The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-22

7 kn0w appeal has been freq uently
made to the Irish voters, but = make Sit8
with enphasis now, for an unwilling
TO believe that with the light OF the,
knowledge before them they will deliber-,.
ately be on the side Of their former OPP
pressors. I think I shall rely on my
good friend, Egan, the brilliant and sue
cessful Minister to Chill whom feel
especially glad to meet at Mr.. Reds
table this evening" think / must rely
upon him to intercede with his country
men-his countrymen in two senses
not to aid the Democratic party in low
ering the standard and the wages Of
American labor by their potential votes
and their potential numbers"
Next day such representative Irish
Americans as Bourke Cochran, Lieuten-
ant Governor Sheehan and ex-Mayor
Grace, Of New York, were interviewed
regarding the above quoted utterance Of
Mr.. Blaine.
Bourke Cochran pertinently remarked
that Mr.. Blaine seemed to assume that
in the exercise Of the suffrage Irishnaen
are controlled by prejudice rather than
by Judgment, but that ne will discover
that in American politics and in all ques-
tons affecting the American people the
voters of Irish birth are essentially and
emphatically American citizens.
Mr.. Sheehan said that the Irish voters
are intelligent enough and patriotic
enough to know how to act and vote
without any dictation from Mr.. Blaine !;
that they came into the Democratic par
ty because it was liberal and broad in It's
principles; and that the clap-trap Of
Mr.. Blaine's that London is as much
concerned about the tariff question as is
New York will not affect the Irish peo-
pie, and Mr.. Blaine cannot arouse their
prejudices by any such methods. He
further declared that there is one man in
London who is very much interested in
the tariff and that is Andrew Carnegie,
and, of course, he is very much concern
ed about the Irish vote. AS for the Re
publican party it is a party of narrow
ness which appeals to class distinctions.
It is the party Of know-nothingism, and
Irish Americans know very we'll that it
has always been inimical to Irish inter
ests and that on account of the way it is
constituted and also owing to the char
acter of the men who are now in control
Of it, it Is impossible for it to have sin
cere friend hip for Ireland.
Mr.. Grace said that while he liked to
be as broad as possible in his views on
international questions, he was SO thor
Eoughly Irish and anti-English in every
pulsation of his heart that if there were
no other reasons to be considered but
that the tariff was against England, he
would favor it. But he fancied that the
time has gone by when the Republican
press, or even so brilliant man as Mr.
Blaine himself, can induce the working
men of this country to believe that tariff
Legislation, and particularly that legisla-
ton bearing the name Of the Mckinley
bill, is in favor Of anyb body but the great
millionaire manufacturers 81 feel quite
satisfied continued Mr.. Grace, s'that
the laboring men recognize, after two
years trial Of the Mckinley bill, that
they have absolutely no benefit from the
Extremely high tariff, but that they have
seen the manufacturers pric 8. grow
higher and higher and the manufacture
or himself grow richer and richer, while
the wages have been gradually and sys-
tematically reduced whenever it was
possible to do it. This, it seems to me,
is perfect answer to Mr.. Blaine's ap.
peal to the citizens of Irish birth in this
country"
| The IRISH STANDARD heartily endor-
ses the views expressed by the three
distinguished Irish-Americans of New
York, and believe that the Irish voters
cannot be led astray by the demagogic
appeal of ex-Secretary Blaine. When
Irishmen emigrate to this country and
become naturalized citizens they vote as
Americans and not as Irishmen, and
they have sufficient intelligence to per-
ceive that the Republican party wants to
get their votes to keep itself in Office by
appealing to their lower instincts of pre-.
JUDGE and hatred against England.
The Mckinley tariff is an American
question and the Irish voters must pass
their verdict upon it as American citi-
zens. If they are convinced that it is
for the best interests Of this country at
large that the Republican party should
be reelected to Office, then they will vote
for Harrison and the Mckinley tariff, but
not till then. Let the Republican party
through it's organs and campaign orators
appeal to the Judgment and good sense
lot the Irish voters as Americans, and