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Show COIEDT OB TBAGEDTT Tkalrlah Teakers HeM Aaalker tornay Besalen. LosDox, Dec t. When the meeting of the Irish members of Parliament re-assembled In the afternoon af-ternoon Parnell stated that until the party deposes him be would remain chairman. Barry retorted: "You are not our our chairman," and added that Parnell Par-nell was a dirty trickster, causing another uproar. Arthur O'Connor appealed to his friends to show every possible respect res-pect to their late leader. McCarthy said be had only risen to a point of ordtr. Someone handed hand-ed blm a paper and the chairman struck it out of his band. ' Parnell said he took it from McCarthy, Mc-Carthy, but the latter Insisted that the paper was stricken from his hand. Healy moved that Abraham's motion be heard, but Parnell refused. John O'Connor then moved that the meeting call the attention of the country to the fact that though tbe original resolution Was altered tn meet Gladstone's objection, he still refuses to confer with the party unless un-less Parnell Is removed. Timothy Healy caused another TBEHESDOUS BOW by shouting! "Who Is to be the mistress of the party?" Cries of "shame" came from all parts of the room, and Parnell referred re-ferred to Healy as a cowardly little scoundrel, who dared in an assembly assem-bly of Irishmen tn Insult a woman. Abraham got thefluorand said, since Parnell refused to resign, the members would be wanting in respect re-spect to themselves if they longer delayed bringing matters to an issue. The chairman having Ig-narainiousiy Ig-narainiousiy treated and torn McCarthy's Mc-Carthy's resolution Parnell That is untrue. Abraham declined to enter into an altercation, but repeated that it would be shameful to allow the minority to continue makiug tbe patty a laughing stock. He pro-pcd pro-pcd as an amendment that I'arnell'a chairmanship be termlL-ated. termlL-ated. Another squabble ensued and Parnell decided that Abraham was out of order, whereupon Healy shouted "Brao." "Healy," said Famel), "I won'i. Stand much moro from you. The amendment is only admissible as a substitute motion. Arthur O'Connor proceeded amid the uproar, to argue that he bad concluded to cease talking aud to put an end to what was rapidly ilECOMIKO DISURACEFUL. aI ask the majority of the party," he concluded, "at once to record their decision if not here, then elsewhere." Parnell You know it Is not an amendment. Justin McCarthy took the floor. Ho bad hoped up to last night that Parnell would still help them out of their terrible difficulty. He was disappointed and lt would be a waste of tl-ne to discuss the matter further. He suggested that all agreeing with him withdraw. Justin Huatley McCarthy followed the majority, saying that he must go with them. Parnell was left In the mom with Jobn and William Redmond, Leamy, O'Kelly, Byrne, Blane, Corbrtt and Joseph Nolan, Magulre, Harrison, Daltoa, William McDonald, Mc-Donald, Conway, Qolnn, Clancy, Mabony, Hayden, Fitzgerald, Harrington, Har-rington, Shell, Campbell, Jobn G'tlonnorand McKenna, and the meeting was resumed. Nolan argued that the PArnellltea would hold the key to tbe position and concluded by saying, whatever I'arnell'a position In the next two or three years he would be ranked with O'Donnell as THE OBEATEST IEIEHIIAK of the last three centuries. Cheers. Others bavin? SDOken. Parnell said. "They deserted us, knowing that we were going to Ireland to morrow; they clamored for a decision deci-sion becaue they dreaded Uio lightning light-ning of public opinion in Ireland. Gentlemen, we have won today. Loud cheers. Although our ranks are reduced, 1 hold this chair still. Cheers. Although many nf our comrades have left us, Ireland has the power to fill their places and send us good men and truo for every one of these who have left us, and I little know our gallant country if I am mistaken in the opinion that when she gets the opportunity op-portunity she will freely exercise that power. Tbey stand In a most contemptible position that of men who, having pledged themselves to be true to their party, to their leader and to their country, have been false to it." Loud cheers. John O'Connor's resolution was then put and carried by acclamation, acclama-tion, and tbe meeting dispersed. Tbe proceedings of tbe McCarthy section were conducted in private. THE EECEDEBS. The meeting of Paroell's opponent, oppo-nent, by unanimous vote, elected Justin McCarthy chairman, and proceeded to consider the following resolution: "We, members of the Irish parliamentary party, solemnly solemn-ly renew ouradbesion to tho principles princi-ples in devotion to which we have never varied; that the Irish party Is and always must remain independent indepen-dent of all other parties. Further, we declare that we will never entertain enter-tain aay proposal for a settlement of tbe home rule question, except such as satisfy the aspiration of tbe Irish party and the Irish people." The resolution, which was proposed pro-posed by Healy and seconded by Bexton, was unanimously adopted. The result was Immediately communicated com-municated to Gladstone. Upon learning what had been done Glad-atone Glad-atone exclaimed. "Thank God, borne rule Is saved." |