks of their opponents.
The Press Association states if Parnell
persists in retaining the public leadership
of the Irish party, Gladstone will refuse to
counteDance any amendment to the address
in reply to the Queens speech, and will
Immediately return to Hawarden and not
appear in Parliament until the Christmas
HOLIDAYS.
Parnell held a conference with Justin
Mccarthy this forenoon in the Parliament
building. Paruell handed Mccarthy a
bundle of papers containing memoranda
for his guidance as Sessional Chairman of
the Irish party.
DUBLIN, November 25th.-Tbe freeman S
Journal says the report that Parnell is TO
retire is absolutely without foundation.
The Express states that Gladstone hiuted
TO Parnell it would be better for the Irish
cause if he would not attend the coming
session of Parliament.
Parnelrs friends say they will not allow
him TO absent himself
GLADsToNE's ADVICE.
LONDON, November 25.h.-At the request
of Gladstone, Morley has communicated to
Parnell letter written Monday to Morley
by Gladstone. In ii Mr. Gladstone saws
After using all the means of observation
and reflection in my power | arrived at the
conclusion that, Notwithstanding the splen-
did services rendered by Parnell to his
country, his continuance at the present
moment in the leadership would be pro-
ductive of consequences disastrous in the
highest degree to Ireland.
Gladstone adds further, as an expansion
of his conclusions, that Parnells continu.
ance ss leader would not only place many
friends of the Irish cause in position of
great embarrassment, but would render his
(Gladstoae's) retention of the leadership of
the Liberal party, based as it had been
mainly on the prosecution of the Irish
cause, almost a nullity.
These views, he says, he had expressed
personally to Mccarthy, which ex-
pansion of his views he had begged Nc
Carthy to regard as confidential if be found
that Parnell contemplated spontaneous
action, but he also begged that Mccarthy
would make known to the Irish party at
TO days meeting that such was his conclu-
sion if he should find that Parnell has not
in contemplation any step of the nature in
dicated. He wrote to Morley in case Nc
Carthy should be unable to communicate
with Parnell.
In conclusion, Gladstone says: 81 have
thought it best to put this in terms simple
and direct, much as l should have liked
to alleviate the personal nature of the stu
alton as respects the manner of conveying
what my public duty has made it an obi.
cation to say"
1t is learned that Gladstone had an in
terview with Parnell before the publication
of the letter, and urged him to retire.
The letter caused intense excitement in
the lobbies.
LIBERALS sTAMPEDING.
AT the meeting of the Nationals tonight
nothing was done, and another was ar-
ranged for tomorrow. Several Liberal
candidates announced their withdrawal
from the campaign, foreseeing defeat
The Parnellites openly assert that they
will stick by Parnell, even if they delay
Home Rule fifteen years.
Gladstone is annoyed because Parnell at
the meeting did not mention the interview
with Morley, and he resents keeniy Par
nell's disregard of his protest. The Con-
servatists and Unionists gleefully chat over
the split in the Opposition. The Liberal
newspapers in many instances comment
on strongest terms upon Parnell fouting
Gladstone and his contempt for the Lib
eral allies.