The North Louth election petition came on for hearing at
Dundalk on Monday. Counsel for the petitioners, in his opening statement, alleged that from the time Mr. Healy first set foot in the Oounty of Louth, on September 8th, till the declaration of the poll, he was never allowed to make a single speech to the electors. He asserted that on September 8th his meeting at Dundalk was broken up, that ladies on the platform were stoned, that the police told him his life would be in danger if he attempted to speak, and that a train containing his supporters was held up and the occupants assaulted on the line. In October he was unable to leave his hotel in Dundalk without police protection, and at Carling ford he was hooted in chapel. At Louth on the election day, according to counsel, Mr. Healy's voters were badly beaten and obliged to take refuge in stables, and he himself had to take refuge in the polling booth while the police were batoning the mob to prevent their breaking in and getting at. him. One voter went to the poll with his pen in one hand and a revolver in the other, and at every polling station in the constituency, except Carlingford, a reign of terror existed, whioh made the election a mockery. Evidence in support of counsel's statement has been heard during the week, and on Friday morning it was stated that the defence had been jabandoined.
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