The Washington bee., 1892-11-12
APPEAL TO FRESHMEN
CALLED UPON BY THEIR BROTHERS
TO VOTE FOR HARRISON.

Support Of Mr. Cleveland, They Say, Is
Support Of Everything Antagonistic to
Ireland-Some Interesting and Timely
Suggestions.
The efforts Of the Democrats to win
for Mr.. Cleveland and British free trade
the Eish-American vote of this city will
hardly be successful. The rish-Amer-
leans have learned that vote for Mr..
Cleveland means a vote Great Britain
and against the country which has been
90 long oppressed and kept down by
British domination. In nearly every
election and in each assembly district
Of New York city the Irish-Americans
have organized and have decided to cast
their votes against their most bitter
enemy. A committee composed of the
presidents of the assembly district or
g&nizations of these clubs has sent out the
following appeal to their Irish-American
friends in this country:
TO hish Americans:
We appeal to your intelligence and patriot
lam, and ask your consideration of the follow
our race and adopted country, and the golden
opportunity now afforded US of dealing our
enemy and oppressor, the British empire, a
deadly blow with our ballots.
lt 10 scarcely necessary to remind you that
the government and monopolies of England
and their bitter Tory organ, the London Times,
with the Golden Free Trade club and their
allies in this country-Puck, The Harper's,
New York Times, Evening Post, etc.-are all
On the side Of Grover Cleveland, advocating
and working for his election in England's in
terest.
The Democratic convention which nomi-
mated Cleveland declared N Its platform that
protection to American industries is uncon-
Stitutional. This means, in other words, free
trade. which would give renewed vitality and
encouragement to The crumbling industries of
England.
The diplomatic triumphs achieved by Minis
ter Egan, which are now matters Of history,
and which recently drew from the secretary
Of state, Hon. John w. Foster, the statement
that mo other American minister in this gen.
Gratton has had SO difficult post to FILL and no
ether American minister has acted with more
tact, prudence and patriotism" !" completely JUS
ttfy President Harrison in the noble and gen
orous course he adopted.
And 1t can be truly said that no successor of
Washington in the White House has elevated
the standard and pride Of American citizen
ship at home and abroad more than has Presi-
dent Harrison by his able, honest and patriotic
administration.
Irish-Americans, will you not uphold the
race before the eyes Of the whole world2
Never since Irishmen rallied around Wash
tnston to establish this republic, and again in
defense Of the Union from 1861 to 1866, has the
occasion demanded that they should exhibit
their patriotism more actively, and therefore
every principle Of honor, tradition and graft
tuds demands that they should stand by Harri-
son and the policy of the Republican party,
especially at the present time, when Joe Cham
berlAtn ts soliciting their votes for his idol,
Grover Cleveland.
We now ask you to note the bitter insult Of
fered to your race by Robert B. Roosevelt, Mr..
Cleveland's minister to Holland and the treas
urer Of the Democratic national committee, in
his widely circulated book, rs Five Acres
Enough7'' "If the inhabitants of the Emerald
Isle did not lie, steal, cheat, rob and murder,
get drunk, perjure themselves, quarrel and
fight, they would be almost as good as people
of other nations"
The appeal is signed by James Carey.
president Of the Fifteenth Assembly
District club; Patrick Cunniam, presi-
deLt Of the Fifth Assembly District club:
Peter Brereton, president Seventeenth
Assembly District club; Malachi j. Bran
nigan, president Fourth Assembly Dis
trict club; j. Bernard Brophy, president
Nineteenth Assembly District club; Viii
liam F. Connor, president Eighteenth
Assembly District club; T. F. Lynch.
president Irish American Republican
club; E. G. Sullivan, president First As
sembly District club; Thomas McDer,
mott, president Third Assembly District !
club; d. w. Coughlin, president Tenth
Assembly District club, and Hugh Cole
man, president Thirteenth Assembly
District club.