Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-05
OLD IRELAND.
JoHa DILLON OoNTIRHS WHAT WILLIAM
0BRIlN SAID
ib,u. tho Baulogns Conference Vas ofsrsd th'
Ladsnhir, But R.fassd- Why NJ. Parnsll
Vas Lsts TO His fats

DUBLIN, November 4.-Despatcnes
from Waterford, where the convention
of the National Federation is oeing
held, say that great excitement prevails
there. The streets are crowded Win
uproarous mobs Of people, ready Tor any
kind of disturbance.
The police, in their efforts TO controi
the mob, have been making free use OF
their batons with the result that several
civilians have been injured.
Mr.. Timothy Healy. who was horse
whipped yesterday by Mr.. McDermott'
nephew of the late Charles Stewart far,
nell, and solicitor for the Parnell
family, was one of the speakers.
He said, among other things, that ne
would not be deferred by violence from
pursuing the course he had mapped out
for himself, and repeated the language
in reference to the widow of the Irish
leader which he used at Longford on
Sunday last, and which led to the
chastisement he received at the nanos
of Mr.. McDermott. /,
Mr.. Dillon on arriving at Waterford
was received with mingled cheers and
Kisses. Three hundred police guarded
the Federation delegation on their way
to the convention which was held In
the city hall.
The police repealed repeated charges
made by the mob. The Parnellite
sympathizers tried to rush through the
entrance of the city hall but were
beaten back.
After the convention proceeding, Mr..
Dillon confirmed Mr.. O'Brien's Bou-
logne revelations, and added that the
men now calling him traitor had tele-
praphed to him while he was In New
York, Offering him the leadership In
succession to Mr.. Parnell.
Continuing, MIR. Dillon said that, In
spite of the continuous calumnies
heaped upon him. he had never before
revealed this fact. Messrs. Harrington
and Redmond and other prominent Par
nellites had joined in the request, which
was made after he had declared against
the leadership of Mr.. Parnell.
He refused the leadership because 1t
was a painful and difficult position; a
position which he had never sought nor
wished, and one which he would be
slow to accept. After arriving at Bou-
logne he told them that he could not
accept the position unless all concurred
in promising loyal support.
Those men, one and all, promised that
il he (Dillon) took the Craftsmanship
they would be his loyal followers. He
had done nothing since that altered his
position hairs breadth. For weeks,
at Boulogne, they were as anxious to
get MIR. Parnell out of the leadership as
the majority were.
Ii they had steadily adhered to that
policy they might have saved Mr.. Par
nell from an impossible position. If any
one in the world was responsible for Mr..
Parnell's fate, after Mr.. Parnell himself,
it was the men who, when the supreme
hour came, had not sufficient courage,
manliness nor honorable friendship to
take firm stand and impose their judy
ment on him. Cheers.
Mr.. Dillon left the convention hall on
his way the railway station guarded by
police and one hundred priests. A mob
followed and kept up continuous at
tack until Mr.. Dillon obtained shelter
in the station. A number of skulls
were cracked.
Thirty delegates while crossing toll
bridge, were thrown to the ground and
trampled upon, many being badly hurt
and bleeding profusely when rescued by
the police.
Several thousand Parnellites held the
approaches to the convention hall and
every where struck down opponents.
The whole quay, mile In length, was
the scene of savage Fighting. Many
persons were taken to the hospital.