The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-08
MN. PARNELL,s CAREER.
Characteristics OF the Man who Rulea His
Party with . Rod OF Iren.

characteristics OF the Man who ,Rulea MI
Pnrty with Rod OF Hren.
In 1895 Henry Parnell Of Avondsle. wickloy
| county. Ireland. was travelling In the Unitet
States with his kinsman. Lord Powersoourt
Their letters Of Introduction gave them on
trance to the best society in New York. Henri
Parnell met and fell in love with Della Tudo
Stewart, second daughter OF the famous Com
| modore Stewart, who hnd won many q nava
battle with the British. When he proposed fol
| her her father refused his consent having lie
tie inclination to see his daughter marry ar
Irishman. But his consent was at last got ant
| Henry Parnell married his daughter in Grace
| Church in May. 1885.
They went TO live on his beautiful estate o.
| Avondale. which had been the sent Of tho fam
| lily for over hundred years The Pnrnells
were originally an English family. having
como to county Wicklow from Congleton. Ches
ter. In tho reign Of Charles II. Tho older
branch Of tho family was In the latter part Of
the last century raised to the peerage. with the
title Of Congleton. Henry Parnell's father was
younger brother Of Lord Congleton. There
had been many noted statesmen. q poet, and
several great clergymen In the family. and
thcy traced their descent In direct line Ia
that Earl OF Warwick who is called the :" King
Maker"
To Henry Parnell and Della Stewart were
born many sons and daughters. among them
Charles Stewart Parnell who WAS born in June.
1846. As eldest son he was to inherit the es-
tate which Tom Moore had made famous by
writing poem" Tho Meeting Of the Wators "
about 1t.
On this estate Charles Stewart Parnell was
bred amid aristocratic surroundings. in life
OF ease. with all that was beautiful In nature
and refined in civilization about him. He was
carefully educated In English schools. rs his
family was Protestant. and later. was sent to
Cambridge. He entered Magdalen College. but
was not regarded rs remarkable In any way.
Hc was neither q speaker nor q student He
was lazy and luxurious and finally grew weary
OF restraint and left college without taking q
degree.
After the fashion Of gentlemen. both English
and Irish. he set out upon tour before settling
down to the routine OF country gentle
mans life. The American birth Of his mother
led him to visit the United States. Il is said
that he was much struck with the business
methods OF the American Houses Of Congress
and that he made careful study Of them.
In 1874 he received the place Of High Sheriff.
but he seems to have been willing to resign It
almost Immediately. For he expressed de-
sire to stand for Parliament There was Q
consultation among tho Irish leaders. and he
was persuaded not to run. But when the sit
ting member. Col. Taylor. accepted another
position. and thus had to recontest his seat.
Parnell insisted upon standing. He was q
man Of property and position. He offered to
bear the expenses himself and he was SO
strenuous that they feared to oppose him lest
he should be driven into the opposition
party. The result was most disastrous to Par
nell. He was overwhelmingly beaten. The
very thing the leaders had feared had come to
pass. His name had been greeted with cheers
and he had been nominated by exclamation.
But when he came forward to speak he STAN
mered and became inooherent, and finally
broke down completely. The few words that
he did speak had been spoken In a voice as
free from Irish accent and Is full Of English
accent as though he had never lived In Ire
land. His look. his manner were also English.
and the Irish people would not have him.
But the next year Psrnell wrote letter sup
porting John Mitchell In his candidacy for
Dublin county, This letter was strong. clear.
and patriotic and was read and praised
throughout Ireland When Parnell then asked
to be allowed to stand for the seat which the
had made vacant, his request was granted.
and in 1875 he entered Parliament
For the first year he never spoke. and had no
part In the councils Of his party. He devoted
himself to the study Of the English Parlia-
ment. He listened watched every motion
with those restless eyes Of his afterward 30
famous. He lost no opportunity Of gaining
knowledge. At the end OF the year he sudden
ly sprang into eminenoe as the first OF the
Irish Iarty In knowledge Of parliamentary
70 give an idea tds Of what Mr. Parnel had to
t as S e. ss G dss s
q Daniel 0'Connell there had always been an
able to gain a, hearing, Sometimes this party
aaa y0 spd smy
time accomplishing much. :, There had been
ses Pat aFs the INIT or ~ IF s sna
The outbursts Of rhetoric had been listened to
without meaning, The party was not strong
enough mum erically TO command respect, and.
5esides. It's leaders had not had any fixed or
eIperlenss IN Parliament did MT ge5 TIE lead.
issss Batt Who had Strong Tory
SlinIations TIE party was ffongSSmeffste o.
s1est issy
men and were Disseminated. 100.
the Issh ss b s
critics. formerly belonging to the Irish Catho-
lie Church but then held by o sort OF Commits:
sion. to purchase outright the land they paid
that n, Il was defeated by vote Of l1Q to 1tJ:
when he himself was o Protestant won him
many friends. though Isaac Butt did not like
him for it.
The next year Mr.; Cross introduced the Pris-
ons bill, which would have transferred the con-
troll q Wi,t!sw county prison. among others;
the government The whole Irish party united
on this and prepared to fight the measure bit
tioI policy" was begun, i was simply IN r.
somewhat modified. into the English parlia.
members OF Parliament, and created q great
fearful OF the outcome OF tactics BY which. q
small. feeble minority were !obstrMcting the
business Of the nation, But Parnell held the
party 70 the course and with such success that
forced to retire from the leadership. Mr.;
William Shaw. member for Cork. succeeded
P5ssidsnt q the Home Rule c9nfSsSSef s
him the acknowledged leader OF the Irl sh party
He now proceeded to the work OF making
that party a power In Parliament. He QuelIed