Telegram-herald., 1891-10-03
PLRNELL HOTLY SCORED
Secretary Sutton Freely Lances
the Deposed Leader.
CHARGED WITH SERIOUS OaISSlosS
And ali the crimes I'm the Political
DeeAlegas-He Aiso whAeks the Par
iianieatAry Party but tonpii-
nssats DIR. Giaastone.

league held no morning session be-
cause the committees were not ready
to report In the afternoon Secretary
sutton read his report Ii was SEN
sational one. In il Mr.. Pernell and
the Irish parliamentary party were
sayagely aSsailed Mr. Sutton charged
them with all the crimes
named in the political decalogue
and made public for the
first tlrne the correspond
cnce between the league executive and
the Irish leaders. Those whom
Mr.. Sutton is pleased to called the
''fact;oaists" in America came in for
their share of the verbal castigation.
The report is quite long-about ten
thousand words--but this is explained
by Mr.. Sutton by the length of time
covered by it--sincc 1886. A synopsis
is as follows:
Mr. Sutton paid high tribute TO President
Fitzgerald who. he said was laboring honestly
and faithfully for the cause CT Ireland. AT the
last convention he aid there as an element
OF diseord but IL was oyerawed by the pre-
ponde-ance CT men who loved ireland too
dearly to prostitute their cause at the shrine Of
home with the belief that the organized body
OF lrish-Amer ricans stood a. his back, but he
soon found his mistake. Irish traitors were
readyto stab him in the back.
Mr.. Sutton grew warm here and stated that
the cowardly conspirators. falling in their vile
purpose OF creating division, sneaked out from
the last convention Ike beaten ours. When
Pnrneli asked money for ireland Fitzgerald
started tho subscription with f3coo and sioo0 900
~ al iaf rr-t fsaffn npfa =
gerald. anticipating the wish OF Parnell. had
the legislature Of Nebraska condemn ceer-
ci9n. Mr.. Gladstone acknowledged the
honor, Mr.. parncli did not. OBrien's
visit to this country was not approved
Of but everything was done to make
his visit success When the ma
ii nal committee met in Cleveland IN June,
ieSs in viow OF the Indifference shown by the
Irish leaders 10 the Irish league Of Amer
Tea, resolutions were adopted complaining OF
the neglect and Indifference manifested by the
leegue in Ireland toward the American league.
embraced In repeated rcfusals to acknowledge
the American league as The sole medium for
intercommunication in Irish political Affairs.
In these resolutions The American league
stated that unless its wishes were gratihed- 1t
would adopt a new line Of policy for itself No
attention was paid to this by Mr.. Parnell
and his associates beyond tardy vote Of
thanks for sympathy. Wien fund Of $50 .0O)
was raised for the Irish cause Mr.. Par
nell sent James J. OKelly. NJ. r.. to Amer
lea TO ask that none OF the money
be sent to Ireland without o special
request from Parnell. When Mr. Parnell's $
wishes we're complied with the factionists in
Chicago, New York and Philadelphia howled.
The committee OF seven in 1889 decided that
the people of Ireland had more claim upon the
generosity OF the American people than tho
Parnell defense movement.
Mr.. Parnell all this time was against any
Joint convention OF the American league, and
upon his request the Philadelphia convention
was postponed. To half Of the cablegrams
Mr.. Parnell made no reply and refused
to see delegates of the league when they
oiicers of the league had done everything
possible to comply with the wishes Of Par.
nell, but received nothing In return but dis
courtesy and ingratitude- He said that tho
conduct OF the Dillon OBrien- O Connor- Her.
rington delegation was pitiful exhibi
tion Of pusIlanimous shirking OF duty
that courtesy and gratitude should have i'm
PEELED them 10 pay 10 the president Of an or
ganization that had made the Parnell move.
ment political possibility. The Parnell party
ia Ireland was more anxious for American dol
lars than anything else. thonrht Mr.. Sutton.
Postponed Oh Account GA siiaine's Illness.
OTTAWA, Ont, Oct 2.-The govern.
ment received dispatch from the
British ambassador at Washington
Thursday stating that President Har-
rison desired a postponement of the
conference on trade matters fixed to
take place on the 18th inst, owing to
Mr.. Blaine's illness. A reply was sent
asserting to the postponement, but ex-
pressinp the wish that the ron ference
take place before the end of the year.