Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-01
THEY COME, AND CONE, AND COME

George William Curtis, and Henry
Ward Beecher, and Carl Schurz. and
their bakers dozen of fellow grum-
blcrs. have been exhausted as source
of Democratic aid and comfort. and
are as atoms ON boundless ocean
compared with the steady tramp,
tramp, tramp of wOrkmen out OF the
Democratic and into the Republican
party. Since the time when Helvetia
moved into Gaul, there has never been
such wholesale rising up and moving
out as is pow going on from the DEM
odratic party to Blaine. The days of
1910 and 1860 did not equal IT, The
Democratic papers pretend to make
light of the Irish exodus, but il is not
amusing to that side. Their claim that
the Irish vote naturally belongs to the
Democratic party, does not hold good
this year. They are liable to be mis-
taken in the notion that they own
that vote. or can control it by interest
ing few leading Irishmen. Here are
few inklings of the way the thing is
going:
Martin |. Townsend, who made the
speech nominating Arthur in the Chi
cago convention, recently addressed
an Irish Blaine and Logan club Mt
Troy, n. Y, containing 49, members.
nearly all of whom heretofore voted
the Democratic ticket; and nearly
every important town in the state has
similar club.
John Francis Marvin. of Cambridge.
Mass, writes from New York to a
prominent Democrat of Boston, that
| 100000 Irish Democrats in New York
viii vote for Blaine, and that Clpve-
land goes into the fight without the
Irish vote.
James Cookery, n prominent Irish
lawyer of Trenton, New jersey. who
is at the head of several labor organi-
cations, and who made speech at the
Cleveland ratification meeting. has
since declared for Blaine. He says
there are hundreds of Irish Democrats
throughout the country, who are not
dynamiters, either, who will not sup
port Cleveland
There is heavy Irish revolt
throughout Connecticut. Five prom
inent freshmen of Hartford, who were
interviewed. said that it would be al.
most impossible 10 get the Irish vote
for Cleveland. They said there were
500 trishmen in Hartford alone. here
tofOre Democrats. who would vote for
Blaine. Ex-Auditor Edward Me-
-Carthy, OF New Haven. writes a letter
to Blaine, pledging him the support of
himself and large number OF other
Irish Democrats, TO which Blaine re-
plies in letter of thanks.
Here are three doubtful states IN a
bunch, in which the revolt among a
single class of citizens is alone sulfi-
cient to insure the states for Blaine,
to say nothing of the other elements
that will unite To swell the tide.
! In iIolyoke, Mass, there are 400
Irish Democrats who have declared
for Blai,e. This alone will more than
offset the entire dnde kicker vote in
! Massachusetts.
NJ. q. Griffin, President of the Irish
Land League of Council Bluffs, Ioa a.
says the land leaguers will not support
Cleveland. and publishes a long letter
showing why Irishmen should vote for
Blaine in preference TO Cleveland.
] The Gainesville Southron, "A Demo-
cratic paper of Georgia, has hoisted
the Blaine flag.
Col. George l.. Walton, leading
/ Democrat of northern Louisiana. and
/ late president of the state senate. has
/ declared for Blaine and protective
tariff.
| Finerty, the Irish Democratic con-
gresham from Chicago, is out against
Cleveland, and his newspaper advises
all lrishrnen 10 follow suit.
j. w. Gleason, a leading lrishman OF
Cleveland, Ohio, and chairman of the
Democratic city committee. called the
committee together. and resigned his
position. declaring his intention TO
support Blaine and Logan.
There is scarcely county in New
York but has Blaine clubs, the MEM
bership running up into the hundreds,
of Democrats who refuse to SUPPORT
Cleveland.-Troy Chief.