The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-06
THE pARNELL MANIFESTO.
The Irish Leader Issues a Remarkable
Address Which Will Become
Historical.
POLITICAL BOMBSHELL.

He Disoloses Confidential Secrets to Show
the Worthlessness of Gladstone's
Home Rule Scheme.
To the Irish People: The integrity
and independence of a section of the
Irish parliamentary party having been
apparently sapped and DESTROYED by the
wire pullers Of the Liberal party, 1t has
become necessary for me, as leader of
the Irish party. to take counsel with
you, and, having given you the knowl-
edge which is in my possession, to ask
your judgment upon a matter which
now solely developes upon you to decide.
The letter from Mr.. Gladstone to Mr..
Morley, written for the purpose Of in
auencjng the decision of the Irish party
in the choice IF their leader, and claim
ing for the Liberals and their leaders
the right of veto upon the choice, is the
immediate cause Of this address, the
purpose OF wnlch is to remind you and
your parliamentary representatives that
Ireland considers the independence Of
her party as her only safeguard within
the constitution and above and beyond
all other considerations whatever, The
threat in that letter, repeated so in.
solently ON many English platforms
and in numerous British newspapers.
that. unless Ireland comedies this right
of veto to England, she will indefinitely
postpone her chance OF obtaining Home
SSule, cOmpels me, while not for a mo-
ment admitting the slightest possibility
of such loss, to put before YOU infor-
NATION which until now, 50 far as my
colleagues are concerned, has been
solely in my possession, and which will
enable you to understand the measure
Of loss with which YOU are threatened
anless You consent to throw me to the
English wolves now bowling for my de-
struction. In November Of last wear,
in response to repeated and long
standing request, | visited Mr.. Glad
stone at Hawarden and received the de
tails of the intended proposal of himself
and his colleagues Of the late Liberal
cabinet with regard to Home Rule IN
she event of the next general election
fayoring the Liberal party. 1t is un-
necessary for me to do more at present
than to direct your attention to certain
points of these details, which will be
generally recognized as embracing ele
ments vital for your information, and
the formation of YOUR judgment. These
vital points Of difficulty may be suitably
arranged and considered under the fol-
lowing heads:
First-The retention of Irish men,
bers in the imperial parliament.
Second-The settlement OF the land
or agrarian difficulty in Ireland.
Third--The control of the Irish con-
stabulary.
Fourth-The appointment of the ju
dietary, including judges of the supreme
court, county court judges and resident
magistrates.
Upon the subject of the retention of
irish members in parliament, Mr.. GLAD.
stone told me that the opinion, and the
unanimous opinion, Of his colleagues
and himself recently arrived at, after
most mature consideration of alterna-
tive proposals, was that, in order to
coaciliate English public opinion, it
would be necessary to reduce Irish rep
yesentation from 1G3 to 81 Upon the
settlement of the land question, it was
held that this was one of the questions
which must be regarded as a question
reserved from the control Of the Irish
legislature; but at the same time MIR.
Gladstone 1ntlmated that, while he
would renew his attempt t. settle the
matter by imperial legislation on the
lines Of the land purchase bill Of 1886,
he would not undertake TO put any
pressure upon his own side or insist
upon their adopting his views-in other
and shorter words, that the Irish legis-
lature was not to be given the power of
solving the agrarlan difficulty. A period
OF ton or twelve years was suggested as
the limit Of the time during which the
appointment of Judges and resident
magistrates should be retained in the
hands of the imperial authority. have
now given short account OF what !
gathered from Mr.. Gladstone's views
and those Of his colleagues during the
Two hours conversation at Hawarden.
a conversation which / am bound to ad
NIT was mainly monOpolized by Mr.
Gladstone, and will pass to my own e1-
preston Of opinion upon these COM
munications. which represent nv views
then and now, And firstly, with regard
tOthe retention Of the Irish members,
the position which have ALWAYS
adopted, and which 1 then represented, AT
IL that with the oneessI On of fa'l pow