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Show The Ie:ita of Panic 11. New York World. It was a sad day for the cause of home ule in Ireland when Mr. Purneil's human nature yielded to the fascinations that eventually even-tually drove him from the the leadership of the Irish party. But he was dethroned, and his confined presence iu f lie politic al field at the head of a mere handful of followers rendered him an obstruction and a hindrance to the movement for seif-govcrunieut and home, rule, of w liieh he had been not only an honored leader, but the one leader who had on every occu. ion shown acapaci'yto deal successfully with the shifting details of the great problem that confronted him. |