The New York herald., 1922-06-07
MANY CONTESTANTS
OF IRISH COALITION
Opposition to Collins Fore
shadOwed in Election to
Be Held June 16.
DE VALERA NOT OPPOSED
Farmer, Labor, Business and
Professional Men Among
Candidates.

Special Gable to THE New. yonK HnuIp.
New York Herald Bureau.
Dublin, June 9.
Many distinguished members of the
Dali Eireann will have to fight for theil
seats at the coming election, judging
from the nominations made throughout
Ireland to-day. The coalition ticket
recommended by Michael Collins and
cannon de Valera in their joint appeal
has been challenged in all sections OF
the country by representatives OF the
farming, labor. business and profes'
sionai interests, in some districts the
independents contesting every seat.
De Valera and his four colleagues are
safe in County Clare, their four would
be opponents having withdrawn in the
last hour.
There is a contest in each of the three
areas oil. Dublin City. In the Natioral
University and Dublin county seven in
dependents. including the Lord Mayor
of Dublin and Alfred Byrne. former
member Of the Imperial Parliament. are
running against twelve coalition cand:-
dates In the county six coalition and
four independents, one being Thomas
Johnson. secretary Of the Labor party,
and another. Darrell Figgis. member OF
the standing committee of the Sim
Fein. are contesting.
Two other notable labor candidates
are challenging the coalition--Williain
O'Brien. treasurer of the Transport
Union, and Cathal O'Shannon.
A contest also Is foreshadowed in the
Cork area in which Collins has his seat
The independents comprise two repre-
sentatives Of labor and one of farming,
contesting three out OF the eight seats.
Mrs. O'Callaghan, widow of the Mayor
who was murdered. and her three COL
leagues in Limerick are returned un-
opposed. The five Coalition candidates
In Kildare and Wicklow. including
Erskine Childers and Robert C. Barton
have opposed to them three farmers and
two labor representatives.
Numerous withdrawal may be ex-
pected before the election, which takes
place June 16. The gentle pressure no.
Inns and De Valera for the support OF
the coalition panel is liable to be in
creased with effect.
DUBLIN, June ASSOCIATED Press) -
Contests In the forthcoming Irish elec-
tions are indicated in twenty group con-
Eamon de Valera. Austin Stack and
Finian Lynch, every leader for or
against the treaty will have to fight for
seat in the Dali Eireann. While the
polling will take place on June Is. the
counting Of the ballots. which is an
elaborate process, will not begin until
tho 18th, and announcement Of the ore-
suits is not expected before June 10.
In twenty-eight constituencies. where
12s members are to be elected, twenty
have been returned unopposed as fol-
lows: In Mayo, north and west, 4
Limerick city and east Limerick.
south Mayo and south Roscommon, 4,
and Limerick west and Derry, 8. The
Sim Fein panel, divided into for the
treaty and IL against the treaty, was
not contested.
Under the proportional system Il ID
not necessary for a candidate to poll .
majority OF the votes. IL he gets q
quota. which In a Ave member con.
stituency would be one sixth Of the votes
polled, he wins. Each elector has q
single transferable vote, and, having
given his first vote 10 the individual he
desires elected. he marks his preferences
for other candidates.
Under the circumstances the election
will not afford any certain pronounce
nent of the country's opinion on the
treaty. The nearest approach to such
an Issue will be in Dublin, which be.
tween city and county has eighteen
seats. for which there are twenty-nine
candidates. three of them labor and the
others independent. OF the new candi-
dates seven definitely advocate the
treaty. .
The greatest surprise of the lay was
the last minute nomination OF Frank
DAILY, chairman OF the Harbor Commits
sioners. an avowed upholder of the Free
State. His entry and that of Councillor
Day, Of the transport workers. arc boun,l
to have an effect on the otherwise as
sured reelection of Mary MacSwiney.
Darrell Figgis, a noteworthy candi-
date for Dublin county, was chairman
of the committee which drafted the Free
State constitution. He is a member o,
the standing committee OF the Slnr
Fein. Sir John O'Connell. bank d.
rector, is the only candidate represent.
ing big business.
BELFAST. June 6.-Donegal will MOI
have an election. all Of the six former
members being named without contest
Arthur Griffith must fight for his sea-
for Cavan.