The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-22
A FRAUDULENT TRICK.
The Ridiculous Failure to Start an Irish Repub
lCan Boom.
Especial to the Courier. Journal.

Especial to the Courier Journal.
Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, July Is The Irish
(H) Republican National Convention collapsed in
this city to-day. Ten or twelve of the forty"
seven delegates seeded and gave the Republi
can scheme, to capture few Irish votes, dead
away; and 1t is the worst old give.away you ever
heard.
Mr.. John Langdon Of Youngstown, Ohio walk
ed into the Courier. Journal Bureau at noon TO-
day, with several friends, Mr.. Langdon ia an
Irish gentleman, and q regular delegate to the
Irish Convention. He was well dressed, intelli.
gent and educated He was one Of the boilers,
and gave the COolrier.JOurnal correspondent his
side Of the story. 1t was as follows
II came here from Youngstown Ohio, with the
purest intentions. | have been acting with the
Republican party four years, and was led to be.
lieve that my race could be benefited bv taking
an independent position in politics There are
only about fifty delegates here, and they are
mostly from Chicago | had not been here an
hour before | discovered that there was nothing
genuine in the movement-pothing but selfish
motives upon the part of the leaders. Squire
Morrison OF Chicago, who Is dubbed bv the Jour.
nal this morning as the Hon A. L Morrison OF
Illinois, is the raid ring leader in the movement
He Is an old fraud Of the first water know him
like book, About three months before the Chi
cago convention Morrison was In my town in
Ohio, which is GaIfeld's district. GarHeld's
name was mentioned in connection with the
Presidency, and asked Morrison II Garfield was
| nominated whether we could support him, Nor.
rison replied Mo- Garfield is trickster. He re.
fused to join our club on the ground that he did
| not desire to be a member of club outside OF
the State. But he did become and is a member
of the Golden free trade club OF London, which
would ruin the industries of this country and put
the skilled labor Of America upon an equality
with the unskilled labor of Europe Said that
| no true Irish Republican could vote for Garfield
| After Garfield was nominated I wrote to MOrri
son asking him what we should do. He did not
answer me- l wrote again and demanded an an
| answer. He replied that we should have to vote
| for Garfield l formed my opinion Of Morrison
then, that he was rascal and knave. He is
| the same man who WAS paid eight years ago to
| deeoy the Irish In Fenian movement. He was
| appointed magistrate in Chicago, and Is paid q
regular salary by the Republican party to get up
| Irish side.shows. Two years ago he had peti.
| tion circulated In Ohio asking the Republican
| State Central Committee to employ him TO make
| speeches In the State He wrote the petition
| himself and employed man to circulate 1t. He
| was engaged by the Committee. TwO.thlrds Of
the delegates to this convention are oficeholders.
| l was disguised at old Morrisons speech last
night His beastly attack upon Gen. Hancock
was indecent. He Is a id old fool to blame
Gen. Hancock for the hanging Of Mrs. surratt |
was against Hancock before l heard Morrison's
speech, but amt that way any longer. I have
got enough of the Republican party in mine, II
such men as Morrison are to be paid to run the
Irish wing of 1t. They told US that the Demo
Gratis never elected an Irshman to Office. Why
the first thing l found out when arrived in In.
dianapolis was that the best State Office in Indi.
ana was held by an lrishman Mr. Fleming Trea.
urer of State And he is an Irishman, too, for
met him yesterday"
So much for Mr.. Langdon. Now for Mr.
Thomas P. Quinn.
Mr.. Quinn is from Chicago. he is connected
with the Union Stock yards OF that city. He
like Mr.. Langdon, is an educated and intelligent
gentleman. he Fays:
II have entertained Republican ideas and vot-
ed the Republican ticked for several years. Nor
risoD, In our town, got me to come to the club
meetings. The Irish Republican club OF Chica
go is composed Of office holders and Office seek
ers. They comprise Deputy Marshals, Deputy
Sheritfs, policeman and magistrates; all have o
suck at the public teat. l think transportation
tickets were furnished most Of the delegates
Gen. Haley has a dozen or two extra tickets II
his pocket now. Justices Kelly and Moore anC
Deputy Sheriff Bremen of Chicago are ACTIVE
workers in the cause. There is one delegate
from Wisconsin; he is an Office holder; one from
Texas, Deputy United States Marshal. Their
are five Irshmen here who are employed in thu
Chicago Custom House. Big Mclaughlin o
Pennsylvania Is here. He has been promised {
fat office. l once thought the organization
might pc o goou lnlng, Dut am now convince!
that 1t is nothing but small tail to the Repub
can kite. l shall go home and work and vote 70
Hancock"
There are half a dozen more Of the dlfgusec
delegates to the Irish Republican Convention
standing around the hotels waiting to be inter
viewed, but time will not permit. The above in
terviews are sufh Client. They tell the tale.
The Associated Press Agent at this point mus
be in colluson with the Republicans judgin
from the high colored Republican report he sen
off from here last night. He states that $50 dele
gates were represented. There were not fft
outside the city of indianapolis The agent will
hardly send the inside facts Of the convention
and yet they are the town talk among the politi
! clans. However first class newspapers no longe
depend upon press agents to send them the news