New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-31
NeC- York. Jan. %, 1888.

AMERICAN INTEREST N THE IRISH QUESTION.
TO the EdtfOr OF The Trtbune,
! SIR: | think You make a mistake when You assert
that tho American people 10y overwhelming ma
iorltv are In sympathy with Mr. Gladsoncs urishl
policy.p talk with many men and the great major
y OF Them especially the native Americans are cther
perfectly Indifferent the subject else express
themselves as weary the discussion. THE TRIB
edltor.aly somo time ago expressed its opinion
that the american people wcro becoming heartily
tired of the Irish question" This Is undoubtedly
the truth. They are also tired of reading that they
arc in sympathy with a movement to which,
N eany thy are win few eAeepons tro pro, ucy
published in NcwYork, and as IT IS read by the most
r'cecn' people am @r' rsHd thal instead OF as;
cussine this question in calm. impartial manner;
adopts a tone almost violent a the most rabid
irish organs rTE IRiBpNk VIII never De popu ar
with tn" IRISH. Then why not quit pandcflhg 10
tbclr rrcrdIces. GRIN.
Ne'r-F ort. jar. %. 1888
There are n good many readers Of The TRIn-
rNF who share this correspondents views and
we not infrequently receive letters of this char
actcr. The mistake they all make is in assuming
that the Irish question is discussed by the Amer
lean press solely for political effect. This is not
true Home Rule receives a great deal Of atten-
ton in these columns, because it is question OF
paramount importance in British politics and
cannot be ignored by journals whose duty IL IS
to discuss the news Of the day. THE TRIBUNE
certainly tries to be calm and impartial In its
/ judgments on all European questions and does not
/ handler" to anybody's prejudiccs BY the way
I does our correspondent consider his own manner
Of criticism calm. digniied and impartial ?-Ed)
MALONE AND THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
/ 70 me TdffOr Of me frfOHne.
SIP Some weeks ago you published an attack on tho
organization OF tho Republican party In this sa'o
and il, chairman, General Malone, taken from " The
Valley Vr-lnianr In which tho loss OF thu legislature
IN the lat, election wholly attributed to Mahone
and his met hod-." VIII you be kind enough TO publish
tho following extract from another editorial In the
next column Of the very same Issue OF "The Valley
yrgniau' in order that that paper may stand con-
viccd out OF its own mouth, Of disingenuousness,
nor % sar untWth;rlncss'
In VII einia whllo the Republicans lose tho Legs-
iatue through the agency OF the Mccormick Andc son
election law, they carry the state on tho popular
vote unt,t audiUI thniS8nls Of legal voters Wefo
denied th, lrivCge of deposit ~ their ballots because
~ the uarsan action Of Democratic election JUDGES
In Norfolk cry 200 republicans stood In limo With
/ tA.i, ballots in hard when the polls closed wHeh
! every ono II them could have voted IL the juices
! had done their duty. But II was the policy 10 as
franchise them By consuming time In asking frivolous
few 10 vote a. possible In Petersburg and Rchnoni
! similar tactics Vrrc prac'iScd. ana an hI"uEh
4 tho state more less Of Kindred methods were
adopted IS Democratic judges
The Republicans of Virginia well know the anirnus
Of that attack Our few Mugwumps, following the
advice Of their allies the Democrats, have already
! shown their hand. They attempting to shelter
70 use his prestige 10 "down Malone" for their own
! selfish ends regardless of the fate OF the party III
this state. 'Ii
| St,t,aton, Va, Jan. co. 1883