Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-14

tSntlon OF those devlslng and carrying QUE
the system.
In our Judgment the leaders of the lesgue
thus combining to carry out the boycott were
guilty OF criminal conspiracy. We thus
consider this charge as established against
Meesrs. Parnell, Dillon, Biggar, Sexton, T. P.
O'Connor, Matthew Harris, VIM. O'Brien,
T. D. Sullivan, ". NJ. Healy, T. Harring-
ton, O. Harrington, A. O'Connor, ]. E.
Jus.in Mccarthy. J. o'donnor, T. J. Condor.
J. J. O,Kelley, Cummins Cox. Patrick
O'Hea, J. D. Sheehan, J. Leahey, J. Barry,
@. x. Tanner, Maurice Healey, T. Quinn,
Daniel Crilly, Henry Campbell, P. J. Foley,
J. ]. CLANCY, J. F. z. O'Brien, R. Lalor, T.
Manns,,J. Deasey, J. G. Lynn, ]. J. Jordan.
w. ]. Lane, D. Sullivan, g. N. Burn and
Michael Davitt.
Under tho charge of disseminating news
paperstending to incite to crime the report
lays stress upon the fact that Mr.. Parnell did
not produce the report of any speech wherain
he Denounced the use of dynamite, though
he called attention to speech in the house
of commons in which he declared that Fords
aims and objects and programme were not
his; also that no denunoiation by Mr..
Parnell of the acton of the physical force
party in ireland or America has been given
in evidence.
Mr.. Parnell admitted that he was unable to
say that he had, by speech or action, found
fault with the Fenian organization. The sta
tistics of crime for 1880, 1881 and 1882 strong
~ corroborated the statement that outrages
followed the establishment of eLend league.
Agrarian crime ragged in Ireland when the
league agitation was at its height. An in
stance is cited from the county Kerry, where
the league was organized in October, 1880.
Crimes Immediately increased from thirty
cases in 1879 to 298 in 1880. The coincident
decrease of crime with the inactivity of the
league was equally conspicuous. When the
league wss suppressed in 1881 crime dropped
It was contended before the commission that
the causes of crime were not due to the league,
but to the chronic state of Ireland under dis
tress aggravated by eviction. There is no
doubt that evictions contributed to crime, but
the comparative statistics showed that's the
dominant cause was the league agitation.
The 6rst year in which statistics of eviction
and crime respectively were compiled was
1649, and comparisons showed that during
severe distress of the years 1910 to 1869 in
elusive, when SO, 1913 families were evicted,
the total agrarian crime was 4, 248; whereas
for the four years from 1879 to 1882, with
II 1854 families evicted. the total record of
crimes was IL 1898. Tho fact was that with
3,4t5 families evicted in 1881 crime reached
a total 4, 439 greater than during all the four
years from 1849 to 1852 when SO, 423 were
evicted. As to the suggestion that crime
was caused by secret societies acting in an
tagonism to the league Mr.. Parnell stated in
the house January, 1881, that secret societies
had ceased to exist.
In our judgments Mr.. Parnell spoke accur-
ately when he made that statement. Mat
thew Harris also stated in his evidence that
no secret societies, except the Fenians then
existed. We find no trace in the evidences of
any of the leaders of the league showing that
crime was the act of any such societies. The
commission do not find that the rejection of
the compensation for disturbance bill in
August, 1880, was the origin of an increase
of crime or that the decrease of crime after
of the arrears of rent act. The action of the
Land league leaders undoubtedly contributed
1879 to 1889. While they ap-
parently condemned outrages their
other actions encouraged them. Thus when
Davitt approved of widow Walsh's exhorta-
ton to her sons in prison to die rather than
of honor and impeded the detection of crime.
The league also betrayed the expense of dess
Tending persons charged with agrarian crime,
and in this way encouraged others dispos ID
to commit outrages. The commission say
they cannot speak definitely of these expen-
ditures because they did not receive from the
officers Of the league the aid investigating
Gu6 hCoOuubb VI ZIG 10dSuoi WuACu Guey WeIc
entitled to expect. Speaking of the leagues
| movements in America and it's connection
with theClan.na Gael, the commission say that
LIE Caron's evidence shows that Parnell and
other league leaders sought a political alli-
ance with the physical force party and that
their delegates attended the Chicago conven.
ton Of the Clan-na-Ga in 1881 when the
dynamite policy was adopted and successive
conventions at Washington, New York and
Philadelphia, showing the sympathy between
the Irish leaguers and the American physical
force party. 1t was this Clan-na-Gael whose
leaders, closely associated with the Irish lead.
era, finally obtained in April, 1884, control Of
the entire movement in America and hence
forward retained it. The mass of evidence
proved that the Irish league in Americs
has been since directed by the Clan-na Gasl
and has been actively, engaged in promoting
the use of dynamite for the destruction Of
life and property in England. It further
proved that while the Clan-na-Gael con
trolled the league In America these organ
izations concurrently collected sums amount.
ing to over $500, 900 for fund wherefron
payment should be made to Irish members
of the house of commons. It has not, how
over, been proved that Mr.. Parnell knew thu
position of the Clan ma Gael-the Circular
of that body, besides the evidence Of l.
Csrop, showing that its operations were KEEP
| secret.