The Irish standard., 1895-05-11
Tin HBALY IN WICKLOW
In q Campaign Address at Arklow
He Numerically Scores
John Sweetman. j.
Coming to Minnesota For Cam
didate Was Serious Miss
take, Says Tim.

L 4 f..!,5 y y
Inyectlve and Sarcasm Hurled at
the Man Who Went Down
to Defeat Last Week.
The Weekly Freeman, of Dublin, in, {
late issue, contains an address of r. M
Healy, delivered before the voters O
Arklow, Sunday, April /. Mr.. Healy, ii
rising to address the people, said:.
Well, now. that you have heard Mr.
O'KeEy, don't you think we have
brought you good man? iCheers).
A Voice--Well, he is an honest look.
ing man.
Mr.. Healey--Don't you think that Il
there was no question of deserting OF
turning coats as between Mr.. O'KeHy
ard MIR. Sweetman and they were both
starting as racers, say, "from scratch
that you would prefer Ned O'Kelly tt
Sweetman any day? (Cheers.) We
have heard the Rev Mr.. Hallowess was
at their meeting last Wednesday, and
wonder he did not come here to give us q
turn as sort Of compliment to Father
Dunphy CHEERS and laughter). The fact
is the moment he heard the Parnellite
band coming in from Dublin he closed
his book with bang and made off. ia
the strand, and there he is at the present
moment expounding the gospel accord
ing to John Sweeetman Cloud laughter)
On this platform got rhyme about
this hot gospeller, and perhaps you
might like to hear it, as we should re-
spectfully approach men like him in
verse Il. %t e-.- Z
Though Hallowes has pestered us many
And deafened our ears while pretending
to pray,
Far worse than this preachers loud
Z canting and whines, .e4~ !:
Come the tsugarstick' psalms Of the man
who resigns" ~
cloud cheers and laughter). Now, If
that was my own I should be very proud
but want to tell you a secret, it was
Father Farrelly who wrote that
(cheers). Still he must be careful, for
if Balfour comes back again he will get
three months for it Cheers and laugh
teri. Well, we are here today in mighty
good humor, and nobody crying after
Sweetnlan, and nobody asking him to
leave us a lock of his hair, though per-
haps it Is because you can borrow some
of Fields Qaughter). Why are we not
in any way downhearted? Why do none
of you wear crepe or widows weeds
Because the widow county Wicklow is
going to get a very good second hus-
band Cheers and laughter). The man
who broke his pledge will be buried on
Friday and on Saturday upon the dec
.laration Of the poll Wicklow will have
married C'Kelly, and think it will be a.
lifelong match between them Cloud
cheers). Still while we are in good hui
NOR we must recognize that there is a
serious side to this business, (hear,
4hear). We have been striving for q
great many years to maintain in parlia-
n1ent party of the people. 1t was split
in twain fear years ago, not by its own
fault, not by anything arising out Of the
rank and file, not upon any question OF
policy, but upon personal and singu-
larly domestic issue, which I won't now
discuss with you. Two parties then
sprung up, and at the general election
our, .1,arty, which was not forty strong.
became doubled in number, and the Par
.nelite Party, which was thirty strong,
was reduced to nine (cheers). There
fore, every sensible man or honest Irish
man would have been prepared to take
the verdict of his country on the contro-
yersy when he found. u men went one
way and only nine went the other
.(cheers). Supposing you were man
from China or Japan wouldn't you be
inclined to say to yourself, I see these
70 men must have some right on their
side? QIear, hear(. Yet these nine kept
their course and the canker of division
remained. and while we were trying to
bail out the boat and make her staunch
and caallk the leaks, they were trying to
open the seams and let water pump into
the hold (cheers). So now a member Of
our own party, without rhyme or reason,
while we have been trying to extinQuish
the cause Of the trouble and reduce its
area of discord and bring down the in
flammation, and get rid Of the sore that
was fostering in our country's back, In
stead Of applying a poultice to the ulcer
Of division tries to poison and envenOm
the controversy and stir UP the causes of
strife (cheers). What was his excuse?
He says he has great fault to find with
the policy of the government and that
things are not going on as they ought to
go In the party. But that was the ex-d
cuse Martin Luther alleged when he
turned Protestant 300 years ago. Mar
tin did not think that things were going
On ali right in the church, and signs on,
vOi1 have HalloWes believing here today