The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-17

land Il plurality of 1,l42 votes. This
telegram was final clincher in his hon
or's mind. The burden was lifted,
every doubt dispelled and his honor's
countenauce reflected the joy and salts
faction reigning within.
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An Interview with MIR. Blaine
BosroN, Nov. l6.-The Journals Au-
gusta correspondent sends the following
interview with Mr.. Blaine:
| asked MIR. Blaine what he thought
would be the result of the ccuntin New
York and he replied that he had no
more means of knowing it Than the un-
born child. lie had, from the first,
had no other desire than that fair
count should be made, and so far as he
was personally concerned he would be
CONTENT WITH EITHER RESULT.
Success would not elate him and de-
feat would not depress. He was en-
gagged in congenial and profitable work
which had been interrupted by the cam
poign,and the deep regret that he would
feel at a Democratic triumph would be
altogether for his party and the country;
not for himself. 81 lived too near the
presidency in 1851" Mr.. Blaine added,
after a long pause, "and have too keen u
sense of its burdens, the embarrass-
ments, and its perils, to be n, ,uly aux-
ious for the ollice.n
mum a. fgt. an, trres ,,v,,,r
TO the inquiry how he accounted for
the closenoss of the election in New
York, Mr.. Blaine said: "Well, consld-
ering the loss by the bolt of
the Independent Republicans and the
far larger loss from the action of the
Republican prohibitionists, the won
der at first sight is, that
the Democrats did NOT carry
the state by larger majority,
as they confdentally expected they
would. This result was prevented
by the great accessions to tho
Republican ranks of Itish ana
ltish-American voters and wosl,ingmen
OF all classes, who sustained no bocaus @
Of my advocacy of protective tariff.
They believe, and believe wisely, that
free trade would reduce their wages"
BLAtNE's IRISH VoTE.
"Iou really think them" quaried the
reporter "that you got a considerable
Irish vote in New York;"
eco, had thousands upon thousands,u -
replied MIR. Blaine "and should have
had many more, but for the intoleraut
and utterly
IMPROPER REMARK OF DIR. BuEcHARp,
which was quoted everywhere to my
prejudice, and ia many place.
attributed to myself, though
It was in the highest degrc,
distasteful and offensive to me. But ,
lie, you know, travels very fast aut
there was no time before the election tc
overtake and correct that ono, and SO
suffered for it,"
! asked Mr.. blaine il he thought th,
irish-American vote was organized a
all, or had q competent leader.
"Ges," said he, "I was deeply I'm
pressed by the ability, the earneslnes
aud the sincerity of those whom ! met
There, for instance, is Patrick Ford, o
the Irish World. He is man o
the most unseliish devotion TO any caus
he ospouses, possessing great
faculty for organization, will
marked ability and unthin,
energy. Geo. Herwin, of the Tablet
has in large degree the sautg charac
istics and is far-sighted and able man
with fine record as Il Union soldier. Tn
Irish Nation, edited by John Devoy
also gave us strong and valuabl
support. Alexander Sullivan an
John FinnerV were very powerful
on the stump, and did ro,
al service. Both are natura
orators Of the fervid Irish type. sun
vans tariff speech in Toledo contribute
very largely to
THE DEFEAT OF FRANK HURn.
These mon, with others whom / di
not personally meet, have made a broa
in the Irish Democratic vote, ,oue thin
will widen and increase in the future q
the full Significance of the attitude
the Democratic party on tho tariff que
tion becomes understood and appr
clated.
MORE nLARNEY FOR THE IRISH.
"0ur Irish and Irish-American Gil
zens will get tired in time of voting
accordance with tho wishes of the III
glish free-tradors."
said TO Mr.. Blaine that tho Irish
Boston thought he understood the cha
acter of their people better than NJ
other Republican leader.
Mr.. Blaine replied that IL would
ego tistical for him to assume that, b
said there was perhaps strong leanir
OF the Irish element towards hi
because of the fact that on his mothc
side he was of Irish descent. In Il,
sylvania, his snativo state, he had