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Republican Party. Eamon de Valera, County Clare; Patrick J. Rutledge, North Mayo; Countess Markievicz, South Dublin; Frank Aiken, Louth; Mrs. Cathal Brugha, Waterford; Miss Mary MacSwiney, Cork City; Dan Breen, Tipperary...
...antagonism between the North of Ireland and the South is dying out. . . . With Craig at the head of the Government in the North, and Cosgrave directing things in the Free State, Ireland has two able, level-headed men in charge of her destinies. " I hardly think that De Valera will be executed. . . . He is no longer the leader he was some time ago. His following fell off considerably and at present he has very few, outside of Mary MacSwiney and several other women agitators and a few of the adherents who have been with him from the start...
Before setting out for Ennis, de Valera must have had a premonition of his fate, for he appointed Patrick Ruttledge as " Deputy and Acting President." The following statement was issued by Mr. Ruttledge...
...action of Cosgrave's Government in arresting President de Valera and preventing him from addressing his constituents in Clare shows that their pretense for free speech and free elections is as hollow as their pretense that they represent the people of Ireland, in whose name they have dragged Ireland in the mire...
...features of the nominations is the arrest of de Valera, now in Mountjoy prison, Dublin. It seems that the Free State's action in arresting him, dubbed " stupid" in certain quarters, has made his election certain and spared him the annoyances of an election campaign...