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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

* Mr.. GLADsroAE's decision to remain
in public life till the Irish question is
definitely settled will give courage to
his friends everywhere. The failure of
the Tory policy has been demonstrated,
the Times charges investigation has re-
7ealed it to be the essence of meanness
and brutality. The English people are
seeing through the whole rascally sys-
tenn and are finding out that the Aris~
tocracy is not to be COMPOUNDED with
the nation. Lord Salisbury is not
John Bull. Mr.. Gladstone is teaching
the great truth that Cancellation, not
coercion, is the true:policy Of England
towards Ireland, and the Tories are
demonstrating the same by their dismal
failure.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

HENRY WATTERsON may have some
queer ideas on the tariff, but his de,
scription of the recent campaign and
the causes which led to Harrison's
election is both graphic and true.
Speaking of the cam paign, the Ken
lucky colonel said the other day: '*All
it's accidents made for the Democrats.
Ali it's signs and portents pcesaged a
Democratic victory. Bnt at the right
time and in the tight quarter, the
money devil, SO efficiently served by
the genius and so v1vidly typified in
the person of that prince among the
robber barons, Senator Matthew STAN
ley Quay, fixed and pointed his heaviest
guns, and there was no resisting the
volleys of Doodle they belched forth.
This is the most ominous feature of the
political situation. It intimates that
we have reached a period in our career
as a nation when corrupt energies are
more than match for public opinion,
unsupported by the like appliances. I"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

London the Parnellites argue that the
scheme is simply lever for the exac-
ton OF arrears from 10 600 tenants who
are now merely caretaAers and are
ready to swallow any kind Of bait
rather than submit to election, and
this view seems to be entertained gen
erall by the Liberals. In connection
with this matter the Pail Mall Gazette
prints a two-column interview with
Henry George in which that gentle
man declares that the governments
purchase scheme viii. prove Alternative
as measure attordlng the relief its
promoters pretend to seek to confer
| upon the Irish tenants. The creation
Of an army of small landlords will not
solve the problem and the old system
is certain to come back in a nost ag-
gravated form.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

s'SUPPos1NG," says United Ireland,
"the Whitechapel assassinations had
taken place in Kerry, what universal
outcrv there would be about the mate
depravltY and brutality of the Irish
race. There has been nothing in Kerry
a hundred part as brutal as these pur-
poseless crimes. There would be no
loss for motive in Ireland. The as
sassinations, it would be taken for
granted, were committed at the secret
orders of savage, irresponsible TIL
bunal, and the failure of the police to
discover a clue would be explained by
the secret sympathy Of the inhabitants
with the criminals. A phamplet would
be published on the text to prove that
the Irish people are race Of degraded
assassins utterly unfit for self-govern-
ment. How would the English people
like the argument passed home tx
themselvesy'
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

FROM the proceeding of the Parnell
commission it seems likely that the in
curry hereafter will 60 on in cloud Of
sparks knocked out by partisan con-
hict. The Irish members are deeply
indignant at the persistent pro Times
ruling of Justice Hammer and only less
yexed with their English lawyers who
have so tamely accepted these rulings
without protest. Mutterings against
this supineness have finally grown SO
loud that Sir Charles Russell was re-
Gently impelled to try sharp fall with
with Justice Hannen. The incident
was exciting at the time, but tits most
interesting as presaging the partisan
struggle from this out, with q great
probability of somebody going to prison
for contempt of court. The most eligi-
BILE candidate for this distinction ap-
pears at present to be w lillian . Brlen,
who attacks the commission in United
Ireland as q one. sided fraud.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

THE knights of Labor have certainly
done honor to themselves and the Or
ganization as body, in sustaining Mr..
Powderly so heartily in their conven-
zion at Indianapolis. Barry and all
indictments will perhaps proceed to
organize something that will satisfy
them for q time, but it will only be for
q time-brief at that. If they could
not be contented among men VINO
were earnest, honest and deliberate
in the cause, they certainly cannot
long agree under another banner,
where all that is rash and rampant in
nature must naturally congregate.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

The Wnitechapel murderer las sent
another letter to the London papers.
This time he goes into an elaborate de-
fence and explanation Of his atrocities,
contending that he is an unappreciated
benefactor Of society, inasmuch as he
has not only demonstrated the incom-
potency of the London police. but has
done much to expose the great vice OF
the British metropolis. The letter, ii
genuine, is most extraordinary pro :
duction, but the daring tone assumed
by the murderer, and his defiant state
ment that he will make no attempt to
escape, gives hope that, he may yet fall
into the clutches of the police.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

LORD DUFFERIN, says the London
correspondence of the Manchester Guard
ian, is now marquis, and therefore
may not only enter the House of Lords
before Lord Shrewsbury and Lord
Derby, but will go into any dining
room at any dinner party before those
or any other noble earls. The Free
man remarks: Lord Dufferin has near
ly run up the whole gamut OF the peer
age. Born an Irish baron, with no seat
in the House OF Lords, and free to en-
ter the House Of Commons, to which
he never aspired, he was made free of
the House of Lords IN 1850 by the con-
version of his barony into peerage of
the United Kingdom. Then in 1871 he
gained in single day two stages of
viscount and earl. Now he ranks with
Lord Dalhousie and Lord Ripon as one
Of the marquis -y,cerovs of India. 1t is
almost impossible not to regret that a
peer Of whom it may be perhaps said
that he is the most graceful. the most
accomplished, the most courtly of his
order, should pass from the greatest
place under the throne to an embassy
where all goes SO smoothly at Rome.
The Marquis of Dutferin is one Of few
of our public men who have nothing to
learn from the subtleties and the graces
Of Italian manner. He has only one
more step in the peerage to gain, aud
it is just possible that Lis fastidious
and elegant taste might shrink from
the alliteratlye difficulty attending the
Duke of Dufferin.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

DURING the evictions on the Diapers
town estate of Robt. 4. O'Neill, M. F.,
Saturday, Nov. II, bed-ridden woman,
aged 90 years, was removed from her
home and had to be carried to an ad-
joining house. 4 woman who was in a
state 3f del1rum and her four children,
one baby of three months old, were
also elected. A fierce gale was blow
ing at the time and the evicted tenants
furniture was blown into the mud.
Fifty policemen were present to assist
in this inhuman and cowardly proceed
ing
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
CANCEL rHE ARREARS.

1.-THE Grand Old Man seems to be
growing more vigorous, if that were
pos 3ible, in the work before him. In
the House Of Commons Tuesday night,
in TIE discussion Of the bill to add E5,-
100000 to the amount applicable under
the Ashburne act, he moved an
amendment at once that in lieu Of vot-
ing $4,000, 900 it would be expedient in
view of the suffering arising from the
eyictions which had recently taken
place to extend the land law so as to
empower the courts to reduce or can
Gel such arrears of rent as might be
found excessive. He said it was the
manifest design of the government to
withdraw the land question from par
lament for several years. That could
not be allowed. lie did not desire that
the landlords should be removed in the
body. He wanted to SEQ them residents
and not absentees. Under the Ash
burne act e5, O0O,O 900 had been obtained
apparently as a precedent for getting
the other Ave, thus slowly drawing the
house into systern for making the
state an immediate landlord without
proper guarantee. He objected to the
act as giving the landlords the inita-
tlye Of purchase instead Of the peasants.
Did the government. he asked, refuse
to deal with arrears because arrears
would insure the seryitude OF the ten
ant? This bill would enable landlords
to increase rents, while 1t would enable
only handful Of tenants to acquire
holding. Doubtless the Irish tenants
could be eulogized as scrupulous in
paying fair rents, but if another col
lapse in agriculture prices occurred the
farmers might be unable to pay even
instaIiments. The government. be de-
clared, was not justified in relying up
On good will to pay after the declara-
tioo of Lord Salisbury that majority
Of the people of ireland were bent upon
rihing the pockets of the minority. If
Ilishmen did not respect the pockets OF
their countrymen, would the Irish re-
spect the English exchequer? Land
purchase has no immediate claim to
the character of an arrears question.
The necessity for the settlement OF
arrears had been acknowledged in the
case Of the crofters in Scotland, and
there was much greater need of it
in Ireland, where arrears had
been defeated and annexed and
a land law passed for the benefit Of
the tenants which made the landlords
masters of the conditions Of sale and
the fortunes of the tenants. 1t the
government desired to relieve the ten"
ants, they should deal with the ques.
ton of arrears instead Of pressing a
measure providing facilities for aug
mentiug rents and multiplying evic-
lions
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
TIE DEFENCE FUND.

a special 10 the the Liverpool Daily
Post FROM London considering the fund
is Of particular interest at this time.
1t read rs follows:
.s'The Parnell Defence Fund is stead
sallg growing, and has tonight reached a
:yplvadid SUM, but as yet it is wholly in
adequate to effect the purpose for which
it was started. I have heard it estima~
led that the u,renc expenses of the de
Fence in the English court amount TO
-t,eaaSr $500 dailp. This is exclusive OF
tue Scotch action, and is also reckoned
after the large sums named in the brief
cf the counsel have been met. The
Attorney. General and Sir Henry James,
81 is stated, had their briefs marked for
81 500, with refreshers of elOv per day
I5 is not likely that Sir Charles Russell,
recognized at the Bar as Infinitely su-
perior either to the Attorney General
OF Sir Henry James, woule be offered a
less fee: nor are MIR. Reid and Mr..
Lockwood the kind of men to whom a
moderate Tee might be offered; whilst
Behind them sit a row Of members Of
the Junior Bar. each with his brief and
his fee. 1t is no practical consolation
Shat expenses on the other side must be
Infinitely more. In addition to it's
counsel, the Times is keeping in Lon
don a. whole army of witnesses. ranging
from resident maglitrates down to gen.
tlemen of the class who yesterday after
noon awoke the echoes of the Strand
with the unfamiliar noise of a pistol
shot.'' It is said that the work of tho
Commission will last till over Easter,
unless it suddenly collapses.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

& large meeting Of the Irishmen OF
st. Paul was held in Crusaders hall /.
uudar the auspices CT The Irish National
Z 4aague branch of that city, On Wednes.
day evening" Hon. d. w. Lawler pre-
sided. AID it was ordered and agreed
chat a committee of tea gentlemen be
aupointed, whose duty it shall be to ar
range Tor a public meeting in the near
future. The committee will be ap~
utinted by Chairman Lawler, and sub.
staniial aid will soon be rendered in shat
CITY for Parne}l's defense. Let not MIN
neapolis be behind in Jhis matter OF
most vital Importance. Something
should be done at once to assist Parnell.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

A CURIOUS, and no. unimporta nt dis
coyery. has been made with regard to
the forged letter in the times. Il gen.
tleman who hes been employed TO en-
large for magic lantern purposes the
letter which appeared in the Times in
Mr.. Parnell's alleged handwriting, has
discovered that the pen stopped at least
least twenty times in forming the
characters. On the other hand in the
case of the genuine letters Of Mr..
Parnell the peu travelled up and down
without stopping.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
DRAWING A CONF

Iabouchere has taste for quoting
Scripture now and then, and it his re-
marks sometimes border on the profane,
he can be readily excused when he has
no less subject to deal with than Joe
Chamberlain. Speaking of this man
short time since, Labouchere said that
Chamberlain mad been called Judas,
but he wished folks to observe that the
latter really had some. good points about
HIM. Judas, it is true, betrayed his
master, which Chamberlain did, but he
didn't afterwards stump Judea, dine
with Herod, sup with Caiphais. sing the
praises of PLATE, appear on the plat
forms surrounded by the Scribes and
Pharisees and declare that he was the
only true Christian and that the rest
were knaves and fools. He was more
modest after his treason, and went and
hanged himself in the field of Aceldama.
Labouchere's words, coming from a
former intimate friend Of Chamber
lAin's. show the opinion which now pre-
walls concerning the worthy turncoat.
His constituents in Birmingham have
also been heard from recently. A
meeting was held at which proposal
to turn Chamberlain out Of the House
of Commons and put some one else in
was carried and great many unpleas.
ant truths were told. Mr.. Bevans, a
thoroughly disguised constituent, said
it was about time to end Chamberlain's
political career, and to write on his
tomb this epitaph: Sacred to the
memory of Joseph Judas James Cham
berlain. He was once a Radical, but
took to cultivating orchids and the So
ciety of duchesses, and so became knave
and fool.' But this was not all.
Another constituent OF Mr.. Chamber.
lain was also reminded that it was he
who first said: Beware Of any man
calling himself q Liberal whose words
or actions elicit Tory applause, " and OF
the fact that he Is now the warmest
supporter Of the Tory government and
that everything bedoes fills good Tories
with delight. That his own town Of
Birmingham will yet send the arch
traitor adrift there IS every reason to
belieVe. If
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
GRAINS OF TRUTH.

It requires clever surgeon to dress
a wounded vanity.-Life.
Never think that Gods delays are
denials. Hold on, hold fast; patience
is genius.
Nature is frank and will allow no man
to amuse himself without giving him
hinc of 1t.
When death, the great reconcller, has
come, it is never our tenderness that we
repent, but our severity.
Pharoh demanded bricks without
straw. Men who keep their minds pro-
ducing continuously without replenish-
ment are similar taskmasters.
Everyone tries to cultivate talents.
Why not cultivate traits? To acquire
fortltude, or cheerfulness, or gentleness,
is as easy as to master as music or become
proficient in German.
The divinest attribute in the heart of
man is love; and the mightiest, because
the most human, principle in the heart
Of man is faith. Love is heaven; faith
is chat which appropriates heaven.
Is not obedience also the shortest and
quickest road to God? Il anything
more pleasing to Him than the sacrifice
Of our will? Are there any means more
secure Of protecting us from illusion
than TO dos the will .ef those Who hold
the place q tod u or regard 7-Id3eS
q Glare yaugh q 4 &. 8, q.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
TIE LAND PURCHASE SCHEME.

THE Tory government has produced
something new in the past week in
what is known as the Land Purchase
hill, introduced by Irish Solicitor Gen
eral Madden in the absence Of Chief
Secretary Balfour. 1t is safe to say
shat it will meet with utter disfavor
among Nationalits and Liberals alike
from the fact that is not intended, from
. close observation of the bill. to i'm
prove or better existing evils in Ire
land. There could have been but one
motive in view in its introduction at
this time-that Of turning the Irish
people from the main issue and in
CHS. 81 mall other attempts Of a SINH
M nat1re il the past, they will be
.foiled. iii q late cable dispatch ifrom
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
Britain at the Bottom,

The dismissal of Lord Sackvjlle by
President Cleveland, says a special
from Washington, puts the members
of the British legation at the foot of
the list Of the diplomatic corps in
Washington. Lord Sackyille stood
fifth on the list, but his dismissal sends
his successor, whoever he may be, and
all his official household to the bottom.
Precedence in the diplomatic corps is
determined on all official occasions in
Washington by length of service. In
the courts of Europe it is regulated by
the official rank of the diplomatic rep
resentative. ambassadors always going
first, then ENJOYS, and last ministers
residents. Under the system which
prevails in this capital, it has happened
for some years past that the represent
alive OF the republic of Hayti is the
dean of the diplomatic corps. Thus
Hayti, the most feeble government of
the whole civilized world, and the
poorest, will, through its representa-
tive, stand first on the list of official
honcrs here; while Great Britain, the
most powerful and richest, comes in at
the tail end. This condition might be
awkward in the courts of Europe, but
it does not amount to very much here,
as in fact the only occasion when the
distinction il marked ia on New Years
day at thepresiden' is ception, and the
one dinner Of the season which IL is the
usual habit Of the executive to give
the diplomatic corps.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

The cases against Thos. j. Kelly and
John E. Ward, charged with misappro-
priation of public money, were set for
trial on Tuesday last. Trial was de-
ferred until Monday, the 26th.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

JOHN DILLON will visit Australia
the coming winter. His main object
in making the trip ia to recover his
health, but he intends also to do some
wolk in the interest of the Irish cause.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

AT bis own request, a masked man
has been allowed to place himself on
exhibition during the present week at
the dime musem. He appeared there
In woman dress last Tuesday and in
this attiroswill finish his mysterious enc
eagement Sunday night. Why is he
there? i'd q question. Perhaps he is
paying anlelection bet. 81. 7 u f fs5 #.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

SOME of our "best citizens" have
signed a petition to Gov. McGill to SO.
cure the pardon Of Hal Reid, because,
they say, it has been found that Maud
Comp3ton was no better than she ought
to be. Surprising she wasn't! Does
this clear Reid OF all crime? The moral
sense of the community ought not to be
insulted by full pardon to such char.
sctlc
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

The election for member Of Parlla~
ment for Dewsberry took place Friday,
Nov. IS, and resulted in an overwhelm-
ing victory for the Liberals. Mr. Did
royd, Gladstonian candidate, received
6,07l votes against 3,96s for Arnold
Foster, Unionist. Slowly. but surely
the Home Rule cause is gaining. Vic.
tory complete seems not far of.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

SENATOR WH1TEMAN promises to
patch up his new election law during
the next session of the Legislature.
That is right. There really does seem
to be considerable fault found with the
mileage ballot and the five to fifteen
ballot-boxes that are now used in the
fray.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

Those who have read the accounts
given by Irish patriots Of their treat.
ment in British prisons will appreciate
the heroism of the men who refused to
accept freedom on the condition that
they would become witnesses for the
Times before the Parnell Commission.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

The Holy Father has appointed Dec.
81, 1885, for special service in the Cath
olic churches throughout the world at
which thanks are to be offered up to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus for graces
rendered during the year of the Papal
Jubilee.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24

TIE Latter-day Saints of the Nor
man persuasion are taking great de-
light in setting themselves down on
Canadian soil. The average American
will take no exception to this, to the
contrary he will rejoice that his country
is being relieved of scoundrels immoral
i'm ALI their teachings.