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ia factions, and was chiefly responsi
bic idf the agitation ii the home coun
1try which eliminated in the protes
against Parne1l, signed by four archbish.
Eops and eighteen bishops Of the Roman
Catholic church.
It was the savage ferocity of Healy
quite as much as any other factor which
drove Parnell into a premature grave liz
1891. The Farnellites have never forgiven
his unnecessary and almost inhuman VIC.
lnece toward a man who, whatever his
social wrongdoing and weakness, had
done more for the welfare Of ireland
than any other man Of his generation.
With the withdrawal of Parnell's pow
erful hand Of restraint. the factional
hates in the party broke out into open
war. Two camps formed one contain
ing Healy, Arthur O'Connor and their
following and the other containing John
Dillon, O'Brien, Sexton, T. P. O'Connor
and theirs. From that day to this the
history of the Irish movement in par
lament has been a history of the mu-
tual defamation of Irish representatives
In this miserable business of hurting
foul epithets no one has beaten the rec
erd of Timothy Healy. He is rather
1AAO1 2 uCCC4L Lud4l LduuSI, WHO Is CO1l
stitutionally and habitually vulgar, but
he is mnch more virulent.
Healey is unquestionably man Of supe-
rior mental gifts. If his judgment and
discretion equa1led his imaginatory and
energy he would be quickly singled out
as the natural leader Of the Irish Nation
alists, but even his most ardent admirer,
Arthur OConnor, would not lay much
IT mr. to1 ihp.f11
His ambition is towering; his faith in
his stars amounts to fatalism. Unfortu-
nately just when he had succeeded in the
debate on the address in making a favora-
BILE impression and in convincing his asso-
ciates that he had. at last determined to
adopt more rational manner, he spoiled
the whole by cooperating with Tanner in
the disgraceful behavior which secured
the latter's double suspension Tanners
vagaries are by no means confined to what
appears in the reported proceedings of the
house. He is guilty of even worse Of
fenses; and Healy's willingness to col
laborate with him in any particular is
viewed with surprise even by those who
most keenly resent his ordinary audacity.
Tannerism is sort of a last ditch of po-
,litical disrepute.
Healy's struggle with Justin Mccarthy
is apparently to be as fierce and unrelent-
ing as that waged with Parnell. It was
expected that he would be severely disci-
plined at the caucus of the Irish national
lists held imm ediately after the opening of
parliament, but that little operation did
not take place. On the contrary, he mar
nowly failed to beat his opponents badly,
and actually succeededin in making the out
come of the controversy seem a drawn
battle. The caucus refused to publish the
correspondence in relation to the Tyrone
and Derry seats. which Healy said were to
be sold to the Liberals on condition that
the latter paid for all registration
and election expenses. It refused
also to reaffirm the censure
which Mccarthy had pronounced upon
Healy in the Freeman's s Journal; and also
far from the latter being turned out OF. the
Irish National party, as Mccarthy had ex-
pected, he and his followers were given
an influential representation in the ses-
sional committee which shapes the party
program. Mr. Mccarthy took this so Sc
vere}y to heart that he was said to have
declared his intention to resign the chair
manship of the party. during the recess.
( On Monday Mccarthy issued another
manifesto against Healy. This time it was
an appeal to the electors of South Her
ry to support Farrell, the candidate chos-
en- by the regular convention, and to op-
pose Murphy, who is a Healyite. The ap-
peal denounced Murphy's candidature as
treason against the party discipline
and bitterly scored Healy. This has IN
tensified the animosity Of the pugnacious
Dublin lawyer, who says he has not yet
reached a point where he will count him
self dru1nmed out of the party Of Irish
iNationalists. The result of the election is
the return Of the McC Carthy candidate and
the overthrow OF Eealy's nominee. What
effect this will have upon him remains to
be seen; He has survived worse rebutfs.
His perseverance, is remarkable.
4 1t is doubtful whether even coalition
between the Redmondites and the dillon
Mccarthy faction could discipline Tim
Healy. .R