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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 271, 25 November 1901, Page 2

I THE GALWAY ELECTION. | The result of tho election for Galway i would hardly come as a surprise to " those who had closely followed the j trend of events, though thoso responsible for the' despatch of the eablegrams showed rather a strong prejudice in the matter. One day a sarcastic reference to the “ renegade Lynch” comes to hand, and soon after y.e learn through the.same source that the so-called renegade has been j elected by an enormous majority. An I ' endeavor is made to explain this away by a statement that tho Hon. Mr Plunkett alienated Unionist sympathy bj 7 courting the Nationalist vote. That attempt at explanation is a very j lame and is simply another siad - meat tending to prove that tiie cablemau should nieioly send facts, without expressions of opinions. The truth is that Mr Lynch is tho man for Galway: the ! electors wanted him, aud they sent i him in with dying coins. The worst i effect of the election will be that it J will probably tend to further cncour- ( j age the Boers to maintain tho struggle ;iu South tifrica. They may take tho 1 nssujt as being indicative of a wide-‘-aling if! favor of thoso who | i spreau k. ''•'-ugiaud, and thus arc fighting against. . , )le be further tempted to rosm„ hope that good terms may yet 1 wrung from the British. However ti that may be, it is clear that a solid si National vote can put into the Imperial Parliament any man who is selected to stand. To-day’s cablegrams state that Mr Lynch intends to claim the seat.