Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
FIRM IN THE. FAITH
That They Will Yet Win, Irish Home
Rulers Are Despondent
OVER THE WATERFORD ELECTION.
The Parnellites Well Fixed Financially for
Their Campaigns.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE STATESMEN AWAKE
lBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH!

result of the Waterford election has sur
prised and disappointed good man,
friends of the home rule cause and in some
quarters it has created feeling of despond
ency quite unjustifed by the facts 1t is no
necessary to adopt Mr.. Davitt's explana
tion that his defeat was due to terrorism
and Toryism," Undue pressure, tanta
mount at least to intimidation, was not con
fined to one side, and if the Tories voted fol
the Parnellite candidate they did not there
by create, but simply announced his ma
jority.
The victory of MI. Redmond was due tt
the fact that three-fourths of the working
men voted for him instead of supporting
Mr.. Davitt, as most people expected they
would. The same thing will probably occur
In Limerick and Dublin at the general elec.
tion, so that the Parnellites, instead of be.
ing annihilated, in the great struggle now
within measurable distance, will hold few
seats. But there is nothing in connection
with the Waterford election to Justify the
belief that a vast maj ority of the Irish peo-
pie will waver in their allegiance to the con-
stitutional leaders.
| The Parnellites Too Much Encouraged.
| Unhappily, however, Mr.. Redmond cleo
tlon will encourage the Parnellites to con-
| tlnue the fight, which most of them had be-
| gun to regard as hopeless, and the reconcilia-
tlon for which all real patriots had yearned,
has been perforce indefinitely deferred.
The Parnellites and Tories are delighted
IN equal measure at the blow which they
consider has been struck at the prestige
OF man who is regarded by both as their
most formidable opponent. But Mr. Davitt
IS used to hard knocks, and is the last man
in the world to acknowledge defeat. If he
has lost any prestige over this Waterford
business he has enough left to furnish hber-
ally the entire Parnellite party, while re-
tanning generous proportion for himself
THE DISPATCH reporter, who has heen
in Waterford this week, was much struck
during the contest by the proofs of wealth
on the Parnellite side. Mr.. Redmond and
his friends were able to afford most expen-
slve committee rooms, and to swamp their
opponents in the matter of election litera-
ture and advertisements. Moreover, they
had double as many paid professional
agents, and on polling day they had on hile
nine-tenths of the vehicles which Water
ford possesses. These facts serve to remind
outsiders that as party the Parnellites are
in far better position with regard to money
than their opponents.
No Lack of Campaign Funds.
The majority of the Parnellites are fnan-
clally well to do, and only two or Three of
them receive anything from the party treas
ury. Several memberships. Dalton, John
Redmond's father-in-law. Mr.. Mcguire, and
Mr. Pierce Mahony among them-are very
wealthy men, and their pursestrings are
kept loose. Nor must it be forgotten that
in the background at present stands Mrs.
Catherine Parnell, widow Of the late leader,
nursing fierce resentment, and prepared
II need be to spend the bulk other large for
tune In Furnishing the men whom she re-
CARDS as the murderers of her husband.
Bearing in mind these facts, it is not diff
cult to understand the persistent refusal of
the Parnellites to release and share the
$40, 900 locked up in Paris
The scheme for State system of old age
pensions, stolen by Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain from earlier and more disinterested
philanthropists, has occupied good deal of
attention this week ip the absence of more
exciting topics. The Royal Statistical So
clety discussed the matter the other even
ing, and the experts dealt very roughly with
several schemes, including Mr.. Chamber
laIn's, submitted to them. It was generally
agreed that the initial capital outlay re-
qulred would be from e17 1000, 900 to $685.
0OO, 600, and working expenses would be
about 10 per cent per annum.
Too Costly to Be Tackled Now.
In face of these stupendous figures, which
constitute only part of the difficulties in
volved, it is not likely that any practical
steps will be taken for a good many years
to come. Mr.. Chamberlain seems deter
mined to bring the question before Parlia-
ment next session, but it is probable that
the question will be shelved by the appoint
ment of royal commission OF inquiry.
Lord Salisbury has been in frequent COM
munication for several weeks past with Sir
Halliday Mccartney, Secretary of the Chi !
nese Legation here, and with the British |
Minister in Pekin. There is good reason |
to believe that negotiations are in progress |
for treaty or understanding securing Joint |
action by England and China against France |
and Russia in the far East. France is evil |
IDENTIFY preparing to pick quarrel with |
China in the South, while Russian soldiers
have trespassed on Chinese territory In the
Northwest, while at the same time the effects
of French and Russian intrigues are being
felt by Englsnd on the borders of Burmah
and the confines of Cashmere. An Anglo
Chinese alliance is, therefore, felt to be
natural and desirable, China being the ouly
possibly ally of England in the East.
The statesmen of the Triple Alliance are
the course of events with the
keenest interest, for it is obvious that they
have everything to gain and nothing to lose
BY the great struggle which may commence
1t any moment and involve their great op-
oonents in costly and exhausting conflict
With England and China