The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23
''IV DAY. WAS
DULY OBSERVED
ParneIl's Memory Kept
Green.
IRISHMEN SHOWED LOYALTY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONOR OF
THE DEPARTED LEADER.
AS Time Rolls On There Is a Marked
Increase in the Number Who
Wear the Parne4
Emblem
FRESHMEN SHOWED LOYALTY
DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONOR OF
THE DEPARTED LEADER.
BY d. j. CLANCY.
Special Correspondence Of The Call.

DUBLIN. Oct. s-The day before yes
Serdav. the anniversary of the death OF
Charles Stewart Parneu, was known and
kept, as It has been known and kept as
''Iyv day. in Dublin and the other chief
centers Of population in Ireland for the
last seven years. How 1t came to be
known as Ivy day-that is TO say, how
the ivy leaf has come 10 be regarded as
the ParneH symbol, as the primrose IS
that OF Disraeu, or I suppose l should
say. Lord Beaconsfield, is already a mat
ter Of doubt. The fact. however, remains.
On the 9Th of October in every year
the Parnellites wear the ivy leaf as all
Irishmen do the shamrock on St Pat
riCk's day; and on this occasion. for the
first time. many wore il in hat or coat
who have not been Parnellites in the
past. II IS curious, and Yet not strange,
how all this has come about. I remem-
Der the time when, Immediately after the
split in the Irish party in 1890 those or
his former followers who were opposed
to Parnell would scarcely bear TO hear Of
his name. 1t was, Of course, when pas
sion ran high. The men on both sides
were excited and said and did some
things which, on ordinary occasions, they
would neither have done nor said. Time
however, has softened the appetites of
the interneCine conflict in Ireland, and
to-day most i-Parnellites are willing
the great Irishman who died so unex-
pectedly in October, 1891. Hence the gem
eral wearing Of the ivy leaf on Thursday,
and the articles in the anti-Parnellite
press IN euIogy Of Parneu.
Apart from this general demonstration
in memory Of Parneu there was a special
demonstration in Cork, the last consutu-
ency which Parneu represented in the
British Parliament, which took the shape
of public meeting, at which the Mayor,
been
nellite, presided, and there was also q
meeting in Dublin at which Mr. John
Redmond. NJ. P, delivered a lecture on
Irish Leaders From Swift to Par
nell" Cork presents rather curious
spectacle. So far as one can see, the pop
ulation OF that city IS overwhelmingly
Parnelite, but its two Parliamentary rep
Tesentauves are anti-Parnellite. How Is
the apparent inconsistency explained?
The fact is that in the Parliamentary
constituency of Cork city there IS in
Guided q considerable rural district which,
Ike most Of the rural districts through
out Ireland. is anu-Parnellite. and the
votes Of this part Of the constituency turn
the scales. This fact is indicative of
the state OF things generally; How
Ulster. the urban center and certainly
the large cities and towns of Ireland
have always been Parnellite, while the
rural districts, rule, outside some
half-dozen counties, have at least voted
tonalist split in 1890 AS TO Dublin there
has never been any doubt. The city has
always been OVerW helmiugly Parnell-
lite. Three out Of the four Parliamentary
representatives of the city were elected
at the last Two general elections on Par
nellite principles and as members of the
Parnellite party; but what is more sig
nihcant is that the members of the cor
pOratiOn Of Dublin who are elected on a
narrow and restricted franchise are also
three fourths Parnellite- 1t was not
therefore unexpected when a large and
enthusiastic audience assembled to listen
10 Mr. Redmond, the leader Of the Par
Mr.. Redmond's lecture was interesting
from two points Of view-from the his
Of view Of Mr. Redmond himself. The
survey Of irish history involved in the
recital Of the story Of Swift, Grattan,
y CQnneH and Parneu necessarily brought
IN the most important episodes in the his
tory Of ireland during the last century
and a half Swift was the first great
IrIshman who asserted the independence
Of Ireland. Grattan accomplished the
dream or swift by securing the independ-
enCe Of the Irish Parliament. O'ConnelI,
Catholics Of Ireland. established his claim
TO the title Of the Liberator of Ireland.
tlnaIIy ParnelI accomplished the social
emancipation Of the Irish tenantry and
IN addition, brought the nation itself al
most within the portals of national lib
monds lecture. But 1t taught another les
son also. 1t showed Mr.. Redmond him
self in a very favorable light. He is Ger
tainly one Of the best lecturers Of the day
He has a fine, clear voice, an excellent
0elNeTy ana a capacity lot tnOSe dramatic
touches which hold a popular audience in
a spell. On Monday night he charmed
everybody who listened to him, which will
not be surprising to any one who has
heard him in America. In truth, John
Redmond is one Of the few orators whom
Ireland possesses at the present moment
and he is one also Of those Irishmen OF
whom it may safely be said that the best
of him has not been seen yet.
1t was only 10 be expected that the
failure of the constitutional movement
to achieve home rule should have led to
feeling among the rising generation Of
Irishmen in favor Of other methods Of
accomplishing that object. 1t was inev-
liable that when ParnelT was removed
from the scene Of action in Ireland, with
out having accomplished his main pur-
pose, ardent spirits should have once more
come to the conclusion that mere reason
and argument were Of no use and that the
only argument England would listen to
was the argument Of force. OF this fact
suspicious illustration was afforded a few
days ago in the county of Galway. when
q large public meeting unanimously de-
clared that it would no longer take part
IN constitutional agitation. but considered
t&at only the methods Of 1.-THE men of '98"
ought thenCeforward TO be adopted and
pursued by Irish NatiOnalists. It is true
that the meeting at which this declara-