St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-14
FINAL CONCLUSIONS.
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Confined From First E'agc.
nothing to the knowledge of how the
money was expended. MIR. Parnell ad-
mitted that there had never been 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 those documents. No valid
excuse was ever given for not produc-
ing them. Generally we have not re-
ceived from Mr.. Parnell and the officers
of the land league the assistance we
were entitled to, except in investigating
the leagues accounts. The report pro-
ceedS to trace the course of the leagues
movements in America and its connee-
ton with
THE CLAN-NA-GAEL.
Touching the contradictory evidence
of LIE Caron and Mr. Parnell over the
interview in the corridor of the house
of commons in 1881. the balance OF prob
abilities was in favor of the accuracy of
LIE Caron. 1t was highly probable that
Mr.. Parnell would say to any one whom
he regarded as member of the physi-
cal force party in America that an I'M
derstanding ought to be brought about.
between that party and Mr.. Parnell and
his supporters in the league. 1t was
also probable that Mr.. Parneli would
mention Dewey as the person best able
to arrange such an understanding, for
Dewey had been among the principal
agents through whom the support of
the section of Feniaus had been OBJ
tanned. The purpose of such an alliance
may be disputed, but the desire of
parties of physical force and of
open political movement should act in
harmony has been proved by Devoy's
letter, corroborated 10y LIE Caron. 1t
was clear that lie Caron wrote to him
to come to Europe to see Parnell and
Egan. Mr.. Parne'l denies that he ever
told LIE Carou he had long ceased to be-
lieye in anything but the force Of arms
to redeem Ireland. He based his de-
NAL on the fact that he never thought
so. 1t is not impossible that conversing
with supposed revoutionist Mr.. Par
neil 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 Alexander Sullivan presided.
the proceedings proved that
THE DYNAMITE POLICY
had been definitely adopted by the Chi
cago convention of 1881, at which L. Z.
O'ConnOr was delegate from Mr.. Par
nell. The Washington convention is
1882. the Astor house meeting, the
Philadelphia convention in 1888 are
successfully quoted as proving the
identity and sympathy of the sentiments
OF the Irish ieaguers with the Ameri-
can physical force party. Thomas
O'Connor's speech at the Chicago con-
vention showed that the dangerous re-
suits Of the action of the league were
known to him, seeing that he admitted
that shooting the land-grabbers was
among the incidents of civil war. The
Clan-na-Gael 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,
if at any moment discovered.
would lead to their destruction"
1t was this Clan-na-Gael whose leaders,
closely associated with the Irish lead
ers, finally obtained. in April, 1885, con-
troll of the entire movement in America,
henceforward retaining it The mass
of evidence proved that the Irish league
in America has been since directed by
the Clan-na-Gael, and has been actively
engaged in promoting the use of dyna-
mite for the destruction of life and
property in England. Itfurther proved
that while the Clan-na-Gael controlled
the league in American these organiza-
tons coucurrently collected sums
amounting to over $500, 900 for fund
wherefrOm payment should be made to
Irish members of the house of commons.
1t has not, however, been proved that
Mr.. Parnell knew the position of the
ClaDna-Gael-the circulars of that body,
besides the evidence of LIE Caron, show
ing that its operations were kept secret.