The New York herald., 1875-11-12
THE IRISH VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

FATHER ]. v. M'NAMARA AND THE RECENT
ELEcTIoN-Hs NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
HARTRANFT PARTY-CHARGEs AND COUNTER
CHARGES AS TO THE s'MoLLY MAGUIREs."
PIrTsroN Nov. o. 1875.
The smoke OF the contest having cleared away, the
politicians in this locality indulgng in and
congratulations defeated in the former and the
victorious in the latter The result In Luzerne county,
SO far as the vote for Hartranft concerned,
prised almost everybody 1t required very little cir
cumspecton to that large proportion of the Irish
VOTE usually democratic was in the interest OF
Hartranft personally. Prior TO the election such
issue was prophesed by few, who pretended to know
how matters going to run, and of the news
papers in this county opposed to Hartranfts election
warned the people of the existence ofcertan influences
which had been bought up in hts favor.
or course these rumors and reports taken at
the time for what they were worth, ana nobody in
dulgcd in any very serious reflections concerning
them But the elections there has been great
deal OF inquiry aroused and not little excitement
raised In regard to these elements OF influence which
aided in the reinstatement of Governor Hartranf for
second term And this excitement Is not confined
alone to the democratic ranks but permeates through
the circles OF the opposition especially those opposed
to class or In other words, to creed rule They in
the recent wholesale alliance made by men who have
always openly opposed the republican party and Hart
ranft something which Btends to create alarm for
terests more distinctly local with which they have
much to do Many Of the quiet republican voters who
not politicians free to admit that the precedent
established by Hartranft as prophesied and subse-
quenty proven in the elections regarding the purchase
OF the ssolly Maquires' and other kindred orranza
tlons which have existence here Is most danger
one, which threatens the good order and discipline
of the whole OF the anthracite region
While the more sober minded have INDUCED In woful
specuations active minds have engaged In ferreting
out the system by which the influence of the organza
tions referred to was secured OF course II is almost
impossible to fasten at present the matter on any
certain foundation but the actions of few leading
men in this locality prior to the election give partial
clew to what agencies were introduced to work upon
the minds of the Irish voters
First and foremost then, the appearance in midst
some days before the election OF the famous Father j.
v. McNamara-he who has figured conspicuously in
the columns of the HERALD, and who Is red hot
enthusiastic Communist of the worst,or best kind
has set many to thinking that he had something do
with the business Certain ii Is that he has been in
high favor with the Ancient Order of Hibernans here
who are thick as peas in pod and that he has
been actively engaged in ensting sympathy for the
order known the United Irishmen Rediviv branch
of which formed here time ago. That
this Mcnamara has influence here cannot be de-
ned and the fact that day two before election he
in earnest conversation with q few of Hart
ranfs ablest emissaries leads to the conviction that
the reverend father W had something to do with the
business OF enlisng soldiers for the Governor as well
for the Emerald Isle At any rate he had made him.
self obnoxious to the venerable fathers in this place.
who are much beloved by their parishioners that on
Sunday week Very Rev. John Finan, OF this place, who
will succeed Bishop 0'Hara in this diocese-a man OF
superior intelligence, deep piey and lofty purposes
took occasion to publicly anahematize the abors of
Mcnamara IN very strong language. His name was not
mentioned but everybody knew who it was that the
reverend father meant to hit
way sent lengthy communication to the Scranton
Republican, in which he beabored Father Finan most
numerically for what he (fcNamara) termed ian
charitable and unchristian attack upon him person
ally and upon the principles of Irish patriotism which
means of irish associations he vent ON 10 snaat os
how he had defended the principles of certain Irish
sociatons Calculated to elevate his countrymen above
the slavish dictation to which certain sanctmonous
teachers would subject thcmn He stated that he bad
already incurred tho wrath and the enemty of more
than priest and bishop for the fearless manner in
which he had exposed the presumption Of those who
imagine that lrshmen have no higher duty than TO
bow in abiect submission before the human gods who
almost claim their alteration, and he not prepared
TO suffer in silence the denunciations Of ''ceri
cal magnate in the coal fields Of Pennsylvania" He
spread himself in lengthy laudation of Irishmen who
connected with the associations OF which he (Mc
Namara is the able exponent Hc assumed that these
men looked to him as their natural protector against
the unchrstan attacks hurled against them from the
altar and Il IL should cost him his very ife he was
in duty bound to repel the outrage Of
through several paragraphs, in which he said
he had come to PItston on his own
business, and he warned Father Finan and other
priests not TO interfere with him with the noble
purposes to which patriotic Irshmen have sworn the
allegiance of their souls Before concluding he
strikes the keynote Of what has excited comment here
since the election, to wit 60" will undertake TO show
both them and you he priests) that In what regards
suffer in America or IN Irelandn He concludes his
epstle by dirty fling at Father Finan's personal an
tecedents.
In the publication OF this letter certainly McNamara
allowed his enthusiasm to override his judgment or in
a community large and SO loyal TO tho Church
this its perusal followed with certain degree of
disgust which augured Ill for the success and influence
of the writer. This shown In the attendance at
lecture which Mcnamara delivered here few evenings
after the appearance Of his epistle. The hall
good sized one, but scarcely corporals guard
present hear what the speaker had say about the
Unty of the Irish Race Last night the lecturer
peated his theme in Scranton, and but few turned out
TO hear him.
Mcnamara still makes his headquarters in this place.
He Is aborng among the Irishmen with all his might,
but the better class will not be approached by him.
They regard him mad enthusiast Whether he
had any hand in elections recently is not as yet
positively ascertained but that he hand In glove
with the stoutest Hartranft workers before election is
well known, and because most Of the associations"
voted for Hartranft TO q man excitcs comment 1t
for long time currently reported that all the
'Moly Magures in this section, Lehigh and Schuyl-
kill counties would vote for Hartranft And the
suit shows they did In itself this would not make
any particular difference in matters here, but there
those In locality, wise and experienced,
who do not like to think that two men here,
enthusiasts lfke Mcnamara, for instance, dictate
TO such powerful organizations as exist in midst
The consequences other respects than those merely
political may be serious, and the future alone