Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-11-20
THE FALL OF PARNELL.

The vulnerable heel Of the Irish
Achilles has been exposed at last, and
there will be no lack Of Trojan arrows
70 strike him dow through this one
crevice in his armor. Mr.. Parnell is
one of many great popular leaders who
have been led astray by an illicit 10.
fatuation for women. In other times
vices of this sort we're, and In some
other countries still ART, looked upon
with Q lenient eye by the public. But
these are not the days OF Charles the
Second; and the British Isles Of the
Victorian era are not France under
the second empire or Italy under Vic
tor Emmanuel. Perhaps there lie no
country In Europe where the grosser
forms Of sexual s~ensuality prevail to q
greater extent than In English cities /;
but there il NJ country in the world
where this looseness Of practice is
hidden under such austere and exact
ing standards of conventional decor
um. The nlaglignity of the Tories has
found its Of opportunity at last and will
be aided by all the Pbarisaism Of
British society and by the stern and
genuine morality of respectable Bril-
fish households, 10 stoning the culprit
in this case to political and social
death. The Irish peasantry are the
chsstest people in the world, and will
be little disposed to forgive. even in
their idOlized leader. an offense which
they look upon as the most heineus OF
crimes. The fault of Charles Stuart
ParLell is his fall. The Delilsh to
whose caresses he yielded las shorD
him of bis popular strength.
No one knows this better THAI he.
He abdicates the uncrowred sover-
eighty of bis leadership Of the Irish
party. and yields to Dillon the glori-
bus privilege Of being associated with
Gladstone In completing the emsnci-
patton of ireland. II 10 = great pity.
The fall of Parnell is n Of the saddest
social and political c~atasfrophes Of
even these days Of mournful social
tragedies. But 1t Is the penalty which
society justly exacts for . heinous VIC.
lstion of the laws which protect the
sapctity Of the home. Unhappily
there is nothing In the circumstances
which his friends can turn to as q
palliation Of his offense. 1t united the
perfidious sacrifice of the honor of the
friend whose Inequalities he had
accepted with the turpitude Of the
crime Itself. He has Gomez ont Of every
other trial to which be has been sub
jected by the malice Of bis enimies
with o triumphant v~iDdication. But
Ia this ease he enters no defense and
virtually pleads guilty to charges
Viii IN forever dishonor his name. II
il bard to understand how 80 prudent
q statesman and so heroic o patriot
should he an weak and foolish q man;
how he could be guilty Of the incredi-
BILE folly Of risking the splendid n
tation he had built ~ and the grand
position lie had achieved, by pranks
ri unbridled passion which would
have been senseless In an unruly boy
in his first reckless ventures Of erotic
dissipation.
But the statesman and the patriot
still survive In the wreck Of his social
and political fortunes. His career Is
not ended. He will sill he potent In
the councils Of his party, and will.
doubtless. still continue to devote all
bis great abilities TO the triumph Of a
cause which will be indelibly sssocia.
ted with bis name. but whose crown
ing bonors he has forfeited by his
immoderate fondness for Mrs. O'Shea.
Pioneer Press.