Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-02-14
ONE GENT
THE REPORT SUBMITTED.
The ParnerI Commission Hands
Down It's Verdict. .
FORGERIEs TOUCHED MGnTm.

MIR. ParnelI Exonerated In a Mild MAN.
ner--Davitt Comes In for copsiderahls
censure--American Ssuspapers sevsrs-
ly yArraigned-The verdict Is spIrstiesA
LONDON. Feb 1.-The report Of the
judges comprising the Parnell speciaI COM
mission just laid before the house OF com
mons surprised nobody, and Is not likely to
afford even slight degree OF satisfaction
to either side. The very highest compli-
Inent that enn be paid to it Is to say that il
Is temperate and displays a palpable at
tempt on the part Of It's trainers to be az
fair as their anti-lrish bias. will permit
them TO be.
rhe Forgeries Lightly Touched.
The charges brought against the Parneib
ties, forming the subject matter for this
commissions consideration, are treated o.
under sixty-nine distinct heads. The most
disappointing feature OF the document ia
the treatment Of the forgeries, which it v y
/ presumed would be exhaustiveIy discus I'd
and unreservedly characterized. Instsad
Of seiEing the opportunity 10 impress shi
country with their desire to be impartia
which the subject afforded the commissi,
has dismissed the whole ma tier in precisely
l6i words, as entirely unworthy OF their
consideration, except to condemn the I'M
position practiced upon The Times by the
instigators OF the forgeries
American Newspapers ArraiRned.
Sixteen pages Of the report, however, arr
devoted TO arraigning Irish, Irish-Amerioaz
and American newspapers for incitemont oA
crime in Ireland. Each OF the accused per.
sons ia dealt with separately, Mr. Dayitt
coming In for the largest share OF the com
missions severe Judgment, which H. per
haps, no moro than could be expected, sincs
Mr.. Davitt was more severe In dealing wlth
his accusers and more oatspoken in his opin'
ions concerning the government. its motives
| Ia appointing the commission and its OK.
pectations from the labors Of that body,
than any Of the men who testified or spoke
during the sittings On the whole the 70
port is generally regarded as very smAn
return for the time, trouble and expense i'm
cident 10 the commissions investigation
Tho Judgment of the Commission.
The upshot Of the report, or what may b
termed tho Judgment Of tho court is as fol-
lows; That the respondent members Of the
house OF commons were not members OF
conspiracy 60 establish the absolute inde,
pendence Of Ireland, but that some Of them,
together with Michael Davitt. joined the
Land league with the intention 20 accom-
plish by it's means the independence Of Ire
land as a separate nation. The commissions
entirely ncquits Mr.. Parnell and the othes
accused members Of insincerity Ga their de-
nunciation Of the Phoenix park murders
and finds that the fac-simileletter published
in The Times, upon which tho charge was
! chiefly based rs against Mr.. Parnall was a
forgery.
Did Not Inolte Crime.
The respondents, the report continues, did
not directly incite crime, except intimida
tion, which did incite, with the result thai
crimes and outrages were committed by
those melted. The commission also fndn
that the respondents defended agrarian
prisoners, but the charge was not proved
that they were intimate with notorious
criminals, or that they helped such personi
to escape justice.
1t further finds that the respondents in.
vited the cooperation Of aud accepted sub
scriptions from Patrick Ford, an advocate OF
crime in the use Of dynamite; but it Is not
proved that they were aware that the Clan
ma Gael controlled the Land league or wa
collecting money for the parliamentary
fund 1t is proved, however, that tbs
respondents accepted the assistance OF tha
/, / UuYhithi lOllt ptiAl III -tiNtIlcH. ana IlAL
order 10 obtain that assistance ahstained
from repudiating or condemning tho action
Of that party.
Specific Charges Against Parneii.
In regard TO the specific charges against
Mr.. Parnell the report says the charge that
at the time Of the Kimainham negotiations
Mr.. Parnell knew that Sheridan and Boyton
were organizing outrages is not proved nor
is there any foundation for the allegations
that he was intimate with lnvincbles, knew
I their plans or recognized the Phoenix park
! murders as their handiwork The commits
sion also fails to find that Mr. Parnell sent
Byrne a remittance 70 enable him Co escaps
10 France.
Davitt Was q Fenian.
, The judges find that Mr. Davitt was .
Fenian and that be received money FROM
the ''skirmishng fund.- for outrages, which
money was not for the formation Of the
league, but for the promotion Of the agita.
tion leading up to it. Mr.. Dayitt was mainly
instrumental in bringing about the alIiance
Of the party Of violence in America with the
Parnell party In America The report 70.
views the history Of the league and declares
that the leaders combined 10 injure the land
lords and drive them out of the country by
means Of the system Of boycotting, thereby
being guilty Of criminal conspiracy
lie Caron and Parne1l.
Touching the contradictory evidence Of lie
Caron and Mr.. Parnell over their interviews
in the corridor of the house OF commons ia
1851, the commission holds that the balance
Of probability was in favor Of the accuracy
Of lie Caron. 1t was clear that lie Caron
wrote to Dewey to come to Europe to see Par
nell and Egan. Parnell denies that he told
lie Caron that he had long ceased to believe
in anything but the force Of arms as relief
for Ireland, basing his denial on the
fact that be never Thought So It is
J not impossible that in conversing with
, a supposed revolutionist Mr. Parnell ex-
pressed himself in such a manner as TO leave
! the impression that he agreed with those
+ who favored revolution I
The American Conventions.
. The American conventions are quoted az
proving the identity of the sympathy and
sentiments Of the Irish leaguers with the
physical force party The mass Of evidence
: proved that that the league in America
: since 1883 has been directed By the Clan-na-
/ Gael and been actively engaged in prozn9t-
ing the use OF dynamite Tor the destrucks9t
Of life and property in England IL Is Hes
> proved, however. that Mr. Parnolf knew the
position Of the Clan-na-GaeL
Press Comments
The Daily News says the report Of she J
Parnell commission has vindicated at once
the character of the Irish leaders and the !