The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-14
THE TEXTOF THE REPORT
Result Of the Investigation Into the
Times" Charges Against PafnelliteS.
GOING OVER THE GROUND
What He Found i'm the Report and
What the Leading Newspapers
in London Have to Say
About 1t.

LONDON, Feb. lathe report of Judges
Hannen, Day and Smith. the special com
mission To- investigate the charges made
by the Times against the Parnellitc MEM
beers of the house commission, was laid
the table in the house to-day by Hon.
Henry Matthews. secretary of state for the
house affairs.
The report occupies 162 pages each
member of the house against whom
charges were made Is treated separately.
The Judges find speeches were made by
many Parnellitcs, intending to bring
about "A separation of Ireland from Eng
land. and that the speeches of Others, i'm
view of the state of the country, were cab
c,llated to fomcnt crime, as the speakers
must know.
The greatest interest centcrs in the final
conclusions which follows:
First-Wc find the respondents. meul-
hers of parliament, were not members OF
"a conspiracy having for its object To es-
tablish the absolute independence of ire
land; hut find some of them, together
with Davitt, established and joined to a
land league with the intention by it's
means to- bring about the absolute indie
pentience of Ireland as u separate nation.
a conspiracy by a system of coercion and
intimidation to promote agrarian agita,
tion against the payment of agricultural
and expelling from the country Irish land
lords.
Thirl-The charge that after tlcnoInc-
wards led the supporters to believe such
sicn,inciation was not sincere, is not es-
fs6lishsd 1ha1 W en,rs.S n,hsrS rea rssna,,eM,s Mr
of the charge of insinccrity i'm
their dcnunciation of the Phnnix Park
ter upon which this charge is chiefly based
againt Parnell as u forgery. Respondents
did disseminate newspapers tendlng TO
other crimes; respondents did not directly
incite any persons to the commission of
consequence was that the crimes and out
RACES were not committed by persons so
melted. As to the allegation that respond
ents did nothing to prevent crime. and ex-
pressed no bOnaftde disapproval OF crime,
some of the respondents-in particular
,lisa 'proval of crime and outrage; but
the respont, ~ did rrot tienounce the
system of intimidation which led to
this abstention of tlenunciation with the
knowledge of its effect. The respondents
crimes and supported their families; but
il not proved that they subscribed to
| testimonials for, or were intimately asso-
ciated with notorious criminals. As to- the
allegation that respondents made pay
ments to compensate persons who had
we lind that they did make such pay
Inents. As to the allegation that the re-
spontcnts invited the assistance and CO.
OF money from known advocates of crime
and the users of dynamite, we find that
the respondents ,i., r.,;i did i'm invite nS the
accept subscriptions OF money from
Patrick Ford, known as am advocate of
crime and dynamite; but II has not been
| proved that the respondents knew that
| the Clan-Na-(sael controlled the land
| league was collecting money for "a par.
| liamentary fund; but il has been proved
| that the respondents invited and obtained
| the assistance and corporation of the
ing the Clan-Iia-Gael. and i'm order to
| obtain that assistance abstaincd from
rep,dating or contiemning the action of
| that party. Beside these there remain
three specific charges against Parnell
personally. namely: A.. that at the time
knew Sheridan and Boymton had been
| organizing outrages and therefore
wished to nse them to put down o,tragcs.
| mate with leading invincibles and that he
| probably learned from them what they
parole % in April. 1852, and that he recoe-
| nzed the Phenix park murder as their
handiwork. We find there is no founaia-
| bles were not branch of the land league.
\ &. That Parnell by AN opportune remit
,a We find PaIn. did
not make any remittance to enable Byrne
to escape from Justice. Regarding the
was a Fenian and assisted i'm the forma-
| ton of the land league with money con-
tributed for the purpose OF outrage
close ami intimate association with the
| party of violence i'm America, and was
mainly instrumental in bringing about
| the alliance of that party and the Parnell-
| ite and home rule party i'm America, we
find il proved that Davitt was Fenian
| and received money from the skirmishing
fund, contributed for the purpose of out
| rage. This was not, however. for the
| formation of the land league itself, but
| for the promotion of agitation leading up
| to IL. We find also that he. i'm such close
| and intimate association with the party of
violence In America. was the man mainly
instrumental i'm bringing about the alli-
| ance referred to.
In the opening of the report the Judges
| refer to the unprecedented character of
| the inquiry. The history of the actions
| of the leaders of the Irish party from 1877
| is recitetl. and the relations traced that
! existed between the founders of the land
| league and the Fenans and Irish- Ameri-
cans. Referring to boycotting. il declares
the instances adduced before the commits
| sion proved that IL constituted IA system of
| intimidation of the most severe and cruel
| character. The boycott combination was
| illegal both i'm the objects and the means
| adopted to carry them out. II was an
elaborate. all-pervading tyranny aiming
to injure the landlords. a
class. and drive them from
the country. This action of the
league far exceeded the limits of the just
/ force of y Iblic opinion, and created well
| grounded terror in the minds of thoss. suf-
ferinR under il. The commission comes