The Irish standard., 1910-01-22
A LIVELY CONTEST IN LouTH.

A LIVELY CONTEST IN LoUTH.
The Dundalk Democrat just received
; gives an interesting account of the
election in North Louth where L. NJ.
Healy is seeking reelection for Par
lament The irrepressible Tim Is OPP
posed by a brilliant young man named
Richard Hazleton, whose only fault
seems to be his youth and inexperience.
Tim Healy refers slightingly to Mr.
Hazleton as Sir Horace Walpole re-
ferred to William Pitt on a memorable
occasion. when the latter said: 1.-THE
1 shall neither attempt to palliate nor
deny; hut content myself with wisi,in"
l may be one of those whose follies
riay cease with their youth and not
OF that number who continue ignorant
in spite Of age and experience" Tim
Healy curs his lips and asks where
Hazleton was thirty years ago and an
swers his own question by saying he
was at the feeding bottle. He then
criticises the young mans clothes and
EFFORTS the following reply:
"Mr. Healy admires my clothes.
naughter.) They have certainly the
merit that they are Of Irish manufac-
ture. cloud cheers) l don't know II
Mr.. Healy dresses well, but I do know
that he is going to get from US at this
election the best dressing down he ever
had in his life. cloud applause.) We
have taken his measure and we will
show him he is not nearly as big a
man as he thinks himself. No one de-
MES Mr.. Healy's great ability and at
tainments. But he has failed to use
them for the good of Ireland, and hs
used them to disrupt and destroy the
National movement. (Cheers.) 1t is
not the cleverest men that Ireland
wants, but the best. (Cheers.) Mr..
Healy has shown it Is not in his ma
ture to work loyalty or sincerely with
any body of men. He could not work
with Parnell, or Justin Mccarthy, or
Davitt, or Sexton. or T. P. O'Connor,
or j. Redmond. Were these men all
wrong? Was Mr.. Healy the only just
man in Irish politics? Perhaps 1t
might be said he could work with VIM.
O'Brien, but the records of the last
North Louth election could be turned
up to see about that. Personally, he
(Mr. Hazleton) had been in favor Of
Mr.. Healy's return to the party the
last time he was let back, but since
his return to the ranks Mr.. Healy has
made it impossible for any sincere Ma
tionalist to sympathize with or sup
port him.
The priests Of North Louth are deep
ly interested in the county election and
have taken sides for and against Healy.
Fathers Corcoran, Lyons, Murphy,
Mullen, Duffy and M'Neece are lending
their support to the clever attorney.
while Mr.. Hazleton is backed by Faith
ers N. Lawless, M. J. Quin, P, Pagan,
J. Murkey, A. Byrne, J. Loughren and
Eugene Clarke. P. p, Of Mullabawn.
The last mentioned writes to the DEM
ocrat and says:
'Is Louth, the gallant Louth,' that
won her name in '26 by sending to
Parliament the first popular member
selected by an Irish constituency from
the time of the Union, the Louth Of
Dawson fame-is she fated to strike
blow at the Irish leader and the Irish
cause? If Louth is false to Ireland,
she's not the Louth of yore; she's Louth
but gallant Louth' no more"
1t looks kind of odd to Americans to
find Irish priests take such an inter-
est in politics. They have always par
ticipated in politics. O'Connell had
DR.. Doyle, Archbishop McHale and
other prelates at his back, while the
clergy stood solid behind him. In the
Glare election he had Father Tom Ma
guire, the great controversialist, and
Father Murphy of Corrofin, to plead
his cause in the Irish language. Par
nell. though Protestant, had the
hearty support Of the prelates and
priests of Ireland until Gladstone re-
fused to work with him because of his
marital relations. Even then, some of