, 1890-02-20
A LONG REPORT
Conclusions of the Par
nell Commission.
PARNELL INDICATED
Some of the Minor Charges
Proved
FAVORABLE PRESS COMMENT
The London Post Congratulates
P-rnell-Connection of the
League and Clan. ma Gael.
FAVORABLE PRESS COMMENT

Judges Iiannen, Day and Smith, the
special commission appointed to invosti.
gate tho charges male by the Times
against the Parnellite members of the
house OF commons, was laid upon the
table In the house to-day by the Hon.
Henry Matthews, secretary of state for
home affairs.
The report occupies 1852 pages. Each
member of the house against whom the
charges are made is treated separately.
Tho judges find that the speeches
made by many of the Parnellites were
intended to bring about "A separation OF
Ireland from England. On the filing of
the report, the judges refer to the uupre.
cedented character of the inquiry. And
! the history of the actions of the leaders
of the Irish party from 1877 ia rccitcd.
The relations are traced that existed be-
tween the founders OF the land league
and the Feninns and Irish Americans.
Referring to boycotting, IL declares that
instances were sdduced cfore the com
mission which proved that il constituted
q system of Intimidation OF most severe
and cruel character THE boycott comhi-
nation, ,"the report says twas Illegal, both
In its object and the means adopted to
carry them out. II was an elaborate,
all-prevailing tyranny, aiming to injure
the landlords as q class, and to drive
them from the country. This action of
the league far exceeded the limits OF a
just force of public opinion and created
well grounded terror in tho minds of
those suffering under II. The commits.
sion comes to the conclusion that this
Was the intention ot those devising and
carrying out the system. In our iudg.
ment, the leaders OF the league, thus
| combining TO carry out boycutts were
guilty Of criminal onsplracy. We con-
slider this charge established against
Parnell, Dillon, Biggar Sexton, NJ. l..
O'Connor, Mathew Harris, w. O'Br.en,
I. ID. Sullivan, T. NJ. Healy, #.
HARRINGTON, Il. Harrington, a. o'Connor,
J. T.. Renyy, W. Redmond. j.. r. Rod
nond, Justin Mccarthy, J.T. O'Connor,
j. Condor, j. J. 0'Kelly, Cummins
Cox, Patrick Healy, A. Leahy, r.
lamy, |. Barrie. c. K. Hanna, Maurice
Healy, Z. Quinn, Dan O'Rsilly, u.
Campbell, p. |. Foley, ]. J. Clancy, J.
5. h. o'Brien, r. Lawler r. Name, ].
Deasy, j. c. flyun, J. Jordan, W..
Lane, u. Sheehy, ID. Sullivan, G. \.
PARSELL.s ASTf-DYNAMfTE SPEECH.
Under the charge of ofdissembling news.
papers tending to incite crime, the re-
port lays stress upon the fact that Par
nell did not produce the report
ed speech wherein he de
nounced the use of dynamite;
also that there was no denuncial ion by
Parnell of the actions OF the physical
force party in Ireland or America, that
he was unable to say that he had, by
speech or action, found amy fault with
the Fenian organization.
the LASD.LEAGuE AGITATION.
The statistics OF crime for 1850, Issl
and 1883 strongly corroborated the state.
ment that the outrages followed the os.
tablishment of the Land League, and
that agrarian crimes In Ireland when
the league agitation WAS st its height
was concident With the decrease of
crime the inactivity of the league was
equally conspicuous. When tic League
was suppressed in 1881, crime dropped
from i,i39 cases in 1881, to 500 cases in
1883
IL had been contended before the com.
mittce that the causes of crime wero not
state OF Ireland under the distress of
the ovictions, but comparative statistics
showed that the dominating cause was
the league agitation. During the seven
distress years, from 1si0 to 1883, inclu.
sive, when 81, ,423 fa..'ilies were evicted
the total number of agrarian crimes
was 4,245, whereas for tine four years,
from 1879 TO 1882 with 1864 families
evictcd, the total record of crimes had
been IL, 1913,
THE CAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN CRIME.
The commission reject the suggestion
that crime was caused by the secret So
cieties, in compensation for the dis
turbance bill, or that the decrease of
crime after July. 1882, was due to the
arrears rent act, and adds;
THE question is not whether
other causes can be suggested, tho fact
being that the increase from 1870 to
1882, although not exclusivsly to be
ascribed to agitation, was mainly due 10
the action of the league and its founders
and leaders. In the judgment of the
commission, the denunciations of crime
quoted for the defense were Of little
avail. because contemporaneous with
them the leaders and organizers were
carrying on agitation by means of
speeches and conduct tending to en-.
courage the crime sentiment In Ireland
and against aiding the police in
the discovery OF criminals. This
was not confined to the ignorant
but was shared by those
from whose education more Just views
of duty should prevail. Proof has been
given that the league systematically and
indiscriminately betrayed the expenses
of tue defense Of persons charged with
agrarian crimes. The knowledge that
such assistance would in all cases bs af-
forded must have had the effect to en-
courage persons so disposed to commit
outrngcs. The Same observations ap-
ply to the support OF their families.
Numerous books and documents
which, If produced. might have
thrown light upon the leagues proceed.
ings, were not produced. Generally we
have not received from Parncll and the
officers OF the land league the assistance
We were entitled to expect In the investi-
cation Of the accounts"
THg LEAGUE AND THE cIAN-NA-GAEI-
The report proceeds to trace the course
of the leagues movements In America
and its connection with the Clan.na-
Gael. Touching the contradictory evi-