St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-23
PARNELL WILL STICK,
He Decides to Retain the
Leadership Of NATIONAL
lists in Parliament.
Speculation as to Whether
He Will Appear at the
Opening.
Liberals Are Not Likely to
Stand by the Irish
Leader.
Gladstone Maintains an 0mi-
nous Silence Which Is Not
Very Encouraging.

LONDON, Nov. 22.-It is evident to-
day that Mr.. Parnell means to remain as
leader of the Irish Parliamentary party,
and the mass of the Irish people are
willing to ignore his private errors in
view of what they regard as the neces-
sity for his public services. One of the
prominent members of the National
League said to-day: in reply to request
for an opinion: 1--WE cannot afford to
drop Mr.. Parnell, and we will not drop
him. Why? One good reason is that
we have no man to fill his place. Mr..
ParnelPs position is exceptional. He is
one of the Anglo-Irish, that is an Irish
man of English descent, like Yelling
ton and Wolseley. and others whom
the English boast of as belonging
to themselves. The average of
Britons will listen to and respect
man of that kind. wien they would
take no notice of Celt. Even with this
divorce stain on him Parnell stands bet
ter to-day with the English than any
member of the Irish parliamentary
party: and, if Ireland is to be deliv-
cred, it must be through English votes.
Scotland we have with us already. all
the leading Scotch Tories have had to
go to England to get seats to stay in
parliament. Now we must gain Eng
land over, and it cannot be done with
out man like Parnell. To throw him
overheard and put Dillon OF O'Brien. or
any one else, i'll his place would simply
be to revive that old distinction be-
tween the Celt and Anglo-Saxon races
which has been the bane of ireland in
the past, and which Parnell has done
more than any man in Irish history to
efface."
'As to the attacks of the Pail Mall
Gazette" added the speaker, ''they are
helping Parnell."
II see that the English Catholic pub
lications also assail Mr.. Parnell. This
is only in line with the policy they
have pursued from the first in their
treatment of the Irish cause. At Rome
and in London the English Catholics of
the ariistocratic order have fought
against home rule for Ireland. | give
them full credit for being conscien-
tious, but they can hardly expect US to
consider them as diSinterested advisors.
You may set it down that Mr.. ParneI
will remain at the head of the Irish
party, the Pail Mall Gazette and Capt.
and Mrs. O'Shea to the contrary not
withstanding. But while the above ap-
pears to be the attitude of the Irish
representatives, the Liberal opinion
throughout England, although not as
1dOiNt III CApICSSiOH DIS tllC MAIL
Gazette. is adverse to Mr.. Parnell. The
silence of Mr.. Gladstone is taken as an
OmlDouS indication of his sentiments
and many ears are turned toward Ha
warden for some utterance that could
be accepted as Oiacular by the party.
"ln weighing the situation,n says
leading Liberal, ''it should be remem-
bered that whatever fingers of the old
Puritan horror of domestic infidelity is
in the Liberal party of Great Britain.
The middle and lower classes of English
are, as rule, faithful to the marital
relation, and not inclined to be tolerant
to its violators. They regard divorce as
one of the devices which aristocracy
has invented for the indulgence of an
Incorporate desire, and they abhor the
wrOngdoer whose folly has brought
about the breaking up of a family
This view is being Signally illustrated
in the Pearce-Hogg murder case, where,
although every one is agreed that Hogg
is innocent of criminal connection with
murder. the people have made repeated
attempts to lynch him, because
1t Was His FaithIessness
his wife that indirectly led to the
tragedy. The non-conformist clergy
are OutSpOken against such wees, and it
the Liberals had their way in England,
violation of the marital tie would un-
doubtedly be added to the list of stat
utory crimes. In Scotland the same
sentiment prevails III the communities
where the Liberal party has its strong
hOltS, and although illegitimate births
are frequent i'll the Highlands, people
once married are married for good. Mr..
Gladstone'S influence lies not alone in
his genius as a statesman. The EXAM
pie of his pure, hOmely life, as com-
pared with ariStOcratic dissipation, has
much to do with it. The queen, as to
her family associations, represents
rather the middle than the higher
her face so vigorously against anything
that tends to disruption of the family
that it was but recently that she con-
Sented to receive women who had been
divorced through no fault of their own,
but the cruelty and infidelity of their
husbands. Lately size has relaxed the
rigOr of her custom in this respect, and
shows more of disposition to tolerate
misfortuneS when not associated with
guilt. She has. of course, mad to sac-
cept as her counsellors ministers, like
nected with scandal, but it is more than
doubtful that she would accept as one
of her advisors the convicted core
spoBdent in a divorce suit. The Lib
eral party in England, therefore, whose
support is all that gives strength and
hope TO the Irish cause so far as any
practical result may be looked for is
deeply affected by the O'Shea scandal.
To-day it is rumored that the pope as
protector of Catholic morals, may also
take part in the trouble by prohibiting
the irish clergy and the faithful from
cOuntenancing Parnell.
The Irish bishops have all along and in
recent circular, expressly admitted
the right of the pope to control and di-
rect the Irish Catholics as to the moral
features of the struggle now inprogress.
They have accepted his dictate that they
must be prohibited from joining in the
plan of campaign and kilograms have
been received that his holiness will di-
rect that Irish Catholics shall not. by in
direction or otherwise appear to approve
or eXtenuate gross immortality in their
chosen champion. Obedience would
mean, of course, the withdrawal from
Mr.. Parnell of that moral support OF
which he is now eminently in need. 1t |
is reported at the clubs that Mrs. O'Shea
has told personal friend that she will |
be Mrs. Parnell before July next.
Mr.. Parnell, it is expected, will carry
her as soon as the law permits. This is
the general custom when there is but |
one correspondent in suit for divorce, |
and he is free to marry, as Mr.. Parnell |
is believe to be. Such a union would |
help Mr.. Parnell financially, and could |
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