The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-11-20

for organization, with marked ability and un-
firing energy. Gen. kerwfn, or the Tablet
has In alarge degree the same charactcristics,
and Is . far-stghted and ab o man, with line
record Union soldier. Others were very
powerful on the stump and did royal service.
These men, with Others whom i did not per-
sonally meet. have made break In the Irish
Democratic vote-one that believe will widen
and incrcase.in the future as the full signin-
canoe OF the attitude OF the Democratic party
on the tarin question becomes understood and
appreciated. Our Irish and IRISH American
citizens will in time get tired OF voting In ac-
cordance with the wishes OF the English free
traders"
said to Mr.. Blaine that the Irish In Boston
thought he understood the character OF their
people better than any other Republican leader
Mr.. Blaine replied that IL would be egotistic for
him To assume that, but said that perhaps
there was a strong leaning OF the Irish element
toward him, because OF the fact that on his
mothers side he was OF Irish descent. In Penn
sylvania, his native State, he had received an
enormous vote, some counties hitherto strongly
Democratic having been completely reversed in
their popular majorities by the change of the
Irish in his favor. This, however, was, OF
course, due I'm part to the fact that he stood 30
dIsinctiyely as the representative OF protection
70 American Industries, an idea which prevails
with more force in Pennsylvania than In any
other State.
But" said did you not lose correspond
ingly in the German vote?"
Not at ALL replied Mr.. Blaine. "All through
the West the Germans supported me nobly.
How else could have carried Chicago by 1900.
Cincinnati by 5000, aud Cleveland by 5000?
Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa have the
largest German population In the West. and
carried them by splendid maiorities. Such
ABLE AND INFLUENTIAL EDITORS
as Markfreit In Cincinnati, Kaufman in Cleve-
land, Prctorius in st. Louis, and many others,
brought great strength TO the Republican cause.
dice the Germans against me, but IL failed.
They are wonderfully cool-headed people, in
their judgments, and have abundant reason
to thank them for their liberal support. / shall
not forget it. At different points in the West
found German and Irish clubs cordially uniting
in public demonstrations.
The correspondent then brought the CONVEX
sation back TO New York, asking Mr.. Blaine IL
he thought the Prohibitionists were honest in
their support Of st. John.
Il have never during the campaign, replied
Mr.. Blaine, reflected upon the motives of any
man, and shall not do 80. 1 content myself
with saying that think the Prohibitionists were
misled, and that they did not correctly measure
the possible result of their course. / received
from many of them the assurance that my can
didacy made their action difficult because they
really wanted to vote for me, but they seemed
to be under the strange delusion that the tenn
perance cause could best be promoted by sup
porting their own Presidential ticket, and by
their course they influenced prejudicially the
national issues which were really at stake"
You attribute the close vote in New York,
then, solely to the action of the Independents
and ProhibitionistsT
NO, not SOLELY" replied Mr. Blaine. SAC
cording to numerous advices / have received
from Central and Western New York, 1t would
seem that the rainy day lessened the Republican
vote The Democratic majorities lie in the
cities, where, by a few minutes walk on a good
pavement. man reaches his polling-place The
Republican majorties are in the country,
where large numbers live three, four, even
five miles from the polling place, which on
election day had TO be reached over muddy
roads and in a rain-storm. Had the day been
fair, the Republican majorities in the rural
counties could have been increased, one
good judge writes me, probably by 10000,
but all agree by 5000 to 5000. The actual diff
ference between the two parties in the final
count will probably not exceed a thousand
about one-tweltth OF l per cent. OF the total
vote, or one voter in every twelve hundred for
the entire State. So, il the Democrats have
really carried New York by this small margin,
easily fair day might have reversed the re-
suit. But great political battles, like military
battles, are often lost or won by an apparently
trivial incident or accident which no human
foresight can guard against.
special from Augusta says: Mr. Blaine re-
CARDS the official count in New York as practi-
cally settling the Presidential question Mr..
Blaine 1t is stated on authority, receiving this
afternoon a telegram from New York announ-
cling the completion OF the official canvass in
that CITY, and informing him that the plurality
for Cleveland in that State would be 1881 The
| same authority states that Blaine accepts the
grets growing out of his connection with
the campaign. He feels that he made a good
hight and gracefully bows to the verdict OF the
American people. He believes the Republican
party will prove true to its grand past and will
increase In strength with coming years he ex-
poets that in 1888 il will again be called back
into power. Mr.. Blaine leaves for Washington
the middle OF next week, where he and his
Sargent house in Farragut Square, and will
shortly resume his work on the second volume
of Twenty Years in Congress- The volume
Will be ready by June next for publication"