The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-10-11

rene, who proclaimed peace on earth and
good will to men. Archbishop Walsh in his
organ, the Dublin Catholic, on the day follow
ing Parnells death, printed a most bitter at
in the death Of the great Irish patriot a
direct interposition Of Providence, and de-
nounces the dead man as ''steeped IN traitor
ism TO the very lips He declares that ''by
the grave now open charity can scarcely find
aplace," and prates about Parnell's ''revolt
against his native land and against the an
nointed prelatos and ministers OF Gods
church." In the last CLAUSE OF that last
sentence Is found the auinating cause of
prelattc wrath. Parnell would not bow to the
prclates and ministers of the Church Of Rome.
Therefore, says Bishop Walsh, must bis name
and memory be auathema.
Parnell was Prostestant. The Rev. Thomas
Bowman Stevenson, OF England, president of
the British Wesleyan Conference, AMI one of
the presiding officers OF the Meth hodist Ecu
menical Council now in session in this city,
had no words Of regret or sympathy or charity
for the dead Irish leader, but. coupling his
uame with that of the living Dixie, denounced
Parnell as a man OF ''ill repute." Religious
bigotry or political rancor can go no further
in these days, but in the good old times of the
past the fires would have been lighted or the
axe sharpened Now words are the only
weapons left to such zealots as Bishop Walsh
or the Rev. Stephenson. How their kindly
souls must regret the degeneracy Of these
modern days
Perhaps it would be we'll before the Census
Bureau be made permanent to have con-
sensus of public opinion.
"
Ex-senator Blair has resigned his appoint
ment as Minister to China He is now
private citizen, and says he glad OF it. SO is.
everybody else.
A fact little known is that the refusal of the
Emperor of China to receive ex-senator Blair
as United States Minister, because of some of
that gentlemsp's intemperate utterances as
Senator against the Chinese, has scotched, if
not killed, well-laid plan to work China in
the interest of certain American capitalists
The plan was no less than to revive the So
called concessions Of Mitiiewicg- Barker
wherewith the world was dazZled, not to say
dazed, some four years ago. a new syndicate
was formed by the lndefatigable Count.
Among Its members, have been told were
Colonel Elliott L. Shepherd, of the New York
Mail and Express, and son of the late Gen
eral Grant. The latter's name is still potent
one in China, and always will be as long as
Ii Hung Chang, whom Grant called
the Bismarck of China, lives and is Pre-
mier of the Chinese Empire. Colonel
| Shepherd is a Vanderbilt by marriage.
| He has the handling Of his wife's millions,
| and presumably could draw the Vanderbilt
UOyS lntO Jne scbene. Inc new SYnulCaJe HAS
| been long and anxiously looking for an avail
| able man to succeed Colonel DENLY as Minis
ter to China. Originally they tried to secure
| Colonel Fred Grants appointment, but his
experience with public life had been confined
| to getting beat for Secretary of State of New
| York. So he was sent to Austria, where there
is next to nothing to do but to attend court
| ceremonials. After much casting about
| Mr.. Blair, statesman about to lose his job,
was hit upon. His experience as Jake Shep-
herds attorney In the notorious Peruvian
claims case was a recommendation He was
pharisaically pious, and delightfully."- gulible
where big sums OF money were talked about,
and there were more millions in this scheme
| than even Colonel Sellers dreamt about in his
| most enthusiastic mood. He got the appoint
ment and held on to it until his hope or the
Presidents patience became exhausted. Then
he resigned. shall watch the next move of
the syndicate with interest.
! DIoGENEs JONES