Morris tribune., 1884-07-30
THE IRISH VOTE.
1t Will Be Given For Blaine and
Logan.

John J. Hogan writes as follows to
the Los Angeles (Cal.) Times: In your
last issue I noticed an assertion made
by delegate from this coast to the
Democratic Convention in Chicago that
the Irish of the Pacific Coast would
vote solidly for the Democratic party.
would like to know his authority for
making such broad assertion. The
Irish are as capable of judging for
themselves as any people in this wide
Republic, and does the Democratic par
ty think that the Irish are so blinded
to their own interests as to support any
longer party which thought to force
free trade on the labor of this country;
party which is hostile to Ireland and
tool of England? For example, take
the case of a leading Democratic mem
ber of Congress, who went Sneaklng to
the English Ambassador at Washing
ton to say to his Government in London
that the resolution and amendment to
postpone the trial Of O,DOnnell were
sham, intended to catch the Irish vote,
and asked the Ambassador to pay no
attention to the matter. This clearly
shows what we Irish may expect should
Democracy win in the November cam
paign. The Republican party owes us
irishmen nothing We have solidly op-
posed them ever since the party came
into existence, but now that they have
given us everything that we reasonably
could expect in their platform at the
Chicago Convention, let us at least be
grateful for once, and say, Friends,
you have met our views fully; now you
Shall have our votes" Was it not
priest of our religion and race, also
Treasurer Of the Land League of this
country, who opened the greatest con-
ventiOn the world ever saw, at Chicago,
with prayer? Let us study the prin-
ciples Of the platform adopted in that
convention, and weigh them well in the
honest balance of sincerity. Let us
cast aside all prejudices and party feel
ings and come to the conclusion that
our interests aS IriShmen QoyiIlg Ire
land dearly should be enlisted on the
side of a man whose past record shows
him to be a true american. His foreign
policy alone should win for him the
vote of every patriotic Irishman in the
land. [ look upon James @. Blaine ds
u to,uer of strength against foreign infiu-
ence. Who are they who are clamOring
against him, and call themselves Inde-
pendents? Are they not free-traders?
Thanks to the party that nominated
man of the people, and a man whom l
know will never humble himself or this
Republic to England.
For thirty-five years | have been a
hard worker in the cause of .Democ-
racy, voting blindly like many of my
countrymen. | am now determined to
throw off the yoke of servitude of a par
ty opposed to the interests of working
classes of this country and false friend
to Ireland.
Irishmen, let us cast our 100000
votes solid for James G. Blaine and
John A. Logan, and we will elect them.
When elected we can then demand JUS
| tice to our felloW-citiZens at home and
abroad. 1t is my firm belief that, when
elected, Blaine will send another such
man to the Court of st. James as John
| Welsh, of Philadelphia. Does the Dem
ocratic party delude itself with the
! hope that, as q prominent Democrat
puts it, the Irish will still remain th
| tail from the body of the Democratic
party and let that party substitute free
trade for the Irish, and then Wag the
tail as they please.
A word for Logan. He is as the Irish
| World says, the son Of an Irish rebel,
or, in other words, the son of true
Irishman, who was obliged to flee his
country for his loyalty to Ireland.
In the face of all these facts, feel [
cannot honestly do otherwise than vote
for and use my influence in favor of
James G.. Blaine and John A. Logan.