The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-09
GENERAL LOGAN TALKS BACK
A Few Remarks Concerning Mugwump
Criticism of His New York Speeches.
Records of the Great Parties lie Was
Shaking the Bloody Shirt.
sbipc.on Special to New York World.


The World correspondents called upon General
York election. "The New York Times and
other papers in New York. as well as the chair
man of the Republican committee, attribute the
Republican defeat, in part, to the bloody-shirt
campaign that was made" said the correspond
ent.
II see that that insinuation has been made in
some Of the papers," replied the Senator, 'at
which l was very much surprised. l did not
know of any bloody shirt campaign being made
in New York. The insinuation made against me
that damaged the prospects of Mr. Davenport,
is such an insinuation that I, being brought up
In rural district of the West, would probably
not have the disposition to make against my fell
low-Republicans, where they had done the best
they could for the ticket But the amenities be-
tween gentlemen seem to be only known to men
of great experience in political matters, and cu-
tured in all things that make men great in the
estimation of themselves There are some men
i'll New York, perhaps, who claim to be Repub-
lcans and l will not dispute them-but who
last fall, voted the Democratic ticket-who
claimed that the election of Davenport would be
sustaining Mr.. Cleveland's administration; there
fore. they voted for Davenport to sustain that
President; and against Hill, because vote
for him would be vote against Mr. Cleveland
as they said. The logic of this would be that
every man who was against Mr. Ceveland's ad-
ministraton must vote for Mr.. HILL and chose
who voted in favor of Mr. Cleveland's admins
tration would vote for Mr. Davenport. This
struck me as a strange mode of argument to in
duce Republicans to support Republican tick
ct. and at the same time induce Democrats to
vote against their candidate.
'Mr. Cleveland took it upon himself to 90 to
Buffalo to vote for Mr. Hill. will not say that
this twaddle damaged Mr.. Davenport, but do
say that | heard men in New York who voted
the Republican ticket last fall say that If voting
the Republican ticket this fall was voting to sus-
tain Mr.. CIeveland'S administration they would
not cast that ballot; and ! say that if the in
quiry was made of great many Irish Americans
who are very bitterly opposed to Mr. Cleveland
as to the effect of that argument upon them
their answers might throw some light upon the
situation
But these men and papers are very influen-
tial in New York, General Logan"
ut is so said; but it seems that last fall, when
these same papers and men who made this afgu-
ment were all combined against the Republican
ticket the Democratic ticket in New York OBJ
tanned $4,000 majority. But this fall these pa
pers and men making the argument mentioned
had the immense influence in that city necessary
to increase the Democratic majority from 49, 900
to A6 600. This would seem to look AS though
their influence worked the wrong way. In my
country would not charge outside friends
with the loss of the State, we to lose it. I'M
der any circumstances.
"Can you give any facts tending to show that
your canvass aided the Republican ticket in any
degree2"
Il make no claim that my speeches were Of
special benefit to the ticket but can only call
your attention, to a few figures deduced
from the vote by counties. The Republicans
lost in nearly every county in the State A
few made Republican gains. I make my COM
parsons with the vote of 1884 I had appoint
ments In four counties-Niagara Cswego,
Cayuga and Broome Niagara aud Cswego
counties show gain over 1884 of nearly 1000
votes for the Republican ticket Broome county.
the home of the Democratic candidate for Lieut.
enant governor, about held her own, and Cayuga
shared in the general loss l have no remarks
to make upon this showing, but only to call at
tentiOn to it in connection with the statement
that my speeches damaged the Republican ticket
| was not making 'bloody-shirt speeches. but
was making what / understand 10 be Repub.
lican speeches l did speak of the record
of the Republican party in most hattering
terms l did not believe that that would make
any Republican mad. If it did, then / was at
fault. 1 did speak of the record of the Demo
cratic party truthfully, and not vindictiyely
nor maliciously. If that record was un-
satisfactory to the Democrats l could not
u.
If it was distateful to Republicans. then
l am sorry these Republicans have forgotten
what the Republican party has done for this
country. did speak of the civil-service reform
as being the child of the Republican party, and
that they had faithfully nourished it. II that
was offensive. then offended them. | did speak
of the bad faith of the Navy Department toward
John Roach, and the distress that has been
brought upon mis- employees by the course OF the
government. If that was offensive to Republic
hap I,ffo HoH in thGt I DF +hn
course of the Postoffice Department in with
drawing the contracts for carrying our mails by
American vessels, and sending these mails in
English bottoms. If this offensive, then
offended"
in what did they charge you with waving
the bloody shirt2"
Il presume it was on account of the appeal
made to the voters of New York when spoke
for an honest ballot and fair count. did say
that it was fact that in many of the States
South-in m any parts of them-that Republic
were not allowed free ballot; that they
cheated out of their rights as American
citizens l did call attention to the fact that the
vote cast in New York in 1884 was j. l67 226. On
that New York had tLirtysix members Of Con
gress and senators and thrtvsix votes in the
Electoral College. That Alabama, South Caro-
lima. Louisiana and Mississippi all combined cast
474 969 votes in 1884. little more than one
third the vote of New York On that vote these
States had thirty-six members of Congress and
cast thirty-six electoral votes. / said that
the remainder of the voters in these
States prevented from casting their
ballots, and in that way one vote in the South
was equal to two and one-half votes in the North;
and if any Democrat in New York was willing
TO admit that he was entitled to only little more
than third of the influence in this government
that Democrat South was entitled to. it was
question for him to determine. l said that
the charge that Republicans could have pre-
vented this was not correct. The Republicans
were no. the ones who committed the frauds or
did the bulldozing, and. therefore, they were not
the ones to correct it. But it was an easy mat
ter for the Democrats TO put stop to it by ceas-
ing to perpetrate these frauds over the country.
/ said that if this continued it would finally
be destructive to republican government. This
I said. and stick to it. If this was offensive to
Republicans. then l offended IF any man in
New York, Republican or Democrat Endorses
this kind of fraud and does not wish it stopped
then to him have naught to say. l was against