Mr. Heron, Mr. Disraeli's " sham Fenian," was officially returned
for Tipperary by a majority of four votes over his opponent Mr. Kickhani, the "true Fenian," having polled 1,668 votes against Mr. Kickham's 1,664. The total number of votes given was therefore 3;332, a third greater, as compared with the 2,171 given last November, on occasion of the contest between O'Donovan Rossa and Mr. Heron. Still, the number of electors who did not vote is far greater than the number who did, as there were near 9,000 registered electors in 1865, and in the combat between Mr. 'White and Mr. Waldron in October, 1866, no less than 6,284 actually voted, nearly double the number of those who voted last week. Clearly there is terrorism in Tipperary on one side,— perhaps on both. What would a fair trial of the ballot there show?
Previous page
