New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14
POPULAR OBSERVATIONS.
THEY ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS.
.~,,aop Alto EFFORTS TO DISTURB THE GERMAN
rrpuB1IoANs OF ROCHESTER, ARE VAIN

rrxnCRATTO EFFORTS TO DISTURB The Vhf"'
prpuB1IcANs OF ROCHESTER, ARE VAIN
.be Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir In the issue Of The New-lork sun Oh fiiuSS
,o.t AZ comments upon the mistakes oil inc NePV
,,.ar copveniion and upon the disappointment Oh 1ho
- -. or commandments of Buffalo ana the
s.,a II also leads to the inference that the uer-
rae,s or German Americans are COINS 10 Dol. '
,,ohet or at least TO take only luRe""lin ~,
IN the canvass Ii also comments upon "o =, 20
:, a few gentlemen from Buffalo who renianIou ~
h.re TO spend a day or two with uler ii0 -
,avs that they were malcontents ana a'nSneu ~
nome This is not true. The writer ""o We. s - ~
~ ,.r.lemen who remained over, ana asslsVeu III
.n,ertalnment can and does women for the s'S'O
-, that not a single member OF th"' oohuAe
.ma,,inc over can at all be considered as msiooVH
rh.y all ion heartily in the cry for Vc'orS anu
cos for the Republican ticket, ana can esPeo,"nS
- o far the unqualified assurances rom UieS0
reople faithfully and theoretically not oIny 10 SUP
por hut 10 work hard for the success OF the ucheV
aS,s ,nc,udes the Hon. John Farquhar ana the ion'
80 Toupblin whose regulations as Repuoh0SaiS
80 no Endorsement at my hands, nor from inc
,aonle of Erie County. They know theln " "
stsnch Republicans, never found wanting vi oVu' ~
the Kuf,alo delegation were disappointed. Oouu ~
o.hsryyiseq They came here enthusiastic anu VIZ
dent They made bold, aggressive anu a.. 49, 49,
ah,e erht in which they were honora5y deieS'e'
"a a &c absurd 10 say that because they were 10
,sa,ea thew are going to bolt the ticket naeu spun
,aneously and without caucus or sonatauoh' iheS
are Republicans, and not MugwumpS VI "''e'
partsans. .,,s =, aThe
Now as to the inference and inslnuauons oi ot
spns that the convention has by us "0uSH -
placing a German-Amercan upon ui0 ro g. &c
snd belttled the German American element 10
hs,,v necessary TO reply We all know 1t Is only cap
I'm Intended II possible, TO arouse ieehhs auOne
ar. element But the writer Of that arocie Nae ld"o
a mistake He does not know the Germans anu i n''9'
instead of raising their ire against t"o N'P"'
Marty insulted them by the inference tSe eeS are ~
Ignorant and such poor Republicans anu 0iuNo o w
consider ii necessary to bnbe then ni'O
their party and their principles BY placing ~oil, -
aoican rpon the ticket. The writer Oh Inc GU"
,,,o ta.gets that there is no Nation In inc "oilu
nara loval than the German and wheh uciin"n9 i1"
their own Fatherland and become clu%ehs u 80
limited States they throw away Dil "in
allegiance and become American cltlzshs' III 0'e''
onsa NJ the word and when they come peIoIe tNo
nsople with candidate fer any once they are Wins
10 accent his election or defeat consldeeo ohly HOi
.aDdroipt NJ his qualifications the principles TIC
.sonts and his Americsnism, and not as repre-
an,ative Of any Nation, but as pam American Wv
,ven NJ either the Republican or Democratic party
Tb. xritar a German American ana his couhuyhen'
sIvxavs uroud of the and elevation OF ohe VI
"a, neonle are not to be Influenced by malicious III
s-o,,inc ninoples higher than the mere recognition
n particular nationality, and when we throw Oh
nr sIegianoe to the countries Of our birth ana De
come natualizcd and adopted citizens OF the Ohi'S
States we are all good Americans, whether OF ooFniar
Tr,sh Fnrlsh ar any other country or extraction;
and oin as heartily in crying America for Americans
"a any pativeborn and satisfied and proud Of the
plan name of an American citizen without any pre-
sY The candidates named by our convention "eIo
1ha choice Of the majority, and were named harmon
ousIv and without dctation, which is more than VIII
be possible to be said of the convention to be 1 eyaR
sSratOga. And the gentlemen VINO weTe 50 10y a n5
snpporied and championcd by such able men, anu
honorabiy defeated, not of the kind OF ma'erih
which makes dogs IN the manager. , - urho
The two distinguished gentlemen named by Inc
Sun y the Hon Philip Becker and the Hon james W.
Eadgvorth are as good Republicans, and Will sus
tain that reputation, before and at the pos' as tneS
we're before, and am sure wanted the hon i
n rendered them. to come to them as American Clu-
v,ns and not representatives Of any nationality one
WI" 10 P''OO " AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Rochester, N. Y, Sept 10. 1891.