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Show STAND if PARNEIL1 The Irish-Americans of Chicago Rally : . Around the Dishonored Leader of. the Nationalists, THEY NEVER LIKED TIM HE ALT. The Meeting Tonight in Favor of the Would-be Martyr Promises to bo an Enthusiastic One. Chicago, Pec. 22. Special to The ; -i Timks. J A great mass meeting will be held this evening at Battery 1) by the Irish-Americans of this city in support of Parnell The sentiment among the . Irish-Americans of ( 'hieago, not includ- ) Ing the few who have accumulated vast 1 wealth, is overwhelmingly in favor of ; ; the continuance of Parnell as leader of ' the Irish people. All Faction! Stand tiy Farnell. j , The meeting, therefore, tonight prom- ' isos to be both large and enthusiastic, "s Ex-Congressman John F. Finerty will I preside and the resolutions will sever- I ally arraign Healy, Sexton and Mc- I Caithy for walking with their open , eyes into the (iladsloniaii net. Tira Healy, never a favorite among his country peoplo in Chicago, is bitterly a denounced wherever Irishmen congre- , gate, for the foul language he has ap-l ap-l jilied to Parncil. Nothing hnt, Pity If Kprnied. for poor Sexton McCarthy's literary works are rising up to accuse him. In cue of them ho draws, with a master-band, master-band, the picture of an Irishman . fleeing flee-ing from English justice for having shot a landlord, and two weeks later 'I'urna I p In Nfcw York as a member of the police force. It has I been an open secret here for some years that the two Healy's. 'J. I). Sullivan, Tim Healy's father-in-law, Donald Sul-li Sul-li vim and Michael Davitt, all of whom, j except the latter, have been paid for 1 their patriotism out of the l'arnell par- liaiiientary fund, contributed by the Irish in America and Australia princi-J princi-J pally, have been Fighting- tha Irlnh Leader In an nuderhand way. If the auti-Par-t nellites should win today in Kilkenny, j It will mean the election of Tim Healy as leader to Parnell in the leadership of the Irish party, for already tho amiable McCarthy is pleading to be allowed to retire from the office. Tim Healy will - never be aecepie I as leader by the i Irish-Americans of Chicago, who claim t that for the ten years he has been in ' public life, he has failed to establish a reputation for political honesty. , J ' CASTLE COM KK TUB KEY. K t '. Parnell I in Good Spirits, but the Onllook Y la Blue. JJ Cilkf.xm. Dec. 22. The contingents ' Df the supporters of both sides have ar-. ar-. rived at Castl Comer, which point is l ippareutly regarded as the key to tho V . sonstitueney. The feeling of the ma- ority of voters, so far as can be judged, leems to bo anti Parnell. An altercation took place between Harrington and a number of priests. 1'his was occasioned by what Harrington Harring-ton termed the priests' interference si with the voters. Hot words were ex changed, ami in spite of Harrington's protests, the priests continued to work, f , Influencing th voters. Parnell returned from his visit to the roters of Goweran. He was in the highest of spirits and announced thnt fioweran would poll almost a solid vote for Scully. Information is received from Castle Comer that Parnell met ' with a hostile reception anil it is also Mated that the miners are voting lolidly for llenness.v. London, Dee. 22. A circular just Issued informs the Hritish branches of the National league that the service of niost of tho officials connected with inch branches will not lie needed in future, owing to the present financial position of the league. Olijected to the Pi-lent. Kilkkxny, Dec. 22. .Reports from Johnstown state that it was with great difficulty that the police today provent-td provent-td a serious collision betweon the excited ex-cited rival factions Tho Parnellites claim a majority at Johnstown. Tho election excitement there increased when it became known that , Rcully, the Parnellite candidate had entered a formal protest against I the laxity of the regulation in regard to s the admittance of strangers to the poll'ng stations. He and his friends i ssserted that the presence was appar- i ent in the polling places of many I priests known to be supporters of I llennessy. This they claim is contrary j to the law. I The rollinir at Kilkenny. I Kilkenny, Dec. 22. Tho polling ' opened briskly this morning, The I presence of the military aud a largo : force of police scattered throughout I North Kilkenny seems to bo a guaran- ! tee against any serious breaches of the j peace. |