Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-09-04

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months"
mo, I have kept quiet. 1 mean tc
keep quiet for while longer; but will
spend my money for Cleveland. In my
judgment he will carry the State of New
York by fifty thousand votes"
Said l SIS this disposition among the
Germans based at all upon Cleveland.
agreeable relations With. the Germans O
Buffalo?"
Have you ever voted for Repub
lican candidate for President in recen,
years?"
eyes, voted for Garfield. In Presi
dental years / have voted several times
for the Republican candidate. / shall
not vote for Blaine"
"Are you in favor of Cleveland" sale
l, because you think your brewing anG
liquor interest will be beneftted?"
No; but we brewers are not withou1
our influence"
| Said I lis this feeling among the Ger
mans of New York City in favor of Cleve
hand unbroken?"
"Now," said my friend, "you must I'M
derstand that am not native German
l favor Cleveland on general business
principles"
This was the second conversation ]
had with prominent German employ
er on the same day. l know that one OF
these men has been considered Repub-
lican for years, because know that his
partner has been Democrat, and has
told me that his German associate be-
longs to the Republicans.
A few minutes after held the CONVEX
sation reported above, I went to group
of men sitting in front Of the Grand
Hotel, one of whom was prominent Of
fce-holder in New York City for years,
and l reported the conversation in order
to get an expression of opinion from
those men. ] told the one conspicuous
Republican there that the brewer said
he would bet 81 900 that Cleveland would
carry New York. At this the ex-Demo-
cratic office-holder spoke up, saying:
"You 60 and take the bet privately and
l will cover it." / did not say what /
thought, for it was no object to me to get
anything but free expression of opin-
Jon.
A person whose face I am familiar
with, but whose name cannot remem-
Der, spoke up saying: "The brewer told
you right. Ninety per cent. of the Ger
mans and Israelities are in favor OF
Cleveland. You 60 over on that porch u
said he, pointing to Congress Hall,
where you will find a hundred Israel
ites and will venture to say that you
will find them all in favor of Cleve.
land"
then put the question as to whether
there were any publications in the Ger
man language in New York favorable to
Blaine. Nobody could answer the oues-
ton, but this same man just quoted said
that there were onl Y two German news
papers in New Nork of any prominence,
and he knew that they were both against
Blaine. Another Irishman, connected
think, with Tammany Hall, spoke up
and said: II am as well acquainted with
the German vote in the districts I am
familiar with as am with the Irish VOTE
The German Republicans are going for
Blaine and the German Democrats for
Cleveland" The other man challenged
him on this point, and asked him to
name the districts. He named two dis
tricts in New York by numbers, and said
that they were overwhelmingly Germ an,
and that one of them would give Blaine
three thousand majority and the other
would give him bare majority. A con-
troversy started up, and I watched the
conversation to get some results from it,
but without success. l forgot to say that
the brewer told me that Wisconsin was
going to 60 for Cleveland. Putting this
question to the other persons on the
porch, one of whom was a German, the
Cleveland man said: "Wisconson is con-
trolled by the German vote. Heretofore
they have been Republicans. They are
now going for Cleveland. Wisconsin
will be carried by Cleveland"
inquired Of the group of men l have
referred to what proportion the German
vote in New York City bore to the Irish
vote, l was told it was within two per
cent. of the Irish vote. The Office hold
er l have mentioned, who is not Tam
many man, but is hostile to Cleveland,
said there was tendency among the
Germans to slide away from Blaine, but
that he had never seen SO many Blaine
banners in the German districts of New
York as at the present time. I inquired
Of the man who expressed the view that
Cleveland would get ninety per cent. of
the German vote if that had been
brought about by any particular leaders
or individuals. He mentioned Carl
Schurz and Ottendorfer.
Said I: "Do you know that from any
personal acquaintance in Wisconsin,"
YES" said he, II know it from
individual people acquainted with the
German vote there. That State will
break away from the Republican column
this time" Coming back to the brewer
again he said to me that Wisconsin was
sure to 60 for Cleveland. asked him if
the scandals about Cleveland affected
him or the German vote. Said he GAS
lar as am concerned, they
make me in favor of Cleveland.
He is a bachelor and these personalities
don't affect me; rathermake me in favor
of him."
WELL" said the Irish magnate, "both
these men were in favor of Greeley in
1872, and they made no impression at all
on the Germans"
Talking with another person a few
moments later he said: THE disaffection
to Blaine is concentrated in the cities of
New York and Brooklyn. In Brooklyn,
particularly, there are large number of
young Americans who are Free Traders.
These have desired for some time to get
out of the Republican party. The pres
ent campaign suits their views. If had
believed what had heard in New York
and Brooklyn, I would have supposed
that Blaine had no chance at all, but
when l came up to Albany I found the
talk reversed, and here in Saratoga it is
nearly all for Blaine"
Said he: 1.-THE division is going to be
on the tariff question. The Irish are not
only against Cleveland, but they will
leave the Democratic party for good on
this very question of the tariff. They be-
lieve that the free trade movement is in
the interest of England"