The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
IRISH MATTERS.

shape OF ScEOol tax ana Ouner ices.
IRISH MATTERS.
DUBLIN, April Capt O'Shea. in e
letter acknowledging the receipt of ar
apology from the Rev. Father Furlong
who had in the course of political ad
dress enormously stated that the house
hold expenses of the O'Shea family were
paid by Mr.. Parnell, says Mrs. Wood, the
aunt of Mrs O'Shea, allowed her Sl5,0O(
annually. 1t is also intimated that the
O'Shea divorce case will probably be re-
opened, and that, should this be done,
further revelations damaging TO Mr.. Par
nell will be made
The tide of Irish emigration is uDabated.
Six liners during the past-week took ], ,24t
emigrants, mostly Of the farming class,
but including few mechanics OF
tradesmen from Munster and Con
naught. The passages of these
people were fully two-thirds paid by
relatives in America. All the White Star
and Inman lire steamers announced to sail
have already full lists of passengers.
Notwithstanding a downpour of rain
fully 2,000 persons assembled in Phoenix
Park yesterday to assist in the demonstra-
tion of the Amnesty association and pro-
eest against the continued imprisonment
and alleged inbuman treatment of Irish
and Irish-Ameriean political prisoners by
the British government. After speeches
had been made by Mr.. Kenney, Mr.. Par
nell and others, resolutions were passed
calling upon Irishmen at home and abroad
10 put forth every effort to secnre the re-
lease of their friends and demanding that
the government hasten the unconditional
surrender of the prisoners.
Aic Parnell's speech was TRADE against
the Liberals, whom he accused of always
making political prisoners while the Con-
servatives released them. The same thing
might occur again and John Daily and
others convicted of perjury during the Lib
erals tenure of Office be liberated by the
Conservative government. Why he ask
ed, did not Mr.. Gladstone release these
pr olers in 1886? He (Gladstone) did not
hesitate to stoop to ascertain the opinion
of dynamiters in America as to whether
they would accept his home rule bill of
that year, and even went so far as to re-
ceive some of these people at Hawarden.
Why did not he release the prisoners at
that time?
Here voice exclaimed: "Why did you
not make conditions?" while cries of Kill
himI Lynch him!' were raised.
In reply to his questioner, Mr.. Parnell
declared that the Irish party never made
conditions with the government. The
prisoners, he said, would rather rot in Jail
than accept anything but their uncoudi-
tional release.
LONDON, April G.-Mr. Gladstone, in re-
ply to an inquiry whether Mr.. Parnelps
statement made yesterday at the meeting
in Phoenix park, Dublin, to the effect that
he (Mr. Gladstone) had received dyna-
miters at Hawarden was true, telegraphs
that the utterance referred to is an abso-
lutte faleshood.
Official figures at North Sligo would be
disappointing, solid as the victory is, were
il not that the Irish parliamentary party
had to fight not only Parnell but Un!onists
as well. From most careful returns the
Tory votes polled for Parnell are fully 500.
This was an entirely unexpected interven-
ton. 1t is true the local Tory organ, the
Sligo Independent, advocated Parnelps
side, enlarged upon the dreadful things
that would come were priestly dictation
TO be re-established, but most people
thought the Tories would confine them
selves to Platonic sympathy. When, how
ever, the rally came the true blue Tories
were there side by side with the Fenians,
Making necessary allowance for this
strange alliance Parnell would seem to
bear the ratio of one to two so far as
protesting active Nationalist voters are to
be counted, but there is new class
rapidly forming of neutrals, of differents
who are quite sick of both sides and
heartily long for peace and industry
While these men are not attracted by the
side hostile to Parnell they are stanch
nome rulers ana would eagerly accept any
reasonble measure which would not
violently dislocate the various interests of
Ireland. These all abstained from voting
The leaders on both sides have number
of letters from such men. They all seem
most anxious to have a swift and satisfac-
tory settlement, which shall end the
troubles ofso many weary years of unrest
and worry. All these must count emphat-
ically as anti-Parnellites, although they
find little TO win them on the opposing
side. Connaught will probably be in this
struggle what it has been in so many
other struggles, the vanguard of Ireland
ParnelPs chances in Connaught are very
small indeed. He is practically sure of
North Mayo; so, too, he is nearly sure of
South Roscommon, possibly South Leitrim
and South Sligo. Elsewhere his chances
are remarkably bleak. The deplorable
thing is that this wretched, fratricidal
must go on until the man who
causes all the tumult is brought to his
knees. Compromise or accommodation is
quite impossible The fight must be fought
out to the end. The number of illiterates
who turned up pollingday is so surpris-
ing as TO suggest that what Irish people
want even more than land bill is an edu-
cation bilI-.IG is said that at one booth
third of the voters officially declared
themselves incapable of reading writing.