The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-05-12
SATURDAY, n AY II, 1898,
DEMOCRATIC DISSENSION.


AS an answering and consistent ex-
ponent of Minnesota Democracy Tile
IRISH STANDARD raises it's voice in
protest against tha dlssensiOns now f.X~
listing among the leaders Of our party
in this state. We WARN them that If
internecire strife and pickering con-
tinue to prevail this result will necessa-
rily prove disastrous to their party, and
the enemy will rejoice thereat. The Hon.
r. Ell. Kelly and the Hon. Michael Do
ran are NO admirers Of Mayor A1Aes, CT
Minneapolis, and they are blunt enough
to say so. The Mayor responds by q
se!f-interylew in the "Eveuing Jour
nal a paper which is an invaterate
enemy Of his, and he speaks insultngiy
of s:Me and Mike" in the following
words:
81 think il is about time that The
Offices patronage of the genera! GOV
ernmaut--shou,ti not be based upon She
qualifications us TO whether you buy
your groceries Of Pat Kelly or options
~
Iii Justice to MI. Kelly and Mr.. Do
ran THE lRIH STANDARD will say that
they have never sought patronage for
any relative Of theirs, and hence
cannot be charged with nepotisnl, The
Mayor, on the other hand, succeeded in
getting created the office Of mayors
secretary, and secured the appointment
for bis own son. We have no fault to
lud, bnt he who lives in glass house
should not cast prolectiles at others.
The Mayor is not satisfied with insult
ING Kelly and Dor an; he must have a
fling at the nationality to which they
belong. This is most ungenarous of
Mayor Ames. for the Irish have been
his waymest supporters and have stuck
to him through thick and thin. But
we quote 50 that QUE readers can Judge
for themselves:
"The recent election at St. Paul has
taught some people q most beautiful
lesson. know of no nationality which
does Or should stand in the country eX-
cept 5he American. It there is any
foreign born citizen who has come 10
America except with the avowed pul-
pose of becoming al American: he had
better pack np his buds and go back. I
ara become sick and tired Of this ever
lasting clang Of ot1iceseeksrs who crave
Office upon tbs ground Of their former
nationality
Mayor Ames knows very we'll that
any man of foreign birth seeking Office
in this country must be naturaiiZed
American, and that onca he renounces
his allegiance to European potentates
and solemnly declares his intention to
become a citizen Of the republic he is a
foreigner no longer, and is entitled to
all the rights en1oved under the Consti-
tuition bY all native born citizens like
himself. With the exception Of the
Presidency the foreign born citizen has
filed the most exalted positions in the
country General Shields, an Irish
born citizen, achieved higher eminence
than Mayor Ames will ever attain.
ST know Of 10 nationality which does
or should stand in the country except
the American" says Mayor Ames.
This slnacks something of Knownoth.
ingism and reminds us of Mayor HEWITT
of New York aud the crowd who as
sembled at Cooper Union last week to
endorse such sentiments.
In the whole Union more than one
halfssof the white population are either
foreign~born or the children of foreign
born parents and accordingly must be
excluded from the American in the
restrictive sense used by Mayor 4Ames
The Americanism Of these citizens is
most intense as has been proven on
many bloody field from Bunker Hill
i ia Appropriations, and we would suggest
to the artful son of Esculapius to go
slow in attempting to revive knownoth-
Ism ia this Western state. The Irish
AIl1nlericans Of st. Paul gave an over
81 Vii shining mai ority to Ames in the last
oIIlli,ernat orial contest and if he runs
tl,e| same Office il they may teach