Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-11
HsALY AND SEXTON.
Their Quarrel . God-Sepd to che Glad
stone Government.
[nr Anglo-Amerlcan cabIe % the Dlnpatch.l

yAnglo-American cable to the Dgpatch.l
LONDON, June 1O.-The elimination of
the long-pendipg trouble between lin
Healy and Thomas Sexton has been god
send 20 the government, The exciting
scenes in the conference of the Irish Par
liamentary party on Friday and Mr.: Sex
tons subsequent retirement from his seat
for North Kerry have so distracted the at
tention of members that they have little
time to make protests against Mr.. Glad
stones recent concessions to tho Union
lists.
Had il not been for this division an i'm
mediate open revolt in the Irish ranks
against the governments policy would
have been unavoidable. Justin Mccarthy,
leader of the anti-Parnellites. stated the
case plainly in an interview with tho IRE
mier Just before the conference met. lie
told Mr.. Gladstone that the discomfort OF
the Irish members had been reused to the
point at which the leaders had become
powerless to preserve discipline unless the
government should give the most explicit
ASSURANCES that no further concessions TO
the UnioDists would be made.
CAUSE OF TIE EsvoLT.
The specific cause of this potential re-
volt is the number of amendments TO
clause of the home rule bill which have
been accepted by MIR. Gladstone from
Unionist members. Nine such amend
ments to limit the powers OF the Dublin
| legislature have been conceded. One or
the nine was carried even against the
votes of "a Irishmen. Most of tho Irish
| members attribute the repeated yielding
! of the government to Its enemies TO mere
| lack of backbone. A few, however,
90 50 far as 10 suspect treachery
[ within the Cabinet. In informal consuita-
/ ton with Ministers in the lobby the irish
leaders have urged the argument that as
/ the home-rule bill is the outcome OF deh-
mite agreement between them and the gov
/ eminent no alterations ought TO be made
! by the Ministers without their first seeking
/ the assent Of the Na,ionalists. Ibis argu-
| ment Mr.. Mccarthy was commissioned by
| his colleagues TO lay before Dir. Gladstone
with special emphasis. and he did SO.
! DECISIVE ACTION PROMISED.
In reply to a warning that the accept
J ance of further Unionist amendments
would be q signal for Irish hostlities, Mr..
/ Gladstone authorized Dir. Mccarthy to tell
the conference that decisive measures
would be adopted 70 close tae committee
stage of the bill b. the middle of July.
/ How the Premier proposes 10 do this to
/ the extinction OF Unionlst obstruction no
did not say. He also avoided giving any
assurances concerning the acceptance
7
| Unlonists. Mr.. NcCarthy's report or
his conversation with the Premier was
received with some demonstrations OF Ill
/ temper by the conference. and majority
! of the members expressed themselves az
/ fayoring immediate measures to compel
the government to act without delay and
in conformity with explicit assurances.
: They also emphasize the necessity OF Mr.
| Gladstone's acting. as previously. IN close
concert with the Irish leaders that IL, OF
accepting the dictatlon of the Nationalists
as TO the future course OF the home-ruie
bill.
Enter TIE QUARREL.
Nr. Mccarthy promised TO inform Mr..
| Gladstone of the sentiment OF the meet
ing, but his pledge. hardly given. was for
! gotten, as the discussion turned To tho
Sexton affair. which quickly stirred all
the animosities latent among the members
and evoked scene repeatedly on the
verge Of violence. 1t was such bit
ter quarrel Us disturbed the last Par
nell conferences. Nominally. the. trou-
bic concerned tho control OF tue
party newspaper organ; really it was
due TO the fundamental differences
in tho political creeds of the leaders.
Timothy iealy represents the clerical eie-
ment on the board of the Frern,dns Jour
ma and at all points in general Irish poll
tics he is in cloee touch with the priests.
Sexton, on the other hand. represents the
secular faction of the Nationaiists. He
Joined the board of the Freman's Journal
at tho request of John DILLON and Justin
Mccarthy. At the conference Yesterday,
however, Mr. Mccarthy was unable to
rally majority to the support OF his
protege's policy in the directorate.