Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1890 — THE PARNELL INQUIRY. [ARTICLE]

THE PARNELL INQUIRY.

ITS RESULT PLACED BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. What the Comtnixslon Say About Parnell, Davitt ami the Land League—The Invincible* Not a Branch of the lriah National Organization— Press Comment on the f indings of the Body. A London cable says: The report of Judges Hannen, Day, and Smith, the special commission appointed to investigate the charges made by the Times against the Paruelllto members of the House of Commons hrsbeen laid upon the table in the House by the Rt. Hon. Henry Matthews, secretary of state for home affairs. The report of the commission occupies 162 pages. Each member of the House against whom charges were made is treated separately. The judges find that the speeches made by many of the Parnellite members wore intended to bring about the separation of Ireland from England, and that the speeches of others, In view of the state of the country, were calculated to foment crime, as the speakers must have known. It is proved, the report says, that Messrs. Davitt, Harris, Dillon, W. E. O’Brien, W. Redmond, O'Connor, Condon and O’Kelly conspired to bring about the absolute separation of Ireland from Great Britain. The sac simile Parnell letter was a forgery. The defendants were sincere In denouncing the Phoenix park murders. The defendants did incite intimidation and invited the assistance of Ford. Mr. Parnell is exonerated from the charge of assisting Byrne to escape. It is not true that Mr. Parnell was intimate with leading invincibles. Mr. Davitt was closely associated with the party of violence in America. The report further says: It is not proved that the defendants subscribed toward the assistance of or wore intimately associated with notorious criminals or paid money to procure their escape from justice. It Is not proved that the defendants were aware that the Clan-na-Gaol controlled the American league or collected money for the Parliamentary fund. It is not proved that at the time of the Kilmalnham negotation Mr. Parnell was aware that Sheridan and Boyton were organizing their outrages. The Invincibles were not a branch of the Laud league. The league neither organized nor paid the Invincibles. None of the defendants directly or indirectly had knowledge of the Phoenix park conspiracy. Piggott was utterly unworthy of credit. All the letters he produced as criminating were forgeries. On the other hand the judges say: The league never gave the authorities any assistance in the detection of crime. No details are given of the expenditure of £IOO,OOO of the league funds. There is no valid excuse for the nonproduction of its books. The commission has not received from Mr. Parnell or the league the assistance it expected. The report is signed by all the judges. The report is more moderate and impartial than was expected, and consequently gives satisfaction to nobody except the judges, who are relieved to get it off their hands.