McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-27
STATEMENTS By STORES.
His Ideas of What Lead to the Defeat of the
Repsbficans-Ih Rer. Mr.. Burctdrd.
eTOPpe nv THE s,TIrA TIoN

His Ideas of What Lead to the Defeat of 1at
Repubiicans-I Rep. Mr.. BuscItard.
sToRRs ON THE SITUATION.
Mr.. Emery Storrs, says correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gazette, met me this
morning and said: "See here, want to be
interviewed to the extent Of tive or three
inches of newspapersPace. All the other dogs
bite the lame dog, all the evils of the weak are
loaded upon Friday; now am all out Of pa
thence with the disposition to blame Elkins and
denounce his mismanagement, and to put
everything upon him simply because we have
lost an election by something that could not
be helped, that was utterly unforeseen and
unforeseeablc and unexpected. 1t was not
Elkins that managed the outbreak OF sub
lime and effulgent ass which, along with that
BelshazZar feast, beat us when we had victor5
in our grasp and fairly won."
"Did Tom Donaldson get up the parson
affair?'' asked.
''Not bit of it," said Mr.. Storrs. "The
ministers got it up themselves in good faith,
and asked to be heard, and 1t was well enough,
and all went perfectly until that awful fool re-
mark that dashed victory and success from the
hands of a great party and revolutionfzed the
government of nation. That remark of DIR.
Burchard cost US the states of New York, Con-
necticut, and New Jersey. 1t swept voters
away from US by the thousand and turned back
the great contingents headed our way. Now,
had it not been for that CHASTITY Burchard
blunder and that fatal mistake of the Delmon-
leo feast we would have won great victory,
and to whom would have been given the chief
credit? Why to Mr.. Elkins of course. / tell
you the vote showed splendid management on
the part of Elkins and his associates, and our
defeat is simply due to something he could not
foresee or provide against. 1t is the height OF
injustice to charge the two causes of our fail
ure upon him. They are due to the men who
organized and put through the dinner and to
Mr. Burchard himself"
Said I: II hear it talked that the Burchard
episode was shrewd trick manipulated by
Mr.. Beeeher and Others"
''That is nonsense" replied Mr.. Storrs. 81
know Mr.. Burchard well, and the performance
Is eminently characteristic of the man. 1t was
q blunder and worse than a crime.''
l asked Mr.. Storrs about the independents,
Mr.. Conkling and the future of the party, and
he replied with his usual eloquence and pictu-
resqueness. Said he:
sit is all foolishness about Mr.. Conkling
going to the United States senate in place OF
warts and democrats. There is a distinction
between stalwartism and Conkling, and this
thing won't work. Conklingites under his d.
rection knitted Blaine, but the stalwarts true
and genuine did not. The republican party
will be magnificent party of opposition. 1t
stands like gladiator with every incumbrance
thrown OIL, and ardent and fearless. There
will be perfect unisn and agreement. We are
divided on no question, and are perfectly
united upon ALL"
The thing that gave rise to the suspicion
that there was method in Burchard's mad
ness was the fact that his two sons marched in
the Cleveland procession, and one of them has
declared that his father, in his "Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion" accomplished more good
than in all the rest of his life. When parties
went to Burchard to get him to qualify his re-
mark "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" or
something similar, or deny the statement al
together, he refused. He said he was sorry,
but couldn't help the matter His pictures
are in the Illustrated papers and shop windows,
and he is the most laughed about, ridiculed
and wellcursed man in New York. AllusiOn
to Burchard in the political play of "Investi-
CATION" at Harrigan & Harris theater, set the
great audiences wild with mrth. 1t is fact
that Mr.. Blaine did not hear Burchard's ia
nous remark at the time it was delivered, or
he might have replied at once. Aid. Joseph
Morris, of Troy, who was standing by, tells me
that he also failed to hear the remark.
Senator Murphy, of the democratic COM
mittee, said to me: 'sBurchards remark and
that dinner beat you. Burchard's remark
alone would have done it. You had US beaten,
and had no doubt of our defeat, but after
Burchard's remark 1 felt no doubt of our vic
tory: only wonder that so many Irishmen
stuck to Blaine as it was. The Irish almost
saved Blaine in spite of Burchard and the indie
pendents. After that remark, expected that
we would carry the state by 10000. can ac-
count for 1000 votes in this city, of my own
knowledge, that were turned away from the
republicans by that remark''
The head-waiter of the Gilsey house says he
knows of about twenty employees about the
house who were affected by that remark to
vote for Cleveland. when they expected to vote
for Blaine.
A funny story goes along the street about |
the sudden and unexpected introduction to |
MIR. Burchard of a certain very sore and disap- |
pointed republican politician. The latter, as |
he heard the name, was taken aback, and eY- |
claimed: care you the Rev. Mr.. Burchard who
talked about Rum, Romanism and Rebel
lons'"
81 am" said DR.. Burchard, measily.
SWELL" said the other, after pause, slowly
and with deep feeling, ''you playedh-n, didn't
youi"