The Irish standard., 1893-10-28
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1898.
THE PARNELLITE FACTION.

THE PARNELL1TE FACTION.
It seems that the section of the Irish
people who call themselves Parnellites
and follow John Redmond as their leader
have not yet realized the supreme folly
OF keeping their countryrnen divided on
political issues. John Redmond has re-
Gently addressed his supporters in Dub
lin, Waterford and Cork, and declared
that he would absent himself from the
House OF Commons during the rest of
the session unless the ministry would
grant amnesty to the political prisoners
and introduce bill giving financial aid
and compensation for eiectment to the
evicted tenantry of Ireland. He en-
phatically declared that the Irish men,
beers in parliament should block the way
for English legislation until the evicted
tenants and prisoners were first attended
to, and though it was reasonable that
English measures should be dealt with
concurrently with Home Rule, vet he ob-
;ected to giving them precedence and
hanging up Home Rule indefinitely and
to proceed with English business as if
there was no Irish question clamoring
for settlement. The Freeman's Journal
calla this kind of talk "anti Home Rule
Independence" and reminds Mr.. Red
mond that IN his Edinburgh speech MIR.
Gladstone said that "the next session of
parliament will not pass without your
seeing Home Rule, as far as can estim-
ate the future, again appear above the
waves, amidst which it has for the mo-
ment seemed to founder" Home Rule
then is not to be hung up in the next
session, and the Irish members should
cordially assist their Liberal and Radical
friends to pass necessary measures of re-
form for the English, Scotch and Welsh
democracy in return for their allegiance
to the Irish cause. But grabbed" United
Ireland, the weekly organ of the Panell-
ties, croaks out that Gladstone did not
mean what be said, and that the Home
Rule bill would be hung up. 1t then re-
minds it's contemporary that the National
Liberal Federation called upon the gov
eminent in resolution to employ next
years session in passing British measures,
aud quotes provincial McCartbyi!e
organ. which it calls the champion of Tim
Healy, to the effect that Mr.. Gladstone
must again appeal to the country on the
Home Rnle bill before the lords will
sanction it, And so it goes On between
Parnellite and aati Perpellite papers un-
til Irish Americans get heartily sick of
both of them.
If the London dispatches sent to
Anne lean papers can be relied on, it looks
as if the Home Rule bill will not be rein
troduced this session, but that the time
OF parliament will be devoted exclusively
to various English, Scotch and Welsh
measures of reform promised in the New
castle programme. Mr.. Asquith, lead
ing member of Gladstone's cabinet, re-
gently made speech in which he said
that the British Liberals had subordin-
ated great measures of legislative reform
in order that they might concentrate
their energies upon the loyal execution
of dnties which they owed to their Irish !
allies, and he wished to receive from
their Irish allies like consideration and |
like cooperation for British measures.
''It is upon the cordial, continuous, un
broken alliance of the democracy of Ire
land with the democracy ct Great Brit
ain" he said with great truth, "that the |
chance of securing ends which are dear
to them entirely depends. That alliance |
has stood the strain of seven years of |
hard fought conflicts, and, for my part, |
am perfectly certain it will endure to the
end" In replying to speech of Lord
threatening that the House
Of Lords will throw out one o, more of
The proposed English reforms when they
come up from the Commons, Mr.. Asqulth
declared that dissolution of
parliament and an appeal to the country
rpuld soon follow. In answer to Lord
salisbury chat in the event Of England
o,iinr engaged in war with France or the
United Statss sit would be dangerous for
n,peri4l 81 TO have Ireland be in
ss,I,trol of her own affairs, Mr.. Asqnith