Delaware weekly Republican., 1884-07-31
The Hrasss. a meg aaam vote.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July 23..--John De-
voy. the well.known editor of the Irish
Nation, was asked to-day TO what OK
tent the Irish-AneriGan vote would be
affected by the nomination Of C.eyeland,
aud he replied:
ITO such mn extent as to more than
offset the detection of the independent
Republicans and to secure the election
OF Blaine and Logan. l think tl,at
this IL the least that can be said OF II.
have never seen anything like taince
| came 10 the country. IL looks like a |
secession en- rnasse Tor this election, at
| least
q To what do you attribute this ad-
uiiration for the Republican candidates
or autipathy 10 Cleveland o.
There is a good deal OF both. Irish
men, as whole, admire Mr.. Blaine
very much, There is dash and
briillapcy about him that strongly ap-
peals to the Celtic temperament, and
they attribute the antipathy to him
among the Independents TO Jealous and
narrow-nninded prejudice, The charges
against him they regard as mere cam
paign stories, and they know of nothing
that has been clearly proven against
him. Then, in this State, they know
Mt. Cleveland very well and think
that the old proverb about men living
In glass houses is peculiarly applicable
In the present contest
A large number Of Irish Americans
J would have voted for Blaine at any
! event. think / am safe In saying
J there are 10000 such in New York
, city alone, but the nomination of Thar
, man, Mcdonald. Bayard or any other
! Of the old leaders of the Democracy
. | xuofsl1 bos srA1 ft,s.H -. ff
the Irish to the Democratic party.
! Olevsland's nomination, however,
filled the cup of their affilotions TO
. overfiowing and now they are in open
revolt"
"To what do you attribute this anti
y pathy to Cleveland among the Irish y
=" To a combination of causes. In
: the first place, the Irish, no matter
d what mistakes they make in politics,
l. are an exceptionally moral people, and
% charges of the gravest kind have beer
u widely circulated among them. dom
y care to say much about this, but ths
is feeling resulting from it amounts to oil
/. most loathing. This has been a poten
a factor In determining the attitude o
q a large number of Irishmen in thi
State, at least. Then Mr.. Cleveland /
I regarded as practically know-noth
1. are all bf that character"
!. "Tfkn you are of the opinion tina
:, Mr.. Cleveland's alleged know-nothin
:. tendencies have much TO do with the
y feeling against the Governor among th
" Irish ?" L
N Unqestionably know there Is
" lot of clap-trap talked about the nun
eS ber of Irishmen Mr.. Cleveland has al
IN pointed to Offices OF more or less impor
IN ance, but this will have no effect.
ID amounts to saying to us, you cant q
a any of your race into the governorship
In none Of you shall ever become Secretar
I'd of State, and we shall permit as few I
"a you as possible beconi lug Mayors I
cities, members of assembly, etc., bt
we will bribe the weak and vens
y among you for few paltry position
ro The estimate we form of you 10 that
Ut few such positions, with few hundre
IN or few thousand laborers on the publ
sc- works, the parks and the canals, wi
ge give us lease of your votes for q
3D. time. The Irish, however, have been groH
lie ing more independent of late years, an
ar at last we have. reached a crisis, al
ou the Democratic leaders are face to fa
of with revolution"
sa "Then you think this State will |
IA Republican,"
~, BY at least 20, 900 or ~, ,0O0 ma1Orit
~ and 1t may even reach the dimension
yes of the tidal wave which sent MIR. Cley
lay land to Albany. am disposed even
o2, think that Mr.. Blaine's chances of ca
the rying New York City are good.
3 It think that from 1000 TO 10000 Dem
YES Gratis there will vote for him. If Jol
400 Kelly went on his knees and implor'
hat the rank and file of Tammany to vo
to for Cleveland he could not get the M
the jority to do as he requested. Meth
ex- the County Democracy nor Irving Hi
DIie can deliver the vote they pledge.
know there is widespread disaffecti
,sh- among the rank and file of both orgai
,a,r cations, and that large numbers W
- vote for Blaine"
An Haveyou any accurate informati
nhn as to how the Irish feel in otl
ahs Ssates?" fa
up al know the feeling everywhere
iter very nearly the same as in New Yol
although not SO bitter. On the Who'll
tag think 1t will be safe to say that fir
ady 10000 to 500, 900 Irish Democrats "
and vote for Blaine if Butler does not II
! Of and even in the latter event, fully %
rbt, 900 can be counted on"