The Irish standard., 1892-12-03

= az 1922 ts1t 0AAAss ~
some rights which aldermen and corpo-9
rations may be compelled to respect.
"KNIF1NG AN IRIsH-AMERIcAN."
In the recent campaign the Irish
World faithfully toiled for the success of
the Republican party, but to no avail.
In every issue it tried to make converts
to Republicanism Of "the Irish voters"
by appeals to race and religious pre-
JUDGES. It gave sort Of genealogical
compilation to show that the Democratic
party ia the offspring of the old Know
Nothing party, and among other things
charged the Democracy of Massachusetts
with defeating John w. Corcoran last
year for lieutenant governor of that state
for no other reason than because he was
an Irish-American and. Catholic. In
TIE IRISH STANDARD Of October Is, we
showed from the New York Tribune
almanac that though Mr.. Corcoran was
defeated by William FL. Halle for lieu
tenant governor he received 145, 1865 votes,
while Etbridge Cushman, Democratic
candidate for secretary of state, received
l38,2O2; James S. Grinnell, Democratic
nominee for state treasurer 1873, 760; and
Geo. NJ Stearns, for attorney general and
VIM. d. T.. Trefry for auditor of state, re-
ceived 1885 and 139, 928 votes, respect
lively. How did all these Puritans, We
asked, run about 1000 votes behind Cor
coran if the Know-Nothlng Democrats
had slaughtered him on account of his
race and creed?
We called on the Irish World to ex-
plain, but it remained eloquently silent
and kept on in it's career of mlsrepresen
tation to the close of the campaign. It
did not stop even then. In it's issue of
the week before last, it devoted an article
under the caption of "Knifng an Irish
American" to the election in Massachu
setts, and said history has repeated itsel
in the Old Bay State, as James B. Carroll
has shared the fate of Nh. Corcoran, hav-
ing run behind Russell, the head of the
ticket, by over twenty-five thousand
votes. He ran behind only sixteen
Thousand votes, Russell having received
according to the official count, l86,345
and Carroll 10, lO4, but six thousand is
bagatelle in the Irish Worlds style of
computation. "Mr. Carroll is an Irish
American and Catholic" says the Irish
World, land chat explains why he did
nos poll the full Democratic vote.' The
fact that Mr. Carroll is an Irish-American
Catholic explains nothing of the kind, for
if it does, how is that he received the
largest vote of any other candidate on
the ticket except Mr.. Russell? He ran
ten Thousand votes ahead of Chas. s.
Hamlin. candidate for secretary of state,
and received twelve thousand more votes
than James S. Grinnell,. the nominee for
state treasurer who ran for the same
office with Corcoran last year. The votes
given to Hamlin and Grinnell, according
to official returns, we're 159,989 and 1877
694, respectively. These mon are neither
Irish Americans nor Catholics, but native
Americans of Puritan stock, and yet Car
roll led them by upward of ton thousand
votes. 1t is therefore unjust fer the
Irish World to say in it's dogmatlc way
that Carroll twas struck down at the polls
by the Know Nothing element that so
largely permeates the Democracy of Mas
sachusetts and of every other state in
the Union"
Gov. William E. Russell is the most
popular man in the state and was elected
over the Republican candidate, Mr.. Halle,
by the small plurality of 1896, there be.
ing five tickets in the field. Roger VOL
colts plurality over James B. Carroll was
6, 1868; that of William II. Olin over Chas
s. Hamlin for secretary of state was
II 1908, and that of George A. Marden
over James 8. Grinnell for state treasurer
was 23,a46. The majority by which Gov.
Russell was reelected is so small that the
New York Sun was imposed upon by a
Boston correspondent to the effect that
be was elected through the blunders of
Republican voters.
The Boston Globe truly says that he
was elected ON his own account, and that
he is positive and never negative ele-
ment in Massachusetts elections. The
same paper ia arecent editorial ridiculed
the idea Of Mr.. Carroll being "knifed''
on account Of his creed and nationality,
but the Irish World is not satisfied and
comes out again last week reiterating it's
Know Nothing charges of the week be-
fore, and stubbornly maintaining that
Carr0l1's defeat is due to the aohvions