The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-08-28
THE Republican State Central Com.

lHE RepuDilcan State Central Com
mittee from headquarters at Milwaukee
is very industriously scattering circulars
designed to influence and misiead the
Irish American voters of the state.
In this circular copious extracts are
taken from that blatherskite journal the
Irish World; and the inference is tried
to be made that the Irish World is the
leading and representative organ of the
Irish people in the United States; when
the fact is that the Irish World is a re-
publican organ, and has been for years.
1t is owned and controlled by republican
Jews in New York, and is edited by one
Ford who is openly suspected and de-
nounced as British spy by many of
the most respected and respectable Irish
American papers of the country. This
same Irish World supported Hayes and
Garfield and bitterly denounced Greeley,
| 1ilden and Gen. Hancock when they
| were the candidates of the democratic
party for president. The Irish World
| is the organ Of the lowest and most dis
reputable scum of the country, and advo-
Gates murder, arson and the indiscrim-
mate slaughter of thousands of innocent
people by its dynamite theories.
Ford is the open enemy of Chas.
Stewart Parnell the trusted leader of the
Irish people. The Irish Americans of
this county have too much sense to be
| mislead by demagogues of tn is stripe.
| This same circular is also filed with
quotations from such respectable and
| influential journals as the Boston Pilot,
| Freeman's Journal etc.
Now the fact is that these garbled ex-
tracts were taken from these papers just
on the eve of the Democratic National
Convention. and which were intended to
| influence the action of the convention in
! favor OF their respective favorites.
The republican committee would
make us infer and have us believe by
these lying insinuations that these papers
are not hostile to Gov. Cleveland and
are working against him-when in fact
no journals in the country are more
| heartily in favor of his election.
The Boston Pilot J. Boyle O'Reilley's
paper says, and there is no uncertain
ring to the utterance:
We are told now by Blaine's friends
that "the republican party is the party
of the people and especially of Irish
American citlzens!" the impudence of
the thing disarms us. 1t is for Irish
Americans to say whether or not they
will allow themselves to be so fooled and
used and thrown aside.
General Buffers claim for the support
of ish-Americans has some ground,
and solid ground.
General Butler, had he been the nom
Inee of the democratic party, would have
| swept the country as no man ever did
before. But the National Convention,
OF which he Was member, nominated
by vast majority another man, and the
nomination was made unanimous.
Therefore the question for Irish
Americans is-shall our votes count for
Blaine and the party that has peen
weighed and found wanting, or for
Cleveland and the democratic party with
which we have so long and SO Loyalty
affiliated?
The papers are overhauling Mr.
Blaine's editorial utterances in Know
nothing times and they make very bad
record against him. Those who main
tain on the other hand that his heart
beats warmly for the oppressed of every
land, are unable to point to single
speech or writing of his indicating such a
spirit. Mr.. Blaine himself does not say
a word to support the idea that he
would, if elected to the presidency, show
himself any more friendly to adopted
citizens at home or abroad than he would
while Secretary of State or editor of a
Knownothing journal. Judged by his
acts, Mr.. Blaine is at best coldly indif-
ferent to the rights of naturalized citi-
zens. Judged by his old time utterances,
he was bitterly hostile to them. If he
has experienced any change of heart he
carefully conceals the fact.
These extracts are taken from the last
issues of the Pilot and are the calmly
written opinions of one of the truest and
ablest of Irish-American editors in the
land, and recognized leader of his peo-
pie. We give another extract from the
| Pilot of Aug. 23rd.:
| ENGLAND AND GOVERNOR
CLEVELAND
At the great public meeting held in
Boston last week, at which nearly &C, 900
persons were present, in the interest of
the irish National cause, letter was
read from Gov. Cleveland, as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
| ALBANY, n. Y, July 81, 1884
Rev. P. A. MCkENNA:-DearS Sri
have received your invitation to attend
the National convention of the Irish Ma
tional League on the 18th and 14th of
August. 1 thank you for thus remem.
bering me and for your invitation, and 1
should be glad to accept the same. The
convention occurs, however, at a time
when [ shall be absent on much needed
vacation, for which have already made
arrangements. It is thus impossible for
me to attend. Yours sincerely,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Governor Cleveland has too much
manhood and patriotism to be the tool of
foreign and inimical nation. His letter
to the Boston meeting was proof of his
| Americanism. NJ. Blaine aUas inuited
| to the same n1eeti1lg;. but did not dare
to dciga to send q reply.
Comment is unnecessary.
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| If the republicans of the Third Dis
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