Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-04
THE PARNELL MANIFESTO
The Wolves are HowIing for
His Destruction.
53 MEMBERS ARE AGAINST HIM
While but 20 are Pledged to
the Leader.
He RecItes the Incidents of His Inter
view With GIadstOne--IIe Deiies His
siDeinies--Shall the Tenants Constitute
Reason for His Expulsion?

lIVNUbN, NOV. gH.--A canvass mas been
conducted by members Of the Irish Par
liamentary party who are opposed to Par
nell S retention of the party's leadership,
with view To ascertain how the poll Is
likely togo at Mondays meeting The re-
suit WIS the securing Of pledges from So
members Of the PARTY to vote against Mr..
Parnell. Among those who have given
pledges are MeSsrs. Abraham, John Barry,
Carew, Chance, Clancy, Commins, Condor,
Cox, 6'rilly, Dcasy, Dickson, John Dillon,
Esnionde,. Finucane, Fox, Flynn Gil
hoolyi Timothy Harrington. Timothy
Healy, Maurice Healy, Jordan, NJ. j.
Kenny, kilbride, knox, Lalor, Lane,
I.eahg, McCartan, Justin NJ. Mccarthy,
Peter Mcdonald, Molloy Murrorgh. Muir
ply, j. r. X. O'Brien, Patrick 0'Brien,
OBricn, OConnor, 0'lianlon, O'keefe,
Quinn, Reynolds, Roche, sexton, Sheehan,
Sheedy, Stack, Timothy Daniel sullivan,
Tanner and Webb.
The anti-Parnelites also rely upon the
votes Of Messrs William O'Brien, T. 7.
O'Connor, Gill and r. ID. Sullivan
The adherenis of Parnell who have an
nOunced their Intention to stick to their
old leader through thick and thin, number
% namely; Mcssrs Blame, Byrne, Henry
Fitzgerald, Edward Harrington, Hayden,
!. T.. Kenny, w. A. Macdonald, MacNeill,
Mcclure, Mahoney, j. +. Nolan, Joseph
Nolan, John Conner, 0'Kelly, Pinkerton,
Pr Power, Richard Power, John Red
mond, William Redmond and Shell. The
eightdouhtfnl members are Alessrs. Dalton,
Foley, Harrison Lcamy, Justin, Huntly,
Mccarthy Mckcnna James Patrick
OGormnn Mahon and Tute.
PABNEELs MANIFESTO ISSUED.
The Parnel manifesto which was issued
to-day says:
"1hc integrity and independence of
section of the Irish Parliamentary party
having been apparently Slapped and de-
stroyed by the wire-pullers Of the Liberal
party, il has become necessary for me, as
leader Of the Irish party, to take counsel
with you, and having given you the
knowledge which is in my possession,
to ask your Judgment upon matter
which now solely devolyes upon you to
decide. Tho letter from Mr.. Gladstone
to Mr., Morley, written for the purpose Of
influencing the decision of the Irish party
III the choice of their leader, and claiming
4 for the Liberals and their leaders the right
!. of veto upon the choice, is the immediate
cause Of this address, the purpose of which
is to remind yOtl and your parla-
mentary representatives that Ireland con-
siders the independence of her party as
her only safeguard within the cnnsti-
tuition and above and beyond all other
considerations whatever. The threat in
that letter, repeated so insoently on many
English platforms and in numerous Brit
codes this right of veto to England She will
indefinitely postpone her chance of obtain
ing home rule, c0mpes me, while not for
n moment admitting the slightest posi-
bility Of such a loss, to put before YOU in
formation which until now. so far as my
colleagues are concerned, has been solely
in my possession, and which will enable
Won To understand the measure of the loss
with which YOU are threatened unless YOU
consent To throw me to the wolves now
bowling for my destruction. In Noyem-
ber of last year, i'll response to Il repeated
and longstanding request, | visited Mr.
Gladstone AT ilawarden and received the
details of the intended proposals Of him
sell and his colleagues of the late Liberal
cabinet with regard to home rule in the
event Of the next general election favoring
the Liberal party
trhe gist Of MIR. Parnell's story of his
interview with Mr. Gladstone was that the
latter insisted that the Irish membership
in parliament should be reduced to 3j
that an Irish legislature should not be
given the power to settle the agrarian diff
culties.
"lhe absence Of any provision for the
settlement ofthe agrarian question, of any
polcy, on the part of the Liberal leaders
filled me with concern and apprehension
ON the Introduction Of the Land Purchase
bill by the government at the commence
mcnt of the last session, MIR. Morley COM
ihhiliuatcu WIN me US 10 tne course 10 he
adopted.
4 Time went on, the government allowed
their attention to be distracted fi0m the
question of land purchase by bill com
pensating English politicians and the
agrarian difficulty in Ireland an entire
mseonceptlOn with regard to our Irish
constituencies and Of the pledges we had
given. In conclusion, he directed my at
tention 10 the plan Of campaign estates.
He said that il would he impossible for the
Liberal party when it attained power to
do anything for these evietcd tenants by
direct action, and that il would also be I'M
possible for the Irish parliament under the
powers conferred to do anything for Them
q and tiinging up his hands with gesture
+ ot despair, he exclaimed: Having been III
n Iipperary, do not know what to propose
i'll regard to the matter
n II told him this question was a limited
one; that did not see that he need allow
himself to be hampcred by its future con
sideration; that funds would he available
from America and elsewhere for the sup
port Of those tenants as long as might be
necessary; that of course understood that
it was a difficulty, but that il was Il limited
one and should not be allowed To inter
ferc with the general interests of the
country. ! aludt to this matter only
because within the last few days IA strong
argument in many minds f0rmy expulsion
has been that unless the Liberals come
into power at the next general election the
plan of campaign tenants will suffer. As
have shown, the Liberals propose to do
nothing for the plan of campaign tenants
: by direct action when they come into
power, but ain entitled to ask that the
existence Of these tenants, whom | have
supported in every way in the past and
whom shall continue to support IN the
future, shall not constitute reason for my
expulsion from Irish politics