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lockers, and II was feared by many lrish
~Nationalists. who. In the end, cast their lot
with tho Anti-Parnellite faction. A few
data will show how exclusively the schism
In the Home Rule party was due to Mr..
GLADsToNE's lnterposition. II was on
Monday, Nov. ~, 1890. that a decree n,s'
for the divorce Of Captain and Mrs. OSHEA.
on the ground OF the %latter's misconduct
with Mr.. P~ARNELL, was made. On the very
next day there was a meeting OF the Irish
National League In Dublin, and IA resolution
pledging the meeting TO stand by PARNELL,
Notwithstanding the proceedings In tho
divorce court. was carried by acclamation.
On Nov. 10 Mr.. I. p. OCoNNoR, MIR.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN and Mr.. JOHN DILLON
were interviewed In the United States,
whittier they had gone To raise funds for the
Nationalist cause and all three proclaimed
their unfaltering allegiance to their chief.
Il can see nothing said Nr. DILLON.
"ln what has occurred To alter the leader
ship OF the Irish party in the House OF
Commons. A change would be n disaster"
Mr.. WILLIAM O'BRIEN said: Speaking as
an individual, | will stand firmly by PAR
ELL and there is no reason why ! should
not" With them Mr.. T. 7. OCoNNoR con-
CURED: MIR. PARNELL Is the greatest Par
liamentary leader that the Irish party ever
had. His disappearance from that post
would create dismay among the Irish Ma
tionallsts." On the same day. Nov. 10, Mr..
LABoUCHERE, the well-known British Rad
ical, declared that 1t WAS not for the
English to decide who the Irish leader
should be: This concerns the Irish alone.
My advice to Mr.. PARNELL is that he should
not be diverted fromth task that he has set
himself, to free his people, byanything that
has occur ed or may occur"
On Thursday, Nov. 20, there was a great
meeting Of Irish N~ationalistsi sin the Leinster
Hall, Dublin: Mr.. TIMOTHY HEALY and Mr..
JUSTIN MCCARTHY were present. The latter
proposed the following resolution, which
was carried by acclamation:
That this meeting. interpreting the sentiment OF
the Irish people that no side issue shall be per-
mitted 10 obstruct the progress OF the great cause or
Home Rule for Ireland, declares that, In all political
matters. Mr.. PARsKLI. possesses the confidence or
the Irish nation. and that this meeting rt!olces 81
the determination of the Irish parliamentary party
to stand by their leader"
Speaking to this resolution, Mr.. McCAR-
THY said:
II ask you, suppose a man has gone morally wrong
In some personal relation, isl the least reason why
he should fail in his duty to lead his people in sons
great question Of national an6 pablo Importance
Can we say to that man, We can do without your
W. knA~ wa Nappnt zay ~ Va % N "a n pD.Gihly aay
It. We shall say to hini 'wo ~recogniza no reason
why you Should be tempted from the 2, sat public
duty Of leading the Irish party and the IIsh people
to a public victory"
MIR, HEALY followed:
81 would say this further. that We must remember
that, for ireland and for lrishmen, Mr., PAnNELL is
less a man than an institution. We have under the
shadow Of his name secured for Ireland a power
and an authority in the councils Of Great Britain and
the world such a. we never possessed before and,
when | see a demand made for hi' retirement and
resignation, | ask you to emenber tho futllity
thereof. We're Mr.. P.RsELL to morrow to resign Lis
seat for Cork, lie would instantly be reelected. I say
we should be foolish and criminal, If we. the sea.
soned politicians who have beon able to watch the
vagaries and tempests Of pohacal passages, If We,
upon an occasion OF this kiud, at she very first blast
II opposition. surrendered the great chief who has
led Us so far Tor ward."
On Nov. % Mr.. JACOB BRIGHT wrote to
the Manchester Guardian
You sppear to thst Mr.. PARNELL should
retire for a time from public life, | take a different
view, think it is his duty TO remain NJ his post Ia
man commits grave fault. the best atoncment he can
make is to DO all the good he can in the direction
clearly indicated BY his own talents and experience.
The place where Mr.. pARSELL can render service to
his own country aud ours is in the House Of Com.
mons"
On Nov. 81 Mr.. ILLISGwoRrH addressed
a public meeting in Bradford. He said:
Mr. PARSELL has rendered great service to tho
Irish people and the cause OF Home Rule. He nas
piloted Home Rule nearly into its haven Would the
passengers VI a vessel from America which had been
~skilfully mantuyred through many dangers ana
navigated through many storms depose the captain
while yet the ship had to he threaded through tho
crowded sea and the Mer-ey because the, heard IN
the yoya age that the captain had been guilty Of a
moral offence
Amid this chorus Of friendly opinion
some jarrinP notes were struck, conspicu-
ously by the Rev. HUGH PRICE HUGHES in
the Methodist Times, and by Mr.. STEAD in
lIlc ut Hut '"s'ff' b'll l'Nh lll'lI SlHnu
on the moral question, and said in effect,
"Mr, PARNELL must 10" On Sunday, Nov.
%, tho Rev. hUGH PRICE HUGHES asserted
at "A gathering at ST. James, Hall: 81 nave
high autl ority for saying that Mr.. GLAD
STONE will intervene, and that Mr.. PARNELL
will recognize his voice az one to be- obeyed.'
On the next day, which was the day before
the meeting n Parliament, MIR. GLADSTONE
came to London and wrote his famous
letter TO Mr.. JoHN MORLEY. He announced
in this fatCful document that he had arrived
at the conviction that "nOtwithstard ding
the splendid services rendered by Mr..
PARSEIL to his country. his continuance
nj the present moment in the leadership
lof the Irish Nationalist partly would be-
productive OF Consequences disastrous
in the highest degree to the cause
Of Ireland He added that "the con.
tinuaucc ! speak OF would render my re-
tention OF the leadership Of the Liberal
party, based, as it has been mainly, upon the
presentation Of the Irish cause, almost n
nullity," While Mr.. MORLEY WAS in search
OF PARNELL to show him Mr.. GLADsroNE's
manifesto, the Irish Nationalist members
met On the afternoon Of Tuesday, Nov. 25.
at Committee Room IS In the House of
Commons, Co elect a seasonal chairman, the
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