The Parnellite Party

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 108, 6 March 1890, Page 2

The Parnellite Party

By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. ( PKR UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | Londoj-, Mnrrh 3. In th* House of Commons to-day, W. Q. Smith said the Parnelht* party had been condemned <>v many of the grays charges, but the Governm*ut would not prosecute them, as the Statutory Commission had been used only to discover th* truth. H* hop*d Home Rule never would b* founded. Boycotting, inciting crime, aud the suffering and uiist-r* ••! the tactics of the Laud League h«.t -o-ight were c-rtnin to end in anarchy. Mr Gladstone declared it was un precedunted to thank the Judge* for carrying out their judicial duties. The whole report, he considered, bristled with disputable matter, and it was unreasonable to ask the H'-use to accept it as a whole. Ireland, he said, was on the brink of faniimwkeh seveu of. th* defendant* joined a seditious conspiracy, and it was unwise and indecent to cousin** others for these charges.. He con'eiided that the decade of the old agitation had prevented more crime than it had caused, and he regarded Mr PrtFriell, since 1882. as having contributed to the peace of Ir*iand. In bis opinion th* overtures of Lord Carnarvon to Mr Parnell had condoned bispreviou* acts, and in concluding Mr GUdston* urged th* House not to accept the denial of th* Minister, even if he was a member of th* Mouse of Lords. March 5 In th* Hous* of Lords the Marquis of Salisbury stated that h* will await th* decision arrived at by the House of-Com-mons before submitting a motion to th* L >rds as to th* Parnell Commission In the Hoi toe of Commons to-day Mr T. Hartington read cypher telegrams purporting to disclose the parleying of The Times subsequent to the suicide of Pigott, io obtain the evidence of Sheridan and Miller, The Times agreeing to pay th* parties L 10.000, and LIO.OOO respectively. Receiyed March 6, 12.30 p.m. London. March 5 The Times declares it only fulfilled its duty by trying to obtain Sheridan's evidence ; but Mr Parnell » sympathisers in America prevented him' coming forward. The cypher telegrams read by Harrington showed that Sheridan offered io disclose the whole history of the Land League, and produce documents implicating himself, P»rn*ll, Dillon and other-;, and also offered to prove that the famous forged letter was genuine. Sheridan's motive was revenge, because the Clan-na-Gael had condemned him to death on suspicion -of informing. Harrington also read a cable message stating the British Consul at New York bad been directed to discharge to th*- Times th* nam* of th* informant who supplied him with information in tb* same way Lecaron did. Mr Harrington ask*d for a committ** of •nquiry.