The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-20
TIE IRISH H:-AMERIOANSI,,
Az llNTfRvI1w wirHJ3Mss' RspPaTH II,
"a vac Dhtf'esion OF The Democratic Ir,.hm,u.
E.Ci'yslaaa's H.Iu,aI 10 Pardon Dewey 4 Cause 4
fr Tor The B"ak-Eay tks 1tish Affiliated 2 n
.s7ti5 VIII the Democratic Party. Y

I 1sr Will the Dtn,scra,ie Party, W.
. NEW YoRk, August lO.-A Tribune i
. porter had 0 long conversation with Jam
Redpsth in regard 10 tho attitude Of Iii
! IN the pending campaign. When asked
he was iainllis, With Irish sentimen. N
R,dpnth replied: g&g7s3.
II relsonally know The leaders Of Il
lfleh.Americans in nearly all the ere
oitisa oi the East and West; l read careir
ly every 1rish.American paper, and l hA,
g. larRe correspondence with T,ish.Ame,
can representative men. Inject numbs
OF them every week, go have oppor,un
tieu enough to know how they feel and
form q guess how they will acs,n .s&
L'"Will there he serious detection Of III
lslsh IRON the Democratic party at The ne,
@ nte large, believe, and ce.;sinly O,
Scale unparalleled in tho history OF th
Irish IN America. This fte!jug Of diah
fectionis Is not local, it Ia widely spread q
cnnrse q good deal OF 1t will be overcom
snd return to party allegiance before M
vembe'; but the eamo TACT Is Just as tru
about ns 1ndependeu. Rspub!lcans, an,
not tsss so than abuut the Irish. Theaam
kind Q! forces that whipped consptcuou
Eepnnlican enemits OF Mr. Blaine int,
linz will operate on msny Of the Ir;el
Dsnlocrate, but alter making due allowspe,
ior all that, there will bea big bolt, l thirk
and 60 does every leader among the Irjsf
with whom have talked or irom whom
have got letters" tI R.G|
What is the chief reason for their dia
satisfaction with the Democratic pa,t,2'eI
~ hEye taken great deal OF trouble te
nnp mat out, for i's exlent astonishe,
me. l have been stopped in the street,
lately, wherever | have gone, where ihert
Wsie worsiDemen, and asked by men who
liad hsard mt lecture, OF talk a, Ir:sh Land
League meetings, what I thought o. tho
political Situation, and, in ls,gs ms jori.y
otcaAes, have been lold that they Ia.
tendsd to vote for Blainc--nos for the Rs,
publican ticket, mind you, but for old
BLAINE 7 These mon had slways besn
Democrats. They will probably vote the
Tickets" y..l .'e,gss 50, = -
"Whntis the difference between voting
ior Blaine and voting the Republican
"Oh. well,-Bertiment. I remember
when Ivosed for Clsypland and Flower
the hrss and only Democratic yo,es I ever
cast took special 'painI 10 cav in public
shas voted for them as o Republican pro-
test. / see the Independents Ut. doiey the
esnie thing now. So are tho Irish who
intend to bols. They will vote not "a r..
puolicsns, but as Democratic, protecting
sgsihss tic nomination Ola man whom
they do not sanard as ~ friend OF the work !.
ilEg classea. They hate, as we all do, to
difoIcs themselves FROM their old party
It ls tho policy of cutting the dog tail an
inca at q tlme,-aut it amounts to the
same thing in the end, Of course"
H. ELEMENTS IN THE IRISH BOLT. N
"Can you define the dlT.sent elements
in this coming Irieh bolt2" y. 3.
Some Of them-the nsin ones. The
Devoy dleeitection-not merely MI. Ds.
Ysy's nefaonsl grievance, but the eoreness
;eSt Cl.vsland created among the Irish
Nstloosiss because Of his action in his
case. Now, Deyoy is q man of ia aasora
WIN me most Influential organic uion of
the Ar'sh 10 America. He Is the recognized
exponent. in the Eastern Irish American
p1sea, OF what is technicslled the National.
iss sentiment. His paper, the Irish Nation,
II regarded as the organ oi the Clau.pa.
Gasl. The members Of that powerful or.
gsn'zatlon recognize it ST their o.gsn-not
officially, but by their support and tacit
acknowledgment" .'s|-,,S,-'-,-s5',' ' :, :,
me dyhamlteurs regard the C;au.aa-
Gael rs whal one Of the Puritgn Sc cts CT lied
arival sect, walters on Providencs.' This
C!sn il by lar the most dangerous enemy
tlst England has amopg Tho eecret 30.
ciellfs OF the 1rish race, becauae il. is gov.
erned by men OF cool judgment who nate
and yet can wait; and who hate the more
the longer they are to,csd to wait Thsy
ere very powerful organic ltion, and ,hcy
Stand BY each other as srule. Cleveland
offended them mortsl!y by bis treatment
OF Dewey, and l think they will psy him
back with in'ertsi-gombeen iutereat' )
They are good hate1s." ~.
cLkVRLASD IS REFUSAL TO PARDON DxvoY.
What did Governor Cleveland do?'
1T is a lorg Story. BdeAy, John Dsvcy
charged August Belmont and his firn with
commercial dishonesty in having received
Fenlan funds to trauomit to Irelaud-or to
Eogland Tor Irish revolutionary usee-and
with having failed either to deliver or to
return these funds. There was a leea, de-
fence. Bslmont's fiaaucial honesty, in tho
letter OF the law, wes showr; that 10, it was
proven that his house did not steal the
money. But It wss alRo Equally made
plain that pev0y had no personsl or maliv.
nant mohve III making the charge IN,
WAS governtd entirely by putIi.-tnat ;s
Irish revolutionary = motives. Al thn
worst, 1t waa one OF the same olsa1 Of aeon.
sasiohs to which every Preferential and
every torSreRsionsl candidate must euh.
ai1 without n whine al eyerv CANVASS
.WelI. lnssead ol being trsa,ed as every
american editor is treated, Dewey was
sentenced to tho peniten,isry His iriends
believed that Governor Cleveland, as =
matter OF course, would pasdon him aIter
he had remained q wstk or two in ths rrn.
i1eal!sry. Whsn Devo, . cauuCc, went to
CLEVELAND, as Devoy told .pe, the Governor
said The csse wasn clear ono and directed
the stEte Attorney 10 make out tho pardon
the next day; but, when the next day
came, some excuse was made and Davoy
had 10 ocsvs out his term. There il d feel.
ige OF dhsp, reseut.aeN. against Cleveland
about TIA a5'ioa--not only & Olal.ua. Gapl,
but y iSco 'rssent,nenl; becauss neraonsl.
~ know many educated Iriah gentlemen
who are apt Clsn:na Gael men who say
that this pardon WA refused because Bal.
mont was y rich man. a generous contrib.
u'oi to the D smocratic treasury, and a
Hebrew whom be did not da1e to otf,nd
beeaosa the Hebrews stand BY sach otner !;
while ha thought that he could afford to
offend the Irish because 60 uapy Of them
are poor md always loyal 10 the Demo.
cratic party. So 1t Ia not Devoy's personal
and society friends alene who resent Gov.
Cleveland'a trca'ment Ct him. II the iii.
tlhecee OF the Clan everywhere Is cast ios
Blsiaa Il will be- most important factor
"Do tho aynamitsurs support Blaine or
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