Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-16
THE PARNELL ENJOYS
Received by the Welcoming Commit
tee Down New York Bay.
A FORMAL ADDRESS PRESENTED
To Which Mr.. O'Kelly Replies on Behalf
Of the Delegates.
HETALKs AT.LENGTH ON THE SITUATION
, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 4,

SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.t
NEW YORK, March 15..The steamship
| Etruria, having on board the Irish M. P.'s
who are delegates for ParnelI, reached the
bar late on Saturday and dropped anchor
off Quarantine for the night. The committee
which had arranged to receive the ENJOYS
went down the bay early this morning
When the committee boat ran up along
side the Etruria the ENJOYS were not yet or
deck. In response to loud calls, Mr.. O'Con-
nor soon made his appearance at the rail
and was greeted with three cheers. AS soon
as possible Messrs. O'Kelly, Redmund and
Harrison were taken aboard the boat. DR..
O'Neill, for the special committee. presented
to the delegates the formal address of vel.
come. He said:
ave have heard of the secessiont from the
National ranks of those vino preferred the
dictation of an English leader to the leader
ship of a fairly chosen, supremely well
equipped, tried and unpurchasable Irish
statesman. And we desire to say that in
your representative capacity you are welcome
to the affection of our hearts, the hospitality
of our homes, and all the resources we can
influence or command.
A Response of Thanks.
In response to this address, Mr.. O'keliy,
for the delegates, thanked the committee
for their cordial welcome. Continuing, he
said: "The question in Ireland is not per-
sonal question. 1t is the old contention OF
the right of Irishmen to rule in their own
land in their own way. The men who are
responsible for the present discussions have
sheltered themselves behind other issues.
We have come here to explain the true
issue. If we can explain 10 you fully the
dangers of the situation and the benehts OF
your support, the struggle in ireland will
be short aud decisive"
When seen later IN the day, the state
ments which Mr.. O'Kellv proceeded to
make proved startlingly different from much
of what had been received by cable. No
centers, he said; they are held only in out
of-the-way places and inside of chapels and
other buildings. The opposition to Parnell
in most of Ireland is very slight.
What there is is in the smaller
districts and much of it is due to local
causes. There was always some opposition
to Parnell, although Ireland, as whole,
was overwhelmingly in his favor, and there
is little more opposition to HIM now than
there has been. Some who formerly stood
aloof are now numbered among his follow
ers and there are enough of such to take the
places of all who have abandoned his cause.
Effect of Ecclesiastical Thunder.
When asked as to the effect of the attitude
of the priests, Mr.. O'Kelly said that the
ecclesiastical thunders "had only had effect
on old men, vino are preparing for the next
world" In general election" he cor
tinued, 1.-THE Mccarthy party will lose
nearly every seat which it at present con-
trolls. and will practically disappear. 1t
will be swept out of the country"
When asked about the Paris reserve fund,
Mr. O'Kelly said it was composed of money
raised largely through Parnell and intended
to be absolutely under his control. By his
appointing Mccarthy a trustee, however,
he had blocked its use for the po-
litical purposes for which it was
intended-the expenses of general
election, as neither he nor Mccarthy would
permit the other to get the benefit OF it.
Rather than have it lie idle, Mr.. ParnelI
was willing to have it distributed, under
proper safeguards, among the sufferers from
eviction, but his propositions to have this
distribution made by committee composed
of one of each side had not been accepted.
The Parnellites will hold meeting in
the Cooper Union on Monday night. They
may quit the city at the end of the week,
but will continue to consider it their head
quarters They will have to divide up in
order to meet their various country engage
ments. They expect to visit nearly all the
larger cities in this country and Canada.
They will probably spend the entire summer
here