Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
IRELAND's CAUSE.
Both Factions Anxiousiy Awaiting the
Result of Mondays Elections.

/ KILKEsNY, December 20:h .-parnell c5ii
/ TIMES to take an active part in the cam
paign. To-day be delivered su address
! from the hotel here. He was very positiy,
in the assertion that slate and lime wer,
the substances thrown at him the othe
day. He declared that he would allow M
combination, however powerful, to drive
him from his DUTY to Ireland. He ridi
culed Mccarthy as leader who did no
have two ounces OF steel in his whole body
Perneli made another speech this even
ing. In the course of his remarks he said
| In 1875 God told me to put my hands t.
| the pillow, and obeyed."
He felt certain that the day of victory i:
| at hand, and that this is the last bitter
| struggle before Ireland.
! Throughout the town of Skibbereen
County Cork, placards have been posted
| bearing the words, Civil War Is Certain
THE GLADsroNIANs DIsHEARrExEp.
LONDON, December 20th.-The Bassett.
law election and the absence of any early
prospect of settlement of the Irish quar-.
rel are greatly disheartening to the Glad.
stonians. In fact, something like a panic
| is setting in, and Gladstone's followers are
showing signs of DISCRIMINATION and wob.
bling. Gladstone's visit to Bassettlaw is
now regarded as q serious tactical blunder
1t virtually emphasizes defeat.
Gladstone has retired to Haxarden to
rearrange his correspondence for the future
historian. He prudentiy awaits the result
of the Kilkenny election before making
pronouncements OF any kind.
The Bassettlaw election has shaken the
confidence of many of Gladstone's parlia-
mentary followers. but the scenes now
presented in Kilkenny are convincing
hon dc. Of ala 4, al. =
to be intrusted with lis own parliament.
Business men discuss politics as we'll az
the men in the street, and have had their
attention forcibly drawn to this object les.
son, which is more damaging to Glad
stone demand than anything ever ac-
complished by the Fenians or dynamitsrs.
He would be rash man who ventu,ed
to prophecy the result of Mondays election
in Kilkenny. In fact, indications all round
seem less favorable 70 Parnell than hereto
fore, but the presence of Healy, Mccarthy
and the Davitt brigade is distinct advant-
age to Parnell's prospects. Healy is much
distrusted by many Nationalist. They
regard him as place-hunter.
A msjorty of the priesthood is undoubt-
eddy telling against Parnell, and no efforts
are spared, from Archbishop Walsh down
to the youngest seminarist, to destroy Par
nell's power. If Parnell wins. be will
prove himself much stronger man than
he has yet been supposed to be. Should
Kilkenny result in Psrneirs favor, his
respite will be prolonged, but it may be re-
garded as almos' certain that he will in the
long run be defeated. His appeal to the
hillside men, which means the Fenians
and moonlighters, looks almost like last
resort in a desperate case.
Little hope is entertained, of compro.
mise, so eagerly sought by William
O'Brien. IL truth, it is doubtful whether
Parnell will travel all the wsy to Paris to
meet him. Mrs. O'Shea has started for
Paris, and that personality may attract
Parnell to the French capital. but even il
the two men consult together, il is not easy
to see how they could calm the storm
which is now raging.
The Glsdstonian panic will not be
checked by Pope Hennessy's victory in
Kilkenny, but will be aggravated by his
defeat.
PARNELL A CHANGED MAN.
New YORK, December 2O,h-A Herald
Kilkenny special says: Parnell is q
changed man. He is thin in body and
haegard in face. His beard is unkempt
and his hair struggling. That bis voice is
husky and almost gone is not to be won
dered at, for ne has worked hard OF late.
More serious is the fact that his stock ci
nerve force seems gone also. Parnell no
longer makes speeches. He faces the
meeting either from his wagonetse platform,
planks on barrels or from window.