The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

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INTENTION OF THE AGITATORs.
The commission comes to the conclusion
that this was the intention Of those de
vising and carrying out the system ain
our Judgment the leaders of the league
thus combining to carry out a boycott
were guilty of criminal conspiracy. We
consider this charge established against
Messrs. Parnell, Dillon, Biggar, Sexton, T.
p. O'Connor, Mathew Harris, w. OBrien,
t. ID. Sullivan, T. NJ. Healy t. Harring-
ton. K. Harrington, A. O'Connor, j. e.
Kenny, w. Redmond, j. T.. Redmond.
Justin Mccarthy, J. OConnor, t. j. Con-
don, ]. j. O'Kelly, Cummius, Cox, Patrick
Leamy, j. Barry, G. K. Tanner,
Maurice Healy, T. Quinn, Daniel Crilly,
Henry Campbell, p J. Foley, J. J. Clancy,
j. F. K. O'Brien. r. Lalor, T. Name, j.
Deasy, j. C. Finn, J. Jordan, w. j. Lane,
d. Sheehy, d. Sullivan, G. N. Burns, and
Michael Dayitt."
Under the charge of disseminating news
papers and trying to incite crime, the re-
port lays great stress upon the fact that
MIR. Parnell did not produce report of any
speech wherein he denounced the use of
dynamite, though he called attention to
speech in the House Of Commons in which he
declared that Patrick Ford's aims and objects
and programme were not his; also that no
of the physical force party in Ireland or
America has been given in evidence. Mr..
Parnell admitted that he was unable to say
that he had by speech or action found any
fault with the fenian organization.
CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
The statistics of crime for 1880. 1881 and
1882 strongly cOrroborated the statement
that outrages followed the establishment of
the land league Agrarian crime ragged in Ire
land. When the league agitation was
at its hight an instance is cited from
county Kerry, where the league was organ
lied in October, 1880. Crimes Immediately
increased from thirteen cases in 1879 to 29S
in 1850. A coincdent decrease of crime
with inactivity of the league was equally
conspicuous. When tue league was sup
pressed, in 1881, crimes dropped from 4, ,439
cases in 1881 to $40 in 1888. 1t was con
tended before the comm ,ssion thGt the
causes of crime were not due to the league.
but to the chronic state Of Ireland under
the distress aggravated by eviction. There
is no doubt that tho evictions con-
tributed TO the crimes; but COM
parative statistics showed that the
dominant cause was the league
agitation. Proof has been given that the
league systematically and Unfortunately
betrayed the expenses Of the defense of
persons charged with agrarian crime.
| w lillo IlbdllS IOI Iu5 uelbtlSb VI
| prisoners is in the abstract justifable we
entertain no doubt that knowledge that
| such assistance will in all cases be afforded,
must have the effect to encourage persons
so disposed to commit outrages. Tho same
observation applies to the support Of their
| families.
THE LEAGUES FINANCES.
In this connection and in the absence of
the league accounts, the report declares
that it is impossible to arrive at the figures
with any certainty Mr.. Egan's letter to
Mr.. Parnell in October, 1882, contained
some items of expenditure in round num-
bers. Details were never given. The audit
held by Messrs. Dillon and Matthews added
nothlDg to the knowledge of how
the money was expended. Mr.. Parnell
admitted that there had never boon any
audit of the land league expenditure.
| Numerous books and documents which, If
| produced, might have thrown light upon
| the leagues proceedings, were not produced.
The court was unable to obtain these docu-
| ments. No valid excuse was ever given for
| not producing them Generally we have
not received from Mr.. Parnell and the Off
GERS of the land league the assistance we
were entitled to expect in investigating the
| league accounts.
LIE CARoN's EVIDENCE.
The report proceeded TO trace the course
| of the leagues movements in America and
| its connection with the Clan-na-Gael.
| Touching the contradictory evideuce of
| LIE Caron and Mr.. Parnell over the inter-
view in the corridor Of the House of Com
mons in 1881, the balance of probabilities
was in favor Of the accuracy Of LIE Caron.
IL was highly probable that Mr.. Parnell
would say TO any one whom he regarded as
a member of the physical force party in
America, that an understanding ought to
be brought about between that party and
Mr.. Parnell and his supporters in the
league. 1t was also probable that Mr.. Par
nell would mention Dewey as the perso1
best able to arrange such an understanding,
| for Dewey had been among the principal
| agents through whom the report Of sec
tion of the fenians had been obtained. The
purpose of such an alliance may
be disputed, but the desire of
Messrs. Parneu and Davitt that
the parties Of physical force and Of open
political movements should meet in har-
mony have been proved by Mr.. Devoy's
letter corroborated by lie Caron- 1t was
clear that LIE Caron wrote to him to come
to Europe to see Messrs. Parnell and Egan
Fo8cE TO REDEEM IRELAND.
Mr.. Parnell denies that he ever told Le
Caron that he had long ceased to believe in
anything but force to redeem Ireland.
He based his denial upon the fact
that he never thought so. Il is not i'm
possible that conversing with a supposed
revolutionist Mr.. Parnell expressed himself
so as to leave the impression that he agreed
with those who favored revolution.
Touching the tenth convention of the
Clan-na-Gael, at which Mr.. Sullivan pre-
sided. the proceedings proved that the
dynamite policy had been definitely
adopted by the Chicago convention of 1881,
at which I. p. O'Connor was a delegate
from Mr.. Parnell. The Washington con-
vention In 1882, the Astor house meet
ing and the Philadelphia convention
in 1888, are successfully quoted as
proving the identity and sympathy of senti-
ments of the Irish league with the Ameri-
can physical force party.
o'CoNNoR AWARE OF HIS DANGER.
Thomas O'Connor's speech at the Chicago
convention showed that the dangerous re-
suits of the action of the league were known
to him, seeing that he admitted that shoot
ing land grabbers was among the incidents
of the civil war. The Clan-na-G Ga ell circular
Of October, 1882. clearly pointed to the use
of dynamite. 1t contained the passage:
"There are those of us who carry their
lives in their hands; whose labors, il at any
moment discovered, would lead to their
destruction
It was this Clan-na-G whose leaders
closely associated with the Irish leaders,
finally obtained, in April, 1888, control Of
the entire movement in America, hence
forward retaining it. A mass of evidence
s.rr.xxoI fho< tha I~s.l, Ioa<x,n A. A-~.-sn.