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pose, has been better known in England
for some years past than the fact Of Mr.
Parnell's connection with Mrs. O'Shea
1t has been known, mean, to many Of
those men whom you might think most
likely to reveal ito his political oppo-
nents, to journalists, to those among his
own followers who chafed under his
control and wanted to set up for them
selves. And yet it has hardly been
limited at in the public press. A great
deal Of talk has gone on in private, in
the lobhies of the house of commons and
elsewhere. Something was heard Of il
waen the Parnell commission was sit
ting. | h"ve no doubt that all the main
facts We're then in possession of the
Times, NcC one of them was used. To
attack such a man on such grounds was
'aohed on as kind Of hitting below the
oelt
When Captain O'Shea filed his petit
ton for divorce and msde Mr.. Parnell Il
correspondent, the situation was
changed. Then Y3u might have thought
the story wou,d come cut. But to the
conductors Of the best English newspa-
pers that seemed onlya reason for being
more discreet than before. A notion
prevails here-and much may he said
for it--that nothing should be said or
done to prejudice either party to II pend
ing action. Whether the action be civil
or criminal, the rule is the same, and il
IL, for the most part, observed with eN-
treme strictness. The pigeon holes Of
the office may be stuffed with the most
sensational details; which, nevertheless,
remain in the pigcon-hUlcs. They re-
manned in the O'Shea case as in others.
There has long been feeling among
aladstonians that they were in peril.
Some1of them knew thetruth. Somcof
them guessed it, More, perhaps, ex-
Gliding from their minds I'LL facts that
do not fit in with the policy of the hour
Ia power which they have acquired
from Mr., Observation-Disclosures the
O'Shea story an invention Of The enemy.
Mr.. Parncll's friends and political asso-
ciates always said it was an invention.
still, the existence of such rumors was
felt to be another reason for getting on
with Home Rule as fast as possible.
The double prospect, or possibility, that
Mr., Gladstone might 60 over to the ma
jority, and that Mr.. Parnell might 90
under, was too appalling to be contem-
plated with u tranquil mind. Mr.. Par
i,a.,, = ~. '.ie ~ = nleil Milolil y was
any subject. Mr.. Gladstone, for his
part, is the most unsuspicious Of man
kind, and his knowledge Of men has
never been comparable to his knowledge
of affairs. So the whole thing simmered
IN q quiet way, and the public knew
nothing Of the secret anXicties which
pese1 thoae, or some 81 those, who
il9!, upon tlle cause q Home knle as
i 70 up Win me lile-the political
tile lllsil leader
aai.' soliits4ll9 ille 9tAef gay OF Tue
Greatness ol MI. Pafneil i position, and
!geul y y "iilS 70 aSh ms question::
y neie Mou NJ home ltllle oe INT Tor MT
iailieil ny y ~ good z Why as any
9 ,! y measure inc extent ~ ms ser
Rie ,,i', y ~, tl,at cause, aen believe You
co -, ., illa q single politician Of the first
~ .ilS secoha RANK IN England who
M3l'la hay maj bnt lor the state Of
tiliiiSs drought ABOUT IN 1850 Mr.. Glad
stoile would nave taken up Home Rule.
!! Not one OF them would dream Of denying
tliat ~ was MI. farnell who brought
apoat ms state q things ne; more than
any ollef, more Than all others; he alone,
~ truth NJ. Gladstone always defends
ms extraordinary somersault IN one way
ana on single ground viz, that when
ne TOOK 1t, Then for the first time had the
wish OF the Irish people been constitu-
expressed. In other words,
Ireland had returned a great majority
about four iiths-of representatives in
the house of commons, who demanded
a statutory parliament for ireland.
. Primarily, it may be said, it was the
County Franchise act, or the inclusion
Of Ireland in that very radical measure,
to which This change was due. That
lct put the ballot in the hands Of the
Irish people. What Mr. Parnell did |
was TO tell the Irish naapln what IL IL, |