Omaha daily bee., 1884-07-17
THE IRISH.

The democratic managers are not q little
puzzled by the unexpected attitude of a con.
siderable portion Of the Irish element against
| the democratic ticket. At first they we're
happy in the belief that only the dynamite
Irishmen who labor under the impression that
Blaine's accession to the presidential chair will
be inaugurated by vigorous
or rHE BRITISH LION
were concerned in the revolt against the dem.
| ocratic nominations, but the few days that
| have elapsed since the adjournment of the
| democratic convention have suitccd to bring
| forth unmistakablo signs of q not inconsider
| able disaifection among the Irish residents OF
| this city, which is all tho more surprising TO
the democratic managers as 1t is largely based
on that powerful, and not easily to be neutral.
lied factor, national prejudice.
Avoiding altogether the 1rishmen of Richie
lieu Robinson type, who desire TO have the tail
of tho British lion twisted makes them hardly
good judges of one who should be the presi.
dent of this country, u reporter OF The Times
yesterday made it his business TO sound the
opinion Of many of the Irish residents of Chit
cago on the democratic ticket, and found that
the Irishmon are in no mood, Mt least not at
present, to pull off their coats for the election
of the democratic national ticket. The re-
porter's Investigations were confined to people
who were found in the downtown streets and
resorts. but he conversed with men in all sta
lions of life, and was careful to talk only with
people about whose utilization with the demo-
cratic party he had no doubt.
Many were democratic oiiceholders, and for
that reason no names can be given, as Office
holders do not like to appear in print when
making statements uniavorable to the pros
poets of their party.
An otfceholder standing high among tho
Irish people in this city and occupying n
position which gives him excellent opportuni-
ties to obtain correct information about the
feeling of his cointrymen, said, after having
exacted the promise that his name should not
be divulged: There is no use talking about
It, the Irishmen in Chicago and Cook county
are largely
OPPOSED TO THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Were the election to be held within n week
the Irish vote cast for the democratic national
ticket would not amount to as many hundreds
as it used to thousands. And the worst about
it is this, that the feeling against the ticket
has n double reason-a lingering hope and be:
lief that Mr. Blaine will prove the best friend
the Irish ever had in the presidential chair,
and a very strong feeling that MIR. Cleveland
has no sympathies for the Irish race and is
anything but the workingman's friend. Now
this feeling is not confined to the Fen
ian and dynamite lsishmer. L would, IN
fact, pay no attention to it were 30 contined.
On the contrary, according to information l
have from all parts of the city and country
THE OPPOSITION TO MI. CLEVELAND
is strongest with that portion of our people
over whom the politician has the least inilu-
ence, who make up their minds at home and
can not be talked out of an opinion once
formed-I mean that large class of thrifty
Irishmen who own their own homes, attend
closely to their work, mind their own business
and are seldom seen in public, except on st.
Patrick's day; in the funeral procession of de-
parted friends; in church, or at the celebra-
tions of the orders to which they belong. The
majority of these people never voted anything
but the democratic ticket since they acquired
a right to vote, and my only hope is that the
old habit of voting our ticket will assist us in
our efforts to prove to them chat MIR. Blaine
will disappoint them, and that their prejudice
against Mr.. Cleveland is entirely without
basis or justification. 1t will be very hard in
deed to hold q large mass of Irish voters to
the democratic ticket"
The gentleman who said this il rtdenocratic
officeholdes and a trusted co-worker of the
machine"
Another Irishrnan, prominent in republican
politics, look u tar more conservative view OF
the Irish detection In the democratic ranks:
"The dissatisfaction with the democratic can
didates, " he said, SIS widespread among the
Irish, aud we shall certainly get n considerable
number of
IRISH VOTES FOR BLAINE.
But the influence of the city administration
will prevent anything like an Irish landslide
in our favor, except, perhaps, in the stock
yards district, where official influences are
not of much account, and where the lrishmen
are as n rule, very independent and also very
Irish"
An Irish politician from the Bridgeport dis
trict admitted that Just at present there was
loud talk against the ticket among the wear
ers of the green" THE fact is, he said, the
boys have nothing against Mr.. Cleveland, but
| -. l-.o- .1 IL l.a tptp THAR hnaHa that
Mr.. Blaine will do great things for the Irish,
and it is hard to talk them out of it. But we
have four months time to talk the matter over,
and when election comes around tine Irish Will
vote the straight democratic ticket. The tel
lows that kick loudest have the least influence,
and / believe that nothing will bring our Irish
people quicker to their senses than the howl
lug of the dynamiters for Blaine. Agood
many Irish workingmen who belong to labor
organizations have become prejudiced against
Cleveland through the talk OF some OF their
leaders about Mr., Cleveland's official acts.
But | believe that, also, will wear away IN
time, and that in the end the Irish vote will
be as solidly demoera ic Us ever it WAS"
Another Bridgeport statesman ventured the
remark that he enjoyed the
KICKING OF TIL IRIsHMEN
against the democratic ticket immensely be-
cause it would make q lively campaign in the
Irish wards all the more necessary and the
workers all the more important. All the talk
would be silenced overwhelmingly, however,
and an lrishman voting any but the democrat
ic ticket would be looked upon ~ n traitor.
In conversation with q number OF lrishmen
who claim no political nfiuence-talk for
themselves, only, and seemed to be guided by
what they read in their newspapers the re-
porter gathered the following to be about the
present feeling among the Irish democrats
They sympathize strongly with Kelly, Grady,
| Cochran, and the other Tammany chiefs who
opposed Cleveland in the democratic conyen-
ton, and considered the defeat of Tammany
In the light of n snub for the Itish element.
The objections made to Cleveland by Tam
many they believe, should have prev ented
Cleveland's nomination. They suspect Cleve'
land to be of n bigoted disposition, inclined to
hobnob with the New York aristocracy, which
is very obnoxious to the lrishmen on account
of its tendency to Anglo.mania. Eesides the
Irish element is strongly filled with
A~NTI-MoNoPoLY SENTIMENT
and the charge that Cleveland, while COVER
nor of New York, vetoed bills against heavy
corporations, has therefore moro weight with
the average Irishman than 1t YVES given in the
democratic convention. On the other hand,
Blaine stands sigh in the estimation OF n good
many Irishmen because he Is supposed to be
full of fight and q great deal OF an Anglo
phobe. OF course, they dislike very much to
vote the republican ticket, but neither do
they want to vote for a candidate nominated
against the protests Of lrishmen, and suspect
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