The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-21

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how 81 other these great men ars xcesdl-
iingly human after an. They are lust as
human as the little boy who refuses 70 eat
lat the table because his younger brother
lis sitting in his place. In the .speake 1
lease the coveted place is the presidency,
and the chances are that deprivation now
means total deprivation forever. In any
|event the developments are worth watch
ing and noting. s sS I, 4. si.
STILL FIGHTING.
Some idea Of the condition Of the affairs
In Ireland may be cleaned from the arti-
Gle reproduced from United. Ireland,
which follows: ....ss 81. 4
No more extraordinary document was
ever penned by man protesting to speak
| in the interests of national unity than the
article from Mr.. William O'Brien, in the
current number OF the Contemporary Re
view. Cancellation Of opponents was never
| q leading feature In his character, but 1t
| is doubtful If he ever transgressed the
ordinary ohservances OF discretion or de-
/
occasion. The tribunal to which he ap-
peals, the English readers OF q society
magazine, for judgment upon the col
leagues who were once associated with
him in the struggle against English inf1u-
ence in Irish politics.; and the sinister
means which he employs to extort that
| judgment would seem to befit the role
of an abandoned Irishman in the service
of his countries enemies rather than a
politician who was honestly DESTROYS to
adjust grave national differences. Even
| if all that Mr.. William O'Brien contends
for were true and II the condolences of old
comrades which he SO shameful
| " violates would admit Of the interpre-
tation he seeks to put upon them, what
useful purpose could 1t serve to discuss
them in the columns Of an English maya
zine? We know the influence which Eng
| lish opinion had upon him and those
panic stricken patriots who bowed down
before it in Committee Room Is. Does
he think there is still sufficient manhood
and courage in the men who resisted then
! to despise it now? Even in mis- very open
| ing sentence there is tone Of apology for
| the small measure of success which at
| tended the recent Dil.onite gathering.
eff the Irish race convention in Dublin
he says, chad not been followed so quick
! ~ by the excitement Of the Parnell ami
yersary, the internecine troubles Of the
| Irish party would be, for all practical
purposes, at an end" While by NO means
discounting such valuable evidence of the
| significance and success Of the Parneli
| Anniversary we confess we are wholly
unable to see how it affected in any way
the internecine troubles In Mr.. O'Brfen' s
party, by which, of course, we under
stand him to refer to the quarrel with Mr.
Healy. The Parnell anniversary had no
| connection with either section and unless
the belligerants deliberately laid down
their arms to gaze on the magnificent
demonstration of order and reverence and
enthusiasm .treading its way to the grave
of the great man who had been the OBJ
ject of their common attack we know Of
4 no other circumstances connected with
the occasion which could prevent their
"internecine trouble from being drought
to an end" The English readers Of the
Contemporary, that fashionable tribunal
to which Mr.. O'Brien appeals on Irish
political issues, are left In no doubt by
| him as to the manner in which the end
| was to be obtained ''The sentence Of
| the convention" he writes, pronounced
in contumacium has disposed of the Hea-
| lyite schism as an open cult. The Irish
party have received a peremptory COM
mission to deal with the first overt act
of mutiny in their ranks. Mr.. Healy's
| friends will either have to comfort them
selves like honest comrades, or resign and
face their constituencies. Those who
know Mr.. Hea.y best are not without
hope that now that Irish opinion has re-
gained its ascen dency, he Will simply,
in the language Of the lawyers. take up a
watching brief" and accept the situation
with the same outward philosophy with
| which for more than five years he adj
iourned the resumption Of HE quarrel
with Mr.. Parnell until his opportunity
came" Here, then, is the end of the great
Irish race convention which was to heal
M Irish discussions and restore the ma
tional cause to its eminence in the poll
tics of the empire. It is well that those
who are disposed to respond to the resolu-
tion of the convention. and the public APP
peal since made, by Mr.. John Dillon,
should know exactly to what purpose
their subscriptions are to be applied The
twenty pounds contributed by the Bishop
of Raphoe, and the other subscriptions
which have followed it are not peace OF
ferings in any shape or form. According
to Mr.. O'Brien the policy Is simply to
make war upon those members OF their
own party. who will not fall down and
worship Mr.John billions leadership, and
from the camp of the parliamentary
party the battle is to be extended to ev-
cry constituency in Ireland upon whose
representative this so-called Irish race
convention pronounced Judgment in con-
| ~. RI ic M do,1hf NORTON If