Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-09
THE SEAT OF WAR CHANGED.
A General Exodus to Ireland, Where the
Battle Will he Fought Out.


Special Cable Dispatch to the New York Herald.
LONDON HOUSE OF CoxMoSs), Monday night,
Dec. 8, 1S90.-"First blood" goes to the
mutineers. They stole march upon the Par
nelftes this afternoon by moving a writ for an
! election in Kilkenny. in place of Mr.. E. P. M.
Marum, deceased. This work is invariably done
by the recognized whip Of each party.
but Richard Power was not present,
and Deasy, one of the secessionists. was. Con-
| sequently the rebels scored. Next they took
possession of every seat on the Irish side except
a few in the extreme background. On that
usually occupied by Mr.. Parnell both his hat
and card were placed. either being sufficient in
ordinary cases. This is double-locking the
door against the deposed chieftain-h he il
| deposed which is not certain.
He was formally elected by the whole party
| at the beginning of this session and cannot be
removed by a caucus sitting apart and with n
large minority excluded from the room. There
they were in the house masters Of all they sur
yeyed, evidently delighted with the position.
did not see one Parnellite among them, except
Col. Nolan. John Redmond looked in, saw the
opposing squadron blocking the way, smiled
and retired. Dick Power had peep from the
gangway.
'.This is bad for you,'' remarked.
them" said he. and laughed. Presently Justin
NJ earthly rose. with slip of paper in his hand.
Tremendous cheers saluted him. The boys
looked on their new captain and were proud OF
their handiwork.
Leader Killer shouted Barry and almost
clapped his hands. Tim Healy saluted his gem
eral and relapsed into silence. Justin blushed
at the warmth of his reception and gave notice
that when the session resumed in January he
should move n resolution respecting the SELL
fences on Dillon and O'Brien. There were
more cheers and a rustic of satisfac ton.
After that the new party wobbled a good deal
and their run of luck took turn. Tim Healy
rose to oppose the second part of the land
purchase bill. but he got technically wrong. u
very rare thing with him. 1t was necessary for
some one else to jump up and keep the ball roll
ing. and Healy punched Seymour Keay pretty
hard. CRYING Get up." but Keay was nervous
or stupid and if the deputy speaker had chosen
he could have shut of all debate. As il was he
severely adInonished the rebel forces.
Il do hope" he said, looking at the Irish
men, gentlemen will conduct this business in
n bus.ness-like way" This was very bad for
start, but Tim Healy soon repaired damages
HE put his motion In proper form and opened
a lively debate. warning the tories not to think
their faculties were paralyzed by the recent
domestic difficulties. If the crisis in room No.
10 had not lasted so long parliament would
still be sitting at Christmas.
Parnell was Iii the building. but did not en-
ter the house. He positively leaves tomorrow
for Ireland. where he will open a campaign
which Is likely 20 prove memorable. He goes
as the head of the Irish party and leader of
the Irish people. There will probably be two
candidates for Kilkenny Parnelli.e and an
antI-Parnellite. Intornecine warfare has COM
menced. and Parnell will never withdraw from
it while he lives.
A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.