Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-22
PARNELL ON TRIAL.
Tie Jury in Kilkenny Making
Up a Verdict.
MOI DEHTs OF THE EVE OF BATTLE

Bar ington Arrives to Take Hand In
the Last Appeals-Both Sides Coma
dclltiy Ciaiming tho victory-Obnox-
fous Posters NJ Kilkenny Torn Down
by the Parnefiites-A Day ON tho
Sta mp and Some OF the Remarks Made
II ritish Feeling-Fisld Notes.
Lo sDoy, Dec. 22--Timothy Harrington
arriv ID at Queenstown Saturday, and
haste ned on his arrival to communicate
with Parneli. and the latter is said to be
mucl encouraged by the information
whic Harrington has brought from Amer
lea. The Parnellites had arranged for
big v elcome to Harrington, but missed the
connection, and there were comparatively
few hand when he arrived. They re-
ceive him with loud cheers, when the
anti 'arneilites gave counter cheers, and
In : hort time there was melee in which
the tits were victorious Little damage
was one however.
sunday Day of Politics.
AL day yesterday the two parties were
busy eiectioneering The priests-both
those Of Ossory diocese and others from
vario Is parts of Ireland-spent the time
outside Of religious services in pressing
their views on the people and urging the
elect on OF Sir John Pope Hennessy. AL
lusioiis, more or less direct, were made
from the pulpits to the pending contest.
Parnsll declared himself confident of vic
tory. The people listened patiently, though
the p tests protested against Parnell turn
ing sunday into a day of political strife
and argument, and urged their fiocks to
go home. There was very little demon
strait on and all seemed DESTROYS of putting
on ii cir best behavior.
The Campaign at Kilkenny.
Kilkenny is fairly covered with flaming
politi cal placards, full of wit. of terse ar
gume ut, and it must be added, in many
cases Of indecency. The coarse illusions
which have characterized the campaign on
the Fart of the anti Parnellites find fire.
quent repetition in red and black on the
dead walls, and crowds of boys and men
gathe to read and laugh at them. Occa-
siona ly an officer of police pushes his way
throu gh a crowd and after scanning a par
ticula rly offensive poster turns to a subor-
dipate and orders 1t torn down Some
times a crowd of angry Parnellites re-
solves itself into committee OF censor
ship. md. without waiting for the judg-
ment Of the official, pounces upon the Of
Tending placard and strews its fragments
In tbs gutter.
Precautions Against Riot.
This is done with the more impunity
from he fact that in the town the popu-
lace is made up OF Parnell's adherents in
great majority, whatever the rural part of
the di strict may prove to be- The excite
ment On the eve of the important decision
of today was intense. The place was in
an ullroar with parades and meetings,
torches. bands, fireworks, and every yari-
ETY. OF political demonstration. The two
men Who received the greatest amount of
abuse from the Parnellites were Hennessy
and Healy. The latter will he lucky If he
gets out of the district with whole skin.
The government is taking great precau-
lions against general riot.
A Feature of the Situation.
The feature of the situation that is the
graves for thinking Irishmen is that the
English, while they display hungry in
terest in the blows and thwacks that the
contes tants are giving one another, have
ceased almost wholly to regard the political
aspect Of the struggle. They seem, news
papers and people, to have dismissed home
rule n ON their thoughts, as now outside
of living political issues. This attitude is
common to Liberals and Conservatives
alike, md many of the former assume an
injured air, as If they had narrowly es-
capped being the victims of confidence
game On the part Of their leaders.