The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-07
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a S1Gh1BIEAHZ AOHHMEHI.
Irish World: The great mass.meet-
ing In New York In which the Irish
Americans Of the metropolis Of Ameri-
CO entered their protest against the nom
ination of Grover Cleveland is bound 20
be productive of faP-reachlng results.
For yeats Che Democratic party has been
accustomed to look Upon an Irish-Amer-
can Is having no right to vote any but
the DeE oeratic ticket. Acting on this
the Democracy did hot think itself IN
der any obligation to take irish
American sentiment into consld-
Grafton. Over and over again has
it placed In nomination for
state and local offices men who were
known to be anti-frish in their senti-
ments. The nomination Of Charles
Francis Adams for governor of Massa-
chusetts lie case In point. What the
Democracy of Massachusetts, did in
nominating Adams has been done in
more or 1ess insulting manner In every
state in the Union.
Democratic voters OF Irish extraction
rolled up Democratic mejofities. This
was what was expected Of them. No
matter who was the nominee or what
was the platform, the Irish-American
voter was gwen to understand that she
MUST" to use the words of Senator Ker-
nan, 'be found fighting in the front
ranks of the Democracy"
Now, the IrIshsAmefican msss-meet-
ing In New York has served notice on
the Democracy that for the future 1t will
not be sale for it to rely upon this kind
of unquestioning allegiance II told the
Democratic leaders that the links of the
chains that SO long held Irish-Ameri-
cans in political bondage have been
melted In the white heat OF indignation
that has been aroused all over the land
by presidential nomination that has
been dedicated by sortemptiblc faction
Of pro- AglIcatis, who, though they have
never east q Democratic vote, have
forced four million Democrats TO accept
as their standard bearer q man who has
secured the nomination because he was
acceptable to the pro Anglican faction
we speak of.
We feel sure that the protest of the
Irish-Americans of New York will
gather force and strength as it travels
from the banks OF the Hudson until in
every State between the Atlantic and
the Pacific 1t will be echoed and re-
echoed. The old.time politicians, who
are always wise after the event, will
probably deride this statement. They
will tell you that The irish Americans
have always voted the Democratic ticket
and that they always will. Even such
demonstration as the monster meeting
in Chickering Hall will not convince
them of the contrary. Some of them
are predicting that long before NOvem-
Der ''the Irish boilers will see the error
of their ways and vote tor Cleveland"
So thoroughly convinced are they that
Irish- Americans are political slaves that
they cannot belieYe that frish-Ameri;
cans who have hitherto acted with the
Democratic party will refuse to supper
a candidate who has been nominated to
please the pro- English faction who call
themselves Independent Republicans.
1.-THE predictions of these politicians
be verified, the Democracy will be jus
titled in ignoring for all time Irish
American opinion. But no one who
knows anything OF sh-American senti-
ment believes that this prediction will
be verified.