Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-16
DILLON PRESENTS THE ISSUE.
He says That the Fight in Irslsnd 10 No
Personal.

He Says That the Fight in Irslsnd 10 Not
Personal.
TEE ENVOY SENDS his vrKws TO zm COUNTY,
AvoTDkD-PAnNKIL AND Hn oProHKNrs MEET
At RArHDowNEY.
Messrs. ParRell, Davitt and Tanner were all
in Rathdowney, Ireland. together yesterday.
Messrs. Davitt and Tanner started for Rath-
downey with the avowed intention Of confront
ing Mr.. Parnen publicly. Messrs. Harrison,
OKelly. Edward Harrington and Joseph Nolan,
members Of parliament, joined Mr.. ParneA at
the hotel. Here deputation Of tenant farmers
from the Aghsdee Galway branch OF the
league presented an address declaring conf
dence in Mr.. Parnell. In expressing his thanks
for the address Mr.. Parnell said he rejoiced to
see 50 many sterling farmers among the people
rallying around him. Il was an assurance that
Irishmen nevermore would submit to English
dictation. The seal Of Kilkenny would be put
upon his sixteen years work. lCheers.l
Mr.. Harrison then addressed the deputation.
He said that he regretted that the Irish MEM
bers of parliament opposing Mr.. ParneH had
descended to the foul abuse Of London music
halls, hurting . woman's name at their former
leader. fCries of SHAME" and dirty Tim
Healy.'1 1t was unmanly, ungenerous and
During the meeting at the hotel Messrs
Davitt and Tanner arrived and began to speak
from wagons in the market square. Several
hundred persons were grouped around Mr..
Tanner. who, in his speech, nid that the Irish
party could not whitewash Mr.. Parnell Pro-
eeeding in his address. he complained Of his
old leader calling the seceders ''gutter-spar-
rows Then, stopping suddenly and pointing
to Mr.. Parnell, who was leaving the hotel in a
carriage and driving of, he shouted: He is
ri kari has
away This sally was greeted with roars Of
laughter and cheers.
Mr.. ParEell and party avoiding this market
square managed to effect their departure
without any collision Of the sections As they
were passing through the village Of Durrow a
crowd of peasants gave cheers for William
0Bricn. whereupOn Mr. Harrington called for
cheers for Dillon. They were freely given,
but there was no response to his call for cheers
for Parnell
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy. who left London yes
terday for Dublin, is confident that his party
will win in Kilkenny. Before leaving Mr.. Nc
Carthy stated that he would meet Mr.. O'Brien
when the latter arrived in Paris
THE CONGREGATION LEFT HIM.
During the celebration of mass at Kilkysart
on Sunday Father Gillian. the officiating
priest. took occasion to denounce Mr.. Parnell
in very severe terms While he was speaking
the whole congregation arose and left the
church. meeting was then organized by
the parishioners outside the church. and vote
of confidence in Parnel was unanimously
adopted.
Archbishop walsh's letter in suppressed
Cnifef Ireland. referred to in yesterday : STAR
is addressed to Mr.. Mccarthy. The arch
bishop urges Mr.. Mccarthy TO keep his pledges
to- sit. act and vote with the party always in
the forefront Let it stand lie says. lat
the head of every circular, placard. advertise
mcnt and sheet of notepaper that leaves the
arOnmpnt
long run. and YOU will find yourself safe in
taking your stand on il alone. The discredit-
able device Of calling members to account for
standing by their party instead of by Mr.. Par
nell has been resorted to not without temporary
success. but every one knows that the asser-
ton that the pledge was to an individual leader
Is grossly untrue
John Dillon has not been inactive since his
two colleagues sailed last Saturday morning.
He has been in constant communication with
his friends in Ireland. and has watched the
movement Of Mr.. Psrnel with interest. He
was busy yesterday writing statement refer
ring to the more recent events in Ireland. He
says: In the miserable quarrel now going on
in Ireland my main object has been from the
outset to induce both sides to abstain from all
bitterness Of language which might render it
difficult for ms to night together in the future
comrades against the union of Ireland as We
have done for the past ten years"
He opposes any personally offensive attacks
on Mr.. Parnell. He is opposed to Mr. Parnelrs
presen. course in abandoning the policy with
which he had led the Irish party for ten wears.
winning home rule through the good will of the
English people. This new policy. Mr.. Dill
Ion believes. ''means the destruction of all
the work of the last ten years. 1t means
to revive and blow into flame once more the
hatred between the Irish and English people,
which. during the last five years, had. under
the influence of Mr.. Parnell and Mr.. Gladstone,
been rapidly dying away"
The decision whether the old policy is to be
abandoned lis to be made by the Irish people,
but Mr.. Dillon hopes that the decision will be
made with the least possible amount of per-
sOnal bitterness. The issue is not personal
one. but question of public policy and MIR.
Dillon continues, 1T is exceedingly simple
THE ISSUE PRESENTED.
Whether if Mr.. Psrnen persists in refusing
to retire from the leadership, the tory party
will win at the general election by such
majority will condemn Ireland to another
seven years Of coercion and destroy all hope
of gaining home rule by parliamentary action
in our time. This and this alone is the ques-
ton which the Irish people have TO consider
And the various other questions which are at
this moment being holly debated by Irishmen
all over the world are irrelevant side issues.
raised for no other purpose than to divert the
public mind from the one great issue on which
Mr.. Parnell knows that he is hopelesslv in the
wrong. and with which neither his manifesto
nor any Of his recent speeches has ever at
tempted 10 deal.
GLADSTONE NOT A DICTATOR.
''Mr. Psrnen complains of Mr.. Gladstone's
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