Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-29
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As the coup de grace Of the silly at
tempt to enlist the Irish vote in the
Blaine interest we reproduce an ar
ticle from the New York Herald Of the
22d inst There may be, here and
there, an Irish Democrat who Is
wavering in his allegiance TO his
party, and to him we heartily com
mend a perusal Of the subjoined
Under the patronage of Blaine cleo
| pioneering committees, Mr. Alexan-
der Sullivan, "A lively and somewhat
conceited citizen Of Irish birth or de-
scent (thc same whose vanity the
Blaine managers of the Wall street
meeting ilattered the other day by
giving him n chance TO crate ON the
Sub-Treasury steps, has got up what
he calls the lrish-American Anti
Cleveland Union" with headquarters
at Cleveland, Ohio. And with keen
scent for spoils in ease of victory, Mr.
Sullivan and his secretary, one Will
liam j. Gleason, have been sending
printed solicitation to selected Irish
Americans throughout the country,
| urging them to come into the union
and share in Blaine's distribution of
practical lavors. One of these was
addressed under date Of October 4, to
Mr.. NJ. J. Gleason at Portland, Ore
gon, and the following is his reply.
In this case Mr.. Alexander Sullivan
and Mr. William J Gleason have
caught Tartar;
PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. n, 1874
TO Mr. william J. CLEMSON, Secretary Of the
Irish American Antl-C Cleveland Club
DEAR SIR, ! received your circular letter
Of the 9TH Inst, In which You state that the
Irish American people are mot the slaves of
party bosses, because, you say, they revolt
against the selection Of Grover Cleveland ~
n candidate for the Presidency.
assure you that when yoii say this you
have no correct information Of the status Of
the Irish.Amerlcans ON the Pacific Coast
They are mot the slaves Of party bosses
and they do not revolt against Grover Cleye.
land. That the most independent voters Of
America and the most free from bossism
exist on this coast can hardly be disputed,
and for that very reason they cannot be
made subseryient TO the bossism of men like
Z. Ford, Alexander Sullivan, Dewey Go.
They are n thinking and honest people, truly
American and loyal to their adopted conn-
try They are, generally speaking, reading
people aud well acquainted both with the
their country, as also with the character Of
those men who take leading parts In the
same. And | must tell you, Mr.. Gleason,
that for this very reason they have, as fully
as any body Of men can be expected to do,
declared themselves for Grover Cleveland.
| To talk Blaine to them would be MS much OF
| n private insult MS his Yorktown orders for
| the salute Of the British flag was national
one
Now, while respect Mr.. A sullivan ms
man and admire bis talents, ! must say,
| with many more OF his friends here, that he
| is cutting rather ridiculous figure IN hip
| podroming around tho country trying to
| demagogue the Irish vote. He certainly
could be In u business more crcditlble to
himself and those he assumes to represent.
| And again, my dear sir, ! am sorry that both
| you and Mr.. Sullivan have no better opinion
| Of the Irish-Amcrcans than to think, or
| seem 10 think, that they are not competent
| judges Of how they should east their ballots,
| when did they become the slaves Of par
| ty2 Is II because they have generally allied
| themselves with the Democracy Was that
| not their privileged DO you presume 10 say
| now that they require the intelligence of n
few party and society leaders to instruct
| them In their duties MS American citizens2
| Why, my dear sir, their duty us citizens is
| paramount to anything they owe even their
native land and the Irishman who would
| fail to faithfully discharge his duties us an
| American would disgrace the honor OF the
Irish name
Once more have to say that the circular
| lttttT is " piece vi huubCitl hll tue phIl W
| those gentlemen whose conception Of their
own Importance is excelled only by their ig
norance Of the true character Of the Irish
| man when not controlled by bosses. Come
West, young man, and breathe the pure mir
of the Pacific, and find how refreshing 1t Is,
and how untainted with That poisonous ex'
halation called bossism,
Respectfully yours, NJ. J. GLEASON.
Earl Granville, the Secretary Of
State for the Foreign Department, in
the British Cabinet, wrote to the
present British Minister at Washing
ton as follows, in April, 1882:
think 1t as well to state to you that Sir
+. Thornton, who was Mt that time Her
| Majestys representative Mt Washington, re-
ported TO me Inst summer that Is, the sum
ner OF 1881, while Mr., Blaine was Secretary
of State that he had been eoniidenlially
informed through trustworthy source that
the government of the United States was
not disposed to take up too warmly the
cause OF American citizens whether native
or naturalized, who went to England or
Ireland with the express object OF ngltating
and of then appealing to their government