Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-28
WARNING TO PARNELL.
RoMRSRELL IN THE RANKS OF
NATlONALlSM.
Tho Fathey OF the Irish Land League Ad-
vises Parlell to Step Asitie-The Advice
Attractin; Much Attention Both In This
Country and Abroad.


| LONDON, Nov. o2.-Michael Davitt. the
| father of the Irish land league, has thrown
bomshell into the ranks of the nationals
lists by asserting in his new paper. the
Labor World, that Mr.. Parnell finds himself
under moral cloud, brought into the at
mosphere of his life by himself: that the
crisis into which he has plunged the home
rule movement is the gravest with which 1t
has been confronted for the last ten years,
and that the only course for the Irish leader
to pursue is for him to efface himself from
public life until he can legally marry Mrs.
O'Shea. The Labor World asks: us the
peoples support of the home rule movement
to be imperiled by the refusal of Mr.. Par
nell to separate his personality from the
interests of home ruler" Mr.. Parnell, the
article continues, cannot plead ignorance
of the feeling Of the liberal party regarding
his new position. The Labor World main
tains that those who argue that the control
of the Irish party is the sole affair of the
Irish people, and that nothing will be in
volved OF jeopardized il they do not repudt-
ate Parnell's leadership, unconsciously play
into the hands of the enemies of home rule.
"Others,' the paper continues, ''with SUR
passing, extraordinary ignorance of the
necessities Of this political crisis. say that
Parnell, as a protestant. is not morally re-
sponsible to the Catholics. Those who adj
vance the latter argument are shaking the
very foundations upon which home rule
stands in England. Mr. Parncll is asked to
mako a small sacrifice in return for the sac
rifces that confding and generous peo-
pie have made for him. He must not con-
slider his own political future in this crisis,
but what is the best course to adopt in the
interest of home rule in England. He must
remember that he defed Irish popular SEN
timent when he rode roughshod over the
feelings and opinions of his own party when,
in 1886, in the presence of another serious
crisis, he thrust O'Shea upon the electors of
Galway. The wounds thereby inflicted
upon the minds of his ablest followers are
yet unhealed. Loyalty to the union, fidel-
ity to the cause, compelled his colleagues
to gulp down their Indignation. Will Mr..
Parnell now ask similar sacrifice from
his home rule friends in England?"
Davitt's advice to Mr.. Parnell is attract
ing more attention than any similar utter
ance on this subject owing to Davitt's UNI
doubted freedom from prejudice and his
great reputation for fairness in such dis
cussions. 1t is quite generally considered
that Mr.. Davitt has confronted the grave
question in a manly fashion, opposing him.
self to the hysterical resolutions of the
league to stand by an Individual at any
cost to the community Davitt is probably
the only one OF the Irish leaders who could
give such advice at this juncture without
mourning the suspicion of selfish motives.
He is wholly out of the arena Of political
strife and is pledged to contine his influence
to literary propaganda. His opinion that
Mr.. Parnell should temporarily efface him.
self is thought by close observers to reflect
the sentiment Of the masses of people out
side of active politics.