Evening journal., 1891-02-03
PARNELL rs STILL KING.
Gladstone Said to Have Defined
His Home Rule Bill.
ALL MCCARTHY WANTS is PEACE.

1t Looks rs Though Parnen Has Takes
Every Trick and Retained the Leader
ship. Too-The Proposed Irish Pariia-
ment TO Control Its Country's Police.
LONDON, Feb. 3-It appears that the
main point Of difference which prolonged
the Boulogne conferences and almost de-
feated the efforts at reconciling the Irish
factions was in regard TO the constabulafy,
Messrs Gladstone, Morley and Harcourt
being unwilling to agree that the constab-
ulary as II is should be turned over to the
control Of an Irish parliament and Mr..
Parnell, on the other hand, insisting that
nothing less would suffice. On taking the
sense Of other prominent Liberals. how
ever, 1t was ascertained, rather 70 the sui.
prise of Mr.. Gladstone, that the prevailing
sentiment was in favor Of genuine home
rule for Ireland, including the control Of
the police as a non-military body. Il being
made apparent that Dillon, O'Bricn aud
Gill were with Parnell in requiring o sub
stantial assurance as TO the character ,f a
home rule bill, Mr. Gladstone made those
assurances through Mr. Morley. The re
suit Of the Hartlepool election also creatly
strengthened the faith Of Mr. Gladstone in
the ability Of the Liberal party TO give Ire
land what she desired.
Hut ParneI stin Leads.
The result is an arrangement that. IT is
believed. will be satisfactory to all pariies.
The arrangement, however. comes too late
TO get rid Of Mr. Parnell lie has su, seed
cd IN again firmly entrenching himself i'm
the affections Of the people, and the eviftual
concession oi what be demanded ha. ag:tin
elevated him to a place of commaiMine
| Importance In the eyes Of the English Lib
erals, az WAS evident on his return from
Ennis. lie looked haughtier than ever,
and there was an air Of triumph aholfr him
that arrested the attention Of every baIy.
| Several of the McCarthyites looked as il
/ they would like To- speak 60 him, hrf he
strobe along as If he did not see them
Religion VIII Figure Prominently.
The Tories aud dissenting Liberals are
| preparing for "a desperate struggle. now
that the home rule programme is reveal
ed, and the indications are that the re.
| hgous issue will be made prominent
feature of anti-lrish agitation, and that The
cry Of priestly influence will be RAISED on
every platform The Liberals are satisfied
however that this argument will have but
little effect, and they propose as in the
lartlep0ol election, % keep British re-
forms TO the front, and not 60 permit Irish
home rule To stand as the sole issue before
the voters.
The Fight At Kiirush.
The fight az Kilrush on Sunday between
Parnellites aud anti parnellites Is said in
one account 60 have originated IN an allu-
sion by one Of the latter 20 Mr. Parnen a.
Cuckoo The man who used the OBJ
noYious term succeeded in escaping with
a scalp wound and his breeches. The Rev
DIR. White, himself an anti-Parnellite, did
all he could 60 restore order
Mccarthy Wants Peace az Any Price.
Mr. Justin Mccarthy, speaking at Iiv-
erpOol, said that II the minority Of the
Irish party would not yield the majority
might as well disband For his own part
he was prepared 20 accept any settlements
to secure peace and union, and the signs
were hopeful that "a settlement would b.
arrived at. A. for the land question, the
imperial parliament must settle that either
before or cOncurrently with the adoption
Of a home rule bill An Irish parliament
, would be- perfectly competent 20 reorganize
the oonstabulary as a civil force
A Settlement Reached.
The London Times says that it is report
ed on good authority that "a settlement has
been arrived at between the Irish factions.
PRrnell and O'Brien will 20 to America;
Mccarthy will remain chairman for the
present, and Dillon viii surrender himself
" imprisonment, the understanding being
that he will be- nominated as leader at the
next session.
O'Brien has written a long letter 70 the
press refutinp Balfour's speech as TO the
origin and working Of the plan Of cam-
paign. Lobby rumors confirm the settle
ment reported in The Times
The Standard believes that the Liberal
leaders have promished home rule to the
Irish parliamentary party, the scheme a.
agreed upon empowering the Irish parlia-
ment TO control the police and deal with
the land question, and that II any part OF
the plan is still unsettled Il is that the IN
elish Liberals insist on a right OF veto TO be
reserved 20 the imperial parliament as IN
the bill of lsSJ To this, however, both SCI
tions Of the Irish party will doubtless AGREE.
and Parnell will retire for a time and visit
| America.