The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-21
Governor Cleveland's Action in the Case Of
John Deyoy-Why the Irish Voters
Became Democrats.
I. ONeill Russell Discusses the Tariff
in a Convincing Manner.
Congressman Finerty Enters an Energetic
Protest Against Democratic PrOscrip-
tiOn Of Independent Irishmen.
JAMES REDPATH.

New York Tribune.
A Tribune reporter recently had long con-
versation with James Redpath in regard to the
attitude of the Irish voters in the pending cam
paign. When asked if he was familiar with
xssh sentiment, Mr.. Redpath replied
.Tpersonally know the leaders of the Irish
Americans in nearly all the great cities Of the
East and West / read carefully every Irish
| American paper, and / have large correspond
Hnce with Irish-American representative men.
meet numbers of them every week So have
opportunities enough to know how they feel and
to form guess how they will act
'sWill there be a serious detection of the
! Irish from the Democratic party at the next
electionl"
sQuite large. I believe, and certainly on
scale unparalleled in the history of the Irish in
America This feeling of disafection is notlocal,
| it is widely spread. Of course good deal of it
will be overcome and return to party allegiance
before November but the same fact is just as
true about us independent Republicans, and not
less SO than about the Irish. The same kind of
forces that whipped conspicuous Republican
enemies of Mr.. Blaine into line will operate on
many of the Irish Democrats, but after making
due allowance for all that there will be big
4 anu ~ WIS Vv,SAy o4AAon oAs
Irish with whom have talked or from whom
have got letters.
'sWhat is the chief reason for their dissatisfac-
| ton with the Democratic partyP
"I have taken great deal Of trouble to find
that out, for its extent astonishes me. | have
been stopped in the streets lately, wherever
have gone, wnere there were Workingmen, ana ana
asked oy men VINO naa nearo me lecguEe OF talk y
a. irish Land League meetings. what tnought OF
the political situation, and, IN large majority OF
cases. nave been toia tnat tney INTENDED 10 Vote
Tor Blalne-no5 Ior the .hePmohcan nckeI, mln1
you, put ZOE 'oto bialnes M Inese men nau az
ways peen democrats. lhey VIII propaply Vo1e
the Democrats city ana congressional tickets
What is the dltference between Young tor
Blame and Young tne hep1ohcan tlekeCs
Oh Well-senJlmeng ! remember wnen
voted Tor Cleveland ana floWer-Gne nrsI ana
only Democratic votes ever cast TOOK special
pains to say IN puDhc Jnat vote9 TOT Ghem as a
hepuolIcan protest see Inc Independents are
doing the same Inlng now. 20 are 1ne 1rlsn VINO
intend to bolt Ihey VIII vote not as hepuonc-
ans, but as democrats processing against tne
nomination OF man whom they DO not regard
as friend OF the working classes dhey nate,
as we all 90, TO divorce themselves from gnelr
old party-ltls the policy OF cuttlng the dogs
tail an inch at rme-put IL amounts TO tne
same thing 10 the END, OF course
Tan you denne tne olHeIeng elelnenbs In TINS
coming irish DoltR
some OF them-tne MAN ones. Inc Devoy
dlsafecuon-not merely MT; Devoys personal
grievance but the soreness that cleveland Gre
ated among the lrlsn Natlonailsts because OF MS
action IN ms case. NOW, Deyoy Is man OF IN.
nuence WITH the most in1uentiai organlzaSon OF
l.o = a. Tast., T;b AsaneIS s -
what is Technically called the nationalist ssnti-
mont His paper, the Irish Nation. is regarded
IS sne organ o. ene Ssel ne
their orpanMnot oficially. but by their SUPPORT
and tacit acknowledgment"
..a Are tney H 5ne aynamltersf
~ +ha dvn.m;tars Tbav baaya 4 sepers 4
nationality for Ireland, but they also believe in
prosecuting civilized warfare against her and
In waiting until there is some chance to fight her
effectively until she is in trouble with a great
foreign power like Germany Russia, for in
stance when, to use famous Irish proyerb:
'Fngland's danger will be Irelands opportunity
The dynamiters, on the other hand, are for act
ing at once-on old Lord North's theory in the
American revolutionary war, of using every
weapon that God and nature had put in their
power That meant hiring Indians to scalp
Americans; and they mean by it using dynamite
to blow up English cities or buildings. The
dynamitsrs regard the Clan-na-l1ael as what
one of the Puritan sects called rival sect
walters on Providence The clan is by far the
most dangerous enemy that England has among
the secret societies of the Irish race, because it
Is governed by men of cool judgment who hate
and yet can watt and who hate the more the
longer they are forced to wait They are very
powerful organizations and they stand by each
other as rule. Cleveland offended them mortal
" by his treatment of Dewey, and / think they
will pay him back with interest-'gombeen in
terest They are good haters
~ vx,vY A1s,,,e ,,prY1s = No r,Apr,o,y 1,rvov
80 -, - on
Wnat ola governor CieVeiano oos
ut is a long story. Briefly, John Dewey
Enlarged August Belmont and his firm with com
-':-5 s.-,s.. -.:-5U
nerclai uisnon0sy - having recelvou enian
funds to transmit to lreland-or to England for
Irish revolutionary uses-and with having failed
:, =, 80
eleuer ~ usil'.. :. ~ ,eouin O.ese iulus inere
was legal defense. belmonts financial hon
esty, in the letter OF the law, was shown; that
IS it was proven that ms mouse qua not steal the