The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-07

hIS way 10 AlLerlCa 10 raise Iuuus lOr nls
distressed followers and TO help along the
new organization. During his visit he
was invited 10 address the House OF Rep
resentatiyes at Washington, an honor
which had been bestowed on but three be-
fore him. Lafayette, the Bishop Of Eng
land and kossuth.
On his return 10 Ireland Parnell was re-
turned 10 Parliament by three connties
and subsequently TO the position Of leader
OF the Irish Party. In 1850 he organized
the Land League, which rapidly grew To
be most powerful of modern Irish move
ments.
Through the accusations OF the Irish
Attorney General Mr.. Parnell was brought
TO trial in December, 1880, on charges Of
sedition but after nineteen days hearing
the jury disagreed: At the opening Of
Parliament in 1851 he and his followers
offered fierce opposition To the Arms
BILL prolonged over seven weeks. During
that time he and three-quarters OF the
Irish members were removed by the ser
geant-at-arms for obstruction. When the
bill passed Parnell at several meetings in
Ireland advocated testing the legality Of
the act. and ou October l3 he was arrested
AMI confined in Kilnainham Jail. The
government proclaimed the Land League
W 'c 'u aSsOtldtlOH, anu MT. l-hT-
nell replied with the E" No rent " manifesto.
In the following May Parnell was re-
leased from Jail and In quick succession
followed the resignation of Mr.. Forster.
and Lord Cowper. tho murders in Phoenix
Park and the virnlent debates on the
crimes bill. The freedom Of Dublin was
voted him in 1882 In the same year he
succeeded ia getting the arrears Act"
passed.
The Land League was revised under the
name of the National League and Parnell-
WAS chosen President Dnring 1884 and
1855 he was the inspiring leader Of tho
Irish party and in 1885 OH the dissolution
Of Parliament when the Irish people first
voted OH a general household suffrage. he
nominated every candidate and returned
Ia Westminster with eighty-fve colleag-
ues. The new situation was met by Glad
stone with the proposal of Home Rule.
The Home Rule bin failed and after the
elections Mr. Parnell successfully opposed
the bill TO evict tenants and 20 reduce
rents one half
The history OF tho Parnell Commission
10 inquire into the charges Of the Times
which printed the articles called Parnell.
ism and Crime" the forged letters of
Pigott. the suicide Of the latter IN Spain,
the twenty-eght days trial, the examipa-
tion Of the 500 witnesses. the acquittsl of
Mr.. Parnell. the libel suit against the
Times and the R5OO0 damages awarded,
are events still fresh in the memory of
American readers, and need not be further
detailed. How last year be was convicted
Of improper relations with Mrs OSbea.
and how the Just Indignation Of the Irish
people forced him from his position Of
high honor To disgrace and contempt. and
nearly ruined the Irish cause, are also well
known facts. The protest against his
leadership was signed by four arcbbishops
and eighteen bishops OF the Catholic
Church
Mr.. Pcrnel's marriage with Mrs. O'Shea
did not remove the stain from his reputs-
tion because besides bad faith with her
husband he had kept bad faith with his
party and today his death will he "A bes-
sing to the Irish 'cause--a statement all
the more pitifuly is that two years ago
Parnell was the idol of his people and
almost the dictator of the English House
Of Commons.
Those who knew Parnell in recent
years knew him as man of strange re-
serve Of manner. Those who had known
him long were best able 10 Judge by what
almost superhuman efforts he managed
10 SCHOOL nl1nseU 10 Dear up unuer attack
OF every kind. and brace himself against
ridicule. denunciation or half praise, to
steer his course straight ahead in troubled
seas and veering winds. For the poetic
element was strong in Mr.. Parnell's ma
ture. In the outset of his career he
WINGED and flushed under censure and in
the mobile working of his face his emo
tions could be read like the pages of a
book But his will was iron, and he has
long seemed the most absolutely cool and
immovable man in the House of Commons,
no matter what passions were raging
within him. His pale, set, bearded face
and slender frame have given no hint of
his feelings. Only when upon his feet,
pouring out a esistless food of speech
and in such circumstances as surrounded
his recent appearances in Ireland, did the
mans volcanic passions overcome him and
give hint of his native impetuosity. Mr.
Parnell, with crowbar leading a mid
night assault upon the United Ireland
Office in Dublin, is a historic figure of
unique contrast TO Mr. Parnell in the
House of Commons impassive as a statue