Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-12-23

pulled together to bring about that
majority. / have always contended
that not less than 10000 persons
who were Republicans showed their
independence at that election and
voted the Democratic ticket, which
would have reduced the majority to
200, which is about the legitimate
Democratic majority in this city, if
there is harmony in the ranks, If
there is good organization and if the
full vote is polled.
Harrison's Maiorities Not Normal
at is true that at the spring cleo
tion Mr.. Harrison was elected by
over 10000 majority, but, as every
body will concede, he received thou
sands Of Republican votes, as shown
by the fact that, for instance, he, a
Democrat, carried the. Eleventh Ward
by 81 majority, while Mr.. Swift yes
terday carried it by l,162. Yester-
day Mr.. Sniff carried the Twelfth
Ward by 1861 votes, and Mr.. Aller-
ton carried it by only 1857. a gain
of 1000 votes for the Republican can
didate.
"In detail / should say that one
sixth of the entire vote that was cast
was Irish, and was practically solid
for Mr.. Hopkins. One-fourth of our
entire population is German. OF this
vote Mr.. Hopkins lost One-third; con-
sequently one-sxth of the entire vote
was German. The Poles, Bohemians
Italians and French claim one
twelfth of the entire vote, which
added to the German and Irish vote
makes five-twelfths of the entire vote
as being of what was called the dis
| reputable foreign elements by the
| Evening Journal and the Inter Ocean.
add to this now one twelfth of
Americans-fo Mr.. Hopkins got very
| few Scandinavian votes-and you
have six-twelfths, which is the
vote he received Thus it will
| be seen that as the Irish
vote being onesixth, and the
German vote being one-sixth, OF
which one-half is Catholic, or one
twelfth, and the Polish Bohemian,
French and italian vote being one
| twelfth Of the entire vote (and all
these figures are based upon actual
census returns and upon the registra-
tion by nationality, we find that
| four-twelfthS, or one-third of the en-
tire vote cast was Catholic, which
was unanimous in its support of Mr..
Hopkins on account of the attacks
made on him because he was of their
| faith. Add to this four twelfths who
were angered on account Of the at.
tack on their religion, one-half that
was brought into the fight on account
of n ltiOnality, and we see that five
twelfths of the entire vote was cast
on account of liberty of conscience
and liberty of birth.
Issues of Race and Religion.
Had this election been fought out
on the line Of Democratic principles
and local questions, | believe we would
have had somewhere about II, 900 ma
jority for Mr.. Hopkins, but there were
injected into this campaign ques-
tions that | most severely deprecate,
and issues forced upon the people
that were unworthy Of the Republi-
can party, and certainly unworthy of
true AmeIicanism.
Because Mr. Hopkins had the
name of John Patrick, he was ac-
cused of being an Irishman, although
he was born in this country, and on
his fathers side the family has been
in the United States long enough SO
that he can trace his lineage directly
to Stephen Hopkins, one of the sign
ers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. | want to ask now whether
those are not good enough credentials
to prove his American lineage?
Then, too, he was attacked be-
cause he was a member of the Roman
Catholic Church, to which he has a
perfect right, and it can only be
| PLACED to his credit that he has had
the courage to stick to the faith OF
his ancestors. These two despicable
and disreputable methods-methods
| DlldD OuEIU llCNCl3 VII dhJ OCCholOl'
! be raised against any one in pOliti.
cal fght-did more than anything
else to solidify certain elements In
this cosmopolitan city; and, from a
fight for the supremacy of Demo
cratic principles simply, the contest
was changed to one Of race and re.
ligion
at can be proved by the returns
that in the strictly American Repub.
lican wards the American Democratic
vote was cast almost solidly against
Mr.. Hopkins, while in wards
that are considered German,
for instance, like the Twenty.
fifth Ward and like the Twenty.
first Ward, the precincts In the
eastern end, where but very few Ger.
mans live, the American Democratic
vote was cast against Mr. Hopkins
The same applies to the Third and
Fourth and other similar wards IN
this city
"From all these Investigations, pre-
cinct by precinct, | am convinced
that not less than from 5000 TO 7,00t
American Democrats voted against
/ Mr.. Hopkins. which, had they vOt I'd