The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-22
THE VOTE OF NEW YORK.

Inc reports from NEW IoIh say thh
Cleveland lost largely In the democratic
wards and gained in the republican wards
of that city and Brooklyn. The great bulk
of these democrats are Irish or of Irish de-
scent, and the fact is sifnigcant. The Irish
have now made the first break in America
&C. La Sale Times.
While the republicans are cursing the
Independents, DIR. Burchard and st. John
for their defeat in New York, the amazing
and disgraceful thing about 1t is, that they
came so near being successful. Had the
democrats lost the state, they would have
had thousandfold more reason to curse
the treachery that wrought their ruin than
the republicans have. With ordinary hon.
esty and good faith among the Democratic
leaders, New York ought to have been car
red for Cleveland by 10000 majority. The
Irish detection, referred to by our La Sale
contemporary, undoubtedly had something
to do with the closeness of the vote, but
that vote was largely controlled by John
Kelly, and 1t was to the latter mainly
therefore, that Blaine is indebted for es-
Gaping a Waterloo defeat.
Outside of New York City, the only
counties in which John Kelly exercised
anything like controlling influence were
Albany, Monroe, Queens and Chemung
In these counties Kelly's vote in 1879, when
he beat the Democratic candidate Robinson
and elected Cornell governor, was abou,
5000, and II is noticeable that while Cleve
land gained on the vote Of Hancock In
nearly every other county in New York
in these four counties the gains for Blaine
over Garfields majority is almost exactly
the John Kelly vote of 1S79-S,OOO.
Then ordinarily, when the Democratic
party is solidly united, Its majority in New
York City is about $1,000. 1t gave Tilder
that majority in 1875, and has repeatedly
given 1t ON other occasions But on the
4th inst the Democratic majority in New
York City was cut down to 10000. How
was that brought about? A close inspec
ton of the returns shows that the Demo
cratic loss occurred in the down town dis
tricts, in which is mainly concentrated all
of John Kellys strength. 1t is true that
the vote in these districts, along with being
largely under Tammany influence, is also
largely Irish, but there was no detection
in many other strongly Irish districts, SC
that the enormous gains of Blaine in New
York City are In tenfold stronger sense
to be attributed to Tammany than to Irish
detection, 1t was this purchase of Johr
Kelly and the Tammany leaders, and moi
of the Irish leaders, that gave Blaine sucl
confidence of carrying New York by aid
of the "Irish vote" and made the party sc
boastful and hilarious at the big Jay Goult
dinner at Delmonico's,
Yet Kelly dared not to be open in hi
treachery, and the cloak under which hi
concealed il was the nomination of Gran
for Mayor II would have been an cas-,
matter for the Tammany and County De
m0cracy of New York to unite on s. 8
Cox or some other unexceptionable canli
date for Mayor, but this would have com
PEELED Kelly to show his hand, and there
fore, far In advance of any action of tn,
county democracy on the subject of Mayor
and without consulting them and in def
ance of any wish they may have had OF
the subject, the Kellyites proceeded t
nominate Grant for Mayor, man whom
they knew the County Democracy mus
oppose, and thus precipitated an inevitable
acrimonious contest between the two wing
on local officers. The result was that no
only did the Tammsny (or Kelly Democ
racy trade of Cleveland votes by the thou
sand for votes for Grant but the Count
Democracy no doubt did like tradin!
business To get votes for Grace, and be
tween the two Cleveland was ground as be
tween the upper and neither milestone
Exactly the same game was played b.
Tammany in regard TO Hancock, who's
majority was also cut down TO 10000 II
New York City, and the only reason VIII.