St. Paul daily globe., 1890-11-27
STOhMA SCENES.
ParneH the Shuttlecock Between
Two Factions

Two actions.
LONDON, Nov. ga stormy scene
occurred at the meeting of the Parnell-
ite members of the house of commons
held last evening after the letter from
MI. Gladstone to Mr.. Morley had been
made public. The action of Mr.. Ne
Carthy in not making known the con-
tents of Mr.. GladstOne's letter at the
meeting of the Parnellites yester-
day morning was severely criticised. A
majority of the Nationalist members
present at the meeting last night said
they had believed. previous to the meet
ing in the morning. that Mr.. ParneII
after his reelection would not take an
active part in politics for few months.
They now believed that if Mr.. Glad
stones letter had been read at the
morning meeting the result on the mo-
ton TO etain Mr.. Parnell in the leader
ship would have been different. Truth,
Henry Labouchere's- paper, to-day
abandons Mr.. Parnell. MIR. Parnell's
speech at the opening of to-day's meet
ing gave no indication that he intended
10 alter his decision to
Retain the Leadership.
Mr.. Nolan was the only member pres
ent who favored Mr.. Parnell'S retention
Ot office. Mr.. Mccarthy, whose frequent
dEuSlOnS to Mr.. Parnel'S great Sacri-
fees for the Irish cause were applauded,
said he hoped that after due considera-
ton, Mr.. Parnell would see his way to
retire for the present and save the sa-
cred cause of Irish independence. Mr..
Sexton advocated that every Parnellite
should record his opinion as to the
leadership OF the party and thus settle
the question. When the ParnelllteS
returned to the lobby from the
room IN which the meeting was held
they were surrounded by excited groups
D1 liberals, who closely questioned them
regarding the proceedings. 1t was a
foregone conclusion in the lobby that
the meeting must result in Mr.. ParnelPS
resignation. 1t WAS stated this morn
ing that if Mr.. Parnell refused to call a
meeting of the party for to-day his col
leagues would urge him to subordinate
his personal inclinaiiOnS in favor of
Home Rule.
1t was also said that if the meeting
was held there would be plain speaking
regarding Mr.. Parnell, and the with
holding of Mr.. Gladstone'S letter by
that yesterdays meeting would be a
crucial one, and the steps he took were
intended to prevent the meeting from
acting precipitately i'm re-electing MIR.
Parneh as leader until it was apprispd
OF the serious ConSe quences that would
follow. The Parnellites now feel that
they had better dispense with MIR. Par
nelFs valuable experience than ruin
Irish prospects by dissolving the al
lance with the Liberals. Mr.. Nc
Carthy explains that he did not COM
municate the contents of Mr.. Glad
stones letter to the Parnelite meeting
yesterday, because Mr.. Gladstone had
requested him TO consider it as conf
dental if he found that Mr.. Parnell
contemplated spontaneous action. Al
the beginning of the meeting, Mr.. Nc
Carthy says. he and his colleagues were
Ignorant of the course Mr.. Par
nell would pursue. the prevail
ing impression being that after
receiving practically vote o.
confidence he would retire from
the head Of the party at any rate TEN
porarily. After Mr.. Parneil's unani
nous reelection, Mr.. Mccarthy founC
himself in difficult position. and con
fluded that nothing would lie gained by
reOpening the question. The illness o.
Timothy Healy, and the absence o.
Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien embarras.
the rank and file of the nationals
party. Cable dispatches were sent las
night to the party's delegates in thC
United States, giving the details of tn,
crisis and asking for an expression O
their views concerning Mr. Gladstone'
nltimatum. Upon their reply largel,
depends the result OF this afternoon
meeting.