Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
FALL
TO END STRIFE
FACTIONS CONTINUE IN IRISH
POLITICS
CONSTITUENCIES TURN DOWN
BOSSES ORDERS
Verdict of Leaders Regarding official
Candidate Not Agreeable to
People, and DissensIon
Arises

DUBLIN, Feb. 19.-Whatever else
may result from the Nationalist cleo
toral struggle, 1t will not put an end
to faction. The task to which Mr..
Redmond and his friends set them
selves has proved more formidable
than they imagined. They ostracized
certain members of the party and an
nounced that the Nationalist represen-
tatives would go back to Westminster
absolutely united, and entirely at the
command OF the '1eader of the Irish
race at home and abroad"
Unfortunately, some Of the constit-
uencies concerned declined to indorse
the verdict OF the BOSSES" They
showed their resentment against eau
Gus dictation by rejecting the official
candidates. William O'Brien won in
Cork and Tim Healy emerged trium-
phantly from the contest forced upon
him by his erstwhile friends. North
Louth has never witnessed a more
strenuous battle, and it is a testimony
alike to his fighting qualities and his
popularity among his constituents that
Mr. Healy should have succeeded in
beating back an attack in which the
whole power and influence of the Of
fetal party were arrayed against him.
Mr.. O'Brien's henchman, John O'Don-
nell, defeated the league candidate In
South Mayo. while in South Mona
CHAN John MoKean. who owes allie
glance to no section, kept his seat in
spite of a determined assault engi-
neered from headquarters. Against
these mishaps have to be set Maurice
IIealy's defeat in Cork and the fall
ure of the attempt to oust Joseph Dew
lin from West Belfast. which are
hailed as great triumph5 by the Red
mondite party.
In the constituency represented by
the chief of the molly Maguires' no
O'Brienite could of course, hope to
succeed; the sole object was to de-
tach enough Nationalist votes to Sc
cure Mr. Devlin's rejection. Seeing
that at the last election the Nationalist
majority was only sixteen, the attempt
seemed to be well worth making, but
Mr.. Devlln's reserves proved more than
equal to the occasion. Mr.. Magee, the
independent candidate, did no cleo
tioneering beyond issuing his address.
Perhaps it was as well. He told an
interviewer the other day that he mad
received letters from persons who
threatened to shoot him and to burn
his house down. Instead of united
pledge bound party" Nationalist Ire
land will be represented in the new
parliament by Redmondites, OBrien-
ties, Healyites and John Mexican, fa|-
miliarly known among MS opponents
Redmond Party JubiIant
The importance attached by the
Redmondite party to the result OF the
Cork contest may be gauged from the
extravagant jubilation with wh1ch they
greeted the return of Mr.. Roche' the
successful league candidate, VINO was
elected with William O'Br1eh. Iele-
grams poured in from all quarters con-
graduating the new member ana
thanIxing 'reber' Cork for it's noble
stand against tyranny" Ihe locai
leaguers celebrated the victory Win
much speech making and drum peat-
ing and the burning Of many tar par
rels. Addressing his supporters, MT.
Roche declared that their magnliicent
victory had politically killed William
O,Rrien. the king of faction and dls-
sension in ireland. He trusted tnat
the lesson taught him would last MIN
for the rest of his life. j. Horgan as
sured his audience that the bubble was
b,,rst. "yyilliam of Orange" was dead.
He had never expected to see the DAY
,vben William O'Brien would be played
ont of Cork to the tune or Ine boyhe
water" Mr.. O'Brien had told tneH,
that he was bound by hoops or steei
to Maurice Healy. Ii that We're 80, 80,
~. hin, he n man now and resign his
saat and they would give him his
answer at the polls. Other speakers
ossarted that the glorious victory
vas largely due to the exertions or the
much abused molly Maguires."
Maurice Healy. addressing meet,
ing of his friends and supporters, saru
the fight had not taken feather out
oe him. He had made his protesi
ooainst caucus candidates and rlggeo
conyentions. and, as to the causes OF
his defeat, these involved ,sucn oase,
ness and turpitude that the less sac
on the subject the better. II WOW
NOT he long before they would De aple
~ stamn out the nest of intrlguers
and factionists who had TO some eN-
tent got the upper hand.
No contest In Ireland provided more
axcjtine incidents than that Waged ~
south Monaghan. Ash plahts any
Sloclxthorns played almost as Hnpor-
tast n nart as the speeches, and many
haods were broken on both sldes. On
hehaIf of the league directory, MT
1CiIion went down to the constituency
e. warn the electors against the IN
i,,rv they would int1ict on the ma
fional cause by returning Mr.. Mcheali tsl
Iovinp vehemently denounced ttit
i',4.aSaous outburst of blackguard-
TOM, which broke up the local leasue
n,yantion. Mr., Dillon referred TO :
sneech of Mr.. Mexican, IN which tilI'
rentleman announced that ne WoulG
no longer vote as an automaton, pu.
would "soar into a higher sphere amt nnt
avercise his own judgment. 10 ho' ho
.hi,is +" said Mr.. Dillon, that he eVei
had much Judgment to exercise pu'
,.'ben he uses that language he is talk'
,ng me' treason to the national eau cause !,
Resmarking s that he did not mean &c
saw anything offensive against 1,ar MAJ
who 1 had been his colleague, HKaan MI D,iie, o..
fantastical young man; witnou,
a,,dement. a whose only record was tina! ina!
y,sanayer he opened his mouth ne nae
Afforded great deal of amusement ''
the house of commons.
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