The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05
4 Illstor, MIN q Purpssr.

I baftlea In which he has been engaged
I IL 10 not uncommon for him to speak with
/ appreciation % hrs OWn part In them.
fhis need not be reprehenaibls. and hap
/ PLY for the reader Who desires 70 be
entertained Mr. =. HUoH ODONNELL
In his vivaciOus and considerable work
Ths history o. he Irish Parliamentary
/ Pdrsv Q.ongmnns. Green and Company
has not lost himself in an excessive mod
esty. These two handsomely produced
volumes. comprising one thousand broad
and easily legible pages. are really not
- much a history A. an expression
% fervid opinion. Charles Stswar, Par
nell IL particularly ths object Of this
opinion and it must be said that in his
consideration Of Parnell the author Of
this history has diligently and With great
energy rubbed IL IN.
How much that was initiative did Mr..
Parnel contribute to tho Home Rule
movement and Who originated the policy
% obstruction. or a. q 10 called here
the active policy. in which the lrish
members of Parliamspt for some time
md quite effectively Engaged We and
Mr.. o'Donnell declaring that he has been
unable 10 discover that Parnell during
the session Of 1879 evinced the slightest
trace % originality in obstruction or in
anything else Contrary 90 ell the fiction
about a sudden genius imposing his novel
ideas on the practice Of Parliament
Alr. E : Parnel was for two years a
routine member ~ the Irish party. >
and he was nothing more.
Il Ia curious about these fairy tales con.
corning the origin q tho Irish obstruction
n Parliament. Mr.. O'Donnell invented H.
He says AZ paEe lS2 of he hrS' volume;
I founded the policy. TRAINED It's frs,
eHponents. When Mr. PaFnell became
my runaway apprentice had taught him
every detail Il the trade which he spoiled
Pauvre ingrat' Pauyre Roi 81 Oartonl-
Mr.. O'Donnsll was q leader writer for the
MorHiHq Poet among other publications;
that u why he speaks u the famous policy
a. issuing like PaIlas Athene fully armed
from the leader writer ruonns % the Morn.
49, Pnsi- Really. however. II was 10 his
chambers AZ = S~Tgpants I'm that he a..
strlcted his apprentices. Mes-rs- Parn@ll
and BiEEar. in the art q obstricting ne
legislative business Il the British Empire
For AK years thos~ chambers Wers tho
headquarters e the policy -BiGgar and
Parnell came there by Underground frlm
she House or by 0mnibus -oof from else
vhere. a. from Rarnell's cheap lodging AZ
10 keppel Strecf. on Cover straet-
There were other visitors. Particularly
-Thithar came. tall. gRunt and worn
Michael Dnvitt. With the Socialist's dream
In his eyes and unappeasable wrath
against the existence II feifahsm. OF
what he called 20. Ia his sfuJb0rn mint
and tameless heart q j. q Vigorous
sketch that the author gives e Davitt
Par - II gre. An infant in Ireland. bat
an English trained man and workman
oop!ously 10 rad and uneciucatsd ~ tie
Mechanics Institute. inspired bv the hdt
wine o. Fenianisfn a finer instrument ~
Cosmopolitan disroni-nt has never hssn
dRprd in a tattered copy u the uniform
u Robert Emmst. u vas only natural
that Parnell detssted han. and that Davitt
always had HIS knife az Psrnelrs hsck
An aSniabls enthu-ias, Fall q kindly and
hannl'ss ways h. always went 70 The
Comic Crusaders ~ The Merry widow
when he came 20 London. he told me a
couple u months before bis death Gen
orally spsaking a truth loving man. A.
~ 10 c1unsel stais-nanlike patriotism 40
a blind hddier % manRuvre the Channel
iee' President Kruger % south Africa
also visited Sergeants Inn. AfterWard be
sent the author EiOO in an ebony and silver
boI. The author infimates that he spent
the money IN paying his tailor
With Bggar and Parnell IN trimming. Mr.
ODonnell tells 10. he had two indisppn-
sable workers m the execution Of the new
policy BgRar gets more praise than the
other apprentice lie understood What
could be done sooner than PaFnell: bat
niS crooklack could never hope Go lead In
Irish eyes the chivairic figure II the hand
some master q insOlvent Avondaie. Yet
CrOokback was the better lrishman.
The author says that he has had the
handling ~ many men in the cOurns Of a
long political life but never hettsr nate
nal for the work 10 hand than Biggar and
Pameli
But there was . great differences between
this useful pair and the author. Mr..
ODOnnell lsavss ~ in NO doubt Of this
He says Any patriotic ham and bacon
merchant could discuss Greece and Rome.
ne French salon Or the British Academy
the Renaissance and the Revolution. the
tragic mus u Dante oT the voiG dor 81
Sarah Bernhard quite az dslicately and
~ erVIditely az the excellent BiGEar; and
Parnell .. accompl ailments were not one
whit less than the solid tastes % Mr.
BiRRar ! lived on the contrary with
the finest intellectual flower Of three oapi-
tails In the editorial room % the Spscta-
Tor there crime. resides r. ". Hutton him
self and Meredith Townsend. Walter
Bagshot. Sir Walter GriEsn. a. he 10 now:
the lights % the philosophical societies.
Mr. George Hooper. the eminent historian
u famous campaigns: literary critics. dis
tingui she'd economists And there we're
other literary saloons and other intellects
Cardinal Manning. Father Dalgaifns.
q. y. Ranken. was the colleague Of
dozens Of the Catholic writers and scholars
Of France and Belgium. What on earth.
outside II the policy. had 20 DO with am
uniettsred squiFelinE and q rugged pro
vincial tradssmani Why should they
open their FAT or exiguous purses 90 neP
What vas Hocuha to them or they tO
Hecuha? | wanted apprentices They
wanted constant instruction aud Euid-
anoe. The author adds that In 1877.
Whsn hs was In Parliament and WialdinR