Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-05

John Dillon Addresses the National Federa-
tion ct Waterford, ireland.

John Dillon Addresses the National Feders-
ton at Waterford, ireland.
Dispatches from Waterford, Ireland. where the
convention Of the national fedora ton was held
yesterday say that great excitement prevailed
there. Tho streets were crowded with up
roarious mobs of people ready for any kind of
| distui bance. The police in their efforts to
control the mob made free use OF their
batons with the result that several civilians
were injured.
Mr.. Timothy Hcaley, who was orsewhipped
on Tuesday by Mr.. McDermott, nephew of the
late Charles Stewart Parnell and solicitor for
the Parnen family, was one of the speakers.
He snid, among other things, that he would not
be deferred by violence from pursuing the
course he had mapped out for himself. and re-
peated the language in refere nce to the widow
of the Irish leader which he used at Longford
on Sunday last and which led to the chastise-
ment he received at the hands Of Mr.. MoDer-
mott.
Mr. Dillon, on arriving at Waterford, was
received with mingled cheers and Kisses. Three
hundred police guarded the federation dele
gates on their way to the convention, which
was held in the city hall. Tho police with their
batons repealed repeated charges made by the
mob The Parnellite sympathizers attempted
to push through the entrance of the city hall,
but were beaten back.
fAhNELLiTEs OffER TO D bRlEN.
The convention proceeding, Mr.. Dillon con-
frmed Mr. O'Drien's Boulogne revelations. and
added that the men now calling him traitor
had telegraphed to him while lie was in New
York offering him the leadership in succession
to Mr.. Parnell Mr.. DILLON said that in spite Of
the continuous calumnies heaped upon him he
had never before revealed this fact Messrs.
Harrington and Redmond and other prominent
Parnellites had joined in the request, which
aff he had Iaclovo1 ipst he
leadership of Mr.. Psrnell. He refused the
leadership because it was painful and difficult
position; a position which he had never sought
or wished, and one which he would be slow to
accept.
After arriving at Boulogne he told them that
he could not accept the position unless all con-
Cured in promising loyal support Those men,
one and all, promised that if he (Dillon) took
the Craftsmanship they would be his loyal fol-
lowers. He had done nothing since that
altered his position hairs breadth. For weeks
at Boulogne they were as anxious to get Mr..
Parnell out of the leadership the majority
were. If they had steadily adhered to that
policy they might have saved Mr. Parnell from
an impossible position. II any one In the
world was responsible for Mr.. Parnelle fate
after Mr. Parnell himself it was the men who,
when the supreme hour came, had not sufficient
courage, manliness or honorable friendship to
take firm stand and impose their Judgment
on him. ICheers.
to the railway station guarded by police and
100 priests A mob followed and kept up a
continuous attack until Mr.. Dillon obtained
shelter In the station.
A number of skulls were cracked. Thirty
delegates while crossing a toll bridge were
thrown to the ground and trampled upon,
many being badly hurt and bleeding profusely
when rescued by the police. Several thousand
Parnellites held the approaches to the conven-
ton hall and everywhere struck down op-
ponents. The whole quay, q mile in length,
was the scene Of savage fighting. Many per-
sons were taken to the hospital
REPLY TO o'BRIEN.
Mr.. John Redmond and Timothy Harring-
ton have issued statement, to which is at
tached their names, in reply to VIM. O'Briens
receu1 revelations in connection with the
Boulogne negotiations. They characterize Mr..
o Briens statements as artful, dishonest mis-
representation, a shameless breach of con-
idence and wanton outrage on the memory
of the dead leader. The burden of the state
ment is that Mr.. o Brien has given an incom-
plete and colored account Of the negotiations
at Boulogne, at the same time suppressing his
own copy of the proceedings, which would
show that he and his friends proposed to obtain
the withdrawal Of the Remuneration OF Mr.. Par
nell by the Catholic bishops, and to give Par
nell the right to veto any, home rule bill pro-
posed by the liberals.
A ROW AT CORK.
The fnfnellites stoned the anti-Paruellites