Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-06
A BUGABoo FOR IRISH VOTERS.

The republican newspapers are making great ado in these days over the alleged at titude of the British press ill regard to the economic questions at issue in the present presidential contest. We are told, with q recurrence that is positively refreshing in its bald effrontery, that England IS partlc- ularly solicitous for the success of the dem ocratic ticket, for the reason that Ill its success lies the advancement of free trade and the pl emotion of British interests Tn America. This is done, primarily and chiefly, for the purpose of deceiving the Irish element in our voting population, and with a hope that by catering to Irish mems natural antagonism to everything English enough of them may be enticed into voting the republican ticket to ensure the success of Harrison and Morton. Ennis saries are sent through the country, with clippings from British papers and quota tions from British writings and honeyed words on their lips, to unfold to Irish voters England's desire that Cleveland and Thurman be elected. Many of these ennis saries are Irish; some of them have hardly yet doffed the swaddling clothes of Ameri can citizenship, and most of them measure | their interest in American politics by the yard stick of revenue. One of them has been about Waterbury recently and is per haps here still, peddling his republican canards and affecting a cheap and vulgar notoriety from his alleged connection with a deed that should cover him with the execration of all honest men and all lov CTS of Irslands cause.
 Among the clippings from British papers scattered by this man and others of his ilk are the exploded forseries credited to the London Times that the only time England can use an Irishman is when he emigrates to this country and votes for free trade; the London Spectators declaration that | "Grover Cleveland has done more to ad- vance the cause of free trade than any prime minister of England y the London Bras assertion that Lord Brassy has subscribed 5000 to the fund which the Golden club is raising to further the free trade campaign in the United States Many of these quotations, of which the above is a fair sample, appeared in the British prints as advertisements paid for probably by republican money from this country; some of them were printed years 1 ago, and still others were never printed at all, but are simple, pure, unadulterated examples of republican mendacity, Everett P Wheeler of New York city has challenged the republican press to produce authority for any of the quotations, and we have not yet noticed that his def has been accepted. No republican paper has noticed that the British press has made the discovery that ''an examination of the (Mills) bill seems to show that It anything, while reducing taxation, it Is more protectionist measure than the law which it is intended to supersede," and We venture to say that no republican paper will make the discovery. No republican paper has told the Irish voters either that the Tory party in England, which has op- posed Ireland and Irishmen with bitter ness that has no parallel, which has thrown it's leaders into British dungeons to rot out | their lives, is the element i'll England that is most anxious for Harrison and Morton's election and the perpetustion of war taxes in time of peace. No republican paper has told the Irish voters that the man who is now cabling daily installment of lies tc the New York Tribune is the man tc whom the vilifcation of Irish leaders has been the easiest
 The only free trade, the only tendency to free trade which can be found in this country, is the free trade which the repub lican press prosecutes ill the interest ot unfairness and untruth. In this sort oI free trade it has monopoly which Ii
 particularly it's own, and in which i
 seems particularly anxious to continue.
 See Rubey's adv, 2nd page.