The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-20

Cath a. New York Letter.
! asked TIE managers of the Republican com
mittee whether their new recruits from the work
ingmen, and the Irishmen, and the foreigners in
general will be apt to stick. They replied that
since Blaines defeat Mr.. Ford, and others who
had supported Blaine, had come to them and
proffered extended services. Everybody knows
that this is going to be the case with upright
Irishmen who do not give away their cause from
single defeat. After Mr.. Blaine came to New
York, and there was a magnificent procession OF
business people passed his hotel in the rain, and
the Democrats organized another procession for
Cleveland, poor Mr.. Jones, the chief of the ma
tional committee, took his place in front of the
rooms. and saw this huge procession pass AZ
ter it had been going some time, he SAID
'Will it never endF
t'Why," said Elkins to him, 1--WE have got a
German, an Irisi.mau a workingman for ev
cry one of those fellows"
Poor Mr.. Jones seemed cut up from that day
Yet he never flinched, but put up his money,
gave his notes, and to this moment is a genuine
soldier of the Cross. One of the peculiar things
about the Republican national committee was
that while they had no money on hand they had
the most extraordinary credit Every banker
down town who would not give a cent himself
wanted TO advance money on the notes Of Jones
and Elkins. Jones was understood to be o
stright- up anddown man. and Elkins was known
to be prosperous one The condition of things
at the moment was against loaning on schemes
true men on paper was the delight of all the
bankers Barnum, one of the Democratic man
ayers, after the election, said to Elkins:
Where in the devil did you get all those Irish
voteslp
1--WE got Them said Elkins, "by their SYM
pathies.'
''Well,r said Barnum, TIVE knew how many
Republicans going to get for Cleveland,
but we never gave you fellows credit for the IRISH
votes you did get We expected sc, 900 majority
in New York State, ana here we pulling through
with about !, 200 majority"
The above conversation is made up from talks
with various persons, all influential, and may be
relied upon in nearly all it has to say.
The New York Sun has an article expressing
the belief that the Irish who have gone over to
the Republicans will stay, and the Irish Repub
lican vote will become great power in the flu
ture. 1t concludes thus:
'"I'he Irishmen who have Joined the ranks of
the Republicans belong to the class known as
the Natioualists-not dynamters, for they were
for Cleyeand-and, as these Nationalist are the
most intelligent among the Irlshmen in this
country, they are Of coulse, under ordinary
e. r. uInstances, able to exercise good deal
al influence over lukewarm Irish Democrats;
but in the campaign just ended this influence
was accidentally broken to pieces by the Rev.
Dr. Burchard. That gentleman played the bull
ia Brother Blaines chinasshop, but after ali there
is no uec in abusing the bLi,, especially when
the real blame rests with the Plumed knight,
who neglected to take him by the horns at the
proper moment But it is not likely that an
other Burchard will again rise up ut the last
moment to help the Democrats out of a difficulty.
ard to cleet President by plurality Of 1000
votes"