New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-09
PARNELL BADLY BEATEN
A MAJORITY OF 2.2l6 AGAINST HIS CANDl'
DATE IN THE CARLOW ELECTION
CARLOW WAS PARxELL's STRONGHOLD. BUT II

ckRIOW WAS PARNELLS SIkONbhOhD' NN-
SAYS HE Is NOT DIsHEARTENED.
publin July s-Thc result of the election heiu
rssterday at Carlow for a successor In I"i"a
,.snt 70 the late O'Goman-Mahon has resulted III
crushing defeat for the Parnellite c@noiu"e
ur Parnell had admitted that this district was
his stronghold, and had said that if he Shoulo
he defeated he would admit that he had noVnius
left to fall back upon in political life Inc IT,
suit of the election, announced today was 90
follows; a-5x
Hammond, McCarthyte SSS
Kettle, Pernellite, -
,,..,. ..2210
Carlow is the smallest county IN Ireland anu
contains population of about 4o'ooo PeoP.1 anu
an electorate of about 1000, OF whom l'oO0 are
Conservatives. -,
Andrew Kettle. the defeated Parnelhte canoi-
a.+o is farmer of Dublin County who has al
readv been twice defeated at the polls. Mr. Ham
monS the victorious McCarthyite candidate Is a
,on,flar merchant of Carlow. where, for the last
evolve wears he has been chairman OF the Town
Commissioners
Speaknz al Carlow after the result Of the cleo
tion was made known, Mr.. ParneI sand that he
was not disheartcncd, and that he would continue
70 consolidate the independent men OF every lrlsh
county and city. and put before Ihe country ao
every election the issues he upheid
The overwhelming defeat of Mr.. PanelPs candidate
In the Carlow election Tuesday was dScusScd WIN
animation in Irish American circles and the generally
expressed opinion now is that the Member for Cork
has no longer fighting show for the recovery OF tho
leadership of the Irish Parliamentary party. EN
Commissioner Of Street Cleaning James D. Coleman
who IS secretary of the new organization that has taken
the place of the Land League the ITsh National Fed
Grafton of America said that it was the most crushing
blov that Mr. Parnell had yet received
.If you subtract said he, about 1000 votes from
The number cast for Mr. Kettle, tina; will leave little
over 800 the 1000 votes representing the Tory
electorate which ycu may be certain sided With the
ParneIIte candidate. Coming after Kilkenny and sligo
n shows now pretty concuSvcly that the eN-leadT
oouId NOT carry even his own constituency in Cork
Csty were there a vacancy there t.-morrow. If ne
has sny patriotism at all left he Will resign rom
public Nfe.f
senator william L. Brown who is large
thoucht that this would hasea the general election
81 think not he said. on the contrary. it seems to
me now that they can derive no advantage from the
split in the Irish party, and they will therefore be in
no hurry 10 dissolve Parliament while there remains
even a fraction of time within the statutory limit
II the result Of the election shows what supposed
Parnel constituency will do when called upon TO
vote then the ex-leader has not the ghost of
chance
Judge John Henry Mccarthy said that it was plain
now TO everybody that the colduct OF lr Parne was
In turthersnce Of his pers nal ambition and not IN the
interest of Ireland Have YOU remarked said ne,
Thai we have not heard much talk about the undne
influence Of priests I'm this contest II is plain 70
me that the people themselves see now that this strife
cannot be allowed TO continue and that they deter
mined TO restore the complete unity of the Irish party
under Mccarthy or Dillon or anybody but ParnelL'