New-York tribune., 1891-10-08
TRAITS OF THE DEAD LEADER.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED IN TIE CITY.

HOW THE NEWS WAS RECElF LII A.N llIi1 III IL
"REMINISCENCES OF THOSE WHO KNEW PARNELL
PEACE AMONG noME-RULERs
WILL FOLLOW.
rhoso in This city who talked about the death Of
Charles stewart Parnell yesterday and almost every
body did were puzzled to the suddenness OF HIS taN
ing Off, They did not know that he was never
physically robust Yet 1t was well known Dy
those who saw him frequently, were acquainted WIN
him. and watched his career day by day for any pro
ionged period OF his public life during the last ten
years that he had spirit and nervous energy TOO
strong for such u frn bodily tenement as was MS
In This respect william OBrien more nearly resem
blcd the member for Cork City than any OF his Par-
lnmentary colleagues. But William O'Bren VINO mao
gone through more hardships for his country since
the rise of the Home Rule agitation than any one
else was emotional and impulslve While Parnel had
himself always under control.
OF course exception is made OF the exciting
scenes in Committee Room No. 10, in the House Of
Commons, toward the close Of last year. There one
saw this unique man fighting for his life. and not Tor
his country's cause. But from his seat In the PaTlla
ment of England upon the hustings in any part OF
Great Britain Ireland he was as methodical III
what he said as q college professor demonstrating
problem in mathematics. II his political downfall
did not actually kill him. It fastened his death by
many years Those whom the writer saw yesterday
had curious theories. 1t Is no harm
to give the substance Of some Of Them
Those who have stood by him during all his varied
fortunes say that the priests will bave something TO
answer for because he died soon. But the priests
did not single cut Pnrnel any more than did the
English people Sir Charles Dixie. In both cases
II was the offence not the offender. that was assaied
Another man prominent in Irish affairs in the city
believed that Parnell killed himself
ONE OF HIS KEENEST FOES.
"Tmn Healy, OF course, could not escape. "Tm'
WIS one Of the most valuable and Of the ables
I'm many respects the abest, of ParneFs colleagues.
When the split came, he was the most unreentlng foe
that ParneH had. Pnrnell taught "Tim" and more
apt pupil IL would be hard to find "Trot him out
on prmogenurc," said Dsraell once, In speaking OF
John Bright. That was the way Parnell began with
Healy. lie trotted him out, not on pnmOgeniture, it
is true but on n subject full of tange and invou
tons Irish politics. And II was because Healy
learned from Parne that be pursued his former leader
with such savage bitterness. He went in to win IN
the fight as he well knew that Parnell did, and 1t was
the sober opinion of sensible mt the time that If
all of Ieay's colleagues had done the same thing the
struggle would have been over in u month. But the
sentlmenthl part OF the Irish nature now appeared
Parnell wanted time. The negotiations at BouloRhe
began. They were adjourned and again ao!ourhe"
william OBricn, as stated by London newspaper
at the time, made too elaborate use OF MS pocket
hnn
of these conferences mt least that Is what the caDe
said. ANYWAY, william O'Bren putty only in the
hands OF this man of calm exterior and iron Will
Mr. Parnen could brook no opposition, and many
people think that no man with methods less hrm thah
those employed by this famous agator can ever nope
To succeed in his place For his successor whoever he
NAV be- or if there be can be successor Who VIII
ill his place. which many DOUBT nc mas IeI ah easieF
task th2u fell to his own lot.
SOME EXCITING SCENES.
M one who was even remotely interested in the
Irish ouestlon can forget the during the stormy
debates in Committee Room No. Is, in the House of
Commons Whenever Parnell looked at Tim healy
il WAS with u glance of whitening contempt. But IL
DIDN'T wither Iim' You might "freeze the sun by
tanning 1t with peacocks feather but you couldn't
wlther Tim llealy
When .Justln Mccarthy, tho very embodiment Of
mildnes, handed across the table resolution to one
of his colleagues with instructions to propose it, Par
nell grabbed it, and with serene haughtlness tore IL IN
pece, Young Justin Huntley Mccarthy, who up TO
that time had remained loyal to his Old leader found
this insult to his father too muc and deserted theIe
and then while he pounded the table in rage I've
are your colleagues and not your slaves, Mr. ParneDP
exclaimed sexton And when he still refused TO leave
the chalg although majority vote had been recorded
against him, his opponents withdrew AS they left
The room he fastened upon them the name OF
secederso which was technically correct. With
this he Sought 10 CRY lHcH uO"h III iiO
lacd but il would not do. a majority OF
the Irish people could not be stigmathed
successfully as sscoders.
Parneu never prepared his speeches in the way In
which public men in this country sometimes do. lie
did not always even take notes. His first attempt
was in the ROtunda In Dublin, when running rs u
Parliamentary candidae for the county, and 1t was a
dismal failure, and mnny succeeding attempts.
lie was man Of few words, aud had the rare art Of
knowing when to speak. This made up for want Of
huency until practice made him nuent And for this
he had abundant opportunity in country where talk
Is cheap which rings alike with oratOry and song.
He was a Parliamentary orator, however, and not an
orator OF the masses. lie rarely smiled, ana the
writer OF this sketch, who knew him we'll fellow
prisoner in Kllmainham Jail, never saw him laugh.
If he was arstOclt, and he was, ho was the most
tOferable sort of aristocrat
DISLIKE FOR THE ENGLISH.
There was no doubt In the world that he entertained
intense dislike OF the English, contempt, at all
events He showed IL In his speeches In the House OF
Commons before Gladstone accepted the Home Rule
programme. The curse Of your rule he exclaimed
on one occasion, passlonaieIy, "AOur foegn rule,
oycIshudows everything And how far ne was
enxtous IN preserve what Is sometimes spoken OF
countrs NAV be Judged from his speech In Cincinnati,
Ohio ON February 20, 1850, when he sud
When We have given Ireland 10 the people OF
Ir.innd shall have laid the foundation upon which
IA hud nm an Irish nation The feudal tenure and
the rule of the minority have been the OF
English mlsule, pull up that cornerstone, break 10