The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-18
He Attributes His Defeat to a
RainStOrm.
m CERTAINLY WAS A C0LDDAY.
TIE Tary Fed to the irish and Ger
mans-Is He Looking
Ahead
Blaine.

lowing interview with Blaine: Il asked
Blaine what he thought would be the
result of the count in New York and he
RENTED that he had no more means OF
knoyins it than an unborn child. He
had from the first no other desire than
that a fair count should be made and, SO
far as he was personally concerned, he
would be content with either result.
Success would not elate him, and defeat
would not depress him. He was en-
gagged in a congenial and profitable
work, which had been interrupted by the
campaign, and the deep regret that he
would feel at Democratic triumph would
be altogether to his party and country,
not for himself. / lived too near the
Presidency in 1881, Blaine added after
a long pause, land have too keen sense
OF Its burdens, its embarTasSments and
its perils to be unduly anxious for its
Office"
In.nswer to an inquiry how he ac-
counted for the cloSeneSs OF the election
In New York, Blaine said: "Well, con-
sidering the loss by the bolt OF indie
pendent Republicans and the far larger
loss from the action of Republican Pro
hibitionistS the wonder at first sight
thatthe Democrats did not carry the
State by as large majority as they con-
fidentIy expected they would. This re-
suit was prevented by the great access
Ci0Ii6 to the Republican ranks of Irish
American voters and workingmen of all
classes who sustained me because of my
advocacy of protective tariff. They be-
lie1e and believe wisely that free trade
would reduce their WAGES"
You really think then" queried the
repOrter that you got a considerable
Irish vote in New York2''
OH had thousands upon thou
sands, replied Blaine, land should
have had many more, but for the in
tolerant and utterly improper remark
of Dr. Burchard, which was quoted
everywhere to my prejudice and in
many places attributed to myself,
though it was in the highest degree dis
tasteful and offensive to me. But lie,
you know, travels very fast and there
was not time before tbe.electiOn to over
take and correct that one, and so l suf-
fered for it,
asked Blaine if he thought the Irish
American vote was organized at all, or
had competent leaders.
"Yes,' y said he. II was deeply i'm
pressed by the ability. earRestneSs and
sincerity of those whom met. There,
for instance, is Patrick Ford, of the
Irish World. He Is s man OF the
most selfish devotion to any
, cause he espOuses, possessing great
faculty for an organizer. with marked
ability and untiring energy. General
Kerwin. OF the Tablet, has in. a large de-
gree file same characteristics, and is
far-sighted and able man. with fine
record as Union soldier. The IRISH
Nation. edited by John Dewey. also gave
as strong ana valuable support. Alex
ander sullivan and John finnerty were
very powerful on the stump and did us
royal service Both are natural orators
Of the fervid Irish type. Sullivan's
r tariff speech. in Toledo, contributed
very largely to the defeat of Frank
Hurd. These men, with others whom
l did not personally meet. have made
the break n-the Irish Democratic vote,
one that [ believe will widen and in
crease IN future as the full significance
of the attitude of the Democratic party
on the tariff question becomes under
stood and appreciated. Our Irish and
: Irish-Am erican citizens will, in time,
get tired of voting in accordance with
the wishes of English free traders
said to Blaine that the Irish in
Boston thought he understood the
character of their people better than
any other Republican leader.
Mr.. Blaine replied that it wen1d be
egotistic for him TO assume that; but
he said there was PERHAPS a strong
leaning of the Irish element te3ards
him because of the fact that en- his
mothers side he was of Irish descent.
In Pennsylvania, his native State, he
had received an enormous Irish vote,
some counties hitherto strongly Demo
cratic having been completely reversed
an their popular majority, by the change
OF the Irish In his favor, This, how
ever, was of course due in part to the
fact that he stood so distinctiyelv as the
representative of protection to Amerie IN
industries, anidea which prevailed with
more force in Pennsylvania than in any
other State
But" said 1, did not you lose cor
respondingIy in German votes?
Not at all, iFeplied Mr.. Blaine, "all
through the west the Germans sup
ported me nobly. How else could l
have carried Chicago by 5000, Cincin-
natl by 5000. and Cleveland by 5000?
Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa have
the largest GernaR population in the
west, and l carried them by splendid
malorities. Such able and influential
German editors as Mark Brett in Gin
Cinnati, Kaufman IN Cleveland, Pras-
torius in st. Louis, and many others
brought great strength to the Republic
can cause. German orators were
also the most effective on the
stump. BPucEer, Gottschalk and
men of that stamp exerted great
influence. There was anammense effort
made to prejudice the Germans against
me, butt failed. They are wonder
fully eool-headed people, iRhexiblY hon
est in their conclusions, and justin their
judgments, and have abundant reason
to thank them for their generous sup
port. l shall not soon forget it. At diff
ferent points in theRest found German
and Irish clubs cordially uniting in
public demonstrations o. -L
Your correspondent brought the con-
versation back to New York by asking
Blaine If he thought the ProhibitiOnists
we're honest ia their support. of st. JohR2
'fI have never during the campaign"
replied Blaine, REFLECTED upon the mo-
Ave of any man, and / shall not do SO.
I content mvself with saying that I
think the Prohibihonists we're mis-,
led and that they did not correctly
measure the possible result of their
course, I received from many Ct them
the assurances that my candidacy made
sheir election difficult because they
really wanted TO vote for me; but they
ILL.,