The Irish standard., 1891-08-08

MINNEA
reasonable person could find fault with.
[ stayed at the hotel Of John Whelan,
the chairman of the IParneli leadership
committee in Carlow, and he accounted
for Parne}ls overwhelming discontinue
in this way: Parnell got married to
| Mrs. O'Shea a few days before the writ
OF election was issued, and that VAS an
admission of his guilt. He had pre-
| viousy intimated to Dublin audience
in the Rotunda that he would present
bis si2e of the divorce case. and limited
he could not look them . the face if he
vas not capable OF showing his lnno-
cence. He let six months pass away
until an absolute divorce was granted
aud then married Kitty on the eve of
the C .rlow e!acgion. I,he law suit OF
Henry Campbell, M. F., against the
Cork Herald Injured Mr.. Parnell. In
that trial letters and kilograms signed
T.
aud they related to tins renting OF houses
in Eastboarne. Campbell sWore pos
isiveiy that he never wrote them nor
authorized any one to II so bis nance for
any purpose whatever. The jury be-
lieved him and gave him g. verdict for
damages against the Herald. Next day
Parnall wrote a letter froEn Londou
correcting Mr.. Campbell's testimony,
In which he stated Gnat Campbell bad
given MIN permission to use Ills name.
and that him self and Mrs. O'Shea, ln
WhOse vindicaGiOu he made the coyrec-
ton, had used MIR. CamDbe!i'3 name in
their correspondence, Though at the
same time Mr.. Campbeli dill not know
that he (ParneiD Lad more than q casual
acquaintance with Mrs. O'Shea. The
Herald had tried to serve parneli with
a subpoena to attend the trial but he
succeeded III eYading the officer and
escaping in a Bailk wagon from Balhrig"
gan and then in a. postal car till ne took
Shipping for England. Hammond's
flisnds placarded Parnell's Letter all
over this county and dwel5 upon it with
effect in 5heir stirring speeches. The
third obstacle in Parnsll's path to VIC
tory was the bishops manifesto which
was read IN all che churches OF The
Sunday Immediately before elaetion
day, These three things" said Ms.
xSrxro~. (,c .yYl n, s,j;tayr 4a,YF
us, and in the face Of them we sew that
defeat was inevitable. We cid not do
half the work we otherwise Wou'd have
dons. When Parnell did not win in
Ca1]ow he can scarcely carry any con
stituency in Ireland" L think Mr.
Whelan is right in his statement. for
though Farnsll has staunch adheren&s
everywhere, chs big maturity Of the
thinking men seem TO be against h1no,
and I am glad they are. l. listened to
Parnell very attentively on several oc-
casions, and though he Impressed me
as being the ablest raan OF them all,
there was something in his tone and
manner that carried conviction to my
mind that ne is seeking 2 victory for
himself rather than for his country. He
is an adrolt speaker and can use saE~
casm with effect. He was considerably
excited, but not 50 much as during the
Kilkenny election. He misrepresented
h1s opponents very cleverly, and de-
clared that if he was even defeated at
the general election he would still carry
on the war against secession and En-
gllsh dictation- He has succeeded ad-
misably in dividing the Irish people, |
and I predict that before he dies the |
irish people at home and abroad will
nave cause to condemn his action. AS
said in my first letter the people here
do not nope for home rule in this gem
Grafton. Archbishop Walsh has said in
the "National Press that he felt con-
vinced that the conflict between the
Irish factions. even for little longer.
must be absolutely destructive Of every
hope of the establishment of home rule
in Ireland, at all events within the
p10S6uV SCAVulSa LA q VI AOA0 0us|A G10 1
that through which the Irish people are
now passing, it is always in the power
of a mino1i,Y, grown desperate from
defeat, to wreck the fortunes Of
nation. The Parnellites are getting |
more desperate every day and have no
regard for ve1acltY. In this city few
days ago. Mr.. Mcdonald, the blind
Parnellite member, and man who has
renounced the pulpit for the platform,
told his audience that the priests OF
Carlow threatened the people with
damna tion and failure in crops if they |
supported Parnell's candidate. It is an
atrocious falsehood without a particle
of foundation and the man who uttered
it is fool. The Parnellites propagated
the report during the election, and I
traced the matter up and found there
was no truth in it. Mr.. Harrison, Mp.
for Tipperary, spoke at Carlow after his