The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-12-04
PARNELL'S PLIGHT,

PARNELL'S PLIGHT.
Hc Is Urged to Resign tho Leadership oi
the Irish Party by Many Of HIS Follow
Workers In the ause Of Home Rule.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-The grave crisis
| on the question of Parnel's leadership
continues and is not likely to be set
tied for some days. Not since the
memorable day in 1856 when dissentient
Liberals decided to vote against
been such excitement in political
circles as at the present moment at
Westminster. Wednesday the mem bers
OF the Liberal and Irish parties discussed
the situation with great excitement
and without alteration of their opin-
| ions as to the momentous issues de-
pending on it. Gladstone is deter
mined to retire permanently from pub
| lie life if Parnell continues as
leader, and Parnell is resting
on the unanimous vote of his party
by which he was reelected Tuesday
and equally resolved, up to the present,
to maintain his position. Several lead
ing spirits Of the Irish party are ready
to step into Parnelrs shoes If he re-
signs. and it is mainly this point which
is causing SO much comment. Nearly
| seventy members were present at
| the Nationalist meeting. and
Parnell expressed himself as quite
willing to abide by its decision.
Speeches were made and the hard facts
of the situation were plainly put for
ward. A majority of the party favored
! Parnells retirement. but no division
WAS taken. 1t would have been undig-
nified for the party to have altered at
less than days notice the decision
solemnly taken when 1t reelected Par
nell He will have no temporary re-
tirement If he goes it will be for
good.
A number of prominent members of
the Parnellite party visited Mr.. Parnell
Tuesday night and asked him to recon
slider his position as leader of the party.
He showed no disposition to retire from
the leadership
Mr.. Mccarthy explains that he did
| not communicate the contents of Mr.
| Gladstone's letter to the Parnellite
meeting Tuesday because Mr.. Gladstone
had requested him to consider it as con-
fdential If he found that Mr.. Parnell
contemplated spontaneous action.
At the beginning of the meet
ing, Mccarthy says, he and his
| colleagues were ignorant of the course
Mr.. Parnell would pursue, the prevail
| ing impression being that after receiv-
ing practically vote of confidence he
would retire from the herd of the party,
at any rate temporarily. After MIR.
Parnell's unanimous reelection Mr.. Nc
Carthy found himself in a different po-
sition, and concluded that nothing
would be gained by reopening the ques-
! ton.
LONDON, Nov. 2S--Mr. Davitt pub
fishes in the Labor World an appeal to
the Irish race at home and abroad. In
this he implores the people to rise and
/ show themselves equal to the present
emergency, and says that if
| Parnell remains at the head of
| of saving the cause of Ireland. The
| Irish party, he says. contains more than
one man who is capable of leading
it to victory, and there is sufficient
patriotism in the party to follow a lead
er chosen from its own ranks by a ma
| jority of its members. In conclusion
he says that whatever decision may be
made the Irish cause is imperishable.
| and he asks the people to pray to God
that wisdom and courage may guide
those upon whom Irelands hopes are
centered.
Mr.. Labouchere has written to Par
nell urging him to withdraw. In his
letter Mr.. Labouchere says that Par
nell's remaining in the leadership
means another six years of Balfocr and
coercion for Ireland, while his with
drawal will mean the meeting of an
| Irish Parliament in Dublin in two years
at the latest.
The Freeman's journal, of Dublin. on
request OF Parnell, will state that he pur-
poses to issue manifesto to the Irish
people Friday night, and he asks them
in the meantime to suspend judg-
ment
Mr.. Gladstone had intended to return
to Hawarden, but has now decided to
wait in London the settlement of the
crisis in the Home Rule party.
Mr.. Parnell, in conversing with col
| leagues, combats the inference from
Mr.. Gladstone's letter OF Monday to Mr..
| Morley that the Liberal leader threat
ems to retire in case he (ParnelD con-
tinues to lead the Nationalists.
A correspondent for an American
newspaper cables his journal that it
may be taken as certain that Parnell
will not retire, no matter what pressure
may be brought to bear upon him. He
asserts his right to lead the party he
virtually created. Nothing but direct
vote calling on him to withdraw will be
recognized by him, and even then it is
doubtful whether he would 60, for he
could and would demand an appeal to
the Irish people.
1t was suggested to Parnell by sew
eral prominent politicians that he
should retire, If only in name, for few
months and himself nominate an execu-
| tive committee, with Justin Mccarthy
at its head, to manage the business OF
the party, and that he should return
when the present storm shall have
blown over, but Parnell will have n,
| compromise.
CINCINNATI, Nov %. - William
O'Brien said to a reporter Thursd ay
| morning:
II do not think Parnell will resign. will
| say, however, that the Tories will be disap
pointed in their hopes that the Irish Liberal
| party will split. When the matter is finally
settled we will be as strong as ever. I do rot
I'm
National Tobacco Congress-
CL.ARK>vILLE, Tenn, Nov. 2S.-A por.
tion of the proceedings of the tobacco
congress held in this city Wednesday
| hauo hoon noada rIIhlic Tho u