21 SEPTEMBER 1901, Page 3

Mr. Frank Hugh O'Donnell's address to the Independent Natioelists of

Galway is an outrageous but entertaining document. He alludes to the present Nationalist Parlia- mentary party as "the bounding brothers of the circulating bat," and after some detailed criticism of their achievements at Westminster, concludes:—" These are the coruscating flashes of statesmanship of the United Irish jackasses. In- dependent Nationalists of Galway, you are a fast diminishing tribe, thanks to the Mosaic One and the Melancholy One. Since the rigged Convention was substituted for the free suffrage of the masses your birthright of liberty has been the toy of every thimblerigger. But have you lost all power of resistance to the most impudent of charlatans ? Do you want to see these gentlemen carried out again kicking by policemen? Send your subscription to the Freeman; they will do it again for a few coppers ; but do not dishonour Galway in perhaps its dying hour." Election addresses are not an exhilarating form of literature, but Mr. O'Donnell's intrepid vituperation recalls the controversial methods of Eatanswill. Another alleged candidate, at present residing in Paris, is " Colonel " Arthur Lynch, late of the Transvaal Irish Brigade. His address ought also to furnish some lively reading.