Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-21
IRISH ELECTIONS
RESULT DELAYED
Some of lmportan, Constitu.
cncics Will BE Announced
Today.
GUARD BALLOT BOXES
Success of Independents and
Labor Candidates Is
Surprise.
GUARD BALLOT BOXES
fny Associated rrcsSI


DUBLIN. June 2U-The results Of
tn" elections ar" sim incomplete. and
iEal figures Ia some OF tn. importan,
constituencies wilI not 10" announced
untiI Wednesday, af,"rn""n. Th.r.
has been som- hitoh at Waterford
which. with Tpp"rary east forms II
constituents Of hvc seats. and two
officials "f the provisional govern
ment have gnu" there 10 s,raightcn
The matter out.
Tn" De Valera members whose
seats in tho Dali az. endangered in
"lud" Cathai rrugha ucharios Sur.
g"sH) former minister 81 defense.
and Scamus Robinson. one OF IN.
leaders Of the ilsscaticnt section OF
the army. CnnSua! precautions haze
been taken against any int.-lerences
In the counting. and a rt.oux .,,.ly.
presumably :! regular section Of tn.
irish Republican army. is sua-dins
the town hall
To r"stponr D-rinrntIor
tn" nature al tho hitch * mt def
n'teiy known. bar it l. expected to
c"uS" r"s'p"u"m"nt OF rs" dccia
ration of IN" results FOR possibl,
t""n'y-four hours. II H. known ma,
pro.trcaty candidate headed tn.
POLL.
There 3 one huge constituency in
Cork County returning eight MON.
h"rs. with three newcomer contest.
Ing the seats Of ;hc four treaty and
four antitreaty members. the for.
Iner including Michael Collins. ana
the latter the wen-known novelist
and poet; Daniel corkcry.
The successes of IN. independent,
have affected both the treaty ana
anttrcaty panclists. bat the anti
treaty candidates far more severely
IMAM N" Others. The Republicans
mad counted on dropping nfteen seats
OF their existing strength. and thus
far, win twenty -cight seats stilI
unannouncef. they have dropped
eleven. According /" estimates. they
may drop at least eight NOR. The
ne" candidates were. except in TWO
or three Instances. men little known
90 IN" public. but the electors TOOK
eNery advantage of pronouncing ON
,h- treaty. afforded by any contest.
Ten Labor Wen Returned.
Tn" most conspicuous success OF
tho y" valera adhcrcu,s and the
Gully constituency in which the! have
suffered no loss. WAS Mayo east. and
SIigo. with i've ,cats uf which they
held aud sim hold three.
Including all the uncontested
seats the results arc known in the
ca-" ~ 20" members OF ,hcs. the
protrcary pauci Won thirty on CON
test, which. with seventeen uncou-
tested ..nt.. giv-> - total up To- the
present OF for,y.scvcn.
tn au;ltrea,y panel Survived the
contest in thirteen seats which add
"d I" seventeen un"ontested. Civ.
this sid" thirty
Ten labor men all proircaty. ar.
returned. SIN protrca,y indepcnd-
'ntS, representing commerce and the
professions and thre. protreaty
farmers have also h""n returned.
tnd rh"r. ~" t"ur representatives
nnorposeh from Trinity college. who
i"imerly belonged t" III" rni"nist
party hut now support the treaty.
Surprise "f Ei-rtiuns.
OF tho first loo. therefore. there
are on the treaty isSu. seventy mem
hers %; tho new Dan IN lis favor and
thirty against 1t.
The outstanding Surpris. Of tho
elections Is the larG. vote given for
the labor candidates. Even in the
rural constituency ~ i.eiX and NJ
faiy, tho l.ah"rit". William Gavin
got more than doubt" IN" votes given
As first preference" to- the minister
OF economies. similarly. in l.nuth
and Meath, tn" l.ah"ritc got twice
the number Of votes pollcd by the
home secretary in the provisional
government. An analysis in both
Dublin ana Cork shows that labor, in
markin ing IT, second preferences in
dicated its support Of the treaty
Though some Of them had "A close
call, no minister Of the provisional
government has Gon" down to de-
feat Gavin DUFFY. the Foreign Min
lister. had "A notable victory in Dub
lin County.