The Irish standard., 1900-12-29
THE DUBLIN PARLIAMENT.

cent National convention held in the
city on the Lffey. Timothy NJ Hcaly,
the only Irish representative who at
tended the British parliament in de-
tiancc of the party under the leader
ship of John Redmond, comes in for a
large share of attention in our Dublin
contemporaries. William O'Rrien. rs
usual. hits Tim some heavy body
blows. and Thomas Sexton administers
some singing punches to the irreprcss-
ible Bantry boy. The following cdi-
torial from the rrceman will give an
idea of the national gathering held in
the Dublin rotunda:
In magnitude and Importance the
convention surpassed the most SAN
gllinc expectations. 1t was. as the
chairman AIr. Rcdmond described it,
the most representative and authori-
tativr assembly that had ever met in
Ireland. 1t was in very truth an en-
bodimcnt of the will of the nation.
from whose Judgment there is no ap-
peal. Its first business was to clear
the national conscience by an indiy-
nant reputation of the cruel and
cowardly war in which England is en-
gagged. The resolution was proposed
in speech of thrilling cloquence by
Mr.. Dillon. aid was unanimously
adopted. Ii is Il protest infinitely more
important and effective than any which
it would have been possible to make
in the British House of Commons. Not
to England alone. but to the whole
civilized world. Ireland has declared
in terms not to be mistaken. against
this cruel and cowarlly war of the big
battalions against a people rightly
struggling to he free.
The sympathy of Irislmen for the
TranSvaAl is deep and genuine. but in
the hearts of Trishmcn the cause of Ire
land is first. 1t was to safeguard that
sacred cause that tho convention adopt
ed, by majority SO overwhelming
that it was practical unanimity, the
resolution excluding Mr. IIcaly and
Mr.. Carew from the councils of the re-
constituted party. Mr.. Healy has at
tackled in turn. and always with the
same vile torrent of political abuse,
every distinguished member of the
party who enjoyed the confidence of
the country. To the plea that the re-
union of the party was an act of
oblivion for all concerned he has HIM
self provided the most conclusive reply.
His vituperation has been as bitter as
before. His virulencc has specially
exhausted itself against the national
convention and the national organiza-
ton. Hc has pcrsistently denounced
and obstructcd the national fund. on
which the very life of the movement
depended. and described as Il gang Of
"trickstcrs ana tipplers'' the Irish Ma
tionalist representatives who were ON
Tuesday invited by Mcssrs Harriny-
ton and Lcamy to- accept him as Il
brother. For all this he has uttered no
word of regret. has vouchSnfrh no hint
Of amendment. He is still today an
enemy Of the national or"nuiZHt ion as
bitter as the Castle: he is still tn" un-
repcntant ral,lnlniatnr of the Irish rep.
rcScntativcs II did not need the Won
dcrful cloullrnrr of Mr. William
O'Rrirl. of Canon Shinkwin and Fa-
Their Clancy. to convince the patriotic.
and Intelligent delegates who partir-
patrd in the convention that to admit
Mr.. 1lcaly To the Irish party would
he to court and insure its destruction.
1t would he an Indictment and cncOlr-
agcmcnt to persist in the evil work of
disscnsion and disruption i'll which he
has been heretofore engaged. 1t would
he a public confession Of grotcsquc in
competence on the part of the conycll-
ton to deal with open and insulting
defiance of the will Of the people. The
speech Of the chairman. Mr.. Redmond
was most conclusive proof Of all that
Mr.. Healy was wholly irrcconcilahle
enemy Of the national organization, not
to be placated by reason or appeal
The speech of Mr.. Harrington. who
was Mr.. Healy's champion at the con
vention. stripped Of its platitudes. was
n naked threat that exclusion would
he revenged by n new faction tina,
would paralyzc the movement. 1t is
noteworthy that in that vast assembly
no man was to be found but Father
Connolly to condone the fragrant con
duct of Mr.. Carew in clinging to Il seat
from which his friend and colleague
was trcked. and in violating his OWL
public pledge to resign. Father Con
nolly's strange defense. If it meant
anything. meant that this dishonorabl,
conduct was redeemed by Mr.. Carew's
financial support of the Daily Nation
and Independent. The threats. soph
isms or subterfuges of the champions