Telegram-herald., 1890-12-16
THE BLACkTH0Ry.
Il Is . Leading Faei0s IN IrssA
POliuas.
Stormy hseeti~ss Ia TippsrarY aaa
kakennY 0se Premise %
Camp4isn OF VloienSe.
a SUNDAY a mKIASn

SUNDAY II RkIAND.
TfFsKBARs, Dse. IS -Ike blsekthorn
teek pnaualDent part ia lflsb politics
SUNDAY A meeting Vas held here. "a
~hseh ths lnost violent scenes were 81
acted. This A. regarded as = prelade to
: eznpzign of violsnes that may reach
= degree littls short of civ1 wag before
the question al issue Ia nnzlly decided
d the Irish people. A gang of forty
roughs captured the meeting temporar-
lis and carried every thing for ParRel.
but the eontiBgents of country
people from a radius of twenty
miles around came IN and the
situation was speedily changed. After
a lively series Of serimmsges in which
many skull was cracked, the anti
Parnellites got control Of the meeting
and the most violent of the partisxns
Of Parnell were expelled. The latter
had come 10 the spot armed with heavy
blaekthorns, and there is 40 doubt that
they had premeditated violence. The
meeting Was attended by about 2. 600
persons After order had been restored
resolutions supporting the Mccarthy
party were adopted.
Messrs. Healy, NJ. J. Kenny, Tanner
and Davitt addressed meetings Sunday
at Kilkenny In support of Sir John
Pope Hennessy. Healy declared that
Parnelrs statement that he would have
retired had Mr.. Gladstone requested II
earlier was lie. Healy dWelt upon
the OShea matter at length, severely
denouncing Parnell's whole course of
conduct.
DUBLIN, Dec. l5.-The contest in Kill
kenny is growing hotter every hour.
The excitement is intense Twelve
speakers, including Justin Mccarthy,
are in the field. The police are
taking special precautions in view
Of the expected collisions of the fac
tions The priests are extraordinarily
active against Parnell, going even be-
yond the bishops declaration against
him. They manifest more than the
animosity of party leaders. They
have provoked a bitter remonstrance
In several places by tearing down
or ordering TO be destroyed the
! pictures of Parnen in peasants houses.
Many women refused TO obey the priests
( orders, and in their Indignation tore
down Gladstone's portrait instead of
/ that of Parnell.
DUBLIN, Dec. 15.-Mr Parnel and
party Sunday drove from Kilkenny 10
Tullyrone in brake. They were pre-
ceded by band and accompanied by
| a large number of vehicles filed with
supporters. At Tullyrone Mr.. Par
neil addressed a meeting of 500
people His speech was brief and
was mainly a repetition of utter
ances in previous speeches. IL was
| delivered amid a running commentary
| of cries such as "DOwn with Judas
Healy," ''To - with Hennessy, the
Zulu King" etc, from certain of his
hearers. Mr. Parnell apologized for the
weakness of his voice, but he appeared
to be in good health.
! From Tullyrone Mr.. Parnell and his
| friends drove TO Freshford, where Mr..
| Parnell addressed another meeting, re-
ferring during his speech to the seceders
as miserable gutter sparrows"
obscurity and had given better
chance than he gave himself After
winning in Kilkenny he said he would
go to every quarter of Ireland and ask
the support of the people. Here gath
ering of his opponents interrupted Par
nell with shouts of derision. a fight
would inevitably have followed but for
the presence of the police, who prompt
" interfered and succeeded in preserv-
ing order.
Mr Parnell closed his days work
with an address at Urlingford
At Westpors, County Mayo, Sunday
! Mr.. Parnell and his followers were de-
nounced from the altar. In many other
Catholic churches similar denunciations
were uttered.
At the FRANCISCAN Church at Ennis
Sunday the friars denounced Parnel
both for his moral and political action.
Several members Of the congregation
became offended at the utterances Of
the friars and left the church.
Very Rev. P. d. o'Resgsn, Dean of
the Chapter of Cloyne, called a meeting
at which resolutions were adopted
repudiating Mr.. Parneu Not con
tent with this action alone, a num-
Der Of those present procured a
picture of their discredited leader
and made a bonfire of 10. At Gal
way meeting called by the clergy
for the purpose Of denouncing Mr.. Par
nell had result that was entirely un-
looked for by its promoters. The sup
porters Of Mr.. Parnel turned out in
force. They Allied the hall, occupied
TIE platform, and passed a resolution
supporting Mr.. Psrnell.
Suppressed United Ireland, the paper
issued by the NcCsrthyites, has made
its first appearances. It contains a letter
supporting the opponents of Mr.. Par
nell