The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-16
irish Vote TODAY
ON PARLIAMENT
ELECTION HELD UNDER ANGLO
IRISH TY-PARLIAMENT
TO PASS ON CONSTITUTION

Dublin-(A. P.)-The voters of
southern Ireland went to the polls
today to elect an Irish parliament, as
provided under the terms of the
Anglo-Irish treaty.
The Anglo-Irish treaty, signed last
December, under which the Irish Free
State is being created, provided for
the formation of an Irish parliment.
The act to give the treaty effect, pass
ed by the British parliament in
March, stipulated that elections to a
provisional parliament for the Free
State should be held "as soon as may
be" after the passage of the act. These
are the elections being held in Ire
land today. The parliament so cleo
ted is to pass upon the constitution
for the Free State under which a per-
manent parliament for southern Ire
land will be shosen
Lacking any constitutional division
of the country into districts for the
present election, the act of the Brit
1sh parliament stipulated that the
prospective members be nominated
from the constituencies which elected
members to the parliament chosen
under the Government of Ireland Act
of 1920 Elections were held in south
ern Ireland that year under this act,
but the parliament never came into
being. Instead the members elected
were declared by the Irish Republican
Government at that time to consti-
tute the membership of the Dali
Eireann, or republican parliament,
which, since the adoption of the An
glo-lrlsh treaty, has been allowed by
the British government to function as
the recognized legislative
body for southern Ireland. 1t was the
Il n IfIrNo
passed upon the Anglo-Irish treaty
itself, ratifying it, as will be recalled
by a majority of seven votes.
1t was contemplated by the British
government, and originally by the
Irish provisional government headed
by Michael Collins, that today's cleo
tions should be freely contested and
should virtually constitute plebiscite
Of southern ireland on the question of
the treaty and the proposed consti-
tuition. The opposition to such a
plebiscite on the part of the repub-
ican faction, led by Eamonn de Va
era, was so determined, however, that
ate in May an agreement was reach
I'd between the Collins and de Valera
factions that candidates previously
agreed upon should be Nominated by
he two factions, comprising virtually
an official slate, the members being
chosen in the proportion in which the
Wo factions are now represented in
he DaH Elreann, or with a slight pre-
,onderance for the Collins party
The new parliament will form a
coalition cabinet, drawn from the pro-
reaty faction under Michael Collins,
nd the anti-treaty forces under Fam
mn de Valera. An agreement reach
d in May by Collins and de Valera
provided, among other things, for a
abinet of eleven members including
he president and the minister of de-
ense The nine other members will
e selected five from the majority
arty and four from the minority
arty, each party to choose its nomf-
ees
The panel gives 66 seats for pro-
onents of the treaty and SO for re-
ublicans.
There are 12S seats in the counties,
oroughs and universities of Free
tate constituencies, for which 124
andidates appear on the panel The
ther four, forming the constituency
Dublin University, are left uncon-
asted by the coalition on the pre-
that they will be returned,
nopposed
Several Ratepayers' Association
andidates will appear unattached,
lille the Independent nominees in
lude the Lord Mayor of Dublin, AL
erman Alfred Byrne, for city of
'ublin and E. Mac Lysacht for Coun-
' Clare