Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-05-01
HE SCORES R0SEBERY.
An Exciting Election Contest To-
day in the East Wicklow
District.

Dublin, April 26.-There was great ex-
citement during the polling today in East
Wicklow, the election taking place there
as a result of the action of John Sweet
man, who has represented East Wicklow
as follower of Justin Mccarthy since
the general election of 1892, in applying
for the Chiltern Hundreds and seeking re
election as a supporter of John Redmond
and the independent policy. Sweetman,
from the time of Lord Rosebery's first
speech as premier, has repeatedly an
nounced in public that it was the evident
policy of the premier and of the present
government to Shelye home rule, and
eventually he decided to sever his con-
nection with the anti-Parnellite party.
On April 6 last he issued an address TO
the electors of East Wicklow giving his
reasons for leaving the McCarthyite par
either IN the ability or in the sincerity as
a home ruler of Lord Rosebery as the
successor Of Gladstone
lie classed the Irish policy of the pre-
mler to be that of merely humbugging
the electors, throwing dust in their eyes, .
ana added: L will be no party to it.
Ii the Irish party was actuated by the
old spirit of Mr.. Parnell we should not
see government in favor of home rule
dlscredlhng itself in the country by a
policy OF merely Shaving off a general cleo
ton when it acknowledges that it has no
power to leglslate, and if the next gen
eral election is not taken on home rule
the fault will be with the majority of the
Irish party. AS that majority seems
content with Lord Rosebery's policy of
lnactIon and is acting as if it was sacri-
helng the cause of home rule to keep a
government in office for the sake of OBJ
tanning some crumbs of government pat
Tonage Tor Its supporters and the sub
ScrlberS to its parliamentary funds, and if
the party pledge at the last election COM
pels me to vote with them until | resign
my seat, L have no course to take but to
restore your trust back into your hands.
Ihls have done by applying to the chan
cellor OF the eXcheQuer for the Chiltern
Hundreds. You will therefore. now have
an opportunity of electing a member in my
place, IT you so desire, to continue walk
ing through the government lobbies to
keep Lord ROSebery IN office whilst doing
nothing for Ireland, which work | refuse
TO do any longer; or to elect man who
VII do his best to force every government
mat may be IN power to put Irish meas
ureS before all British measures until we
have been granted our undoubted right
of self-goyernment. Thus you Will show
the public that Ireland is anxious to have
done with mere fine speech-making and
sham battles in the House of Commons
and refuses to allow home rule to be
shelved by any party that the Irish men,
bers keep in Office.
I now offer myself as a candidate for
reelection on the above lines of policy;
that is as an Irish Nationalist, indepen-
dent of all English parties. If you will
elect me, [ will act in alliance with every
Irish Nationalist who has the same aim.
but [ will no longer be bound to act with
those / think might be sacrificing the
cause of home rule to the demands of my
English government. During last year [
found myself a mere voting machine for
Lord Rosebery and if that is what you
want | cannot longer serve you"
At the meeting held last evening at
Arknow in support of Mr.. Sweetman,
crowd of people attacked T. J. Troy,
the local leader of the Parnellites, and
a woman threw a stone which destroyed
one Of Mr.. Troy's eyes