Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-09

Ooroner-CHARLFs Il. SPARKS.
Hist Americans for blaine.
The Irish World, the leading organ
specially of the irish American popula-
eion, of New York, and in fact all over
The country, is earnest in its appeals
20 the Democratic National Convention
- nominate General Butler for the
Presidency, and in failure to do SO
tAs World very plainly says that there
aRe thousands Of Irish Americans who,
1nding they cannot get Butler, will
cake Blaine. Letters from hundreds of
leading Irish Americans are published
% the World, showing that this is no
ldle boast. 1t says d" The candidacy
Of Cleveland, for instance, would make
the election Of Blaine extremely easy.
Mr.. Bayard, if the standard bearer,
would probably save the Democracy
ftom the shameful rout it would be sure
! 70 suffer under Cleveland's leadership.
But Mr.. Bayard would be incapable of
aDusing among the rank and file of the
Democr ICY the enthusiasm needed to
pluck victory from the Republican par
". Among all the candidates, General
Butler is the only one whose nomina-
zion would rally around the Democratic
standard sufficient strength to beat
back the Republican hosts. We know
whereof We speak when we assert that
the nominate IN of General Butler will
not only keep thousands of Democrats
loyal to their party, but will also make
thousands of Republicans vote the
Democratic ticket"
We have no doubt the World Is right
In its conclusions, though we are in
clined to think that the number of Re-
publicans that would be lured TO vote
for Butler would be very small indeed.
There Ia less occasion and sound reason
In this campaign Tor the average good
sense Republicans 10 vote for IA Demo-
crat candidate than ever before exist
ed. They have candidate of their
own that they need not be ashamed Of
one that sprang from the masses of the
people-one that is a part of the whole
people, and one that will stand by the
people as firmly and determinedly as
Butler would If he were nominated.
H 'wever, the. World knows this just
IS well as we do, and it knows also that
Butler will not be nominated-in fact,
IL says so-and it knows that he could
not be elected il he was nominated
While the Irish Americans might bt
enthusiastic for him, the real old Bour
bon silk stocking Democrat would be
aga INST him.
81 Wes-e and know of nothing else fo
. Irish Americans who have awoke t,
Mud lat the Democratic party is bet
roeeIous mass without principles, or
indeed, ii 1t has any it is only TO cate
to anything that will place them i
Iower and give them the offices, than I
come out fairly and squarely and vot
for James G.. Blaine. the Republica
candidate for President They shout
know that party that trenches &
closely on the borders of free trade, a
merely to avoid b,ing called free ira
ders,is not the party for the mass Of til
people of this country. They shout
know by this time that any attempt I
ignore the principles of prote .tion ft
the sake of proteetion is only playin
into the hands of British free traders
the nabobs-wlo dismantled Ireland
every vesti2e OF local self-governmen
and reduced her people to the conditio
of serfs. No matter what kind OF
Eff plank may be agreed upon 8
Chlago, the real sentiment of til
Democratic party has been fully show
In the attempt in Congress to take o
One-fifth of the protection now throw
around American industries, an q
tsmpt that was only defeated by a
almost unanimous vote of the Repull
cans, assisted by forty Democrats, wi
represented MANUFACTURER z districts thu
would not return them to Congress
thy did not vote against any atteml
to reduce the tariff.
Why Irish Americans, the great M
jority of whom are laboring men an
who have work and reasonably goo
wages, because labor and wages az
protected by tariff from foreign cou
partition, should vote steadily with
party whose sole aim seems TO be I
break down these protective barriers
something incomprehersible. Such d.
vo'ion TO party that is at variant
with their interests is worthy of be
Ter cause.
If not only Irish Americans, but IL
ltboring masses Of the people withol
gard to tn ir nationality, would bl
INSULT their honest sentiments an
8 tose principles that would increa,
their welfare and prosI er t,, they wi
not hesitate to give full and hear
support to james G. Blaine and Il
whole Republican ticket.