Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-23
THE .IRIsH T

To the sel~f-respecting and intelligen'
Irishman Of this country it must be an
noying and humiliating to read tn
mass of stuff that is prepared with suga
coating to ''catch" his vote. The con
slant reference to his nationality
hardly less than an insult, for such rel
erence practically excludes the idea o
his American citizenship. We commend
the people of any foreign nation what
ever, whether born abroad or Of foreigl
parents on this soil, for the fondness witt
which they remember the fatherland. Blu
the inconsistency and mischief of bring
ing such sympathy to bear upon broa'
questions Of public policy in this coun
try must be apparent to our adopted
citizens. Politicians who proceed upor
any superficial notion to the contrary
will find before the campaign is over tina
they have gained nothing by their at
tempts to wheedle q large class OF voters
The outcome will be very apt to show
that they have played the fools them
selves instead Of making fools Of others,
1t is right and proper that any citizen
native or foreign born. shall vote fol
Blaine, or Cleveland, or Butler, or St
John or anybody else that he pleasest
nor will anybody but a fanatic or parti'
san think it decent to criticise him, never
mind for whom he casts his ballot. This
is the only way that the franchise can be
unimpaired and free, which we say be-
lieving, Of course, that the citizens Of
this country will vote as citizens Of this
country.
Apropos of this, the Catholic Citizen
milwaukee, Wisconsin, says:
Politicians ~canvassing for what they
call the Irish vote must not forget that
Irish born voters and American voters oil
Irish descent are two distinct elements
The Irish. born population in this country
is about 1900, 900, which means nearly
$50, 900 votes. The American.born popu.
lation of Irish parentage is z, ZOO, 600,
yielding, perhaps, a voting strength Of
fully 500, 600.
ut is apparent that a purely Irish
issue, such as certain politicians are now
making TO catch the Irish vote,' will be
stronger with the $50, 900 Irish-born
voters than with the 500, 600 American
born men of Irish descent. With the
American-bo born children Of Irish parents
there is a strong feeling averse to obtrud.
ing Ireland on American politics. They
look upon the proceeding as a politicians
trick, and resent it as an implication
that they are a class Of foreigners to be
'roped in on foreign catch words and
not to be argued with % American
citizens.
'Of course, there are, here and there,
members of the young hummer element
who pass back and forth from party Il
party for feigned reasons. But the dis
credit Of such individuals belongs Il
Anglo and German Americans as well a
to the Irish. Americans.
"As to the $50, 900 Irish. born voters
the vast majority are sincerely and in
diligently DESTROYS Of living in Americ'
as patriotic American citizens. The.
would do all in their power to aid Ire
land, but the methods proposed must b
such as men of practical common sens
can approve and advocate. 1t is gen
orally held among Irish-Americans tina
Ireland can never be made a natiol
through the instrumentalities of caucuse
and ballot boxes 5000 miles away.
"Only a very small element, and tina
the dynamite emergency-fund faction
is apt to be caught by the green buntin
and the greener buncombe now bein
employed to catch the Irish VOTE An
party that enjoys the utilization Of tn
dynamite faction is not to be envied."