New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-29


copvriqht 1891: By The Tribune association
London March est seems still uncertain
whether the English public is to be treated to the
spectacle of contest for Cork between Mr. Iarneil
and Mr. Maurice Healy. Those redoubabe cham
MONS continue TO fence with each other at a
safe distance, exchanging letters for sword thruss
ANY of these letters in other days would lniallby
have produced combat of more serious kihd.
Mr. Parnell certainly has the worst of 1t thus far
He did challenge Mr.. Iealy TO resign his seat, and
Mr. IIealy did accept the challenge. Mr. Parnell dld
thereupon modify his first proposal, and has since
shown little readiness 10 face the music. bo'h
Parnellites and iParncites are in doubt what
would he the result of struggle In Cork III
circumstances so peculiar as the present, and on
neither side is there much real eagerness to brlhg
the members TO the issue
The contest at North Sligo seems TO promise
nothing but defeat TO Mr.. Parnen. whose rashne>s
in enieri-T upon such a struggle is now admitted
There has been the usual street fighting, of which
the Paruellites got the worst, and It Is remarked
that Mr. Parnel has not yet ventured TO show
himself in the TOWN of Sligo. The electoral
hedgers of the district, the priests, are WORKING
against him so openly and putting such pressure
on their focks that they may very likely lnVahdate
the election. -
Whatever be the rights wrongs Of the Parnell-
Healy wrangle about the Cork election, one result
NJ n is clear: II disgllsts the English public
with the Irish cause. Two representative lrish-
mentor Mr. Maurice IIealy and his brother I'm
may be recIoned one in this dispute WIN MI
Tarnell-cannot settle their political dIncrehces
without scOldinG each other Ike coupe Vi nSi'-
wives Each accuses the other of evasion. trick.
cry. dishonesty and treachery; neither VIII ne
lieye the other really intends to resign. and po1h
FOR the Cbiitern Hundreds which imply that clther
will outwit the other If he can. Now, III thS
para of the United Kingdom, political coh'Io-
yersies are-or were, till lately-condUcted WIN
decorum Mr. Gladstone and Lord Salisbury can
exchange letters scrupulously polite III form ne
Irish way may or may not ne Dcttel III ''''''
but n is certainly nos better in its influence on
English public opinion. England asks even
Gladstonians ask, are men who cannot eo'cih
themselves fit 10 govern Ireland
They are not less disguised ny the iie''S
Dalton afYray, ard by the attempt Oh ole 'i'0
or ON both 70 faIsify the truth. Mr.. Timothy
Healy and Mr.. Dalton are the Only TWO men WI" WV
kno,v what really took place, and their stories
oanno, n,ssihl,, he rcconciled One OF the two Is
saving that which is not true. Mr.. lieaiys at
,acl, ON Mr. Parnell at Queenstown VAS remarks
ora Fpclish critic not less brutal than ME- Dai-
tons on Mr.. Healy Suppose Mr.. HealyS Story
10 true. some of it will hardly bear quoting
All of il is cnvenomed. Mr.. ilcaly has i NeIS
considerable command of abusive language ne
used it against Mr. Gladstone, Lord spencer anu
OTHER Liberal leaders. Now it is against MI
parnell. only the other day and during MS wholc
caroer his own leader This landlord. this Nroin-
wellian arstocrat," arc some OF the mldcr phFdSeS
in which no describes Mr. Parnell, after proving, or
irving to prove, him liar and traitor TO the
irish cause II NAV all be true. But neither the
men who make nor the men who endure ,heSe
accusations inspire confidence in the success oil 'he
cause. which must be identified with one or the
otncr Vi "io"' G. w. S.