The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-11
THE CAPTURE.

terest to them. Mr.. Pepper was about the only
one advertised to speak of whom the Irish of
New York had ever heard. Judge Brennan, Of
Sioux City, Ia, spoke, and so did Mr. H. G.
said that not one in twenty of those that at
tended the meeting had ever before heard of
Mr.. Brennan or Mr.. Baird. quite admit that
the Irish World has great influence among the
Irish, but no matter what might have been the
popularity or deserved influence of that paper, it
never could have gotten up such a magnificent
demonstration as that of Monday night week
unless the people at large fully agreed with its
views. If the Academy of Music. that seats
six thousand, had been engaged instead of
Chickering Hall, it would hardly have been
roomy enough to contain the multitudes that
swarmed about the latter building on Monday
evening, not half of whom were able to enter it,
much less to get seats. There was no installing
the earnestness and thorough seriousness of the
meeting AS one of the speakers truly said, ut
was not protest against Democracy per Sc, it
was a protest against English rule and snob rule
in America would venture to lay a wager
that not five per cent. of those who attended the
meeting and who met every mention of
Clevelands name with storm of Kisses, had ever
voted any but the straight Democratic ticket
Without the help of the Irish World, or any
other paper, they see England's little game
how that it was she and her soulless American
allies had nominated a man for Democratic
President who is well known to be in complete
sympathy with free trade aristocFatic institu-
PRODUCTION of which England hopes to regain the
influence on this continent which she lost more
than hundred years ago.
The whole tenor Of the present political cam
paign is most curious and interesting. There
was never anything like it BEFORE and probably
never will be again, for if free trade and English
influence are beaten now, they never, probably,
will lift up their heads again. 1t is very doubt
full if even the South viii go in for free trade
four years from now, because manufactures of
a SOri o. I'M
1t appears that no less than twenty cotton
mills have been erected in the South
within the last five or six years If this good
work goes on for few years more England and
her American allies will have no more chance of
free trade or even reduction of the tariff. than
/ have of being Emperor of China The wire
pullers and intriguers-they are in reality
traitors who nominated Cleveland know all
this, and consequently the most desperate efforts
that were ever made to elect man will be made
to elect him. and if the Republicans want to beat
him they will have to put forth all their powers
1t is a remarkable fact, and one that shows
plainly the cloven foot of England or of her
allies, that without single exception the New
York papers that have been heretofore most re-
markable for their animosity to the Irish and to
the Catholic Church have gone in vehemently
for Cleveland Harpers Weekly, Frank Leslies
Weekly the New York Times, the New York
Herald and Puck ought to be well known to
Irishmen on account of the blackguardis1n Of
their language about US; but all these papers are
for Cleveland; some of the worst OF them, such
as Harper's and the New York Times, were
heretofore rabidly Republican. but now they are
rabidly Democratic. If this alone is not enough
to open any Irishman's eyes to the true state of
the case, then MAINTAIN that he has no eyes to
be opened
1t is very hard to account for such ostensibly
Irish papers as the Boston Pilot and the Irish
American indorsing Celeveland. have been
ever most friendly with these papers-have
helped both particularly the latter, and freely
acknowledge the help have received from them.
Both papers are Democratic, of course but what
Of that The present political issue 50 far as the
Irish are concerned, is not between Republican
ism and Democracy it is between the English
rule, free trade and snobocracy on the one side,
and American rule, protection, and national
manhood on the other The editor Of the Boston
Pilot is evidently dragged into indorsing Cleve-
land, while it would seem the editor Of the other
journal in question does it very willingly ]
wouldn't give great deal for a share in either
Of those journals three months from to day.
never thought would see Boyle OReiily and
p. J. Meehan on the same side as Puck Punch,
Harpers Weekly and the London Times.