Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-01
RISH-AMERlCANS.
SOME VERY GOOD REASONS WHY VOTERS
Oh THAT CLASS
Win Not Support Mr.. Harrison and the Rspab-
lican neksi-A Word Concerning the Pres
idengs Treatment Of The CalAohes-
A Strong Presentation.
- Caiholic Columbian.

tematio manner in which the administra-
tiOn, which Is plainly conscious OF It's own
weakness, is endeav0ring 10 enlist IN us
behalf, at the forthcoming election, the
Irish-American vote.
Were It's bids for its support made in an
honest fashion, aud were the appeals which
81 is industriOusly addressing 10 irish
Americans based on truthful statements OF
facts, no fault could DO found with It's
action; for the Irish-American vote IS not
the exclusive property OF any party, and
the men who WELD 10 are, 10 Is 70 De sup
posed, Of course, as ready TO listen 70 pO-
lticel argument and as open 10 honest
persuasiOn as any other class Of American
citizens. In no such manner, though, are
Irish-Americans now being besought 10
vote the Republican ticket next month";
the appeals made 70 them for that purpose
bv The administration and its political
workers are based not upon truth out
upon gross misrepresentation, and are ad-
dressed, not 70 their reason, but TO the
preiudiCes which ignorance or their CHAR
acter imagines confluence all their actions.
In the latter category are 10 be paced
the appeals made 10 observation-disclosures 70 vote
the Republican ticket because the RepuoA-
can party IS pledged TO q tariff system that
threatens the destruction Of English indus
tries. Even If this statement were true,
which is 10 very far for being, is 1t not an
insult 10 Irish-American intelligence TO
take il for granted, as the neu VINO use
this argument DO. that they have no higher
motive of political acJiOn than their ances-
tral aversion 70 Eng.andi Are their own
interests as q American citizens and Amer
lean wOrkingmcu, which are assalied IN
countless ways on the workings OF the Nc
Kinley BILL with the dearer cost Of the
common necessities and comforts Of lie, to
be lost sight Of by them aud their political
action % be determined Oy false, extra
ne0us issuei A very stupid sort Of per-
Torrance that would be, asSuredly, and the
men who consider Irish-Americans capable
OF being persuaded TO DO 10 give them cred
81 Tor very limited intelligence, and evil
IDENTIFY imagine that thOy are POLITICAL Tools.
And based upon the grOSs0st ulSreprS-
sentatiOu OF facts are the assertions that
the administration merits the support OF
the Irish-AmericGu voters because or It's
friendhness of disposition % that class or
citizens. How has that alleged friendh-
ness shown itself, fOrsOOth! The appoint
ment Of Mr. Patrick Egan 10 Chilli ana OF
Chairman Carter TO tue management OF
the Republican national campaign are
commonly cited as proofs Of iJ, but in real
ity both appointments proceeded from Tar
different motives. Chairman Carter was
dragOOned into tle administration S SER
vice after the OidC5 which be holds had
been refused by a dozen OF other lndlVld-
uals, and the chief motive whica prompted
his tardy selection was not the c-rcum-
stance of his Irish-AmericLn descent but
the fact that ne was known as skllltuI
political manager.
Minister Egan's appointment 10 Chile,
after he had been peremptOrlly refused tue
important Mexican mission, which he
wanted badly, was the administrators re-
ward 20 that Individual for violating the
pledge he made the Irish American people
az the time of his election TO the presidency
of the lrish-American National League,
when he sOlemnly promised 10 keep that
organization 90 Of American politics, and
roke thatf jse a few weeks later oy
ring 10r Of Blaine, and doing
nit the league, of which
head, 20 the support OF
49,. For that service, which
was Migrant breach Of faith 10 his Irish
American fellow-citizeus, does Mr. Egan
principally owe the appointment which
he at present holds; out why the men
whom he proved false to should be asked
10 support the administration that reward
ed his betrayal Of them and his breach OF
faith, is not 90 all plain 20 the average IN
telligence; and President Harrison would
have served his own candidacy better had
10 remind Irish-AmericanS by his presence
on the stump of the perddy of which he
made himself guilty on that occasion.
The lrish-AmeriCan vote is practically
al Catholic vote, aud the present admin
istretiOu assUredly has small claims 20 the
support of American Catholics. President
HgrrisOn's anti-CathOic Oias, which
showed itself in many manners before he
attained bis present exalted position, has,
despite bis polite efforts to keep ii con-
ceaied, asserted itself on more than one Oc-
casiOn during the past four years. lt did
so in a notable manner when the Catholic
Congress that was held at Washington
three years ago, waited upon him 10 invite
his attendance at the sessions Of the Con-
gress. the rebuff which the chief eXecu-
tive then gave the committee fell but little
short OF an open insult, and was felt as such
by the gentlemen composing the committee
and by American Catholics throughout the
country. A similar affrOnt was his manner
Of attendance at the banquet which followed
the dedication Of the Catholic university,
when the lack of common courtesy which
he and Secretary Blaine exhibited In the
presence Of the notable assemOlage there
gathered, betrayed his real sentiments
toward the Catholics.
Then take the cases Of Morgan and Dor
chester, whom the President persisted in
Appointing 10 their present positions de-
spite the facs that it was pointed out 70
HIM that both individuals had long been
notorious for bigOted opposition 70 every
thing bearing the name Of Catholic; ana
whom ne has kept in place notwithstanding
that high civic and ecclesiastical person
sOuages, non Catholics as well as Catholics
have time and again declared, ana sub
stantiatcd their declarations with proofs,
that the Indlan Commissioner and his
Superintendent OF Schools were using
their powers for the destruction of the
Catholic schools at the Indian agencies, and
discriminating in the most OutrageOusly |
unfair manner against the priests. sisters !
and Catholic teachers IN charge of these |
schools.
Take the insults offered by Morgan to |
Father Stephan and his dictatOrial refusal /
60 have anything more TO do with the Cath |
Ole Indian Bureau, q recognized iustitu- |
ton Of the American Catholic Church aud |
directed by a number Of its most prOmi- |
nent prelates, and, finally, consider his /
latest exhibition Of anti-CGthOlic bjgOtry, /
which has not yet evoked the slightest re- !
proof from the administration. in sending 4
out from the Indian Bureau Offices the lit |
erature of the American Protective AssO- /
citation and similar societies, and one gets |
3 pretty good idea why the Irish-American l
vote should be cast, not in support but in /
of the course which this adj
Illustration has pursued and is still pur-
hing in matters that AFFECT the interests Of |
athOlic American citizens.
sBlaine's speech atOphir Farm, the pres
bee Of Mr., Egan in the country, the sub
Sliding by Chairman Carter Of necessitOus
or INSCRIPTIONS papers, and many other
Efforts that are being made, are all evil
lenCes that the administration and the par
4 which 10 represents are making this year
more systematic effort than before 70 ca
la Irish-AmCrican voters and win their