The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-12-13

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\ has also one daughter. Nj. MeC arth,
4 is good debater and has the respect q
the house OF commons.
i AS the leader OF the aJ,r1ty Of tht
Irish party he will probably be recog.
niz-d by the speaker in preference T.
Mr.. Parnell. He will have certain pr.
vileges on the floor, DO entitledto one Of
the most important of the c,mmittee-
rooms, and will have precedence after
Mr.. Smith, the government leader. and
Mr.. Gladstone, the leader OF the opposi-
tion. NJ. N, Carthy now represents
Londonderry. which he wyestled from
the Tories, who held it as one Of their
strongholds for years by the small
majority of three. He formerly repre-
sented Longford.
There have been eighty'six members
Of the Irish party, eighty-five beng
l
one. Z. 2. @ Common, being member for
the Irish district Of London. There is
one vacancy in the Irish constituencies
now-in North Kilkenny, which will in
few days select Sir John rope Hen
messy, nominated by Mr.. Parnell, but
who will undoubtedly act with his
friend, Justin MCCARTHY. Oaly u men
acted at the meeting in London last
week, As with M Ga, thy, 81 with Mr..
Parnell. Six Of the Irish members are
in America. OF these five, Dillon,
O'Brien, O'Oonnor. Gill and Sullivan,
will support Mccarthy. Harrington
will support Parnell. Thus there are 50
men who are anti PArnell, while there
are only q pronounced Parnellites.
The supporters of Mccarthy are un-
doubtedly the strong mon OF the party
Together with the Eve American dele
gates-O' Connor, Dillon, O Brie,, Gill
and Sullivan-they number such men as
Tim Healy, tho ablrst debater of the
house of commons and one of the best
lawyers in Ireland, Sexton, who as an
orator takes rank after Gladstone in
parliament, Justin Huntley Mccarthy,
the author, who is SON of the new
leader; Vesey Knox, an Ulster Protes.
tant, who is fellow OF All s ,ul's COL
lege. Oxford; Alfred Webb, leading
member OF the Irish So iety of Friends;
Thomas Dickinson, an u str manufac-
turer who formerly represented Tyrone
as a Gladstonian Liberal; Mau ice Healv,
brother of Tim Healy, and who is Mr..
Parnell's colleague in the representation
of Cork Swift MoNeill, another Ulster
man, who is professor in Dublin
university; William Abrahams, another
Of the Protestant Nationallsts; John
Barry, an exceedingly popular man
among the Irish in England; John Roche,
representative Of the Oonnaught farm
ers, who has served several terms in
prison; G rance, the attorney who carried
the prosecution against Cornwall and
Ellis for their Dublin Castle excuses to
a successful issue for United Ireland.
The other members supporting Nc
Carthy are DR.. Ormmins, Liverpool
lawyer; Condor, MAYOR OF CIonmel;
Chilly, a journalist; Deasy, a. barrlser;
Sir Thomas Essnonde. q landlord and
grandson Of Grattan; Finucane, a farmer;
Flynn, q banker; Foley, Londoa insu-
rance agent; J 1rdan, the only Methodist
member of che Irish delegation; NJ. J.
Kenny, Liverpool butter m ,rchant,
Kilbride, an evictel farmer, McCarter, q
B .lfast attorney, Mcdonald, distiller,
Henry Harr son, another of the Ok ord
graduates vino recently joined the Irish
party, Molloy, a London barrister,
Murphy, a wealthy Dabl,n contractor,
J. f. x. O'Brien, an ex.Fenian, +. J.
@ Brien, T pperary at ornpy, Arthur
|O'Connor, another London barrister,
O Keefe, mayor Of Liner Oh, Plnker on,
an Armagh farmer, who succeeded
O'Shea in Galway. P. J. Power, q Water
ford county gentleman, Reyn Ids, a
Tyrone attorney, Sheehan, Killarney
hotelkeeppr, Shelby, ripperary miller,
Stack. a X try merchant. Do ,ald Sulll-
van, journalist. brother OF T. d Sulli
van; the noted DR.. Tanner of obstruc-
tim fame, and Tente, q Westmealh
farmer.
Mr. Parnell's followers d. not COM
pare il point Of ability, experience. or
popularity with the sup :'orters OF Mr..
Moe arthy' leadership. Half dozen OF
them are men OF merit. This is especial
~ true of John Il. Redmond, who is .
member of the irish bar and who con.
Quoted successful missions in Australia
and he United Sta'es for the party. He
is practicing l.wyer ia Ireland and il
a man of good social standing His
father was a member Of parliament.