The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-03
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Tho Parnoilltc Leader Gives the Home
Ruic situation from Their Position.
M, ,,rt,bi1d isDg. M the Associated PTefGl

Tho ParnoilIto Leader Gives the Homo
Rule situation frnm Their Position.
(CoJyrighied, 1893, By he associated Pretal
LONDON, Nov. 2.-Mr. I. r. oConnor,
NJ p, president Of the Irish national
league Of Great Britain, on October 50.
sent letter to the general manager oil
the Associated Press giving his views Of
tho recent utterances of Mr.. John Red
mond, NJ. p, leader of tho ParnelIite
faction OF the Nationalist party. MI;
John Redmond, NJ. p, to-day addressed
the following reply to Mr.. oConhGr "a
a letter TO the general manager OIL inc
Associated Press:
"The attitude adopted by tho indie
pendent party OF Ireland towards inc
government has been widely misunder-
stood and misrepresented II has been
described MS q new departure and as the
promulgation OF new policy. 1t -
nothing Of the. kind. Our position ana
our policy towards the Liberal party
are to-day precisely what they have
been all along. We are ready and Will
ing TO support them so long rs they re-
main faithful to their pledges TO Ireland.
but we are absolutely independent Of
them and mean to let them know that
any paltering with home rule may con-
vert US from supporters into opponents
"0ur recent declarations have peeh
construed into meaning that we have
decided to throw Mr. Gladstone out oil
power and restore Lord Salisbury.
Nothing could be more absurd or more
untrue. What we have decided
upon is to let the present gov
eminent clearly understand that
their existence depends upon Irish
votes, and that the price to be paid lor
these votes is strict adherence to the
letter and spirit OF their pledges upon
the question OF home rule.
ut has been said, lately, notably by
MIR. Il. P. OConnor, in the American
press, that we are demanding from the
government tue re.introduction OIL the
home rule bill or IN immediate dlssolu'
ton oil parliament We have never
made any such demand.
"Ihe position as it appears to US,
seems 10 be of this character-home
rule, undoubtedly, has fallen far from
the high position it held in Great Bril-
tain before Mr.. Parnelps overthrow.
There is no enthusiasm behind it; 1t is
no longer urgent as twas when the
powerful leader and his united party
made the government OF the empire
practically impossible to any ministry
which rejected their demands.
"lhe majority OF the Irish Natlo9al,,
lat members to-day are part and parcel
OF the Liberal party and, consequently,
there is no Irish politician who has i
in his power to dictate terms to Great
Britain.
"When, therefore, the Liberal gov
eminent say to us that in order to win
the next general election it is necessa-
ny for them to pass certain British re-
forms before a dissolution OF Parlia-
ment, it would be childish upon our
part to deny it. We have never done
so, but we have considerable power
still left in our hands and we are bound
to use it for the purpose OF insuring
that only proper kind OF British re-
forms are proceeded with and that the
elections are not postponed indefinitely.
"rhus there isno question that home
rule will be shelved and that the next
four or five years will be devoted TO Brit
ish affairs and the chance of seeing
parliament on College Green will be
gone for generation"
iii we agree to support these British
measures and to have home rule in the
meantime we must have clear and
definite understanding that the disco
luton OF parliament will not be delay.
ed. 1t must take place at the end OF
1884 or at the latest when the new reg
istration OF electors law takes force. On
these conditions we are content to help
purely British measures during all next
year.
[Signed] ~. E. REDMOND"