Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-11-18
THE BURCHARD BUSINESS.

A Parson Charged with the Defeat of
Blaine by an IDjudicioas Remark.
New York special. l4th.
+. u. Mussey telegraphs the Cincin.
natl Commercial Gazette tonight as fol-
lows: Emory Storrs met me this morn
ing and said: :
See here, want to be.interviewed to
the extent of two OF three inches of
newspaper space. All the other dogs
bite the same dog. All the evils of the
week are loaded upon Friday. Nov
am out of patience with 4he disposition
to blame Elkins and den0uace his man.
agement and to put everything upon
HIM simply because 70 have lost an
election by something that could not be
helped, that was utterly unforeseen and
unexpected. 1t was not Eikins that
managed the outbreak Of sublime and
efulgent ass, which. along with that
Belshazzar feast, beat us VII We had
victory ~ our grasp Andfsirly won.';
ibid Tom Doua2dson get up the par
sou AFFAIR."" asked.
'N"t bit of it," said Mr.. Storrs. The
ministers got it up themselves in good
faith, AMI asked to be heard, and it was
"SaA Shoo6oS ohSA 0lA WC0t PCkACCtly
that awful fool remark that dashed vic.
tory aud success from the hands of
great party aud revolutlonized the gov
ernment Of nation. That remark of
DR.. Burchard's cost US the states of New
York. Connecticut and New Jersey. 1t
swept back the voters by thousands aud
turned back the coutibgents headed our
way. Now. had it not been for that
ghustly Burchard blunder aud that fatal
mistake Of the Delmonico feast, We
would have won great victory, aud to
whom would have been given the chief
credit? Why, TO MIR. Eiklns. I tell you
the vote shows splendid management on
the part of Mr.. Elkins aud his asso.
clates, and our defeat is simply due tc
something he could not see or provide
against 1t is the height of injustice to
charge the two causes of our failure
upon HIM. They are due to the men
who organized aud put through the dia
ner and to Mi. Burchard himself"
II hear it talked that the Bnrchard
episode waa a shrewd trick manipulated
by Mr.. Beecher and Others
THAT is nonsense" replied Mr.. Storrs
II know Mr.. Burchard we'll, and the per
tormance is eminently characteristic oil
the man. It was blunder. and wors.
than crime"
asked Mr.. Storrs about the indepen
dents, MIR. Conklng and tue future O
, the party, and he replied with his usua
eloauence. Said he:
1T ls all foolishness about Mr.. Conk
ling going to the United States senate j,
III the place Of Lapham through com
bination of stalwarts and democrats
There ls distinction between stalwart
ism and Conkllng. aud this thing won
work. Conklingites under his directiu,
knifed Blaine. but the stalwarte, tru
and genuine did not. AS to the futur
of the party, it is in splendid shape t,
/ that gave rise to the suspicion that ther
was method in Burchard's madness. wa
the fact that his two sons marched il
= the Cleveland procession. and one q
t them has declared that bis father, in hi
I accomplished more good than in all th
res: of bis life. When parties went t
Burchard to get him to qualify hi
remarks into Rum. Mormonism an,
8 rebellion or something similar, G
n deny the statement altogether, he re
fused. He said he was sorry, but coul
not help the matter"
Senator Murphy. of the democrat
e committee. said to me:
a 'Burchard's remark and that Dime
beat you. Burchard's remark alor
would have done it. You had us beatsl
aud had no doubt of our defeat. bt
J. after Burchard's remark, l felt no donl
I. OF our victory. only wondered ths
30 many Irishmen stuck to Blaine
did. The Irish almost saved Blaine
u spite Of Burchard and the independent
% After that remark, I expected we won
!. carry the state BY 10000. I can accoul
= tor 1000 votes in this city of my ov
: knowledge. that were turned away fro
10 the republicans by that remark. III
head waiter at the Gilsey house, says
lknn1a Of nhnnt tEenfY amnlnxea Of n