The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-17
DIVIDED HOME RULERS.
" No Time Since 1870 Had Home
Rule Prospects Been More
f~lattering.
,'ao quarrel OF Factions May Rel
ogat0 the Issue to a Back
Seat.
0ronnd Upon Which PsTnell md Glad
M A.-A A.--iu.-n a.
dronnd Upon Which PaTnsll ma Glad
stone sspsraisd-ssortHcsd the
Cause with Their Lender.

United, the Irish parliamentary party rep
resented a force In British politics, a power
which II was necessary for the government
TO take into consideration before attempts
ing to carry through any legislation. Di-
vided. ~ II now IN, into two factions, pro-
Tossing toward each other n hatred Of such
intense bitterness that IT casts into the
shade all their national animosity toward
the british oppressor, the Irish parliament.
ary party losos the weight and the Inn
portant influence, both direct and indirect,
which, until q few weeks ago, IT was able to
exercise In all matters connected with imper-
ial legislation and administration. Disin-
tegrated, II can no longer enter into the
lists ~ a power for the sake of whose
friendship " Ia worth making any sacrifice.
and the liberals have given unmistakable
evidence OF their intentions to remove the
home rule doctrine from the prominent
place which II occupied in their programme,
and Of RELOCATING IT to n very back seat. If,
indeed. they do not abandon II altogether.
They have announced their determination
to henceforth give preference to matters Of
English and imperial interest, instead Of
permitting Irish affairs TO m%onopolize their
time, ~ has been the case during. the past
four years, and all efforts in the direction
Of horne rule will be suspended until the
nationalist party can once more present 9
united front, and become again q factor Of
weight in British politics. ,.
Az long ~ the nationalist lender was able
TO dispose, in m absolute manner, OF the
eighty-three votes Of his followers, no pos
sessed something very much akin to the
balance OF power in parliament. In mo-
ments Of critical struggle between the CON
servative and liberal parties the Irish votes
have frequently been found worthy OF pur-
chase by some concession tending toward
Irish autonomy, and by dispensing OF their
votes in this manner, now to the tory n
now again to the wings, but always TO the
highest bidder, the nationalistg could win
home rule, il not all at once, at any rate
bit BY BIT. II was this TINT Mr; rarnell
not to permit any consideration. OF pubic
opinion in England to affect their attitude
toward him, or to let il create o division in
their ranks. He set plainly before them
the fact that the English will never grant
home rule to Ireland as q matter
Of party policy. And he offered to resign
his seat 1T Westminster and to retire into
private life il the liberal party would regard
his withdrawal as the price OF q pledge on
their part TO transfer the control OF the
Irish constabulary from the Imperial au-
tnOrlyY 10 LUHU Oh LILO LIE uutOlIOAA0po wv
eminent established at Dublin on a home
rule basis. Mr.. Gladstone, however. re-
fused to give way on this most vital point.
and Mr.. Parnelt thereupon declared that
under the circumstance he would stick to
his post, notwithstanding the demands OF
the British liberals for his resignation on
the grounds OF persona! immortality. He
added, moreover, that ii Nj. Gladstone and
his friends refused any further dealings
with the Irish party as long lis he remained
Mt its head, he would terminate the alliance
which has existed for the past four years
between the English liberals and the Irish
home rulers, and permit the latter to re-
cover their freedom and independence Of
action.
Turning a deaf ear to the appeals Of Mr..
parneIl, about half the Irish parliamentary
party decided to sacrifice their leader rather
than to forego any benefits which might ul-
timately be secured by a continuance OF their
alliance with Mr.. Gladstone's friends. They
accordingly severed their connection with
him, and elected MI. Justin MCCARTHY as
their chief in his stead. The remainder OF
the nationalist party determined to continue
their adhesion to Mr.. Parnell. Irish blood
10 proverbially warm, and the split soon de-
yeloped into open war, which - now being
carried on with q bitterness and animosity
that affords a grim satisfaction to all those
English tories who have all along asserted
that the Irish were untitled for self-govern~
ment, and that hon rule would result III the
devastation OF the Emerald Isle by civil war.
The struggle between the rival factions OF
the former Parnellite party reached its cul~
minating point at Kilkenny on Monday,
Dec. %. when each section put toward a
rival &. 4didate to fill the vacancy left by
the death Of Mr.. Chana. Owing largely to
the influence Of the Catholic clergy, the
candidate Of the anti Parnellite party, Sir
John Pope Hsnnessy H., was h elected BY si .
John, who formerly sat in parliament as a
conservative, has spent the major portion
Of his life ~ governor Of one or another OF
the queens colonies, where he acquired tho
reputation Of being the most wron0-headed
and aunrrelsome man in the sef.tte OF the
crown. Under the circumstance It 10
peculiarly appropriate that he should repre-
sent mt Westminster q constituency that en-
JOYS the peculiar reputation of Kilkenny.
Neither Mr.. Parnell nor his followers APP
pear disinayed by their defeat and express
5ull confidence Of ultimately driving the
separist tnembeis Of their party out of eVh
cry constituency in Ireland. These hops
will certainly not be fulfilled without con-
siderable difficulty, for IL ID impl ssible to
close ones ayes to the fact that the dissi-
dents arrayea under the leadership of Mr..
Justin Mccarthy comprise the members of
the nationalist party who are most noted
for their brilliancy and individuality.
0tSbb1D pSJbOue I" INDEPENDENTLY
John Dillon, who IL now in this city with
his colleague. Mr.. +. +. OConnor, awaiting
tIis result OF Mr.. W. O'Brien's interview
with Mr.. Justin Mccarthy at Paris before
attempting to continue their American
stumping tour. Mr.. Dillon, who com
menced hin career as n village doc
tor, entered parliamen. in 1880, and after
assisting Mr.. Parnell and Mr.. Dayitt
to found the Land league, became the au-
thor OF the Plan Of Campaign. Next in i'm
portance as n parliamentary tactician Ia Mr..
Il. M. Healy. whose confidential relations
with Mr.. Iarnell, while actinga as the private
secretary of that gentleman. renders his
present attitude toward his former employ
or peculiarly irritating. IL In said that only
three men who understood the IfIsh lane
bill of 18S1-Mr. Gladstone, Mr.. Law and
Mr.. Healy-ana tho famous Healy clause,
introduced by his efforts, has proved the
most effective portion of the act. His elo-
guence is marked by nm abundance of IL
yectiye and much bitterness OF expression.
The orator, however, Of the party in Mr..
Thomas Sexton, who can claim one Of the
first three places for eloquence in the house
of commons. Like Justin Mccarthy, j.
OKelly, William UBriep, Timothy Har-
rington, 4. 7. O'Connor and ex-Lord Mayor
Sullivan, he IL II Journalist. -Harpcr's