The Dublin Evening Mail denies that Mr. Justice Lawson. ever
said he was glad to hear that Catholics did not like the• language used by Mr. Justice Keogh in the famous Galway decision. He says the remark applied solely to Mr. O'Donnell's- admission that " he did not question the legality of Mr. Justice- Keogh's judgment in the Galway election," and that the words of the judge were, " He was sorry the learned judge was not there to hear that." Of course, if that is the judge's explana- tion of his own meaning, the contingency against which we ex- pressly provided had occurred, and the Times' synopsis of the- charge was a misreport, but it is a little difficult for us to believe that Judge Lawson thought his confrere would care two straws- about Mr. O'Donnell's endorsement of his law. There seems to. be something in the air of Galway which puts every one off his bal- ance. Priests lose their manners, candidates their discretion, Judges. their sense of the duty of appearing as well as being impartial, and journalists their patriotism. The Dublin Mail now wants the- writ for Galway to be suspended—that is, wants to partly dis- franchise Galway—because it is sure to return a Dr. Ward, whose principles, it is said, are just Mr. O'Donnell's over again. Why not at once pass a law that none but Orangemen are eligible for Irish seats in Parliament?
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