The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-17
3 DEFEAT DOES sSoTDEpREss HIM.
an interview with hir. I,lnine-Wlnt He
MLl-L.Li N. Thin Ia Of iln Rranlt m - -L--

e"''" correspondent ScnuS tNe lOllOWls
interview with MI. Blaine:
81 asked Mr.. Blaine what he tl,oupl
would be sthc result Of the count In Nc
York." aud he replied he Ind no mo,
means OF knowing It than an ,,nbor
child. He had from the first Ind u
other desire than to see a lal
count, and SO far us he wa
personally concerned he would be conte,
with either result. Success would No
elatc him and defeat would not ,lepres
nm; he was engaged In genial md pre-
iItable work'whicll had been Interrupts
BY the campaign, and the deep regret tha
he wonld ,feel at a Democratic trliinpI
would be altogether for his party an,
country, not for himself" . - li'i2 :
II lived tooncart the presidency in 1881 :
Mr.. Blaine added after n long pause, "un,
fiavc too keen sense Of its burdens. IN
elnbarrassmcnts aud its periIs to be undul,
anxious Tor the office" tl5
10 tho inquiry as to how he accounte,
Tor the closeness OF the election in Nav
York Mr.. Blaine said: GE,'1I'-
well, considering the less by the boil
Of tho independents, and the far large
loss from the action Of the Republica,
pfohibitiotists the wonder at first sight i.
that the Democrats did not carry tho State
oya large majority, as they confidently
expected. This result way preycniri
,n,y the great accession to the liepuL
fican ranks OF Irisl, and Irish. mari.
can voters and workinglncn Of ull classes
VINO sustained me because OF my advocacy
Of q protective tariff. They believe, and
GelieIe wisely tLat free trade would re
duce their wages" "t15'-:.J.i ~ 9%'i
"lou really think them oueried The
reporter, that you got IL considerable
irish vote i'll New York n ~,
DuEcnAED's purAK. s4afaI
"oh, had thousands upon thousands" )"
replied MIR. Blaine, "and should have Ind
many more but for the intolcrant and ut.
'erly improper remark OF Dir, Burclrard,
whlcA was quoted everywhere 10 my Pre-.
Jndice, and in many places attributed to
myself, though it WIS in the highest de.
gree distateful and offensive to inc, Dui
a lie, you know, travels very fast, and
there was not time before The election to
nver,"ke :nd re:ute that one, and so sui,
u aske! Mr.. Biaine il he thought the
IRISH Amerlcth vote VAS organizcd ut all
nr had competent lua,icra p
Yes" said he, II WAS deeply imp,csscd
hy the ability, the carncstncss anil thr
Of those whom met Ther.,
'or Instance, is Patrick Ford. OF the
IRISH Ilerhi, lie il Il man Of most
nnsrltish devotion 10 any cause l,c
espouscs, possessing Il great faculty. for
with marked ability and un
t!rlng energy: General Kerwin, Of the
,ndlet, has in large degree the same
and is f;lr.sivhted and
able man with Il fine record as a Union
soldier. : = ~" ''"'
The irish Nation, edited BY John Devoy,
gave US strong and valuable support.
Alexander SuIlra,, and John Fincr,y.
were very. powerful on the stump aud di;.
royal service. 1olh are natural or.to,s Of
the feryid Irish type. Sullivan's tariff
speech in Toledo contributed very much
10 the defeat Of Ilurd. These men. wi,l
others, whom did not personally meet.
have made a.bfcak iii the Irish Demo.
cratic vote. one that believe will widen
and increase in the future. As the full
significance Of the attitude OF, the Demo.
cratic party, on the tariff question be.
comes understood and appreciated our
Irish and Irish -AmcJjrau cii;zcus will iD
time get tired Of voting in accor,,an @.
with tue wishes OF the l.nul;s,, irar
traders" . '''' 20 : -. : -
Ne IRISH, AND GERMAN SUPPORT,
- sald-to MIR. Blaine that the Irish in
Boston thought lie understood the char.
acter OF their people better than my other
Republican leader. Mr.. Blaine replied
that it would be egotistic for him 10
ssumc that, but said there was per-
haps a strong leaning OF ,heSIrish ele-
mGnt; towards him because Of thr
lacl That on his mothers side he was OF
IRISH descent. In pennsylvania, his natl 20
State, he had received an enormous Irish
vote. Some icountitS hitherto s,ror,-lv
Democratic having been completely re-
yerstd in their popular 1najoliiics by The
Grange ol the IRISH vote in his favor" ~
but. said J, = "did you not lose cor
r spondinelyi in the German vote u, 5sS
!, Not at all replied Mr.. Blaine. "All
through the West the Germans supported
me hobly. How else could have carried
chicago by 5000, Cincinnati BY 5000, and
Cleveland BY 5000. Ohio, Wisconsin.
Illinois and Iowa have thcylarrest
German population in the West and
carried them by splendid maiori,ies.
influential editors us Markbriet, in Gin
sinnati. Kaufman, in CIeyeland, Pr:D,
Iores, IN st. Louis and many others,
brought great strength TO the Republicans
cause. German orators We're also
most effective on the stump. Brucker,
iotscllalk and men OF that sta,np
sxcrted great influence. There was an
effort TO prejudice the Germans
against me, but it failed. They arc n
wonderfully ycool. .lcadcd people, thorough.
y honest ill their conclusions and inst in
heir Judgment, and have abundant rea-
son to thank thcm for their generous sup
'ort. | shall not soon forget it..
Your correspondent brought tho con.
'ersation back to New York by asking
Slr. Elaine il he thought the Prohibition.
sts were honest in their support OF St 4
|ohn. 5it,.l 55gfl 90 : S,'s -
=t THE pHolllBlTIoS MOVEMENT. WI
~ have never during the campaign,"
'eplcd Mr.. blaine, reflected on the mo-
i've Of any man, and I shall not do so
low. content myself With say
ns that 81 think the 2 prohi.
'itiorists were misled and they did not
correctly measure the possible result OF
heir cause. y received from many OF
hem the assurance that my candidacy
na!e their action difficult because
hey really wanted to vote for
ne, but they seemed to be un-
Ter the strong dcusion. that the |
empcrance cause had bccn-increased.
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