The Irish standard., 1891-09-12

lit right that should repeat and make,
If possible, more clear the statement
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IL pOSS1Ulc, uOI0 CLEAR GuE StttboLncu
which I made at Mallow in referenc
, to the application which I am nov
making to Mr.. Parnell. When [ say
in the month Of January last that tn
negotiations at Boulogne were about tt
end in failure, my first thought wa
how to provide for the safety and pro
lection of the evicted tenants in Ireland
Euntil such time as the country shoule
have an opportunity Of making evident
its decision on the political issue thai
twas laid before it. My fear was that IL
i the hurry and the heat Of political con
troversy, these poor families would bt
forgotten and left to suffer, and witt
that object before my eyes, I wrote botE
to Mr.. Mccarthy ana Mr.. Parnell ask
ing them ia make arrang ngenlents tor the
distribution of money for the evicted
tenants from the funds in Paris. Now
Mr, Parneu had both in public and III
private repeatedly pledged himself to
the country, chat SO long as shilling
remained under his control no evicted
tenant In ireland who had first claim
on the National funds would be allowed
to suffer (applause). You will all re-
member the speeches that Mr. Parnel]
delivered over and over again piedging
himself to tbs evlcteu tenants, and he
|pointed specially TO this fund in Paris,
saying that it should be reserved to
tsecnre the evicted tenants from any
suffering. I accordingly wrote to Mr.
Mccarthy and TO Mr.. Parneil, and in
order to remove every possibility, as it
seemed to me, OF disagreement or delay
in making the necessary arrangements
for these poor people, asked MIR. Nc
Carthy and MIR. Parnell to make al.
rangenaents for the distribution of this
fund mutually. did SO with {. view of
Offering to both the security that none
of this fund would be used 10 further
the political objects of elther of the
two parties that then claimed tbs con
! fdence OF the Irish people (applause.
NV object was that the eyicted tenants
should be taken care of as it were in a
neutral positions until the Izish nation
should decide on the political issue. It
never for one moment occurred to me
Lthat Mr.. Parnell, Or Mr.. Mccarthy any
more than MIR. Parnell, could by any
possibility attend to the details of this
business. We all knew that both Of
thar, nov7o n~,t g,oov7 vnc;,jnnH for s,oru
years in Ireland daughter and hear.
hear1 and they have taken NO part in
the details of the business in reference
to the evicted tenants, and I will ven
ture to say that neither Mr. MCCARTHY
nor MIR. ParneN has ever examined into
the details of any grant to the ovicted
tenants in Ireland for upwards Of four
years; and how in the name of common
sense could it occur TO anyone chat they
would be fit men even If they were will
Ing, and neither of than is, TO devote
the necessary time to this matter. Mr.
Me- Carthy, as a sensible man, said at
once that he was unable to do it; and I
was astonished, confess, that Mr.
Parnell, as far as I can gather from his
letters, proposes to embark On this
troublesome domain himself.
Let me now recall your memory to
the events in the earlier stages OF this
controversy with which I am afraid you
are but TOO familiar. My first intlma-
tion of what was going On in Dublin
was contained in a telegram which l
received at the Hoffman house, New
York, asking my colleagues to cable
our opinion On che question Or Mr.
Parnell's leadership to a great public
| meeting to be held in the Leinster hall,
Dublin. Now think it is only right to
state here, and it is the first oppor-
tunlty [ have had OF making this state
ment, that from the moment heard Of
the meeting in the Leinster Hall [ was
of opinion that it Was a most dreadful
political mistake. Mr. William O'Brien
shared to the fullest extent that opinion.
We consulted together for a consider
able time as to whether, With any JUS
tice to ourselves or the position Of the
Irish movement, we could stop that
meeting, or express an opinion in favor
Of it's not being held. Oar view, and
my view still is, that the meeting in
the Leinster hall was largely instrument
tai in destroying Mr.. Parnells leader
ship (hear, hear.) My view was that
his position could only be saved by
moderation and quietness, and that any
attempt to thrust him forward before
the English public must end in disaster.
My object throughout the proceedings
in America, unit! I received bis man
ifesto and the object Of every one OF
my colleagues was to do the utmost III
our power to save the influence in the
Irish movement. After a good deal Of
doubt we decided it would be impossible
without possibly laying ourselves open
to the gravest Misunderstanding to
interfere in any way with the holding
of the meeting. We we're three thou
sand miles away from the scene of
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