Whether Mr. Redmond or Mr. Devitt succeeds at Water- ford,
which we cannot know before we go to press this week, as the arrangements for Christmas compel us to go to press much earlier than usual, it is quite clear that there is a great deal more popular feeling in Waterford for the Parnellites than there has been in any constituency in which hitherto the Parnellites and Anti-Parnellites have had a struggle. Mr. Devitt has been received by the working class with fair respect ; but some of his supporters,—more especially Dr. Tanner,—excited expressions of hostility and dislike which were very remarkable ; and at the bacon-factory of Messrs. Barnes, Dr. Tanner was very nearly mobbed yesterday week. If under these circumstances the priests can bring in their candidate, there will be little chance for the Parnellites in any part of Ireland. But even in Waterford the feeling of Mr. Redmond's supporters is rather pro-Parnellite than anti- Clerical. Dr. Tanner appears to be the object of dislike, not because he supports the priests, but because he deserted Mr. Parnell, and is not thought to have had enough political position of his own to justify him in deserting Mr. Parnell.
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