Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-08
PARNELL FACTIONS.
Both Preparing for an Ami
mated Campaign.
A Bitter War About to Be
Waged in Ireland.
The National League Machinery Un.
der Parnell's Control.
The McCarthyites in the Majority and
Backed by the Clergy but Other
wise Handicapped.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE conference of
the Mccarthy party was prolonged until
after midnight last night. Mccarthy
presided throughout the session. A
committee consisting of Murphy, Barry,
Morrough, Healy, Sexton and Power was
appointed to draft a prospectus for a
limited company to establish daily
newspaper in Ireland, to be devoted to
the interests OF the Nationalist party.
Harry Webb, treasurer of the new COM
pany, opened list, and the members
present subscribed e1O20. 1t is proba-
BILE that United Ireland will become a
daily publication. The majority of the
party were keenly alive to the disad-
vantage of the leading Nationalist papers
siding with Parnell, and the whole of
the machinery of the National League
being under his control. They are
hopeful, however, that the influence of
the bishops and priests will assist them
to obtain a popular verdict. Both sides
are preparing for an animated campaign
in Ireland.
PASTORAL LETTER.
A letter from the archbishops and
bishops was read in all the Catholic
churches in Ireland, after the celebra-
tion of masses today. At St. Colman's
cathedral, Queenstown, after the letter
had been read, Rev. Father Fisk ad-
dressed the congregation. He declared
that it was no longer possible for Parnell
to remain at the head of the Irish party.
10 hoI ;oh Il
graded himself by his own acts. and
could not lead the smallest section of
the Irish people. In refusing to recog-
nize the authority OF the bishops, Par
nell was doing incalculable mischief to
the Irish cause; was performing the
work OF the enemy, and rendering the
people disunited and distracted.
MCCARTHY ISSUES CIRCULAR.
Mccarthy has addressed circular to
all the Irish members of parliament, in
Guiding Parnell, calling meeting of the
party at 2 o'clock tomorrow. The first
business to come before the meeting will
be the election, by ballot, of consulta-
tion committee OF eight members. The
party are discussing the advisability of
Dillon and O'Brien returning by way of
France, where convention could be
held, at which the advice of the envoys
could be obtained before their arrest.
Gilhooly, P. O'Brien, Carew and Mahon
are still classed with the doubtfuls. The
strength therefore of the McCarthyites
is fifty, and that of the Parneilites
thirty-one.
HEALY BURNED IN EFFIGY.
DUBLIN, Dec. mo reference was
made to Parnell in any of the churches
here today. A meeting of Nationalists
was held today in Phoenix park. The
attendance was only moderate, owing to
the bitterly cold weather. The lord
mayor who presided moved resolution
that Parnell alone was fitted to lead the
nation. He condemned the Healyites
whose independence and intensity,
he said, had been snapped by
the English wire-pullers. He called on
Parnell under no circumstances to aban-
don his position. Gladstone, he said,
was still humbugging Ireland. When
Sexton, Healy, Dillon and O'Brien were
dining with Gladstone, they were per-
haps selling the Irish cause. The sweet
breads and nice dishes overcome them.
lie challenged Parnell's opponents,
whom he characterized as political
lepers, to come to Ireland and see how
they would be served. The resolution
carried unanimously; also a vote of
thanks to those who supported Parnell.
The crowd burned an effigy of Healy
and kicked the remains about the park
amid shouts of derision; otherwise the
meeting was orderly.
THE AMERICAN ENJOYS.
New YORK, Dec. 7.-O'Brien, Sullivan,
OConnor and Gill, Irish envoys to
America, have arrived in this city from
Chicago. Harrington, who decided to
cast his lot with Parnell, did not accom-
pany them. T. P. O'Connor went to the
Bartholdi hotel, where he has friends,
while the other four put up at the Hoff-
man house. They took the finest suit of
rooms in the house ON the first floor.
They refused to be interviewed, but all
signed the following statement for the
press:
We regret to be obliged to continue
to maintain absolute silence on the cir
cumstances of the present movement.
We have cabled our approval to the
choice of Justin Mccarthy as chairman
of the Irish National party,
and our earnest hope is that
our colleagues and our people
may see way to acquiesce in the choice
and restore the priceless blessing of
unity. in our party. Whatever addi-
tional communication we may find our
selves at liberty to make to the public
will be made collectively, and not be
made so long as we can see any posi-
bility of saving our country from ruin
ous conflict. We would prefer that our
views should suffer by our holding our
tongues rather than the possibility that
unity should be prejudiced by single
injudicious word at this painful mo-
ment."