Evening journal., 1891-11-16
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mosir1es, tney never stool IN tile Way or a
useful man occupying his proper place.
He Blocked the House

He Blocked the House
OF Mr.. parnell's constitutional agitation
for home rule Mr.. Depew saidi
He became master Of the rules Of the house
and then used them to stop It's business with
only three who dared follow, no attacked six
hundred and odd, entrenched In the forms, the
usasea and the traditions Of centuries mo
measures shall pass until the demands Of Ire
land are granted, was his battle cry. Tories
were shocked, Liberals indignant, Radicals
amazed and the speaker paralyzed Isaac Butt
feared the result and withhold his support
shaw thought the movement WAS not response.
BILE, and most Of the Irish members agreed with
him. The undismayed and unruined leader
baiiled the statesmen who had led the house OF
commons for generations
Then said Mr.. Gladstone, "whe aEyou show US
that q majority of the members hom ireland
want legislation, we are prepared 10 listen and
act" parnell believed that the people Of Ire
land we're with him, but that their representa-.
tives were not He said 70 the Irish people: III
you believe IN me you must be represented In
parliament by members who viii act with me,
and who can neither be misled nor intimidated
nor bought Give your answer 10 Mr.. Glad.
stones challenge" The response has no paral.
lei In the history OF the electorate under free
governments II was, select your own eandi-
dates, Mr. Parnel, and we will elect them. "
For this purpose Parnell took control and per.
fected the machinery Of the Land League,
which had been organized by Michael Davitt.
An uncrowned King IN Jail.
When Parnell entered parliament at the head
Of 80 out Of in3 representatives from Ireland the
commons were bewildered. II have come with
the majority you demanded he said twill
You listen nowf' From that hour the Irish
question became the foremost factor In British
politics. The timewofn policy Of coercion put
him in kilinainham Jail, and it became not the
cell OF the criminal but the palace Of an un.
crowned king. The ministry which Imprisoned
him negotiated with him as with q conquerar.
He demanded. and was accorded, the settle
ment Of arrears OF rent. the amendment OF the
land act the abandonment OF coercion and the
retirement Of Mr.. Forster, the coercion min
lister.
Tho Conversion Of Gladstone.
Continuing Mr.. Depew said that parnell
was insensible to ilattery and unmoved by
promises. He wanted measures and not
pledges.
He was cordial with the party which was Al
the moment most likely 10 adopt and pass his
BILLS but he cared nothing for either party II,
became the potential force IN the government
He made and unmade cabinets He hurled th,
Gladstone ministry from power and defeated
that Of Lord Salisbury He compelled the ad
journment Of parliament and an appeal TO tn,
I country. The conversion Of Mr. Gladstone {,
I home rule for ireland is the most momantou
/ event in the English politics Of our generation
I In the heat of battle this hero Of many field
4 does not waver aud home rule Is a desperate
/ struggle until an Irish parliament convenes oi
/ Dublin Green Ireland no longer fights will
/ one arm tied and the other held back by falls
! friends. Parnell freed them both Ireland III
& longer struggles alone, her cause is the stalk
/ Of one Of the great parties OF England, AM
made 50 by Parnen
The Lesson Of His Life.
The lesson Of parnellis life, IA the opin
ion Of the speaker, was the superiority O
constitutional over revolutionary metl
DDS. Home rule appeals to Americans a
an American principle. Parnen appeale
, 20 them as the grandson Of Old lronside
Of the calmness Of the Irish leader when
storm Of applause greeted the final defei
Of the Pigott conspiracy, Mr., Depew sale
'Parnell stood there with his arms folde,
block OF ice amid the general flame.
After a comparison Of his hero with Gan
betta, Cavour and Bismarck, the oratC
ended thus;
The Names OF nIcCarthyites Kissed.
AS the rays Of the morning sun for comm
ages penetrate the shades OF the cemetery
Glasnevin, and glance from the tomb Of O'Col
nell the Liberator, 10 the monument OF Pa
NELL the Dehverer, may they illumine Il
homes Of contented, happy and prosperol
people.
1t was a noticeable fact that the nam,
Of O'Brien, Dillon, Mccarthy and O'Coi
nor were hissed by considerable porto
Of the audience.