National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-18
PATRICK EGAN FOR BLAINE.

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The prevailing political idiooy Of a Ger.
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arrayipg against Grover Cleveland the
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people. Those editorial bigots will not
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on American political candidates. The
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hlr' IhVrlck Egans position, ana now nc
was forced TO mako publio utteranco oI
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LtNcoLN, NEE, Sent. 5.-The subloincd CO,
respondenco OF Patrick Egan tho recently
elected president Of tho Irish National league
to the press ofthis city, is published to-day.
The STATE Jourfidi; Your contemporary, the DIHN
State Democrat, having ON two distinct orCH
sons REFEREED as consider most unwarrant-
ably and unfairly to my political opinion.
OF decent journalism, 10 publish any but
garblcd copy Of my reply. 1 ,eud yOl here
with the letter which addressed N thai
journal in full, and beg you will do mo the
| favor Of placing IL before the public. Your.
| truly PATRICK E8AS.
LINCOLN, Nrn.. Sent. 2. 1884 Editor " tho
DJGu Sidf, D4yD0ar1I- -sjrs For tho second time
| within Tho ins, thrcc weeks Won have drare.u
NV name into Tho nautical campaign. 2I
| though m to the nresei,t moment lave ncvcr
spoken publicly OR written n single word On
| olive Won as n initrnaiigr any yrornd fur si
| doing pofore me iat" Hnstnii Convention oi
| the irish National lcag1Ie had. as tho result
| of close ohseryation and cnreGIl rcscnrch
| made IN my mind that there existed no GOOD
| grounds by which the democratic partyshorld
| hold any mortpaVe ON NV vote becaus,, hlp.
| pencd 10 be an Trishmnn. / weighed with
| raro and doliberation tho ,nerits OF the two
presldentiai candidates and / came 10 the
| conclusion that neither ne An Irishmau nor a .
| an ndopted citizen OF Amcricn could Mr.. tirO.
| yer Clevclan nd have my support. The case OF
| harm. and which Won have AGAIN and again
| rcferred 10 ne tho only rround of INV onDos.
| lion IN Mr. CLEVELAND was only ono 81 tho
| many obiectious which / onfertnined 10
| that rpnflrman 1 did indeed consider
| The tTeatuout melted 10 MIR. Dewey OF
the very besest kind, and as n strong
| eyidencS or either the hostility and nontrm nj
Of Mr.. Cleyeiand for Irishn;cn Of nation, Al
opinions. hut objected also 10 Mr.. Cleveland
IA the moi candidate of the Iondon Tins.
Tho Iondon S1nfard The Ioudon DrEI, M.
1rgpb tho Iondon D1Vy Nslrs the London
X tJdinss' G;d-gfie Tho London Stttiriry Rct1gir-
| In fact tho entire English nrcss | obirctcd Ia
| him as the net candidate OF TAirt and I{irprJ',
ilG[tiv. as the author of innunerablo yctoes In
Tho interest of the great monopolies. md rs ii
man who had ne I believed nroyed hitnsel
| ihc onemv Of every inst RIGHT of the toilinf
J millions / Objected 10 MIR. Cleveland he
cause felt in Inc words of the Boston Pilot
! n straight out and ont democratic organ. I'll
has moi single ouniity 10 m him for IND prpg
d"ncv of Tho limited States" had made m
my mind to support Mr.. Blaine, because iron
b iny,y nI,seryntInn mad come 10 rcgnrd him "a